| veronikkamarrz
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...Or...What kind of meds did you say you were on? ;) You didn't get a new microwave yet? Must not use it!
Actually, I think it's the FT Bot. It's found another way to get on your last nerve!
Reply #1841. Nov 13 10, 8:56 PM
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| lesley153
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Right now? You don't want to know. I'm rattling. :D
Oh no - it's not the spirit of FTBot, haunting me?
No, I am looking at microwaves as we speak, which is a bit daft at nearly half-past three...
The one we got in 1986 is one cubic foot (28 litres?), has a probe for cooking to a specified temperature, can start cooking now or later, has ten power levels (0-9), and you can enter four three-stage programmes. And it cost a bomb. It was pretty good then but things have moved on!
They now mix microwaves with grill and oven, and they're much more powerful, don't ask sales staff about programmes because they'll just look blank, or even about delayed starting times because it'll just confuse them: and what do I need a cubic foot oven for? Certainly not for baking potatoes!
So I shall look, make a realistic appraisal of my requirements, and get a new one, which will be small but perfectly formed. And probably nice and cheap. :) |
Reply #1842. Nov 13 10, 9:28 PM
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Jazmee27 
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Hope you find exactly what you need :)
Reply #1843. Nov 13 10, 9:33 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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I voiced my (probably unwanted) opinion on Jaymee's blog about the cost of microwaves...A good deal here, is around $29.99, for a unit that does the basic stuff! Go get 'em!
Reply #1844. Nov 13 10, 9:40 PM
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honeybee4
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I know your microwave is very old but sometimes you can change the fuse in them and make them work again. I don't know if yours has a fuse.
Reply #1845. Nov 13 10, 9:55 PM
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MarchHare007
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Lesley I think as long as you can vary the power an fit in your largest cooking plate/ dish.....etc, it will be just what you need.
The advantage of having microwave /convection means you don't need to heat your bigger oven for something small - use mine as a grill/toaster oven.
Check your coking needs or habits.
Larger power doesn't mean it's better if your mainly cooking vegies or heating.
Reply #1846. Nov 13 10, 10:13 PM
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MarchHare007
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Nice idea honeybee but I wouldn't change a fuse in a unit more than 10 years old unless I had no other choice. :)
Have seen some Nasty results - and smoking electronics smell So Bad! *Blech*
Reply #1847. Nov 13 10, 10:15 PM
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Rowena8482
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Pink trails might mean your monitor needs degaussing (see how I said that with authority as though I can now explain what it means!) - ask Jonathan where the button is on your monitor and press it - it will go clunGGGGGG!pop! and be fine afterwards :-)
Reply #1848. Nov 14 10, 3:37 AM
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| lesley153
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Thanks everyone!
I think my microwave was made before fuses were invented. :(
VM, we used to joke about American tourists who tipped handsomely because they couldn't tell the difference between a pound and a dollar. That was when the pound was worth a lot more than the dollar. :'(
The joke's on us now. Anything electronic is converted from dollars to pounds in one easy step: anything you can get for $30, we can get for £30.
Would pinkness be associated with a total system crash?
Ooh I used to know where the degauss button was on my old monitor. Jonathan! yoohoo! where are you? |
Reply #1849. Nov 14 10, 6:54 AM
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| lesley153
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Rowena, I noticed, and love, your authority voice!
I described it to Jonathan, the pinkness, the crash, the try again after three hours (unsuccessful) and the try again after another three hours (success). He said it sounded as though my video card had overheated. That would account for the random colours, and it would also explain why the rest cured it.
Isn't technology a joy! |
Reply #1850. Nov 14 10, 11:41 AM
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| Lochalsh
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In the vein of "tin yurl": I sat here wondering for a few seconds why your microwave would need a video card. I need to learn how to follow conversations. :)
Reply #1851. Nov 14 10, 12:13 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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That made me laugh, Lochalsh! Maybe it's a multi-tasking machine...:)
Reply #1853. Nov 14 10, 12:27 PM
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| Lochalsh
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Yeah, maybe there's a camera inside the turkey so you can watch the gizzards puff up?
Reply #1854. Nov 14 10, 12:58 PM
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| Lochalsh
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On second thought, it would give me degauss to see such a sight.... *yuck*
Reply #1855. Nov 14 10, 1:01 PM
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| lesley153
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| There is, actually, disguised as a temperature probe. You're supposed to stab the turkey with it, so it can tell you when they turkey's reached the Desired Internal Temperature, but we know what it really is - a camera James Bond would be pleased with. |
Reply #1856. Nov 14 10, 3:36 PM
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| Lochalsh
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I never meat a thermometer I didn't like.
Reply #1857. Nov 14 10, 4:42 PM
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| Lochalsh
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I'm nearly groan. I'm thirteen, as you can tell by the earlier entry. :)
Reply #1859. Nov 14 10, 5:16 PM
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MarchHare007
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*splutter*
I hope all is well in micro-media world Lesley.
A visual cooking probe might not be too far away..... a recent release is a camera that also has a phone!
Finally seeing things My Way! :)
We had a monitor at work that 'lost' a colour and was permanently Pink.
Lent a new dimension to boring old Windows.
Reply #1860. Nov 14 10, 6:59 PM
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