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German Heating 100 Years Ago

I started going to the every-odd-year ISH show in Frankfurt, Germany in 1990 and haven’t missed one since. I feel quite comfortable in Frankfurt. So much so that there’s ...

Published on 05/01/2014 11:09 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Heating Museum
When I'm 64

I turn 64 this month and if I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself. Will you still need me; will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-...

Published on 01/13/2014 12:57 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
The Human Body is a Radiator

This goes back a bunch of years but the horror remains as raw and smelly now as if did then, and I can’t blame the airlines. It was the alphabet’s fault. But before we ge...

Published on 01/13/2014 11:48 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
We’re Probably Not the Low Bidder

Good morning! Here’s my company’s proposal. It covers everything we discussed as well as the alternates for the additional work you said you would consider.

Published on 12/01/2013 5:59 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
Effective Writing Brings in Business

How to get read These days, anyone can be a publisher. All you have to do is start a blog, a Facebook page, or a Web site. Build a following among your customers, and the...

Published on 11/21/2013 1:24 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
My Day As a Potted Plant

Our daughter, Colleen, born and raised on Long Island, now lives in a suburb of Boston with her husband, Adam. The town they live in is called Medford. We have a Medford ...

Published on 09/03/2013 4:16 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business