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Your Body Is A Radiator
Ever been to Ocean City, Maryland? It’s a summertime wonderland, and I was lucky enough years ago to get hired to do a seminar on hydronic radiant heating for a...
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What Is Heat?
Before I retired in 2016, I’d get a lot of calls from lawyers who wanted to hire me to be an expert witness at a trial.
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How Frank and John Taught Me To See
In 1989, when I was thinking about writing a book called, “The Lost Art of Steam Heating,” I went to see a young engineer named Frank Gerety.
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Nearly Famous Heating Quotes
Gil Carlson, who was the first person to come up with many of the hydronic concepts we take for granted today, was also my teacher.
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Trade Resolutions
It’s that time of the year when we’re supposed to get ready to make a resolution or two that will last a few weeks until we slouch back into our...
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Will It Help?
If you’re lucky in life, you’ll occasionally have a conversation with someone that will stay with you forever.
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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.
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Go Figure
Our daughter Erin, concerned about the heavy rains Maryland had been having, wanted to have some window wells on her basement checked out.
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Sell What They Ask For
Each year, on the day after Thanksgiving, we celebrate Black Friday. It’s supposed to be the day when businesses finally move from the red ink to the black ink in...
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Get Out And Learn
I went to ISH in Frankfurt, Germany with three friends in 1995. It was my third trip to that monstrosity of a tradeshow and we had arranged with friends at...
