Double Letters

Okay puzzler time. This is a quick one. Here we go.

A friend of mine who works at a bank was doing her accounting duties, and she was noticing that there was a balloon payment coming up and she said, "Well, that's interesting. Balloon. b.a.l.l.o.o.n. There are two sets of double letters in that word. Hmm."

And so she thought to herself, is there a word in the English language that has three sets of double letters in a row? And I was thinking on this one, I came across a word that has two H's in it, back to back.

So the puzzler has two parts. What word has three sets of double letters in it? And what word has two H's?

Now, there may be 2500 answers to this one, I know. Just have fun with it.

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?

The Contractor

Some years ago, I had a contractor over to the house. He was doing some work on my house. It was taking a while and he had to stay late, and charge me more, of course.

So when he finally leaves, it is pretty late. He is heading back to New Hampshire, where he lives. And he is traveling with his faithful assistant. And as they were driving, they began to hear the familiar drone of a fuel pump that was failing. We all know that sound at Car Talk. The drone of an electric fuel pump failing...

And sure enough, the thing quits on him. So here he is in the middle of nowhere, with a dead fuel pump. He doesn't know what to do, because it is late, and it's dark, and he needs to get home. This was before cell phones, you know. There was a time before cell phones, if you can believe it.

So, his assistant gets out, goes to the back of their work van and begins to hunt around. A few minutes later he comes out and says, "I can get us home without any trouble."

He uses something that he finds in the back of the van to get them home.

And the puzzler is, what does he find in the back of the truck that enables him to get them home? And what kind of contractor was he?

Hint: He does not in any way pump the fuel out of the tank into the engine, nor does he managed to get the fuel pump to work.

Good luck.