Fwd: VL p 341 F1 2

[Max Nemtsov]

oh, thank you thank you Michael
yeah, that looks more like it more than anything else
pants, but not shoes, Laura, for he admittedly wears stacy adamses
Mx

On 20.10.2013 0:13, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> It's also a shoe brand:
>
> http://www.cortinashoes.ca/
>
> But Pynchon's later use of the word marmot, in ATD,(not to mention the Sangre de Cristos reference, which Pynchon wouldn't have known about, but still ...)and the fact that the company is in California lead me to think you've nailed it. Kudos!
>
> Laura
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Oct 19, 2013 4:01 PM
>> To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: VL p 341 F1 2
>>
>> aha, it's a brand name!
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Marmot-Cortina-Pant-Mens/sim/B004QO0YVQ/2
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>> http://marmot.com/product/content/jordan-campbell-field-testing-marmots-cortina-pant-high-sangre-de-cristos-colorado
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>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Michael Bailey
>> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> a relishment of the passage, not intended to prove anything:
>>>
>>> this follows a very Hector passage, talking about his Tube addiction & so forth
>>>
>>> Hector finally agrees to "take a meeting" with Triggerman & Liftoff:
>>>
>>> "The pair, trembling and tense, had been exchanging remarks as Hector
>>> approached, calling, "Hi, guys," his shoes flashing in the sun. Sid
>>> took a very professional beat and a half before leaping up violently,
>>> knocking over his custom deck chair, running to Hector, falling on his
>>> knees,
>>>
>>> (((---- see, he's falling on his knees, literally, in front of Hector!!)))
>>>
>>>
>>>   and crying, "Fifty percent of producer's net! That's out of our own
>>> profits, isn't that right, Ernie?"
>>> "Uh-huh," Ernie on some dreamy internal delay, through which Sid
>>> continued, " 'Course you appreciate that won't happen till we get to
>>> the break-even point —"
>>>   "Do me a favor," Hector struggling to get loose of the importunate
>>> Sid, dragging him a step at a time toward the pool,
>>>
>>>
>>> (((--- Sid is hanging on to Hector tightly, so that Hector drags him
>>> as he walks, a step at a time.
>>> (((The only place to hold that would create that action would be
>>> around the leg area.  Naturally Hector, who spends 15 minutes a day on
>>> his moustache and takes even (((greater care for his shoes, will be
>>> worried about the creases on his pants from Sid's grip.)))
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