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The Reno Newsletter - #7

I’m feeling pretty sick as I write this newsletter. I think I deserve a raise for even showing up today, but that is another story. I just got back from Reno, NV where I attended a regional John Deere tradeshow for dealers covering about a 5 state territory. What should have been a 4 ½ hour drive turned into an almost 7 hour foray into blizzard conditions. Driving through the heavy snow, my thoughts actually turned to Fluid Film. As I was inching along Hwy 80, I was picturing a snow plow suddenly appearing before me with its blades coated with Fluid Film to keep snow and ice from sticking, allowing me to safely end my journey. I was jarred out of my daydream when I discovered that my visibility had been reduced to about the size of a postage stamp, and driving was like looking through a kaleidoscope with one eye shut. I had turned the defroster down to keep from burning alive, and my reduced visibility was the end result. I think I deserve a raise for almost dying on Donner Pass for Fluid Film, but that’s another story.

The tradeshow itself was good as always. One thing I love about tradeshows is that you always get to hear about new and different applications, and this show was no different. One application I hear about on a regular basis from John Deere dealers or customers’ concerns ringworm. Apparently, Fluid Film has an amazing ability to heal ringworm and help heal sores on livestock. Now we don’t promote this application, nor do we even recommend it, since we have never tested this application and don’t have USDA approval for the use of our product for this purpose. I always hear about it at agricultural tradeshows, though, and have always wondered who first came up with the idea.

It kind of reminds of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and Windex. If you’ve seen the movie, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, check it out. It’s pretty funny.

Anyway, I had quite a few dealers telling me they sell Fluid Film almost exclusively for this purpose. They say it moves off the shelves faster than toys on Christmas Eve. They also sell it to 4-H clubs who will coat the wool of sheep before a contest to make it shinier. Hey, I don’t make this stuff up; I’m just reporting what I hear. Like I said, we’ve never tested it for this application so we can’t recommend that you use it for this purpose. You never know, you could get a sheep with two-heads or something…

I also heard about a new application at this last show. Apparently, Fluid Film can help prevent mice from eating through electrical wiring on equipment being stored. There’s something about the product that they don’t like, or at least that’s what I was told. I had a couple of dealers tell me that their customers had used it for this purpose on Combines and swore by it. We haven’t tested this application yet, so I really can’t tell you if it works. I’m going to have to buy a couple of mice, spray the cables to my computer with Fluid Film, and let them go to work. If you here from me again, it means it works…

Then, of course, I get the regular stories of Fluid Film’s use on guns. People just swear by this stuff. I had one guy tell me that after doing some wet weather hunting, he came home, sprayed his rifle with Fluid Film and just put it in storage, fully confident that it was protected until he needed it again. I had another dealer tell me he loved how Fluid Film made the bluing shine. I also had one guy carry on how well Fluid Film protected his leather work boots. He said they kept them soft and waterproof and had been using it for years. The stories keep on coming, and I’d appreciate it if you would contribute some of your own. You never know where something you use it on could inspire someone else to try it.

When I was setting up our booth at the show, I parked my car in front of the convention center to unload the trunk. When I tried to leave, I was stopped by a big, drunk, obnoxious gentleman who blocked my car and started writing on the hood of my car with his finger. He wouldn’t move, so I finally got out of my car to ask if there was something I could do for him. He got in my face and demanded to know if I was either a police officer, a federal agent or a postal inspector. Then he told me that he knew that I had been watching him with one of those telescopic cameras with listening devices. I tried to convince him that I was none of those things, and when that didn’t work I just got back in my car and asked him again to move. He finally did, cursing me out while I drove away. I wasn’t sure if he was for real or just drunk and yanking my chain. Anyway, the next day I’m working the show and I look up and here is this big, drunk, obnoxious gentleman standing before me. It completely took me off guard. He must have just walked right in the convention. He looks at me and tells me that he can tell I have a problem with him, then leans in and growls that he thinks we will meet again. I just looked at him and smiled, picturing him waiting outside with a 12-inch knife and homicidal intentions. I never did see him again, but I have a feeling he might be right. I can picture him showing up in one of my dreams and scaring the bejeesus out of me. Being threatened by big, drunk, obnoxious gentleman is not in my job description. I think I deserve a raise, but that’s another story…

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