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For years the Daniels family has worked hard for you. Rushing out when you have no heat. Installing that a/c seconds before the heat wave hits. And let’s not forget that last minute propane delivery. But this winter – they – went – one step further!
We are not at liberty to provide specifics (this is the kind of top-secret stuff you find in an x-VP’s house or garage) but since Nov. 1 through the end of January, David and John managed to increase the average daily temperature by nearly 6 degrees off normal. Really. That translates to far less oil and propane usage – even though that is exactly what they sell!
With our tongue firmly planted in our cheek, we wish you a warmer than normal February and thanks for reading and playing along with us at “This Just In…”
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Earnest boy squats on haunches and strains to follow lesson in heat of packed classroom. South Africa. © Ernest Cole | Magnum Photos | |
"Recording the truth at whatever cost is one thing but finding one having to live a lifetime of being a chronicler of misery and injustice and callousness is another.”
--Ernest Cole
More here: https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/ernest-cole-rediscovered-archive-apartheid-black-history/
| Ernest Levi Tsoloane Cole (21 March 1940 – 19 February 1990) was a South African photographer. In the early 1960s, he started to freelance for clients such as Drum magazine, the Rand Daily Mail, and the Sunday Express. This made him South Africa's first black freelance photographer. |
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Don't Forget Vantine's Day | |
As if you needed reminding! | |
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That’s Peter Freuchen and his wife Dagmar Freuchen-Gale, in a photo taken by Irving Penn.
Freuchen is a top candidate for the Most Interesting Man in the World. Standing six feet seven inches, Freuchen was an arctic explorer, journalist, author, and anthropologist. He participated in several arctic journeys (including a 1,000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland), starred in an Oscar-winning film, wrote more than a dozen books (novels and nonfiction, including his famous book on Eskimos), had a peg leg (he lost his leg to frostbite in 1926; he amputated his gangrenous toes himself), was involved in the Danish resistance against Germany, was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Nazis before escaping to Sweden, studied to be a doctor at university. Oh there’s more.
His first wife was Inuit and his second was a Danish margarine heiress, he became friends with Jean Harlow and Mae West, once escaped from a blizzard shelter by cutting his way out of it with a knife fashioned from his own feces, (sorry) and, last but certainly not least, won $64,000 on The $64,000 Question.
An anecdote about Freuchen:
It was so cold that even inside his cabin, even with the small coal stove, the moisture in his breath condensed into ice on the walls and ceiling. He kept breathing. The house got smaller and smaller. Early on, he wrote, two men could not pass without brushing elbows.
Eventually after he was alone and the coal — “the one factor that had kept the house from growing in upon me” — was gone, he threw out the stove to make more room inside. (He still had a spirit lamp for light and boiling water.) Before winter and his task ended and relief came, he was living inside an ice cave made of his own breath that hardly left him room to stretch out to sleep.
Peter Freuchen, six foot seven, lived inside the cave of his breath.
Come on!
His third wife, Dagmar Freuchen-Gale, was no slouch either. She was a teacher, artist, editor, expert on world cuisine, and a top fashion illustrator. Here’s a cover she illustrated for Vogue in 1947:
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The Best Greatest Quiz EVER! | |
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OK, so more than 6,600 Daniels customers open the newsletter each month. Maybe 1,114 read a portion of it. 150-175 will play the quizzes and 14, not including my wife, read the whole thing cover to cover.
Sometimes something magical happens. One of our Daniels customers, Michael S. loved our quizzes and thought he’d try a quiz on us. We loved it and decided to share it with you this month.
So…this photo depicts talented singers at a particular point in time – on a specific TV show.
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Name the TV show here (added points for naming the group) and you may win an Amazon gift.
Oh, and here’s how this got better: Michael married one of those ladies – Michelle and she liked the idea of the quiz as much as we did so….have at it.
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Daniels has some great offers on the complete line of Rinnai tankless water heaters. If you’re thinking about making a change – if your hot water heater is 10+ years old you should be thinking….Rinnai. Here’s why: | | |
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Compact Size
Tankless water heaters are about the size of a carry-on suitcase, so they can fit in small spaces like closets, cabinets, and mud rooms.
Unlimited Hot Water
Because your water is continuously heated as needed, you’ll never have to choose between taking a hot shower, doing a load of laundry, or running the dishwasher.
Energy Efficiency
Rated by a Uniform Energy Factor (UEF), tankless water heaters are a highly efficient hot water appliance and ENERGY STAR® certified units offer additional energy saving benefits.
Convenience
Smart-Circ™ Intelligent Recirculation™ learns your hot water usage pattern and schedules recirculation accordingly to provide you with faster hot water when you need it.
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Boldin’s Lady in Rose
Giovanni Boldini (31 December 1842 – 11 January 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career.
Boldini was born in Ferrara, Italy, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and the younger brother of architect Luigi Boldini. In 1862, he went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as The Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism.
Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist. He completed portraits of distinguished members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster. From 1872 he lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. He became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a brio reminiscent of the work of John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu.
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Self portrait of Giovanni Boldini
Boldini died in Paris in1931 yet his work continued to be exhibited around the world. An exhibition of his work was held in 1938, seven years after his death, at the Newhouse Galleries in New York City.
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These two folks were every bit as big as last month’s Martin Lawrence and Tea Leoni (winners for identifying them last month include: Jackie D and Roberta V while Elaina B correctly identified the word quiz - the one thing all four people had in common was the name - Lemon) :)
Tell us here who either one of them is and we’ll enter you into the drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card. Good luck.
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Starting January 1st Electric supply rates have doubled.
Plus an increase in delivery charges.
These increases promise to be devastating. It’s expected that the average bill will increase $80.00 per month. If you’re using 1000 KW per month (approx.$200.00 in 2021-22) it should escalate to approximately $365.00 with the new rate increases (avg .37c per KWH).
Adding solar could mean a savings of as much as 43% or $157 a month!
So maybe NOW is the time to think Solar. Daniels Energy does not install solar but we do connect our customers with Trinity Solar and their representative Rich Delorenze.
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* Right now, if you qualify, install solar with ZERO out of pocket cost.
* Systems come with a 25 yr. Parts and Labor Guarantee and a Power Production Guarantee.
* Trinity Solar guarantees your rate will be lower than your existing provider
* Trinity solar will install, insure, maintain and service the system at NO COST
* 0% Energy Conservation Loans Available
Plus, there’s a 30% Federal Tax Purchase Credit.
And…you will get a NO COST Energy Audit to identify more ways to save energy. Interested - please give us a call –
860 813 9122
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Hikmet Kaya, a retired forest engineer from Turkey, standing in front of a land which he afforested while holding a photograph of it from 41 years ago when he started. | |
Because, Who Knows, You May Not Have Known… | |
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In winter, Japanese folk make yuki usagi: rabbits made out of snow. They're usually a simple egg shape with nandina leaves for ears & red nandina berries for eyes.
In Japan, rabbits represent good fortune, cleverness, & forward progress.
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THIS….THIS was the car I was promised. 1961 Chrysler Turboflite. | | |
That is the first reaction people have when someone says, “your underground oil line is leaking.” Other words follow. | |
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It is imperative that you know if your underground oil feeder lines have been either removed or cannot be accessed/used because copper corrodes and should the line fail, you could find fuel oil where you don’t want to find fuel oil. And – worse – the damage usually isn’t covered by insurance! Arrrgghhh.
If you have any questions please give us a call and we'll be happy to help.
Call Today
860 813 9122
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This is a “sleeved” oil line. It’s the proper way to protect against oil line leaks.
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Found this on the bottom of a Bazooka Bubblegum comic.
A closing oration in the final scene of a Shakespeare play (that need not be identified here) includes these laudatory words:
This was the noblest Roman of them all...
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, “This was a man.”
To whom was the speaker referring?
a) Marcus Brutus
b) Julius Augustus Caesar
c) Marc Antony
Does it get easier than this? Tell us the answer here and, “That your purse brimmith with coin tis not the crime. Ignorance of the words of the Bard, ahh, alas.” (aka $25 Amazon gift card)
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A valentine's Poem by Ogden Nash & One Terrible Knock-Knock Joke
(It's a tradition)
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More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,
Or the Axis hates the United States,
That's how much I love you.
I love you more than a duck can swim,
And more than a grapefruit squirts,
I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,
And more than a toothache hurts.
As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
Or a juggler hates a shove,
As a hostess detests unexpected guests,
That's how much you I love.
I love you more than a wasp can sting,
And more than the subway jerks,
I love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch,
And more than a hangnail irks.
I swear to you by the stars above,
And below, if such there be,
As the High Court loathes perjurious oathes,
That's how you're loved by me.
•••
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Muffin.
Muffin who?
Muffin in this world can keep us apart
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With Trane TruComfort™ variable speed
technology, the XV18 Variable Speed Air
Conditioner continuously adjusts its speed to
meet the temperature you want.
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Purchase a new Trane Whole House A/C System by February 28, 2023 in order to receive your choice
of the $750 Daniels Dollars or fuel offer. Installation to be completed by April 28, 2023 or sooner.
If you select the fuel offer you will receive a credit of $750 on your oil or propane account upon
completion of AC system payment. Low-cost financing plans are available. Limitations apply. See
Daniels representative for complete details. CT License S1-385517 HOD#19 / Daniels Propane. LLC: CT
License S1-302857
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Pete Davidson is what I imagine Beetlejuice looked like when he was alive. | |
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