
	Friday Fax A Weekly Summary of Polywater^® News of Incredible Importance

Issue #473

New SqueekyKleen^™ Video

Big development for telcom reps: a new SqueekyKleen Video is now available online. The 2-minute snippet demonstrates better than a bunch of written or spoken words how SqueekyKleen removes pik from the outside of buffer tubes, and then cleans and fans fiber for easy splicing with just two wipes of the saturated towelette. The most important feature of the video is the sound; you can actually hear the squeak of the clean cable as the wipe passes. Experienced cable splicers know this coveted sound and will be impressed by how easily it is achieved with SqueekyKleen. Where can you find this new video (other than in this email)? It's accessible from the "Free Videos" tab at the top of all APC webpages and is linked in two places on the SqueekyKleen Flyer. You have two jobs with the new video. 1) Watch it, listen for the squeak, and learn. 2) Show it to everyone you know.

The Human Altimeter

Where did the idea for SqueekyKleen come from? The heavens ... sort of. While he didn't actually formulate the solvent blend, APC's new communication market hire and experienced cable splicer Steve Scudder did provide the criteria for an optimal fiber cleaner. And Steve comes from the heavens ... sort of. No, Steve is no angel; he's what we call a "paratrooper in drag." Normally you don't want to say something like that around men or women in the armed services. The connotation could result in bodily harm. However, in Steve Scudder's case, not only is it okay, it's accurate. You see, Steve Scudder is the human altimeter. The Army used to drag him at the end of a rope out of a plane, and when the copilot saw him scraping and bouncing along the surface of the earth, the pilot could determine his altitude by the length of rope deployed. Unfortunately they did this one too many times for Steve's knee. The Army's loss is your gain. His new product is going to drop a bomb on entrenched cleaners. And that's a real drag for the competition.

The Friday Fax Editor's Joke of the Week

The Joke

Even More Golden Moments. 1) Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman--already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet--who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator. On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. "I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown." 2) A husband and wife in their nineties are having problems remembering things. During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember. Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. "Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?" he asks. "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" "Sure." "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks. "No, I can remember it." "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down." He says, "I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." "I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down!" she says. Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down; I can remember it: ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream. I got it, for goodness sake!" Then he toddles to the kitchen. After about 20 minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment. "Where's my toast?"

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