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The O-S Fitting

I was looking at a photograph of Crosley Field, a grand, Cincinnati, Ohio baseball stadium that burned to the ground in 1900. The men in the photo are wearing derbies and...

Published on 10/20/2014 3:40 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Invisible Tenants

"They don't live in the building. They never complain because they have nothing to complain about. They don't have agents, and best of all, they pay their rent on time." ...

Published on 09/20/2014 4:06 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Chatting with Ara About Radiators

I was having a conversation the other day with Mr. Ara Marcus Daniels, who is quite dead. I do such things because I have time on my hands and not much of a life. We were...

Published on 09/17/2014 12:01 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Heating Museum
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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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Marketing by Example

Marketing by Example What works and what doesn't work, and do you really have to reinvent the wheel to be a successful marketer of your product or services? In this fasci...

Published on 08/23/2014 3:45 PM
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Will Americans Go For the Chop-Cloc?

Hey, who doesn’t want to save fuel? And who doesn’t want to sell stuff that saves fuel? That was my first thought when I got a Google Alert about this new product coming ...

Published on 08/20/2014 10:42 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business