Quote Originally Posted by Masamune View Post
My mother died in 1991. Her first microwave, which we had and used for years before her passing, is a very large, brown Sharp Carousel with convection oven and still works, almost twenty years later. It's not in regular use now; I just tested it recently and it did work--pretty amazing.
Yeah, that's the kind of experience I remember from the 70's/early 80's machines.

Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah
Just lightly punch it on the side a few times. My microwave makes loud and funny noises every so often, but as soon as I hit it, it quiets down and remembers its place.
LOL. My second wife* and my '65 Pontiac reacted that way to similar treatment.

*Just kidding about the wife; I haven't hit a girl since I was 4. :)