Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2007-07-25, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>> The microwave my parents had when I was a kid had something like
>>> a numeric keypad on it, so you could (for example) press
>>> 2-3-0-start to zap something for two and a half minutes. Now
>>> you have to press the minute and ten-second buttons repeatedly.
>>> This annoys me. Bring back the numpad.
>>
>> The Panasonic I got three or four years ago has a keypad like you
>> wish. 2-3-0 is a two and a half minutes. I *think* the Panasonics
>> I've seen between then and now are like that.
>
> I'll look harder next time, but the one with these annoyances is still
> going (almost 10 years old, I think). I think this may be a local
> (UK) issue.

I am in UK and I have had Panasonics for about 20 years and they have both
had keypads