all my life there has been a question in my mind that has dogged me. i've even lost sleep over it. really. i'm sure many of you can attest that you have shared this frustration at one point or another. why do umbrellas suck? you know what i mean. the flipping and the tearing and just overall uselessness in any real rain storm. i've even come up with a handful of design improvements of my own. but still i wondered, why has no one built a better umbrella? i mean, how come whenever i go to... read more