Friday Fax
A Weekly Summary of Polywater® News of Incredible Importance
Issue #724


           Two weeks ago we invited you to view our UPR™ Pole Repair Video. Now we invite you to view the new Polywater UPR Pole Repair Literature. The flyer does a good job of explaining the features and benefits of the product.

What selling agents also need to know is that UPR Pole Repair is not another me-too product. This is a unique formulation designed to out-perform the competition. Who are they? We've identified three major players:
What makes UPR better? Superior expanding foam technology fills cavities fully and allows greater integration with the wood pole for stronger repair, extended durability, and better gaffability. The cartridge fits standard high-ratio caulking guns, allowing hands-free in-nozzle mixing and easy product deployment without drilling access holes or sourcing special tools. Kits for single or multiple holes contain everything needed for a repair, including green-treated wood blocks to fill voids and reduce the amount of foam needed. UPR application is faster, less expensive, and more effective.

There's no room here for a detailed comparison of UPR to each competitive product. UPR's advantages vary from one product to the next. What's important to understand is that UPR has at least one distinct advantage over each of the others, making your selling job easier. We may have more in-depth head-to-head comparisons in future Friday Faxes, but why wait? Your regional manager can assist you in learning the key selling points right now. Give them a call and start selling UPR Pole Repair today.


The Joke		                               More Historical Trivia.   1) Personal hygiene used to leave much room for improvement. As a result, many people developed acne scars by adulthood. Women would spread bee's wax on their face to smooth out their complexion. If a woman stared at another woman's face, she was told, "mind your own bee's wax." If the woman smiled, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile." When they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt, thus the expression "losing face." 2) Ladies wore corsets, which laced up in the front. A proper, dignified woman with a tightly tied lace was "straight laced." 3) Common entertainment included card games. However, a tax was levied when purchasing playing cards--but only applicable to the "Ace of Spades." To avoid paying the tax, people purchased 51 cards instead. Yet since most games require 52 cards, these people were considered stupid because they weren't "playing with a full deck." 4) Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, they sent their assistants to local taverns. They were told to "go sip some ale and listen to people's political concerns." Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here' and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus the term "gossip." 5) In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons, which fired iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon--and to prevent them from rolling about the deck. The best method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four, resting on nine, resting on sixteen. Thus, 30 cannon balls were stacked in a small area near the cannon. One problem was how to prevent the bottom layer from rolling out from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "monkey with 16 round indentations. If this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution was to make "brass monkeys." Brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when temperatures dropped fast, the brass indentations could shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey ... making it literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."

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