Friday Fax
A Weekly Summary of Polywater® News of Incredible Importance
Issue #827


          The latest edition of Polywater's Juice! Newsletter hit the street in this month, going to the approximately 7,500 electrical distributor contacts in our system. With numerous reps promising to forward the issue to their own lists, total readership could be as high as 10,000.

This issue tackles the critical question: Is Lubricant Unnecessary? The short answer is: "No." The medium-length answer is: "Heck no!" The fully expanded answer is contained in the body of the newsletter.

The question arises due to the advent of so-called "enhanced" cables that provide lower co-efficients of friction and can purportedly be installed without lubricant. Those cables may be a bit slipperier, but they do not compare with Polywater-lubricated cables. So the article asks more questions: "Do you want a cable that goes a little way into the conduit, or a long way? Do you want a little bit of cable jacket damage, or no damage? What is the long-term cost of a failed installation or shortened cable life? When is that potential loss worth the small cost of prevention with high-performance lubricant?"

Answer: Pretty much never.

We encourage you to forward the PDF to your own lists to further promote the publication. Or send an electronic link via email. Or work with your regional manager to add contact names to our mail list and let us do the mailing. The more the merrier. The Juice Newsletter carries an important message that will help your sales efforts. A new edition of the equally helpful Technical Talk Newsletter will be issued soon. Stay tuned and thank you for your continued support!


The Joke
                              Your Duck is Dead. A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary clinic. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and sadly said, "I'm sorry, but your duck has passed away." The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?" "Yes, I'm sure. Your duck is dead," he replied. "How can you be so sure?" she protested, "You haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something." The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out of the room. The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck." The vet turned to his PC, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried, "Just to tell me my duck is dead!" The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you'd just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."

Click here to View This Issue Online With Images
Click here to View Back Issues by Number or View Back Issues by Topic

Copyright © 2014 American Polywater Corporation -- Issue Date: 8/29/14

American Polywater Corporation -- The world's leading manufacturer of cable pulling lubricants, cable cleaners, sealants, and MRO & construction chemicals.
P.O. Box 53 | Stillwater, MN 55082 USA
1-(651) 430-2270 (Voice) | 1-(651) 430-3634 (Fax)
1-(800) 328-9384 (Toll-Free US/Canada Only)