The Roofing Business Is a Racket

The main functional purpose of a roof is to insulate â€” to stop anything from coming in to your house (rain, snow, animals, insects, heat, cold), and stop heat or cool from escaping your house.  Why then does it make sense to make a roof out of thousands of little porous pieces instead of a couple big pieces?  To keep the profits up of roof maintenance and installation companies...

Being Perennially Late Is Perennially Disrespectful

The old schoolchild maxim goes: If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late. It's basically saying that if you respect other peoples' time (and time is the most precious resource of all, isn't it?) then you don't cut it close when showing up for an appointment. Unpunctual friends and business associates generally fall into three categories: Disrespectful without care Aloof to...

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