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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes Tables |
Property Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives [Table Text Block] |
Buildings and improvements (in years) |  | 5 | to | 40 |
Service equipment (in years) |  | 5 | to | 15 |
Furniture, office equipment, signs and fixtures (in years) |  | 3 | to | 10 |
Advertising Expense, and Cooperative Advertising Credits [Table Text Block] |
Year Ended December 31, |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Advertising expense, gross |  | $ | 101,656 |  |  | $ | 89,736 |  |  | $ | 62,933 |
Manufacturer cooperative advertising credits |  |  | (20,293 | ) |  |  | (19,801 | ) |  |  | (16,281 | )
Advertising expense, net |  | $ | 81,363 |  |  | $ | 69,935 |  |  | $ | 46,652 |

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- Definition Disclosure of accounting policy for advertising costs that are expensed, indicating whether such costs are expensed as incurred or the first period in which the advertising takes place and the offsetting cash consideration received from a vendor arising from cooperative advertising arrangements against advertising expense when such consideration represents a reimbursement of a specific, incremental, identifiable cost incurred by the entity in selling the vendor's products or services. + References No definition available. + Details
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