{"id":4874,"date":"2015-01-29T23:50:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T06:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2015-01-29T23:53:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T06:53:04","slug":"2015-reopening-february-7-well-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/2015-reopening-february-7-well-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 reopening february 7…well, maybe…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Losing our Cool <\/strong><\/span><\/strong>
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As many of you know, the wine shop is closed each January and we take a little vacation. This year, like last year, the plan was to load the dogs in the car and take the trailer to Napa\/Bodega Bay for a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Besides enjoying a little getaway, a little winter sun, and perhaps a bit of wine tasting here and there (!), since we got our little trailer a couple of year ago, we have also gotten a kick out of the many positive comments and “thumbs up’s<\/em>” from people who pass us on the highway. Always made us smile. We figured it was the combination of the cute trailer (called a “Tada”) and our color-coordinated old Eurovan.<\/p>\n

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Engine Fires <–> Fire Engines
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Those days, we are sad to say, are Gone the way of the Dodo…sigh…alas, poor Dodo!
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On Day Two of our trip, nearing Portland on I-5, we smelled something hot and plastic (The previous evening we had noticed the same smell, thought it was a stuck brake caliper, but checked out okay). Within minutes we exited the freeway and pulled in at a gas station just as great volumes of very smelly smoke started pouring from under the hood. The young attendant seemed a bit overwhelmed but soon called the Fire Dept while I emptied his fire extinguisher onto the flames emanating from under the cooling fan. Competent and friendly firefighters showed up soon and neutralized the fire. Thus began an unplanned\u00a0 adventure.<\/p>\n

It would take almost two weeks for insurance to Total the car, releasing us to move on to shopping for a new tow vehicle. Suffice it to say there were lots of details that had to be worked out, and my ordinarily extraordinary insurance company took over a week and a half of constant prodding to select a course of action. Corporate service attenuation is especially a blow when a company you have respected for many decades rejects its service philosophy and succumbs to Business School protocols. That’s not to say they are not still better than most; but this direction is entirely consistent with the Robotic Corporate Personhood which is determining the world’s future.<\/p>\n

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New image<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DSCN1101\"<\/a>Suffice it to say that the car that emerged from our search in the Portland area for a new tow vehicle was a complicated compromise. Now the dust has settled, and we have been on the road for a week with the “new” car, (Volvo SUV, see photo) which, unfortunately, is not in the appropriate color spectrum for the trailer (shown here sporting its perky ball cap\/duckbill visor). So, although the car works pretty well for towing, the colors are All Wrong, and we have no idea what (if anything) should be done about that.<\/p>\n

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Reopening
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Maybe next Friday or Saturday…stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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