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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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