Violent Thunderstorms Disrupt Vinexpo!

Denyse and I got horribly wet, my PocketPC fell to the ground and broke, and we tasted lots of great wines at Chateau Moulin Pey-Labrie.

I have been writing all my tasting notes on my IPAQ 4700 Pocket PC for the past four years. Poof, in one brutal fall, punctuated by a violent bolt of thunder it was on the ground, submerged in water and with a broken screen.

I have no choice but to go to a Bureau Tabac this morning and buy a memo pad and a pen and to start writing tasting notes like in the olden days before we all wore IPODS during all our waking hours.

I tasted lots of great wines yesterday and found several new producers. Unfortunately, the data was all destroyed when my IPAQ fell to the ground.

I suppose I will have to buy a replacement, but do I buy another PocketPC or do I buy an integrated phone/PocketPC? This question will haunt me for the rest of Vinexpo.


- Joe Dressner 6-18-2007 5:40 am


I just stumbled upon this great video of the Nantucket Wine Festival. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

http://nantucket.plumtv.com/videos/wine_festival_2007_highlights
- anonymous (guest) 6-18-2007 3:38 pm


Oops! When you stumbled, did you drop your IPAQ? Did it break? Was there lightning? Ka-Boom!
- anonymous (guest) 6-18-2007 5:32 pm


Of course, you could buy yourself the new iPhone from Apple, which offers all the goodies of a microputer, a phone and an iPod. Don't know if the headphones are any more comfortable than the ones that come with the iPod...

Best,

LL
- anonymous (guest) 6-18-2007 6:15 pm


i don't know what to say...the camel.
- anonymous (guest) 6-19-2007 11:32 am


My condolences on your loss.

SFJoe
- anonymous (guest) 6-19-2007 11:52 am


it was a fine pocket pc. one we know you were proud of...ahab.
- anonymous (guest) 6-19-2007 5:14 pm


Joe,

It's a simple fix. Slowly dry it out in the oven. It worked for Shawn's phone.

John
- anonymous (guest) 6-19-2007 6:05 pm


I would go for an Iphone!
- anonymous (guest) 6-20-2007 12:48 am


i still rely on smoke signals. queequay.
- anonymous (guest) 6-21-2007 8:44 pm


Hail in Cote-Rotie this morning! Does that count?
- anonymous (guest) 6-21-2007 9:20 pm


I thought that the rain might cool things off-
But it looks like it won't...
Bob Dylan
- anonymous (guest) 6-22-2007 3:06 pm


it needs to be a hard rain. the camel.
- anonymous (guest) 6-23-2007 2:16 pm