<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:57:13.074-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My Oklahoma Plumber</title><subtitle type='html'>All about your Local Oklahoma Plumber &amp;amp; the 38 years it has been around.  You will find helpful information in regards to plumbing situations, links to sites that can help &amp;amp; contact information for Mullin Plumbing, Inc. and its&amp;#39; subsidairy companies.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-2487956928856503659</id><published>2010-06-29T14:25:00.014-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T08:46:59.232-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Digging their way out of a hole</title><summary type='text'>Just 20, Markwayne's first full day running Mullin Plumbing was a "beaut". The insurance agent that was there said, "Markwayne, at midnight tonight you don't have insurance and you owe $15,000."The secretary affirmed Mullin Plumbing didn't have money on hand to pay for the insurance necessary to operate the business.Markwayne said, "So I need to get into our accounts receivable and I start making</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/2487956928856503659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/digging-their-way-out-of-hole.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/2487956928856503659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/2487956928856503659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/digging-their-way-out-of-hole.html' title='Digging their way out of a hole'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cEEQ2j0q45s/TCpKpmsT4rI/AAAAAAAAAB4/86V9L7mOdZU/s72-c/Markwayne.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-2332157841805950415</id><published>2010-06-25T09:34:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T10:20:46.288-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Adversity is My Business....</title><summary type='text'>The toughness and resilience Mullin displayed as a boy served him well as he worked hard jobs, built a bread route, began a sewer company, walked away from it and started anew in Tulsa. It also served him well as he weathered the ups and downs of operating Mullin Plumbing.In the late 1980s, as their children grew older, Jim &amp; Gayle decided to mover their family back to Westville, where there was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/2332157841805950415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/adversity-is-my-business.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/2332157841805950415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/2332157841805950415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/adversity-is-my-business.html' title='Adversity is My Business....'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cEEQ2j0q45s/TCTHfiWiJMI/AAAAAAAAABA/aqDqPlqyBWE/s72-c/Markwayne.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-1540601327151123136</id><published>2010-06-24T15:34:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T15:19:38.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tulsa here I come.........</title><summary type='text'>Missing his Oklahoma roots and his family, Mullin decided to take his expertise and move back to Oklahoma, this time in the Tulsa area."I had started a business in KC with no experience. I'm the best drain man in the country now," he remembered thinking at the time. "I'm the best. I really believed that."With that outlook, Mullin went to a Local Plumbing Company, an old Tulsa firm, on his first </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/1540601327151123136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/tulsa-here-i-come.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/1540601327151123136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/1540601327151123136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/tulsa-here-i-come.html' title='Tulsa here I come.........'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cEEQ2j0q45s/TCUPM_r1uJI/AAAAAAAAABY/pkGumgTDeys/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-3386625628609526451</id><published>2010-06-21T10:19:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T15:51:41.862-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Working hard every step of the way...</title><summary type='text'>Jim Mullin moved to Kansas City after High School because that is where the work was. In KC, he loaded paper, cleaned and ran errands for Hallmark Cards, built a bakery sales route, loaded and unloaded for a truck line and he did other jobs as well.Although he held a variety of jobs, the closest thing to experience Mullin had when starting in the sewer business in Kansas City was 30 days as a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/3386625628609526451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/working-hard-every-step-of-way.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/3386625628609526451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/3386625628609526451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/working-hard-every-step-of-way.html' title='Working hard every step of the way...'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-4634918664172347274</id><published>2010-06-18T07:30:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:06:24.194-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Growing Up with Adversity</title><summary type='text'>Perseverant. Smart. Ambitious. Hard-working. Resilient. All describe Mullin. He put all of those traits to work in business, but he'd learned them years before.Jim's tribulations began as a boy, and the way he confronted and overcame them surely prepared him for any trials business and life tossed at him. he grew up 15 miles from Westville, Ok., in a place called Cow Bog Hollow (Hollow pronounced</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/4634918664172347274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/growing-up-with-adversity.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/4634918664172347274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/4634918664172347274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/growing-up-with-adversity.html' title='Growing Up with Adversity'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cEEQ2j0q45s/TBttlv3QufI/AAAAAAAAAAo/YlmANPa86aU/s72-c/250px-Downtown_Westville,_OK.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537710982100091555.post-3197691493025009206</id><published>2010-06-16T11:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:09:37.848-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How Underdogs win...</title><summary type='text'>Mullin Plumbing was founded in 1973, we have about 110 employees with our headquarters being located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and secondary office in Moore, Oklahoma.Mullin Plumbing, Inc. handles everything that has natural gas, water or sewer going through it, including repairs, remodeling, new construction, utilities, septic, aerobic, lagoons and HVAC.Jim Mullin's company was built on "nobody </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/feeds/3197691493025009206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-underdogs-win.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/3197691493025009206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8537710982100091555/posts/default/3197691493025009206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mullinplumbing.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-underdogs-win.html' title='How Underdogs win...'/><author><name>SAM</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04223143559074843795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cEEQ2j0q45s/TBo5p_zdy7I/AAAAAAAAAAg/qu8iXfBBZjc/s72-c/Jim+%26+Markwayne.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
