The microwave

[Mulletino]

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We still have the same microwave we bought before we got married, had it since about 1999 and it survived the move to another country with daily use.

Is an older version of this Sharp one.

[darren]

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10 yrs thats a long time with regular use say 4 or 5 times a week at a guess.

Mw radiation just another scare story ive never been affected anyway and ive used microwaves for at least 15 yrs.

we got our first microwave in 1986. It was a present from my uncle for helping him to move house. We had no idea what he had bought us until it was delivered and were astonished to find it was a microwave. It was a rotary-dial type but i can't remember the brand. It lasted about 10 years after being used pretty regularly. I remember the hoo-ha in the media about leaking microwaves--leaking mw radiation i mean. Reminds me of similar more recent scare stories about mobile phone radiation.

[Zincubus]

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I remember my old girlfriend's Mum telling me to stand back from her microwave when it was running.

That's probably a sensible idea tbh

[Richard1978]

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I remember my old girlfriend's Mum telling me to stand back from her microwave when it was running.

[staffslad]

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We got our first microwave in 1986. It was a present from my uncle for helping him to move house. We had no idea what he had bought us until it was delivered and were astonished to find it was a microwave. It was a rotary-dial type but I can't remember the brand. It lasted about 10 years after being used pretty regularly. I remember the hoo-ha in the media about leaking microwaves--leaking MW radiation I mean. Reminds me of similar more recent scare stories about mobile phone radiation.

[darren]

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have to be honest theyre one of the only bits of modern technology id be lost without.

So quick and easy to warm up food instead of putting it back in the oven.

[PC66]

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Not even then on the whole - At that sort of price the first ones were really sold only to wealthy commercial establishments, such as the kitchens in the largest, fanciest hotels.

To put it in perspective, back around 1949 in the U.S. $5000 would have bought you a brand new top-of-the-line Cadillac.

[amethyst]

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Gee that was a long time ago and only a few years after the second world and the cost of one was only for the rich to fit in with their fitted kitchens I suppose

[PC66]

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The very first commercially marketed microwave oven actually went on sale in the U.S. as long ago as 1949. It was made by Raytheon, a company associated over the years with all manner of microwave communications equipment, radar, and similar technology. But that 1949 microwave oven was about the size of a small refrigerator and, if I recall correctly, had a price tag of around $5000, so it wasn't exactly going to make it into the average home!

[zip55]

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In the late sixties there was a shop in Leeds called the Magic Box. You bought your food and cooked it in a microwave (although at the time I didn't know that's what it was). Strange thing is, there's a trend away from using them nowadays as they destroy most of the nutrients in the food. But I must admit they are handy.

[amethyst]

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Very handy inventions our first one a sanyo lasted for 15 years,the sharp one which we still have is 13.We do need to replace it as the inside bottom of the glass is rusting

[havasack]

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I've convinced one of my daughters that the microwave is just a useless plastic box that doesn't really work. It only works by the mind, you're convinced it works, expecting stuff to come out hot etc so the mind can convince itself that it's eating hot stuff after it's been in the plastic box. (Like the way the teenage mind can convince itself it has been entertained after watching TV on a Saturday night)

[Powdered toast man]

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My parents bought a Sharp Carousel micro in 1984 when MW ovens were becoming popular and affordable. It lasted for at least 12 years then it got given to my Nan. I remember it had 2 dials for the cooking time and power settings and made a loud 'DIIIINGGGGGG!!' when the food was ready. It couldn't cook and brown potato waffles though.....

[darren]

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hey mate.
just how often is it used per week. from its early days to now.

the last one i had was a few yrs back abnd i had it many yrs.
i used it like every day near enough.



one of the best ever inventions.
one problem they have is the paintwork goes inside them which is very dangerous.

I recall Microwaves first being popular really well, though i'm not too certain I can recall if people made a fuss about them like they did with Video Machine's. I can one of the most memorable thing's about Microwaves - before Cappuchinos and other differing Coffees became popular recently, that in the 1980s/1990s we used to make a Milky Coffee in the Microwave and it would take up a pint of Milk nearly!

My Microwave I have is now in it's 3rd generation of our family, it was new around 1987/1988 and ever since then it's been no bother at all to other members of the family including me. It really will be an extremley sad day indeed for me, when it finaly can do it's job's no more.

80sChav

[Richard1978]

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I can remember microwaves seemed to get more & more popular during thr course of the 1980s. One selling point was how the could cut down cooking times.