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|    Robert Baer to rickman    |
|    Re: Running an empty microwave oven    |
|    27 Dec 17 20:03:22    |
      XPost: sci.electronics.equipment       From: robertbaer@localnet.com              rickman wrote:       > Jeff Liebermann wrote on 12/12/2017 2:26 PM:       >>       >> Three allegedly functional junk microwave ovens were purchased from       >> the local thrift shop for about $20/ea. When the owners of the store       >> found out what we were doing, she threw in three more ovens that had       >> various defects which made them unsellable, but were allegedly able to       >> heat water.       >>       >> I don't have time right now for the whole story, so I'll just       >> summarize. Every oven acted or failed differently.       >       > Jeff, you are a trip!       >        I live in an apartment complex, and a lot of microwave ovens have       been thrown away; and most of them were perfectly OK after they were       cleaned up.        Same pattern with vacuum cleaners.        A number of people are pigs.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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