I always think of my uncle whenever I change the air filters in my house.
I know that probably sounds pretty weird to a lot of people, but my uncle taught me everything that he knew about heating and cooling back when he was alive.
He was my favorite uncle and whenever I was growing up, he would let me go out with him on heating and cooling calls in his HVAC repair truck. That was probably against the rules of his HVAC company, but my uncle really did not care. Nobody ever told on us, so I don’t know if anybody at the central HVAC office ever even found out about it. His customers certainly thought that I was cute and fun, and so they never reported him or anything for bringing a child to work with him. It wasn’t like it was child labor or anything like that either, because I just handed in his tools and things like that. I loved going with him whenever he was working on a furnace or an air conditioning system in someone’s house. I learned so much during those summers and I had so much fun hanging out with my uncle. I always felt like I was really cool running around town in his HVAC repair truck. While all of my friends were at the pool or skating or something like that, I was working like a real man and learning about a trade with my uncle. It was great. So now that I’m grown, whenever I change the air filters in my house or work on my heating or cooling system, I always think of my uncle fondly.