Niche, Niche, Niche: Have You Found Yours?

From: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News | Date: May 29, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

If you're a complainer, you can substitute the "n" in niche to "b" and repeat that three times.

Now that you've vented, let's move on to the important issue.

Many of you who have faithfully followed my column for the past few months (thank you Mom and Janet) know that I like to use the dictionary to define some of the words I use in these musings. I won't disappoint you -- I'm going to do it again.

Today's word is niche. The dictionary has several definitions but I'll only deal with the one that directly relates to you, the contractor, and how you can manipulate this ...

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