Comments on: It Turned Serious When They Hit the Seven-Figure Mark in Personal Debt

By: BJ Sbarra

BJ Sbarra — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:24:31 +0000

I think Jason is referring to the fact that penultimate means “next to last”, so if Cloudveil is the next to last “tale of American chutzpah and small business success”, he wants to know what is the last?

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:11:49 +0000

Clyde, I’ve still got some of my NOLS clothing from the early 1970s, but alas, none of the wool shirts survive. It’s really fun stuff to have around.

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:49:04 +0000

Jason, what can I fix? I can always use help.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:29:03 +0000

Sorry, Lou, but as a loyal reader and self-badged member of the Grammar Goons, I have to ask: What is the last and final tale of American chutzpah and small business success?

By: Clyde

Clyde — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:38:52 +0000

Steve, depends on how you define a softshell. For me, it’s something that is highly wind and water resistant, very breathable, fairly rugged, moderately insulating, and stretchy. So at least in tops, these didn’t exist until the mid-80s AFAIK. though pants go back much further. Marmot tried to re-brand the Dri-Clime as a softshell but it really isn’t; they first sold it as an inner layer. Lou, do you still have your Petzoldt Nehru wool shirt? You must have had one since you worked at NOLS in that era! A good PR firm could spin that as an early softshell