The Money Machines column in last month’s issue included one of the best slogans I’ve seen in the plumbing and drain-cleaning business: “We repair what your husband fixed,” courtesy of John’s Plumbing in Birmingham, Ala. Well, I like it, anyway, because it brings to mind a family story. My father once tried to fix a drainpipe under the kitchen sink and ended up busting it. He had to call a plumber, of course. But meanwhile, he and my mother got to talking. Since the plumber was coming, maybe they should just get a new faucet and sink at the same
