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