Farewell, PTOS Umbrella

[ndrosen]

I’m not at work yet; I stayed quite late working yesterday.

For several years, my favorite umbrella has been a gray one with Patent and Trademark Office Society logo on it, which I won as a minor raffle prize at a PTOS event back when. It stood up to rain and occasional high winds better than the umbrellas you can buy at CVS or some place. However, after years of service, and being opened and closed hundreds of times, it finally broke. Rest in peace.

Comments

[dewline]

It always hurts to lose a good umbrella.

[ndrosen]

My current preferred umbrella is an Inova umbrella which I received as swag for donating blood. If it proves better than the umbrellas sold commercially, that may be a significant pattern. Do manufacturers make shlock umbrellas in the hope selling replacements soon?