Faithful readers of this here blog will recall the burnt microwave popcorn mishap of April 2005.On Saturday night, that same microwave oven briefly caught on fire. Fortunately, I was in the kitchen when it happened or the whole duplex could've gone up like a tinderbox and set off a miniature Chernobyl.
When an appliance catches on fire, the smart thing to do (after putting out the fire, of course) is to unplug it and throw it away. Thing is, I was midway through heating up a slice of pizza and it was still cold, so I finished heating it in three 10-second interludes with fire extinguisher at the ready. Although nothing happened, I don't recommend this to anyone.
I'm pretty cheap when it comes to replacing durable goods, but I went ahead and bought a new microwave today. I'm packing 1,300 watts of stainless steel power and inverter turbo defrost now, baby.
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