I love to read, so I’ve always looked for book stores and libraries.
In the reading club at my university, I met a neighbor who invited me to visit her grandparents, who had given her the reading bug.
The libraries I’ve been to have excellent heating, but when I visited my neighbor’s house, it had the best boiler I’ve ever used. My friend and I had intended to stay for the weekend. When my friend and I entered the house, the first thing that struck me was how clean it was. I anticipated a historic home with a magnificent library and perhaps even some cool… But when I entered, I discovered that the floor was warm and not the carpet. Grandpa Ola spent some time in the library and observed my response. She simply cited the hydronic heating system. I’m not sure how it happened, but I got into a direct discussion with the grandfather about the heating and cooling system details for their home and how he always made sure they received timely maintenance for their HVAC system. Another of her grandchildren worked as a heating and air conditioning technician, and he had introduced the family to the popular new hybrid heating system. She was awed by the way modern technology combined a heat pump and a boiler to create unique equipment. It’s interesting that the boiler maintenance was scheduled for that weekend, and I got to meet the expert from the family heating supplier who was scheduled to visit for that purpose. She was every bit as impressive as the Grandpa had said, and somehow I ended up going with him to the neighborhood to help out a family neighbor who had also hired her for boiler maintenance. That’s the quick explanation I’ll give my children about how I met their father—that heating dealership expert is now my wife.