Albert Knew a Thing or Two - but not Plumbing

Did you know?...

Albert Einstein was named an honorary member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union after saying publicly that he would become a plumber if he had to do it all over again.

There is a story behind that story.

According to his colleague and friend Robert Oppenhiemer, "Late in his life, in connection with his despair over weapons and wars, Einstein said that if he had to live it over again he would be a plumber. This was a balance of seriousness and jest that no one should now attempt to disturb. Believe me, he had no idea of what it was to be a plumber; least of all in the United States, where we have a joke that the typical behavior of this specialist is that he never brings his tools to the scene of the crisis. Einstein brought his tools to his crises; Einstein was a physicist, a natural philosopher, the greatest of our time." (see "On Albert Einstein" by Robert Oppenheimer)

Well, Einstein was a very smart man (as was Oppenheimer), but we're not too sure about that reference to the typical behavior of the plumbing specialist. But then Oppie does admit the Big Man really knew nothing of plumbing.

All we know is that here at Boden Plumbing we most certainly do show up with the tools and supplies we expect to need to get your job done first time out. It's our thing -- it's what we do -- and we're plumbing specialists.