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Why Contractors Order The Way They Do

With all the technology we have these days I was curious as to if and how contractors were using it to place orders with their suppliers, so I asked on The Wall at Heatin...

Published on 09/28/2023 2:58 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Magical Thinking

It was one of those days at HeatingHelp.com when the old guys had the floor. One of the regulars, a retired (and understandably crotchety) fella from Canada had this to s...

Published on 06/06/2023 11:08 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Times Change

Morris had me on the phone. It was 1974 and he was calling from Brooklyn, NY. I had a waxed handlebar mustache that year and my workmates at the manufacturers’ rep were c...

Published on 05/08/2023 2:30 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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It's Just What I Do

Some years ago, a wholesaler hired me to do a seminar in a New England hotel for about 100 of his contractor customers. After the seminar, the owner of the company invite...

Published on 08/03/2022 1:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Noise or Music?

In 1992, I self-published a thick book I called, "The Lost Art of Steam Heating." I did this because I could not get a publisher interested in something that few, if any,...

Published on 01/10/2022 2:39 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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My Favorite Radiator Stories

So I’m visiting a wholesaler in an old town on Long Island where my Uncle Tony worked when he was still on this side of the lawn. You would have liked him. A homeowner wa...

Published on 08/03/2021 3:32 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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PROcrastination

We’re only human, and most humans like to put off things until they absolutely have to be done. I asked some heating professionals what they’ve been procrastinating about...

Published on 04/07/2021 3:41 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The First Rule of Stupidity

When you do something stupid, you will always receive an award, which will lead you to do things of greater stupidity. This is the first rule of stupidity, and I learned ...

Published on 10/02/2020 3:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business