Sunday July 30, 2017
Josh is always smiling, that is nice
but he can't be happy all the time? He is doing a
great job organizing all aspects of the winemaking.
I still have the final decision on blending so I am
real happy with Josh. I have to keep him happy, but
he is a mystery. He mentioned about using some
Ingredients for tannin yesterday, really Additives
that are hopefully Nutrients?..........this is all
complicated for me. Some sales people and of course
winemakers use many nutrients, we do also but not
for tannins. I think my wine has enough tannins so I
mentioned it to Josh. I, right away told him he
could try anything. Then later yesterday I said he
should make his own wine.......maybe Josh's Cuvee? I
love what I do..............
8:30 Pm: As some of you know I have a passion
for ice makers..........just look back in my diary,
search. So I finally have a GE ice maker in my
kitchen after many years. I now look around I am
amazed: what happened to me? Why did I ever buy
another brand of refrigerator.........Hey I know
maybe I have been lucky with GE, I doubt it though.
I have an old GE yellow out in our guest house and
it is still working since we bought it here for our
first house in 1979. We transferred it over to the
guest house in 2001. It is amazing and still
makes great ice and Susie will soon be here to stay.
Our old one removed from the kitchen the other day
now is with Catarino in the storage building where
they eat and break.........., he does not need ice
so he is real happy. We have another GE, I can't
remember how old this one is.........it is in our
garage where my Tesla sits. I store a lot of things
in that refrigerator, especially in the
freezer...........Oh wait there is another
refrigerator in the winery? I have to
look:..................
8:40 Pm: Gee.......another GE exists in the
winery. Gee it looks better than I have in my
kitchen and in the winery one, I only get a small
section in the freezer............this frig is for
employees? I have many chicken backs stored there so
I am happy!!!
OK August 4 7:30 pm:...........I lost
what had saved for three days. Brad or I probably
could find it. but if I don't I have to talk about
Harvest and Tesla......................
Maybe this is a good thing, I love Tesla but they
have screwed me with no email return, I have to send
5 or more emails to Tesla employees with no return,
please help............ more my fault with these
nice guys. Tesla needs help with these stressed out
sales and delivery people. I need a
break............
OK I will look for what I had sent but you have an
idea............
8:15 Pm: I have not heard back from Tesla
this evening. I am trying to get a fair deal with
this P100D I have. I like it except I have to bang
down the trunk or it won't close. No other Tesla has
a manual trunk SO why did I get the only
one????????????? I like this P100D It is so
fast.......scary. Pat said " Can you tell me the
next time you want to stamp back my head?" I told
her, sorry but I only put it a quarter down.........
I told her "it is the first time in my life, I have
had the fastest car in the world". Pat said, why?
Why do you need this".......... Hey I do not need
this P100D. Pat, Kate and also.......and I
think........I should get all my money back in all
dealings.
I could go on tonight or not, it is early, but I
like my book so I can escape...............
So I paid a lot and this has been going on 6 weeks
now. I will account all eventually, just tidbits
now............ Tesla owes me my guess $30,000. They
screwed up so I have to decide on a new 100D or my
used one with flaws, the P100D........after losing
$30,000, OK maybe $20,000??? The P100D is worth much
more. Do I settle for a net trade at this point and
lose money or.......or take the P100D.
Saturday August 5,
2017
OK, enough about my suffering with
Tesla. At least the stock is up and I am selling
again..........
Harvest is near. Yesterday we did a lot of sugar
tests and it looks like we may be harvesting our
whites next week. The Sauv Blanc, Gewurz, Muscat and
Chard are all over 20 sugar and we want 21.5 to 22
so usually sugars go up about 1.5% a week. Also we
checked on our Petite Sirah which we probably will
use for DC Fusion this year and it was about 17% and
we want 18 so maybe next week for that wine also.
Remember we will blend in some of our 2010 wines
which we have saved for DC Fusion in the last few
years. Our Pinot Noir vines this year have a lot of
burn on the berries so we will not be making
sparkling wine for Pinot this year only red. We may
use Petite Sirah for sparkling. I want to make a
rose sparkling this year............
OK, here is most of the story about my problems with
Tesla:
I ordered a 100D on June 2 and a sales guy called me
and said they already had a 100D made and it was
exactly what I wanted. I turned in my 90D and picked
up the new 100D in San Francisco on June 21. We
headed to Santa Cruz and I noticed this is not
exactly what I wanted. It had no option for XM radio
which I need and it had no smart air suspension.
They took the S back since it was not registered yet
in my name so I had a loaner X for over a month,
nice car. In the mean time on June 23 they made me a
deal on a showroom P100D that was in Georgia,
$16,500 off still $26,500 more than the 100D. It
took a month to get here AND in the mean time I was
required to pay and have it registered in my name
without seeing it until July 25 when I picked it up
in Corte Madera. I found out when I got home it had
a manual tailgate and I have never seen or heard of
a Tesla without an automatic tailgate. It is also
very hard to close and has to be banged down hard.
Also one of the keys does not work and it does not
have the latest filtering system. This is the most
expensive car they make so how did this car get
through the line? I have since at their request
ordered the original 100D which I had done on
June 2. Below is an email I just sent to one of the
many people at Tesla which has not been too helpful.
"Thanks for the call yesterday. My total for the new 100D is $118,750
after documentation and destination fees. That does not include sales
tax and registration which I assume will be another $10,000 or more. I
have put $2500 down so maybe that could be put toward a service
agreement so you do not have to refund it? Like I said I am willing to
take an even trade then so about $129,000 for the P100D. Remember I did
not get to check out the P100D before I owned it so I did not know about
the manual liftgate or the lack of the HEPA. In all Justin, I have put
up my 90D in trade, sales tax for the P100D and cash, a grand total of
$166,741. That is a lot of money for a 100D, right? The way I look at
it, Tesla owes me over $30,000, but what choice do I have? Please let me
know if this net trade with a service agreement will work, otherwise I
should keep the P100D............Dave"
8:00 Pm: I am upset as usual. Everyone around
me know I am never satisfied about.............. is
going around me. I am a curmudgeon as i have
said in the past. Beyond Tesla........I have
three or four thoughts about my past. Yes this
is my diary so wait a week and it will all be about
HARVEST.............can't wait...............
I might have told these before so it is about my
past.so think back Dave............I have a
few.......... some times in an experience you wish
you had done something else. I have three way back
in my past..........the one about a pregnant women,
a time........another I had one of my hits of grass.
Both times were in 1969. Then back in 1960 I was in
a park up here here, later.
I can't remember now if I talked about these times
in my past diaries but they just charge me to tell
a part in my life that could have been
changed.
The first one was probably when I tried Grass again,
maybe only the second time. It made me think about
more.
So I walk into a room, not mine. I can't remember
how I got there..........of course at that time I
was always in control even now so it is not
important. I don't know who was there but I assumed
some friends and I talked about a party and have
some Grass. I am guessing now. We were all sitting
around, about 20 of us and Grass was passed around
and I took a hit and a few did not. I saw a nice
looking girl and heard her say something but then I
thought I would sure like to talk to her, hey i am a
dork so I did not engage in any way. I could see she
was intelligent and did not like grass so I have
never forgot that. I went home sober............
I just thought of another one on a perfect Sunday in
1965?
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