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Ever Wonder...

Why the sun lightens our hair but darkens our skin?
Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline, 'Psychic Wins The Lottery'?
Why is abbreviated such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do practice?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
Why the man who invests all your money is called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff that the indestructible Black Box is made out of?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Why if con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
Why do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering?
Why do the sell hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight?
Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage?
Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters?

Positive Proof Of Global Warming

Zotz!

Zotz! is a 1947 novel by Walter Karig and a 1962 movie, produced and directed by William Castle. Ancient Eastern languages professor Jonathan Jones (Tom Poston) finds a magic amulet. Jones obtains powers to cause pain or slow movement, and even kill! Jones realizes that when he points at another living creature, it causes a great pain. Jones tries to give his finding to the Department of Defense. But he is taken as a madman. Then the Soviet Union gets interested and the adventures begin. The film can be seen on YouTube in 9 segments of about 10 minutes each. It's a fun, zany little film with a bunch of laughs. As always, the film does not end as the book does, I personally prefer to the satirical ending in the book. And they don't pronounce Zotz correctly, it should be said with a long O, not a short o!

Zotz Electrical Is On Facebook

You can now follow Zotz Electrical on Facebook. We update the Facebook Page daily with information that includes products, technical information, job updates, photos of work and sometimes, some general rabble just for the fun of it. We invite you to take a look and become a Fan. Feel free to add a comment or question, that is one of the reasons that we started the Page, being it is more interactive than the website. Also, Doug Zotz, Owner & Master of Record for Zotz Electrical, has a personal page, feel free to make a friend request and meet Doug on a more personal and less formal level at Facebook. Click on a Facebook badge below.

          

The Coffee Post in Williston, ND

Found a great coffee shop! If you live near Williston, ND or ever travel there, you must go to The Coffee Post! They have such good service with a big smile and a thank you. The coffee that I wanted was a chocolate mint thing that Caribou makes and was not on The Coffee Post's menu. They made it for me anyway and it was great! They are located in the True Value parking lot right across the street from Applebee's in Williston, ND.

The Coffee Post
12 - 26th St. E.
Williston, ND 58801

The Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway

"The Fatal Current" Here is a neat movie that shows how the misuse of electricity can be fatal. Ben Franklin is busy cleaning his dishes as he is making breakfast. Unknown to him, his toaster has a bad cord and has energized the metal housing of his toaster, at least I hope he did not know about it, he should have known better to get it fixed. Being the efficient founding father and inventor, he reaches over to get the toast and touches the energized housing. This is a fatal error because the plumbing is bonded and grounded to the neutral side of his service. Since the toaster did not have a ground plug and the metal housing of the toaster was not grounded to that plug, Ben has now become the grounding source for the electricity to return. You think Mr. Franklin would have known better to have his receptacles GFI protected in the kitchen! The current flows through his body, right through the heart and that is the end of a great founding father. I want to give my thanks to Code Check, where I found this movie and Paddy Morrissey, their illustrator, for allowing me to display this movie. Code Check is a company that authors code manuals and teaches code seminars in an entertaining and knowledgable way. Paddy Morrissey is a comedian, actor, writer, graphic designer and all-around jack-of-all-trades. Click on their names to go to their sites and click on the "Fatal Current" movie to go to Code Check's site.