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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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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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Different Trade, Same Story

Carl’s nephew, Mark, had just graduated from high school and was working as Carl’s helper for the summer. He was 10 minutes late to our house and when he walked in Carl l...

Published on 03/22/2018 9:00 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Tracks and Animals

I went to school in Hicksville, New York, starting in 1957 when my parents moved my big brother and me out of Manhattan, where we went to Saint Monica grade school becaus...

Published on 12/21/2017 2:58 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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It's About Time

Years ago, back when he was still making magic in his family's business, I'd get together with Al and his brother Richie, The Man Who Can Fix Anything. We'd go into old h...

Published on 06/16/2016 1:21 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Nine by 12

On the afternoon that I was born, and thirty or so miles east of the place where I was born, men were leveling Long Island potato fields and laying out the building plots...

Published on 06/04/2016 4:00 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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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. When I was still doing seminars I would ask for a...

Published on 02/16/2016 2:30 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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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 how to be ...

Published on 02/08/2016 4:46 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Where Are Our Apprenticeships?

When I went to work for the rep in 1970, my apprenticeship consisted of reading product catalogs, any old books I could find, listening to old men tell stories, prowl any...

Published on 09/02/2014 12:17 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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The Nameless Driver

Long Island has some of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. Our town has its own beach on the ocean and The Lovely Marianne and I go there all summer long to sit a...

Published on 12/22/2011 1:32 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business