Jon

ROFLMAO Good one Alan!

What have I started here by retiring? Dale your right, your health comes first, family second (some say the other way around) and business 3rd. You have been of great service here and you will be missed but like others said before me stop in once in a while and just say Hi friends how's it going? Take care and allow a bit of time for the family to get to know you again, then you will ask how I missed them while I was holding that hot wand:)

Hey all the time has come to roll up my hoses put away the wands and drain the tanks. Life has been good, pressure washing even better and all the friends I have made over the years on the boards, in person, at the PWNA conventions and even my local competitors I have met and had lunch with will remain friends forever. I am retiring from the business more for health reasons then because I don’t want to work anymore. The business has been sold; the trailer is up for sale as the person who bought the business has his own rig. I will post info on trailer in a few days, feel free to Email me about if you can’t wait. Health comes first and I will be having a few surgeries soon and hopefully the end results will be good for me, there’s is a 50/50 chance so I am looking at that good 50%. I will always be around to answer Email and phone calls if you want help but not sure what my new phone number, Email and USPS address will be yet. Remy and I are looking for a larger home; I know most who retire down size, not us not yet anyway. To those of you in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon/Washington) feel free to send me information on housing and good cities to live in that are at the most 1 hour from a major city like Portland or Seattle, what the weather is like and what areas to avoid living in. (The relocating will be in about a year, need to spend time looking first) Thanks everyone, take care and keep cleaning up the town. Jon & Remy Fleischer

Thanks all, the relocating will be a year away other then we sold our home and found another closer to the grandkids for now, full recovery takes about a year so have to hang close to the doc. For sure my last post for about 3 weeks comes on November 3 when the doc knocks me out and cuts, OUCH Doc mind watching where you cut with that sharpened blade!

Hello stranger, hey how about taking a drive on Route 66 in the Vet and swing by my place so we can chat a bit before I drive you home then bring the Vet back with me!

I'm sure some of you can relate, and those that can't, well . . . this might explain why we are the way we are. Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent. Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.

Thanks all, trust me when your time comes to move on it is not going to be easy, I sit here knowing I will show my face often, sometimes I may be gone for several weeks or so but will always come back here. Beth and Rod are special to me, heck I remember the first time I EYED Beth in Las Vegas and caught Rod watching me like a HAWK, man he is a double for Mr. Clean so I had to think twice before approaching Beth to gvie her a friendship hug, uh oh he moves in, I back away and say HI ROD I am Jon, ah he relaxes a bit. WHEW I though I was going be a punching bag for a moment there. And yes that is how I met them too, and yes I did think he might move in physically for a second too! Say Beth we never did finish that hug either! Beth I thank you for the faith you have in me to keep me on as a Moderator on the board! Tony I would love to visit MI and all the wonderful places there but living there, well you would have to talk Remy into it as I would indeed move there or anyplace where it SNOWS, gets ICY, has 4 seasons and less wall to wall concrete jungles. To all of you, THANKS.

Rod stand tall and know your not really getting older, really you're not, your just AGING! Happy Birthday buddy.

Celeste well said and very true. Medic there is no better place to get your feet wet then doing a freebie for a relative and no better place to screw up if you err in as you practice for that first true paying job. Besides hint to "mom" to spead the word around as if that patio was bad so are the neighbors. Now a suggestion, charge more and try to get the customers to have things moved out of your way before you begin work. When I do dumpster pads it is my policy to move the dumpsters and sweep up the little stuff but the customers to have all the major trash off the ground. Same should apply to homes and decks but since I don't do those not sure what is considered standard in our industry.

Robert that is what I put down. LOL ok so I changed it, stop picking on us mature people!

Jesse wait till your wife finds out you called her and her clients OLD HENS. They will PECK YOU TO DEATH! Vegas has lots going for a guy alone, roller costers, movies, casino's, good food and more, take in Hoover Dam, the lake, count gum drops ! oh yes you can do that and go crazy too knowing someone is not cleaning that sidewalk. Now I can beat that rate, I don't pay to stay, all free! And I like downtown better.

Mr. Cappa send me an Email with current address and phone number so I can give you a call when we go there next time.

Hey guys make sure Ivan reclaims all that water he puts down! CWA lesson 101, you put it down you pick it up. IVAN you listening?

Mike hop a plane and come out here, weather is in 100s but no humidity and leave it there please. We have a guest bedroom so you can stay till it is truly safe to return, oh and I can always use a good experienced worker:)

What do you mean sink it into deep concrete, and why? Perhaps I should have said make sure you mount it on something that will not blow away, hench sinking a concrete slab into the ground then bolting the generator to it.

Look into recharging fire extinguishers.

Next time wet both fingers, touch power polls and if your hair sticks straight up you are charged, if not try another battery. Man your lucky nothing else shorted on you.

Guys you know I as others worry about your safety and welfare and are truly happy for most of you suffered minor and not majoy damage. Face it a California earthquake is nothing compared to what you go though and they don't even wake me anymore. And yes I truly would love to be in one of your wild weather days. Welcome back on board. Generator, be sure you sink it into deep concrete so it stays and the fuel tank below ground. I figured most of you would have backup power there.

What the heck you doing in my part of the country Cappa? A 4 hour drive and you're in my backyard so when can I expect you? Now why Vegas? Jon

Easy for Seymore to say that being out in the plains of Texas where the cattle roam and the wind hardly blows! CC just think of all the firewood you now have. Next one invite me there, I truly love living on the wild side and that would be something I want to experience. Needless to say another thing is this boat the Coast Guard has that can totally roll over in a storm and right itself again, now that I just must experience. Who knows someone way high up in the Coast Guard that can pull strings and get me on that boat? I'm serious guys.

The interviewer asks him, are you a veteran? The guy says why yes, in fact, I served two tours in Vietnam. Good, says the interviewer that counts in your favor. Do you have any service-related disabilities? The guy says, in fact I am 100% disabled. During a battle, an explosion removed my testicles, so they declared me disabled. It doesn't affect my ability to work, though. Sorry to hear about your injury, but I have some good news for you; I can hire you right now! Our working hours are 8 to 4. Come on in about 10, and we can get right to work. The guy says, if working hours are 8 to 4 why do you want me to come at 10? Well, here at the government, we just sit around and scratch our balls for the first two hours. No point of you coming in for that.

Dale you worked for the phone company in a past life?

At Last A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced ten husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband, "Please be gentle; I'm still a virgin." "What?" said the puzzled groom. "How can that be if you've been married ten times?" "Well, husband #1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it was going to be. Husband #2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he'd look into it and get back to me. Husband #3 was from Field Services; he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn't get the system up. Husband #4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn't know when he would be able to deliver. Husband #5 was an Engineer; he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method. Husband #6 was from Administration; he thought he knew how, but he wasn't sure whether it was his job or not. Husband #7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it. Husband #8 was a psychiatrist; all he ever did was talk about it. Husband #9 was a gynecologist; all he did was look at it. Husband #10 was a stamp collector; all he ever did was...God, I miss him! But now that I've married you, I'm so excited!" "Good," said the husband, "but, why?" "You're with the Government. This time I KNOW I'm gonna get SCREWED

Yeah but not the Feds, the one where I still reside, hopefully it will change shortly. LOL

Shoot me an Email Jonathan. Can ask Beth if she carries them and at what price too!