This is why I can't have nice things

[james_davis_nicoll]

Bus went missing. A bunch of us at the Stanley Park Mall split on a cab. That got me a few blocks from my place. Slog home, put a snack in the microwave, the power dies before I can hit on. I put the frozen snack back in the freezer, wait the power cut out. Power comes back on. I turn on the microwave.

White smoke comes out. See, I forgot to put the food back in before turning the microwave back on....

Fuck fuck fuck.

At least I didn't burn the house down.

Well, I know what my next major purchase is....

Any recommendations for cheap, reliable brands of microwave ovens?

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

My condo wasn't quite finished when I bought it and the foreman was surprised that I didn't want a microwave above the stove. I reminded him I'm disabled and would prefer not to drop hot things on my head. So they took the price of their microwave out of the contract. (I've only used the oven three times -- falling onto a hot door isn't very fun either.)

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Have you read Patrice Kindl's The Woman in the Wall? I quite like it despite its problems, but apparently the little girl/woman bakes with a normal oven, and I want to know how she manages to do that without injuring herself given how tiny she is (small enough to fit in a purse when we first meet her).

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

No, I don't know about that book, and I don't know how a small person could cook in a big oven!