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We hire the unhirable
So we've been telling each other for years that not many young people are coming into this fascinating industry of ours.
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My Partner, My Spouse
Having been married to The Lovely Marianne for more than 45 years, and having been in business with her since 1989, I feel qualified to give you this advice on...
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Form Follows Function
In 1896, the American architect, Louis Sullivan, came up with the idea that form should follow function.
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The Origin of the British thermal unit
Every wonder why it's a British thermal unit and not a Polish thermal unit? I mean, why not a Ptu?
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A New Yorker in The New Yorker
This article from the On The Town section of The New Yorker is such a nice way to end my speaking career.
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My Father's American Dream
Lake Ronkonkoma. How's that for a Native American name? Sort of rolls off your tongue, doesn't it?
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The Great Temperature Race
If the temperature is 55 and you want it to be 65, will it get to 65 quicker by setting the thermostat to 80 rather than 65?
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The Art of Troubleshooting
And then you have to remember because you know this is probably going to happen again.
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The Steam Niche
It was also to be in a nasty, windowless, brick-walled basement room in what used to be a hospital, but was now an office building.
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The man who first showed us how to burn oil
He took me into their lab and showed me this new burner that they were developing for a modulating/condensing boiler.
