An Update

Since I last put a post here we have a new Convection Microwave Oven. As I said in the previous post I followed all of the directions given by the shop (ring the manufacturer) and then the manufacturer who told me to take it to a local Sharp Repair Centre. Tuesday afternoon it arrived at the Repair centre. The guy booking it in said it was brand new and he thought the shop would have replaced it for us.

I raced home and rang the shop again and this time was asked to be put through to someone in charge. The shop policy was change overs would only occur within 14 days of purchase and the oven was over 3 weeks since purchase. The lady understood our problem, we thought everything was working OK with it, we had never had this sort of appliance before and the convection part is mainly for roast meals anyway. She was prepared to waive the 14 day return policy in this situation.

I was directed to whiz back to the repair shop, collect the oven and return it to the shop where it was replaced. First thing we did when we got the new one home was to 'burn' it in. It was sure working as we could smell the oven as it was heated up and burnt off any oils etc left over from manufacture. We have roast lamb tonight so I will let you know how it worked!

I did a bottle wash today and I expect to bottle most likely on Monday.

We went out for tea with friends on Wednesday night to the local Thai restaurant. There were 7 (one of the guy's wife is in Sydney still on a Nanna visit) in the group and we had a great meal for under $20 per head.

On Wednesday I helped a local chap set up his new LCD flat screen TV. He didn't have a clue what to do and was going to wait till his son came over to help him out. I offered to help him set it all up. He just loves the new TV, the new digital channels he can get and the sensational picture quality.

Thursday was spent helping one of the older Computer Club members get a new laptop. She finished up with an Acer Laptop, 500 GB HDD, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium and a fairly powerful i3 processor all for $850. She won't know herself when it gets up and running. It was getting a 2GB RAM upgrade and they had to order the RAM in. She should have it early next week.

Last night as Trish headed out to her Trivia night, the 6 stacker CD player in the car stopped working. This car comes with a 5Yr warranty so it is booked in for the CD Player to be looked at under warranty on Tuesday morning.

Lovely days here right now, mid to high 20's, sunny days with cooler nights. Yesterday I got a 15K bike ride in, today was closer to 11k's.