I went to the hardware store today to buy some replacement parts for a garbage disposal that exploded under my kitchen sink.  I walked down the plumbing supplies isle and a had a little chuckle thinking about the plumbing supply business.  It reminded me of when I was growing up watching TV shows like Happy Days, as I believe Mr. C would be going to a plumbing supply convention for his hardware store.  Perhaps it was thinking of “P Traps” or other plumbing phrases.  Yes, sometimes my inner 13 year old shows himself.  I was actually going to make fun of this profession a little, because as sitcom writers all know plumbing supplies are actually a funny profession, and it always seems like the conventions businessmen are going to back in the day of sitcoms were plumbing supply conventions. 

While kitchen sinks and toilet and toilet brushes are funny things to write in as characters, this is big business for the likes of the people at  the PHCC.  They recently had their 125th Annual Convention in Southern California. 125 years is a long time and obviously this group has some real staying power.  Their 126th Annual Convention and Trade Show is scheduled for September 29, 2008 through October 4, 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.  I wonder if Mr. C will be in attendance.

[photo via Lou's Plumbing Supply]