A Little More Like Normal

Nowadays a cool day in this part of the world means 'normal' summer temperatures.  The weather still remains to the forefront in our minds with above average temperatures prevailing day and night.  But last night (Monday) was a little more like back to normal.

It had been a stinker of a day and there was a notable build up of clouds throughout the day.  Then around 6 pm the heavens didn't quite open up but there was rain, thunder and lightning.  We did get around 13mls or so which is a bit like a downpour lately.  Usually a downpour would be 50mls, not just 13!

After the storm there was a chill in the air, so much so we even turned the ceiling fan down to "Low", a place it hasn't been since September last year.  But it was so pleasant to have a cooler night.

On Sunday it got up to 40° in the backyard.  The air con went on around 11 am and went off after 10pm.  There weren't people out and about, everyone was locked up indoors out of the sun.

Monday I bottled and still managed over 9k's on the bike.  Today I managed another 16k's or so.  I arrived back home this morning just as a quick short and sharp shower of rain passed through.

Last week I bought a new office chair as the old one had split across the front of the seat.  I was after something comfortable and with reasonable quality.  Comfort though was the first priority.  But as it turned out the most comfortable chair was the lowest priced.

We now have an Ikea store around 40k's away and very near Costco. I bought the office chair from Ikea.

We have a minor hassle with the little Jazz.  A piece of trim which runs along either side of the roof was lifting from near the windscreen (photo above).  I noticed it a couple of days after we bought the car.  I was able to push it back into place but I would remember to have it attended to prior to the warranty period running out.

There were a couple of other very minor things which required attention so just prior to the end of the warranty period I took it back to the car dealer for attention.  The foreman told me that the lifting trim problem would not be covered under warranty (rubber items were not included in the car warranty) and that there was a clip from it missing.  He would try glue to re fix it.  If that didn't work it would be replaced with a new one but at my expense.

The glue didn't work and today the whole piece of trim lifted off the car and peeled back.

The car came with a money back no questions asked 7 day warranty.  The lifting trim problem would have been enough for me to return the car during the first 7 days as Honda parts are pretty expensive.  A couple of hundred dollars for a piece of trim and fitting would not have been an exaggeration.

So today it was back to the dealer and the salesman to sort something out.  I expect a call from him tomorrow.  It was indicated to us today that it shouldn't be a problem.