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

Issue #752

Polywater is located in Minnesota, a remote section of fly-over country known, among other things, for its cold weather. Yesterday we received 4 more inches of snow to coat our 2-foot base. The forecast is for more snow and another week or so of sub-freezing temperatures. At times like this, with the first day of "Spring" only 5 days away, even the hardiest Minnesotans begin to ask why they are Minnesotans.

It is also times like this when utility crews avoid all but absolutely necessary outside field work. Being aware of this, it's easy to assume that as a result winter becomes a more difficult time to sell live-line treatment products, because--at least in colder northern climes--product usage should theoretically decline.

Not necessarily so.

Ask yourself this question: "What do live-line crews do when they are not outside on the job?" Answer: they spend more time in the shop, cleaning and maintaining their equipment--or at least, they should. Cold, miserable weather is often an ideal time for sales calls on utility line crews.

When you make the call, highlight Polywater's four live-line treatment products as listed on the Live-Line Products Menu Page:

S-1^™ Hot Stick Cleaner & Water Repellent Wipes
B-1^™ Boom Truck Prewash Wipes
W-1^™ Live-Line Tool Wax & Buff Wipes
RBG^™ Rubber Goods Cleaner Wipes & Bulk

Focusing your sales efforts by timing your calls on the weather can pay dividends. Presenting products back at the shop is always easier than trying to sell a lineman something while he or she is perched 20 feet overhead in a lift bucket.

The Friday Fax Editor's Joke of the Week

The Joke

The Magician and the Parrot. There once was a magician on a cruise ship who mainly performed sleight of hand tricks. He had a regular spot on the ship's cabaret evening entertainment. He was actually quite a good magician, but his routines were regularly ruined by the onboard parrot that would fly around squawking out and giving away his secrets, saying things like: "It's up his sleeve," or "It's in his pocket," or "It's in his mouth." The magician was getting pretty sick of this and threatened to kill the parrot if it ruined his act one more time. That evening right at the climax of his act, just as he was about to disappear in a puff of smoke, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in a matter of minutes. Amazingly, the magician and the parrot were the only survivors. They found themselves alone in a lifeboat and for a couple of days they just sat there looking at each other. Finally, the parrot broke the silence and said, "Okay, I give up. What did you do with the ship?"

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