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6th September 2021, 06:45 AM
#21
Re: Crisis
Students at Uni oved to put a four liter wine cask in one, set it on high for as long as possible and then walk away.
But the question was asked why do brides always were white.
The answer is quite simple, al kitchen appliances come in white.
Says he ducking for cover.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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6th September 2021, 08:14 AM
#22
Re: Crisis
john i worked for a fella he burned his kitchen out anyway he had retired from Marconi years ago during the war he was working on the first radar they could not work out why loads of birds dead by the tower they were working with micro waves at the time but thinking was this the for runner for the micro waves that we use today? as the birds were landing they were cooked.. true story that..jp
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6th September 2021, 08:25 AM
#23
Re: Crisis
The true story is that it was invented utterly by accident one fateful day more than
70 years ago, when a Raytheon engineer named Percy Spencer was testing a military
-grade magnetron and suddenly realised his snack had melted.
Think what got melted was his chocolate bar.
K.
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Last edited by Keith at Tregenna; 6th September 2021 at 09:10 AM.
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6th September 2021, 02:42 PM
#24
Re: Crisis
Originally Posted by
John Pruden
john i worked for a fella he burned his kitchen out anyway he had retired from Marconi years ago during the war he was working on the first radar they could not work out why loads of birds dead by the tower they were working with micro waves at the time but thinking was this the for runner for the micro waves that we use today? as the birds were landing they were cooked.. true story that..jp
How long did it take e.g. goose - 10 minutes, sparrows 1 minute (fast food?)
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6th September 2021, 06:00 PM
#25
Re: Crisis
#24, thanks john for those kind words of support they are much appreciated, we just have to carry on and do the best we can under the circumstances. Rgds Den
PS, we RO's were slow on the up take about microwave cookers, I used to disconnect the waveguid connection and boil my cup of water to make my brew of tea. we were always warned never to look down the waveguid when fault finding usually it was water ingress causing TX problems. Den
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7th September 2021, 02:37 PM
#26
Re: Crisis
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Victoria Moss
Another tip don't leave those heat packs in a microwave longer than a minute otherwise you'll have a nice little fire going on.
Correct Victoria. I used them to relieve the pain of a frozen shoulder. Popped a pair in the microwave,forgot about them. After the smoke alarm was turned off I was confronted with what resembled a couple of incinerated chapatties.
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8th September 2021, 06:08 AM
#27
Re: Crisis
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john gill
Correct Victoria. I used them to relieve the pain of a frozen shoulder. Popped a pair in the microwave,forgot about them. After the smoke alarm was turned off I was confronted with what resembled a couple of incinerated chapatties.
So just nip down the the Indian take away and off you go, dinner in no time.
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