On 26/11/2012 5:40 PM, sf wrote:

>
> When this microwave dies, I'll think long and hard about replacing it
> and buy an electric tea kettle if it's not replaced. As it is,
> heating water is one of only two things my microwave is used for.
>


Me too. I don't know what possessed me to replace the old microwave
after the spring in the timer knob broke. Yep... it wasn't even digital.
I rarely use the microwave. I recently had to move it because our new
stove had the electrical plug on the right instead of the left, so we
would have to use beaters and stuff I needed the counter space. That
was several weeks ago and I used it today for the first time since it
was moved.... to soften some butter. We have an electric kettle that
boils water even faster than the microwave and it takes up a small
fraction of the counter space.