John T

Hey Tom, I got that building job and once I do it and get paid I'll give you a holler. Its only going to take about a half day and the money is not bad. Thanks for the lead and expect to get a little something from me once its completed. I also have to get back to Micheal Ahr who got me another building job that we already completed. He will be rewared also. All this after meeting you guys at the ACR roundtable. Who says Roundtable don't work.

Agreed and to think I voted for Jimmy Carter..oh wait no thats not right. I voted for Jimmy Carter over Ronald Reagan..what was I smoking back then:)

Ryan is a smart guy but I don't agree with this. Supreme leaders such as Saddam no matter where you jail them they still have a major influence on the people that follow them. They have ways to get there messages out to there followers. Just look at the sheik that was behind the bombing of the World Trade Center here in NY who was sentence to life because we didnt want to make him a Martyr. He gets an American white lady attorney to relay his messages. Its just the way it is. Either take these guys out completely or do not get in a war with them. You can't go about this half assed and that includes jailing them. That is a joke to think that there influences will be stopped because there behind bars. Its all or nothing in war and this is the problem that we have with Iraq now and the Veitnam war in the 60's. You can't do these things half assed because this way to many Americans die and that is the biggest tragedy to this country.

To me in an odd way the the death Penalty is like abortion. Under extreme circumstances they should both be allowed to happen. It has to be under extreme circumstances only. Example Timothy McVay who blew up the fed. building in Oklahoma where all those people and children died. I'll never forget that Fireman holding that dead child from that blast. Timothy admitted to the whole thing so bang..he gets executed. How anyone could think a guy like this shouldn't get the death penalty I can never understand the logic. As for Abortion if a person is raped by an aids infected Crack head then they should have the right to have an abortion. What makes all this so debatable once again is that magic word--RELIGION and what you believe in. I believe in logic and what has to be done..then get it done.

You might find this interesting. The Advantages of Leasing Vs Loans Lease J: A lease requires no down payment and finances only the value of the equipment expected to be depleted during the lease term. The lessee usually has an option to buy the equipment for its remaining value at lease end. Loan L: A loan requires the end user to invest a down payment in the equipment. The loan finances the remaining amount. Lease J: The leased equipment itself is usually all that is needed to secure a lease transaction. Loan L: A loan usually requires the borrower to pledge other assets for collateral. Lease J: A lease does not contain restrictive covenants that limit the lessee's ability to borrow future funds. As long as the lessee is current with the terms and conditions of their lease, the lessor can not disrupt the lessee's use of the equipment or demand payment in full of the outstanding lease payments.Loan L: A loan agreement usually includes restrictive covenants that require the customer to maintain certain financial ratios that may restrict the customer's ability to borrow future funds. In the event the customer violates one or more of the covenants, the lender has the right to demand payment in full of the outstanding loan amount even though the loan payments have been made on time. Lease J: A lease requires only a lease payment at the beginning of the first payment period which is usually much lower than the down payment. Loan L:A loan usually requires two expenditures during the first payment period; a down payment at the beginning and a loan payment at the end. Lease J: The end user transfers all risk of obsolescence to the lessors as there is no obligations to own equipment at the end of the lease. Loan L: The end user bears all the risk of equipment devaluation because of new technology. Lease J: When leases are structured as true leases, the end user may claim the entire lease payment as a tax deduction. The equipment write-off is tied to the lease term, which can be shorter than IRS depreciation schedules, resulting in larger tax deductions each year. The deduction is also the same every year, which simplifies budgeting (Equipment financed with a conditional sale lease is treated the same as owned equipment.) Loan L: End users may claim a tax deduction for a portion of the loan payment as interest and for depreciation which is tied to IRS depreciation schedules. Lease J: Leased assets are expensed when the lease is an operating lease. Such assets do not appear on the balance sheet, which can improve financial ratios. Loan L: Financial Accounting Standards require owned equipment to appear as an asset with a corresponding liability on the balance sheet. Lease J: More of the cash flow, especially the option to purchase the equipment, occurs later in the lease term when inflation makes dollars cheaper. Loan L: A larger portion of the financial obligation is paid in today's more expensive dollars.

The Huriculiner so far has worked out good. I did clean and sand my floor in some spots before I put on the huriculiner. I also have a truck that has the Rhino in it and it looks great. If you dont mind spending the money the other stuff is great. If your looking to save a few bucks then the huriculiner is fine. I spent the $700 saved on something else..if I can only remember what I spent it on:)

On my 7x18' trailer they wanted about $800 here to coat it. What I did was go to PEPBOYS and bought there non skid paint (Cant recall the name of it) and rolled it on the floor 2x. It came out great and the cost was about $100 for me to do this. This also included the ramp door floor. I'd post a picture of all this but my Hard Drive fried a few weeks ago and hundreds of pictures where lost forever..

Does anyone belong to or know anything about this org. http://www.bscai.org/home/default.asp I am real interested in any thoughts on this.

Hey Steve--Do you still have the swabby set-ups and how did they work out for you? Weclome back to the business.

"Hey whats in a name anyway?? Did somebody say.."Just about Everything" :) cleancounty.com I thought was worth about 100,000,000,000. That domain site doesnt work right.lol

Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum......and bailey's. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Quanza(Can't spell) and Happy Holidays to all.

It went for 15 K. I know this because Michael Hughes wanted to buy it back then but he couldnt swing the 15k that it was being sold for. I thought about it back then but this is not what I do or know. I did give Mike some start up cash to start his own site back then but that backfired and at leas Mike did the honorable thing and return my money a few months later. He's a good guy who took another direction in life.

The only thing I can add to this is that I'm seeing it in a physical sense and this is what I need to believe in something...which doesn't mean it will work but seeing is believing. I don't have the ability to see what Anthony above can. I need to see things with my own two eyes which is what I search out to do...in everything that I get involved in. Example..Toms Roundtable..so many said it was great. One guy hated it and stormed out. Me I was there so I know it was great because I saw it with my own two eyes.

Anthony- A building is a fixed object and Gravity is science so there's your answer..I just had this conversation with my sister inlaw again the other day..it comes down to you have to have BLIND faith. You must have so much faith that science will be overruled. I'll believe in more of what you say when my time here is about to end...Untill then put me in your prayers.

You can't go to hell if you are not a believer. Hell is for sinners of your religion. Oh yea Merry Christmas to you also and yes I am Catholic by birth and a Power washer by choice:)

Hey Jon thanks for the compliments. I have a Powerwasher friend who just called me today and who's from the midwest and was a past PWNA BOD and he said to me that I take on way to much.. He's right. I just have a hard time to say no to people that count on me. Just yesterday I flew to atlanta just for a couple of hours to meet some friends and talk business and Wed. right after x-mas I'll be flying into VA for 4 hrs to meet some more contacts and talk shop and then fly back and go to work.. My Doctor does tell me that something has to give with me. I just need to work and not sleep for just another 18 months then I'll be good to go like alot of you guys here..Just 18 more months...only 18 more months..just 18 more months of minimal sleep..justzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You know if you want a leg up on your competition and instead of debating that everyone should know the english language that live here because no matter what there aint squat us powerwasher can do about that...Here's another thought...LEARN SPANISH. I just hired two spanish speaking guys who speak very little english. I used them for the last 2-3 weeks of my season here... Man they can work. Anyway the light bulb went off in my head(Yea I know it was only a 40 watt bulb:) and I just ordered and recieved a few CD's on how to learn spanish in 30 days(Yea right). The messed up thing with me is since I am multi cultural(The american way) my grand mother was from Spain and she spoke spanish fluently. Today she is 92 and still looks great. She always told me as a kid "Johnny you should learn spanish" so what do I do?? I take it up in high school and had like a 14 average in it(A total disgrace) then I get caught cheating off the brain in my school and she stands up and tells the teacher that I'm looking at her paper. End result I get another ZERO and then I had to drop the class. I never failed a class in High School but I did drop one...SPANISH.

Carlos you are a class guy who is very consistent in your messages and I admire you for that. Never known you to sway back and forth. I'm still knee deep in the middle of this with numerous emails and phone calls. Some of what I said was twisted and some others were wrong on my part and I'll admit that here and to a few individuals. I do make mistakes there's no denying that. I'm also extremely protected of friends and some here can vouch for that. I'm also very passionate about things and because of this I tend to rise to the top of what I believe in. But I do make mistakes and sometimes its because I get blinded in what I think is right (This is why I'm not religious because if I was I would be a religous fanatic and that would be a disaster). To much sleep and time lost in this but I will continue onwards to get to that common ground. This is what I do...........................

I have to reload my laptop because I fried the hard drive last week and didn't have the laptop backed up. Lost all pictures..everything. One of the pictures I have to put back in there is the one where I was at a Republican Dinner with a few big wigs and one of them being a guy I like a hell of alot. Peter King. Just after this dinner about a week later they passed his bill to build that border wall to keep the illegals out. Personally I don't know if thats the answer. Here's a few thoughts. Canada speaks two main Languages, French Canadian and English and look how peacefull that country is. This one is radical. How bout we let Mexico become a U.S state. This would make us the largest country in the world most likely and since these Mexicans work so hard this would solve many many problems and also now at the tip of southern Mexico is a much smaller border to protect. Radical solution and maybe crazy but I never heard this ever mentioned anywhere. Oh by the way I've been to a few places in Mexico that where absolutely beautiful.

Obama seems like the real deal but with his very little experience I think thats going to go against him for this election. He should IMHO sit this one out and gain the experience and then 4-8 yrs from now he should run. If he loses this time that could hurt him for the next time when he's much more qualified. What a bad break for the Dems with that senator out west having that crippling life threatening stroke. It looks as though the Republican Govenor there is going to replace him with another rebulican senator which now makes the house 50/50 which puts VP Cheney as the tie breaker. You Dems can't catch a break. I like to win but not at a cost like that. On the Republican side John Mcain and my boy Rudy are looking good. 08 is going to be an iteresting year. If I was a betting man I would have to think that the Dems should win but my heart is still with my own Party.

Jack, Do to a policy changed we don't ask or answer PWNA questions on the Net. (I hope I don't get slammed here for even posting this:) Call our office and asked them whatever questions that you may have concerning the PWNA. http://www.pwna.org/PWNA/Contact_Us.html

Since Carlos is North California which makes him the North West of this Great Country of ours and I'm just about clear across the country from him being The North East I will match his donation of $200 in Jan 07. This has been another good year For Clean County Powerwashing and I dont mind spending my money wisely especially when I get a benefit in return as I do with this site. If you feel that you also benefited from this site then consider donating a small portion back to help the ones who help us.

Since my other job is public record I've been averaging over $125,000 a year the last 3 yrs. 3 yrs ago I made over $130,000 on this job and grossed about the same Powerwashing. That was a great year but keep in mind I had a full time guy along with a part time guy and myself Powerwashing non stop. Last year I was over $100,00 again on both jobs but this year I lost my fulltime guy in August and with him went my Part timer who he always picked up (They both live about 40 miles from my house and the part time guy doesnt drive). John and Lewis always went out. They would show up at my house at 7:30-8am and they would be gone sometimes untill 10pm(Summer time). I would go out with them or I'd be doing stripping and staining jobs myself. John would do most of my Commercial accounts and those where done when I was doing my night "Other" job but because he left this year I wont crack that $100,000 mark. I just hired two more guys this week so if all goes well it will be a new set of guys going out for my business next year and my Gross total will rise once again. Everett Abrams use to tell me that I was the most successful part timer that he knows in this industry and to me that was a high compliment coming from a guy who is so knowledgeable and who does well in this business. The goal I now have is to walk away from my other Job by June 15th 08 and to do like Jeff and many others are doing. Advertise all over the place and hire/fire people to get to where I want to be. Maybe one day Everett Abrams can say "Hey John you are the most successful Powerwasher I know:) You gotta have Dreams

If thats the gross the total needs to be much higher then $95,000 . At least here it does.

First off look up the MSDS sheets for sodium hypochlorite. You can track that thru a search on the net. Your body may be highly sensative to the Love(Another term for chlorine). I use to get lung ailments alot because I would not use my respirator. Now what I do is use a respirator that is rated to protect you from chlorine vapors. I use it every time I deal with chlorine, strippers, acids,stains etc. I actually have a different mask for when I'm staining because the cartriges on those is rated to protect from stain vapors. Also you need to keep all the above off your skin. IF all of this doesnt help you much then your probably better getting out of this business because your just having to many allergic reactions to the chemicals. Remember your health is way more important than Money. Once your lungs are shot it doesnt matter how much money you have cause your quality of life will be shattered. Cover up!!