{"id":351,"date":"2004-03-21T17:47:19","date_gmt":"2004-03-21T16:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2004-03-21T17:47:19","modified_gmt":"2004-03-21T16:47:19","slug":"the-umbrella-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"The Umbrella Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking around on this windy day, I cannot keep my mouth shut anymore, when the truth should be out there.<br \/>\nBut first, check these links for a history lesson.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Umbrellas-Umbrella-History.htm\">Link 1<\/a>  | <a href=\"http:\/\/search.csmonitor.com\/durable\/2000\/04\/25\/p19s2.htm\">Link 2<\/a><br \/>\nSo, since the early 17th century, they&#8217;ve been used eh ? So what happened after some 300 years ? THIS:<\/p>\n<p><img src=\".\/pics\/umbr1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"desk pic\" \/><img src=\".\/pics\/umbr2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"desk pic\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\".\/pics\/umbr4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"desk pic\" \/><img src=\".\/pics\/umbr3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"desk pic\" \/><br \/>\n<img src=\".\/pics\/umbr5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"desk pic\" \/><\/p>\n<p> (These pictures aren&#8217;t gathered over the years. No, these were taken in one day, just strolling around the block, doin&#8217; groceries.)<\/p>\n<p>Yupz, a gush of wind, even as low as windforce 4 on the scale of Beaufort, and it&#8217;s over. You have to buy yourself a new one again. So here&#8217;s the theory. They (the manufacturers)  make them so weak, you have to keep buying them.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s be honest, how many have you bought in the last year (no, you lazy car drivers, don&#8217;t answer. This question is only for the hard working pedestrian) ?<br \/>\nThen the next question is, what can we do about this horible conspiracy ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking around on this windy day, I cannot keep my mouth shut anymore, when the truth should be out there. But first, check these links for a history lesson. Link 1 | Link 2 So, since the early 17th century, they&#8217;ve been used eh ? So what happened after some 300 years ? THIS: (These [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}