"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:52:32 +1100, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
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>> I don't know anyone who does that so am interested
>> in a different social custom in another country and wondered what the
>> reason
>> was for it (although I realise there may be no real reason for it).
>
> Just curious. Do you even own a microwave?

Yep. It's rarely used though so lives in the pantry rather than in the
kitchen. I(t used to get used for making rice for the doag but the dog is
now no more. I've thought about using it solely for dyeing fibre for my
spinning, but haven't got around to moving it out.