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Hands In Pockets, Please

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Hands In Pockets, Please
Have you ever found yourself in some dank basement staring at (and totally appreciating!) the simple beauty of some old one-pipe, gravity-return steam heating system? And then you decide that this system, which has gotten by without you for nearly a century, should have motorized zone valves. Know that you are doomed on the day that you make this fateful decision. Doomed, doomed, doomed! And here's why.
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Way back when Uncle was paying me, I had a Master Sergeant on whose wall was a big poster: KISS! Good advice...Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0 -
Bravo,
Leaving at least one hand in your pocket is also valid when working on high voltage to avoid completing the circuit and knocking you across the room.0
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