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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:20 PM
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Do you turn the microwave OFF before you open it?
I caught my wife just popping the microwave open the other day and I had to stop her

What are you doing?

(now this wasn't fair-she looked at me in the "WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT" way) and then said

WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

You just opened up the microwave without turning it off.

Well it went on from there.

My mother has a microwave without an OFF button.

I'm sorry I learned from the get go on these things to turn them off before opening them. You can't engineer around radiation being released so don't even try posting that BS on this thread.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:35 PM
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1. you are so full of shit.
:D

:hi:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:49 PM
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9. FReakin' refs threw that UVa UNC game last night
I didn't watch it but they probably did. The ACC still loves Dean Smith so much that they tell all the refs to throw the game to UNC. Happens every year.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:36 PM
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27. I agree. The only thing they didn't do is let them score 100.
I laughed hard when I saw them trying so hard to get to 100 and not getting it.

That was the only good thing about that game. x(
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:53 PM
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33. *
How the hell did UVa beat them in the first game?

Who knows.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:58 PM
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34. eUNiCe is just clicking on all cylinders now
where earlier they were not. Couple that with a piss poor performance last night, UVA had no fucking chance.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:38 PM
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2. Ummmm
99.999% of the microwaves manufactured in the last twenty years have got a safety device that turns off the MW source before the door opens:shrug:

Sometimes I hit the off button, other times I just open the thing.
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ImNotBuying Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:42 PM
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3. yes
Yes I wait. I still don't stand in front of them while they are in use either. I guess it's still paranoia from being around them in the early 70's. I still don't like food cooked in them either. Just doesn't taste as good.
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:43 PM
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4. You probably don't even want to hear about my microwave hair dryer then.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:41 PM
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29. I have one too! it uses ionizing radiation to blast water and flesh
into superheated steam and plasma.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:45 PM
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5. i do.... do you know what I caught my mother doing recently?
PRE-HEATING her microwave....empty.

*it cooks better when you pre-heat it* :banghead:




(now, don't anyone tell me that makes sense)
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:47 PM
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6. pre-heating? hmmm. I'd think that might be bad for the magnetron,
but you'd hope they engineer in something for that.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:50 PM
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10. it was definitely bad for the magnetron
Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 01:11 PM by cosmicbandita
IN MY HEAD!

i was horrified to think she might essplode trying to preheat her microwave!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:51 PM
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13. I always pre-heat with a wet cat in it
Gets some moisture in the air as well as helps to warm the oven up before cooking.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:54 PM
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15. that's good thinking on your part.... it's not true
what they say about you. ;)
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:48 PM
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7. HAhaha
That's funny.

We had to buy my mom a hot plate in the off chance that we might get a HOT MEAL at her house.

I very delicately informed her that I would like my food hot and I swear to god when we sat down at the table she said, "You might want to wait a minute or two and let your food cool"

:banghead:
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:53 PM
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14. my mom is actually an excellent cook but crappy with anything
that has buttons. :)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:48 PM
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8. I believe that is bad for the microwave.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:50 PM
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11. It can be
I had a friend who set my microwave to wake him up after an hour nap. He set the power on HIGH instead of ZERO and it cracked the glass inside.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:55 PM
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17. Wow! That has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:02 PM
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19. After a blank stare of about 20 seconds that is what I said
HE bought me a knew one.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:50 PM
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12. yeah, me too...
i think the instructions say, *don't operate oven while empty*
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:59 PM
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18. My father blew up his microwave and started a house fire doing that.
It was an accident. He thought he hit just the timer. He didn't he set the microwave on high for 10 minutes. :scared: He was only 59 at the time.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:55 PM
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16. Sweetie, I grew up in the shadows of Three Mile Island
I'll open the damn door on the microwave without feer.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:04 PM
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20. OMG! So did I!
I just watched a show on the History Channel this morning on Three Mile Island. We were within 1 hr of having our lives changed forever by a meltdown! Freaking scary stuff!
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:18 PM
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22. Where were you from
We were over in Perry County near the Cumberland/Dauphin board so we were within the 20mile radius
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 02:01 PM
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35. I lived near Reading
but I remember we got a warning about the problems and that there was a possibility that we may have to leave the area. It was probably when they were worried that the containment building might explode. We weren't in a zone for immediate evacuation but it was scary enough. My cousin Kathy got married that Sat while all this was going on and I remember we had a radio on during the reception to monitor what was happening at Three Mile Island.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:07 PM
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21. Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, UP?
Most microwaves shut off automatically when you open them now. There is no radiation coming out of it if it is turned off. When you finish futzing with your food, you close the door and press START again.

My mom had an original Amana RadarRange (remember those?) And that one would not open when it was running. If you wanted to stop it mid cook time, you had to press the STOP button.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:23 PM
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23. Nope sorry don't trust it
You realize this "advancement" is brought to you by basically the same people who thought asbestos was a good idea.

Hit OFF then open it.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:26 PM
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24. Doesn't it go "off" as soon as you open it though?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:32 PM
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25. Oh yeah SURE it does
Uh huh

All that radiation just *POOF* stops and disappears SUUUUURRRREEE
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:34 PM
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26. Well, where does it go if you turn it off first? Does the radiation
just disappear? :P
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:38 PM
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28. hold a frying pan over your nads
you should be okay, unless it's made out of uranium.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:42 PM
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30. Good thing I don't have any nads!!
:7
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:49 PM
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31. My dear Shell Beau!
I was JUST thinking the very same thing! GMTA!
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:52 PM
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32. Hey Peggy!!
:hi:

:)
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 02:55 PM
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37. I have some really bad news for you
"The gonads, the primary reproductive organs, are the testes in the male and the ovaries in the female. These organs are responsible for producing the sperm and ova, but they also secrete hormones and are considered to be endocrine glands."

Ha! :rofl:
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 02:55 PM
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38. fatfinger dupe delete
Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 02:56 PM by sui generis
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 02:23 PM
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36. sometimes
not always.
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