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This Just In...
It's February. Everyone's favorite month.
A month made for binge-watching three years worth of
The Wire
or six years of
The Sopranos
.
A month made for listening to ice damns forming in your gutters. A month waiting at the airport for you escape to a warmer clime, only to be told the plane is...delayed. Again.
Sorry. Got carried away with the joys of February.
We're going right out - right now - and buy our beloved spouse flowers and plan a huge Valentine's Day surprise.
We're going to celebrate the season, the freshly fallen snow, hot chocolate while riding in a one-horse open sleigh. We're going to be positive. Optimistic. We're going to lament each February day that escapes without a chance to clear our neighbor's 75-foot driveway. By hand. Right.
See you March.
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Good Night!
That's what the ownership at Hästens, a firm founded in 1852 and based in Köping, Sweden is betting on. The company claims that its beds "will change your life, and alter the way it's worth it. Each bed is custom made for over 320 hours by four "master artisans," using a slow-growing Swedish pinewood frame, a box-spring equipped with pure steel springs, layers of flax, horsetail hair, cotton and wool batting, all specially stacked...like a lasagna.
The horsehair is braided and unbraided by hand and "acts as a miniature airway to wick moisture away so there's no sweat buildup." Bloomberg's
James Gaddy reviewed the bed
at the company's New York showroom and fell in love. "I get in, and I start to see what they mean. My feet are supported unlike any other mattress I've ever slept on. It gives and holds in unusual, but always comfortable, ways."
So enamored was he that he started doing what customers usually do when they really, really want something: they rationalize. "If you keep it for 25 years and get eight hours of sleep every night, think of it as paying $2 every hour for the privilege of blissful,
blissful sleep," he says unconvincingly. Gaddy concludes that with a good night's sleep, he can live longer, learn faster, function better, stay in better shape, and look younger.
Considering how I can barely get 5 good hours a night now, just doesn't make sense to me. How about you?
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Confused About Art?
We have been. Never clear about which style indicated which period or particular artist. So, we searched the interwebnet and lo and behold we found this easy chart.
So you will never wonder if Holzer is the slogans or if Koons owns the kitsch!
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If there is anyone of you folks who open this e mail once a month, who would be kind enough to share a positive experience about Daniels and the people who bring you your oil and propane and heating and cooling it would be so very much appreciated.
You might visit this Yelp! site...
We're always working hard to keep our good name and every good word from you makes all the difference.
That ends this commercial message.
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Did You Know
In Japan, people often make ground art out of fallen leaves. The colorful foliage gets transformed into ochiba art, or " fallen leaf art" which ranges from color based shapes and spirals to popular cartoon characters.
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Take A VERY Close Look
This month it isn't a
"who is this?"
rather -
"who painted this"?
Tell us here
and you may win a $25 Amazon gift card. It's your own fault. You make it so hard to fool you!
And let us say a word about the 81 of you who correctly guessed the actor,
Common,
including Patrick L.
and the 47 of you, including Alex M., who knew that the beautiful Cathedral in Denmark was called the
Grundtvigs Church
. How you knew this - remains a constant source of irritation and amazement to us at,
"This Just In..."
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Home Show Tickets!!!!
Yes, it's the 405
th
Greater Hartford Home Show - actually the Home Builders Show at the Convention Center in Hartford - March 3-5
th.
(Goes back to 1612 when Goody Mills welcomed the new Bliss family from RI by bringing over a small stool, two elderly tomatoes and a squirrel dish for supper, but we digress).
We got tickets. Free tickets.
OK, so we don't have 1000 free tickets. They need the money, times are tough. But, we do have 5 sets of two. So, if you'd like a pair and promise to go and buy at least one Super Mop and two Super Hose Nozzles and to visit the Daniels booth #439 - and say hello, well, we'll try to get you a pair.
Send your mailing address here.
See you at the show.
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Last Month's Winners
Just a quick reminder, we average approximately 75-100 people entering our monthly contests. We go through all the entries and of all those with the correct answer we select one lucky winner.
Jim C identified the Phillippines as the place where people go"dotty" at New Year and Ed R correctly identified the Fire Fall (no longer allowed) at Yosemite. Thanks to all who entered!
Please know that we love the fact that you all play with us each month and we hope you will continue to enjoy doing so.
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So We Found This...
It's
Shah-e-Cheragh,
Persian for
"King of the Light"
a funerary and mosque in Shiraz, Iran on a site that dates to 900 A.D. It houses the tomb of two brothers, Ahmad and Muhammad,
sons of the seventh Imam and brothers of Imam Reza.
It was built in various stages, by various monarchs over 700 years.
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But Look Inside!
Here's a link that gives you a bit more of a look at this beautiful shrine.
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We Deliver
"Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night, shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
True for the post office, and true for Daniels Too!
Thanks to a great customer, Wilbur Spencer, for this pix
of our Propane driver delivering in Old Lyme on the day of a recent storm!
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Where Are We?
Tell us here
and you may win a $25 Amazon gift card. We hope it isn't as easy as last month's quiz!!!
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Quit Your Cussing
OK, IMPROVE your cussing, thou craven, knotty-pated, malt-worm!
Use this handy Shakespeare Insult Kit
We're just trying to improve the discourse in America! Enjoy
And speaking of Shakespeare - if you can do NOT miss the Darko Tresnjak production of Shakespeare's
"A Comedy of Errors,"
at Hartford Stage. It is nothing short of sensational with humor, dancing, jugglers, accordion players, two sets of twins and a Bollywood number that will have you dancing in your seat. You heard it hear first - this is a great show.
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Leave 'em Laughing
Probably a little too much mustard on the gas!
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Dave, John & Bob
The Daniels Family says, "thank-you for reading, This Just In."
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