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The Anatomy of Annoying

The tiny tale I’m about to share with you got me thinking about noisy radiators. It usually doesn’t take much to get me thinking about radiators, but this time the inspir...

Published on 03/20/2020 4:00 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The Power of Perspective

Perspective is such a deceptively simple word, yet there is enormous power in the application of it. Put the other way… “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks lik...

Published on 03/16/2020 3:02 PM by Larry Weingarten
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Technology

Our daughter, Erin, bought our business in 2016 when Marianne and I retired. Erin is of an age where she is more comfortable with technology than I am, and she was the br...

Published on 03/06/2020 10:22 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Choosing The Trades

It’s four years ago, and 8th-grader Paige Knowles is walking down new corridors and thinking about her future. She’s able to get a glimpse of the different labs, but the ...

Published on 02/26/2020 1:27 PM by Mikayla Knowles
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The Wedgie Factor

Comfort is a funny thing. When we have it, we’re usually not aware of it. It’s just there.

Published on 02/12/2020 12:19 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Keep It Simple

Once upon a time, when a manufacturers’ rep was foolish enough to hire me and teach me enough to be dangerous, I suggested to my boss that he would be very smart if he al...

Published on 01/28/2020 11:17 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Disassembly Required

It’s a good price and they’ll assemble it for us,” The Lovely Marianne looked up from her iPad and nodded. “This is a good deal. And you should definitely not be assembli...

Published on 01/13/2020 11:02 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Thieves

We had a warehouse break-in over the weekend when I was young and working inside-sales (read, order-taking) for a manufacturers’ rep on the Isle of Long. We had just move...

Published on 01/08/2020 10:57 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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A Foreign Exchange

It took Jimmy about a half-hour to realize that the homeowner hadn’t understood a word he had said. “The guy was a real dummy,” Jimmy told Larry, who had been his partner...

Published on 11/13/2019 1:57 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Your Pet Peeves

I asked this question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com: “Just curious. What gets under your skin these days when it comes to your local wholesalers?” Then I sat back and wa...

Published on 10/21/2019 1:09 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business