*** Quoting Danny Ceppa from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS> but then, it's a small base.  Has 2 lifts and a spare workspace with
 CS> no lift.  Oh, Don corrected me, it's 5$ an hour .  Went up 1Jan2005
 CS> by a dollar. 

DC> Horrors!   

Hehe but it's a 20% increase!  Still, it's 70$ an hour cheaper.

 CS> stupid and instead making them feel good) and lifts the tires for the

DC> That's the main battle in teaching anyone to do/learn anything.  

Yes.  Don does it by telling'em up front he's not really a 'car guy' and
they ¨have to put the car on the lift as he doesnt drive . He
guides them in, sets ¨the plates under the car, then lifts it.  Then, he
shows them how to do what ¨they need if it's simple stuff and they are not
sure.  If it's not simple ¨stuff, he watches and learns while the other
person who broght the car in, does ¨it.  Hands'em tools and such.

The building is long paid for so the only cost to operate is the pay of the
¨folks working there.  It's just one person at a time and pay is just 7.15
an ¨hour.  Don averages 3 customers an hour on a slow day.  Can have
upwards of 15 ¨in a 3 hour shift.  Folks actually check the schedule and
come in when Don's ¨there.  The other workers tend to operate at a loss but
the long term safe car ¨storage they also operate makes up the difference. 
(40 or 50$ a month, 50-60 ¨cars at a time there).  The facility is only
open 6 days a week from 3-7pm (2 ¨of those days opens at noon).

It's a small base.  Everyone knows Don .

 DC> The actual show is _Home Improvements_.  It's been off the air for 
 DC> a few years now.  But, they've been showing it in syndication.  
DC>  
 DC> If you get a chance to watch it, I think you'll like it.  

 CS> Ah.  There's a show I've heard of but we do not get it here.  We get
 CS> lots of reruns but the selection is more limited even with that.  We
 CS> get another one kinda like it that is British and pretty interesting. 
 CS> One day they are repairing a simple cabinet wall unit for a kitchen,
 CS> another day, showing how to re-mortor a 700 year old wall. 

DC> But, do they do it for laughs?  _Home Improvent_ is all for the laughs

No, they show how to really fix stuff.
                                       xxcarol

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