The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted smaller.
We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a while I
will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!

After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a whole
empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my stand
mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the Crock-Pots
were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire shelf under
there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath and some little
things on the top like gum and mints.

The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little stand
in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I use
for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of little
decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to decorate my
husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for use during
football game meals.

Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And I
really needed it.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted smaller.
> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a while
> I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!

Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't come
on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I open the
door, dunno why they designed it that way.

Cheri

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:59:04 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted smaller.
> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a while I
> will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!
>
> After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
> contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a whole
> empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my stand
> mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the Crock-Pots
> were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire shelf under
> there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath and some little
> things on the top like gum and mints.
>
> The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little stand
> in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
> some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I use
> for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of little
> decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to decorate my
> husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for use during
> football game meals.
>
> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And I
> really needed it.
>
A red microwave will be fun. Glad to hear you're happy with it. Mine
is small, but it's not made anymore - no idea why, because it has a
small footprint. The controls are on top of the cooking chamber, not
on the side - which is perfect for freeing space on the countertop.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted smaller.
> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a while
> I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!
>
> After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
> contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a
> whole empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my
> stand mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the
> Crock-Pots were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire
> shelf under there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath
> and some little things on the top like gum and mints.
>
> The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little stand
> in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
> some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I
> use for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of
> little decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to
> decorate my husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for
> use during football game meals.
>
> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And I
> really needed it.

Enjoy



--
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http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a
>> big complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted
>> smaller. We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once
>> in a while I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't
>> care if it browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and
>> several will fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks
>> great!
>
> Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't
> come on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I open
> the door, dunno why they designed it that way.

No. It's a Magic Chef. My first microwave had no light at all. So it
doesn't bother me so much but my last several did have a light when you
opened the door so I am used to that. This one looks like it will be easier
to clean too. The old GE one had too many weird little crevices.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:59:04 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a
>> big
>> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted
>> smaller.
>> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a
>> while I
>> will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
>> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
>> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!
>>
>> After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
>> contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a
>> whole
>> empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my stand
>> mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the Crock-Pots
>> were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire shelf
>> under
>> there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath and some
>> little
>> things on the top like gum and mints.
>>
>> The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little
>> stand
>> in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
>> some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I
>> use
>> for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of
>> little
>> decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to decorate
>> my
>> husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for use during
>> football game meals.
>>
>> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And
>> I
>> really needed it.
>>
> A red microwave will be fun. Glad to hear you're happy with it. Mine
> is small, but it's not made anymore - no idea why, because it has a
> small footprint. The controls are on top of the cooking chamber, not
> on the side - which is perfect for freeing space on the countertop.

This house was built in 1981 and I am pretty sure that it still has the same
old cupboards and countertops. Oh and I found a good stain remover for
those! I had some of those fruit fly traps that looks like an apple. Of
course both got knocked over and the bright, pinkish red liquid spilled
leaving a nasty stain. Two stains on two different pieces of counter.
Nothing would take them up. I tried a bunch of other stuff tonight and
finally hit on lemon juice and baking soda. Didn't take them all the way up
but they are hard to see. I know where they are and if I really look, I can
see a pale bit of pink on the beige counter but I don't think anyone else
would notice.

Anyway... The microwave is near the entrance to the kitchen and it's one of
the first things you see when you walk in there. So it does give the room a
modern fee.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking.
<snip>
> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And I
> really needed it.

Enjoy, Julie.

A year or two ago, my old microwave died. It still "ran" but quit heating. I
went about 2 months before I found one on sale that I liked. I wanted a
small (due to limited counter space) white one and for awhile all the sale
ones were black or stainless exteriors.

Mine is made by Sunbeam, cost about $50, only 700 watts power but that's
fine with me. Like you, I only use it to reheat coffee or tea and cold or
frozen foods. The only cooking I use it for is to cook "jacket potatoes." (a
little UK lingo for you there). Mine does have a light that is on during
cooking and also when the door is open.

It was a very *LONG* two months for me without a microwave oven.

Gary

"Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
>complaint I guess.

Why didn't you try the floor model at the store?

Which brand/model is it? My GE microwave is an under counter model
but I use it on the counter... it's more than 3O years old. The light
comes on when the door is opened and stays on during cooking. I wish
it was a little larger inside, that it had more head room, some of my
casseroles won't fit with the lid on as the knob is too high, so I
either place the lid on upside down or use a piece of plastic wrap.
Sometimes I wish it would finally die so I can get a larger one.
What's odd is that I use it several times every day and in more than
30 years that original light bulb still works.

On Jan 18, 11:02*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > The new microwave is great! *My only complaint is that the light does not
> > come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. *Not such a big
> > complaint I guess. *But it is smaller than the old one. *I wanted smaller.
> > We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. *Although once in a while
> > I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> > browns on the top. *I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> > fit in there so it's all good. *Plus the red color looks great!
>
> Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't come
> on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I open the
> door, dunno why they designed it that way.
>
> Cheri

Why? Do you cook in the dark or not have lights in the kitchen?

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:41:48 -0800 (PST), Chemo
> wrote:

>On Jan 18, 11:02*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > The new microwave is great! *My only complaint is that the light does not
>> > come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. *Not such a big
>> > complaint I guess. *But it is smaller than the old one. *I wanted smaller.
>> > We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. *Although once in a while
>> > I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
>> > browns on the top. *I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
>> > fit in there so it's all good. *Plus the red color looks great!
>>
>> Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't come
>> on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I open the
>> door, dunno why they designed it that way.
>>
>> Cheri
>
>Why? Do you cook in the dark or not have lights in the kitchen?

For the same reason most stove ovens have an interior light... ovens
by the very nature of their configuration shade their interiors from
external light... maybe you wear a miner's lamp. Very often I will
check to see how food has progressed in my microwave, I would be very
annoyed if the light didn't come on when I opened the door. It's just
wrong for a microwave light not to come on when the door is opened...
it really doesn't need the light on when it's running because when the
door is closed it's near impossible to see food through that screen.
The microwave manufacturers who designed the unit so the light is on
when cooking but off when the door is open got it back assward.

On Jan 19, 11:39*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:41:48 -0800 (PST), Chemo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >On Jan 18, 11:02*pm, "Cheri" > wrote:
> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >> > The new microwave is great! *My only complaint is that the light does not
> >> > come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. *Not such a big
> >> > complaint I guess. *But it is smaller than the old one. *I wanted smaller.
> >> > We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. *Although once in a while
> >> > I will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> >> > browns on the top. *I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> >> > fit in there so it's all good. *Plus the red color looks great!
>
> >> Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't come
> >> on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I open the
> >> door, dunno why they designed it that way.
>
> >> Cheri
>
> >Why? Do you cook in the dark or not have lights in the kitchen?
>
> For the same reason most stove ovens have an interior light... ovens
> by the very nature of their configuration shade their interiors from
> external light... maybe you wear a miner's lamp. *Very often I will
> check to see how food has progressed in my microwave, I would be very
> annoyed if the light didn't come on when I opened the door. *It's just
> wrong for a microwave light not to come on when the door is opened...
> it really doesn't need the light on when it's running because when the
> door is closed it's near impossible to see food through that screen.
> The microwave manufacturers who designed the unit so the light is on
> when cooking but off when the door is open got it back assward.

I'll let Al Gore know about your theory.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>
>>The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>>come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
>>complaint I guess.
>
> Why didn't you try the floor model at the store?
>
Uh... Wha? This was mail ordered and not available in any store.

> Which brand/model is it? My GE microwave is an under counter model
> but I use it on the counter... it's more than 3O years old. The light
> comes on when the door is opened and stays on during cooking. I wish
> it was a little larger inside, that it had more head room, some of my
> casseroles won't fit with the lid on as the knob is too high, so I
> either place the lid on upside down or use a piece of plastic wrap.
> Sometimes I wish it would finally die so I can get a larger one.
> What's odd is that I use it several times every day and in more than
> 30 years that original light bulb still works.

Magic Chef. I had a G.E. for several years and it was fine. Can't remember
what happened to it that caused me to replace it. I think it just quit
working. But... I also found out that we had not been using them right.
Apparently you are supposed to leave the door open after use to let it dry
out inside. We were not doing that. Another thing we did wrong was to open
the door in the middle of the cooking cycle. Apparently you are supposed to
hit "Stop" before you do that. With the subsequent models, I tried to do
right. Did mess up a bit. But daughter admitted that she wasn't leaving
the door open and I'm pretty sure that husband didn't pay attention to any
of this. From what I have read, if you don't hit "Stop", it shorts
something out. Odd because my previous models didn't even have this
function. There is also a "Pause" which I presume does the same thing.

On 1/19/2013 2:39 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> For the same reason most stove ovens have an interior light... ovens
> by the very nature of their configuration shade their interiors from
> external light... maybe you wear a miner's lamp. Very often I will
> check to see how food has progressed in my microwave, I would be very
> annoyed if the light didn't come on when I opened the door. It's just
> wrong for a microwave light not to come on when the door is opened...
> it really doesn't need the light on when it's running because when the
> door is closed it's near impossible to see food through that screen.
> The microwave manufacturers who designed the unit so the light is on
> when cooking but off when the door is open got it back assward.

My old oven didn't have an interior light and I really missed it when I
first moved in. I didn't buy a new oven until just this year, so 12
years without an oven light made me so used to it, sometimes now I
forget I have one.

On 1/19/2013 3:20 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

> Magic Chef. I had a G.E. for several years and it was fine. Can't remember
> what happened to it that caused me to replace it. I think it just quit
> working. But... I also found out that we had not been using them right.
> Apparently you are supposed to leave the door open after use to let it dry
> out inside. We were not doing that.

I do, but sometimes its just easier to wipe it out with a paper towel if
there's some steam build up.

Another thing we did wrong was to open
> the door in the middle of the cooking cycle. Apparently you are supposed to
> hit "Stop" before you do that. With the subsequent models, I tried to do
> right. Did mess up a bit. But daughter admitted that she wasn't leaving
> the door open and I'm pretty sure that husband didn't pay attention to any
> of this. From what I have read, if you don't hit "Stop", it shorts
> something out. Odd because my previous models didn't even have this
> function. There is also a "Pause" which I presume does the same thing.

I don't doubt you, but I've never heard that and I don't hit stop before
opening the door if something is finished before the timer stops the
device. Hmm.

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:41:34 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 1/19/2013 2:39 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> For the same reason most stove ovens have an interior light... ovens
>> by the very nature of their configuration shade their interiors from
>> external light... maybe you wear a miner's lamp. Very often I will
>> check to see how food has progressed in my microwave, I would be very
>> annoyed if the light didn't come on when I opened the door. It's just
>> wrong for a microwave light not to come on when the door is opened...
>> it really doesn't need the light on when it's running because when the
>> door is closed it's near impossible to see food through that screen.
>> The microwave manufacturers who designed the unit so the light is on
>> when cooking but off when the door is open got it back assward.
>
>My old oven didn't have an interior light and I really missed it when I
>first moved in. I didn't buy a new oven until just this year, so 12
>years without an oven light made me so used to it, sometimes now I
>forget I have one.

Better than me, half the time I forget to shut the light off and don't
notice it's on until I shut off the kitchen lights and notice the oven
light is still on.

On 1/19/2013 4:41 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 1/19/2013 2:39 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> For the same reason most stove ovens have an interior light... ovens
>> by the very nature of their configuration shade their interiors from
>> external light... maybe you wear a miner's lamp. Very often I will
>> check to see how food has progressed in my microwave, I would be very
>> annoyed if the light didn't come on when I opened the door. It's just
>> wrong for a microwave light not to come on when the door is opened...
>> it really doesn't need the light on when it's running because when the
>> door is closed it's near impossible to see food through that screen.
>> The microwave manufacturers who designed the unit so the light is on
>> when cooking but off when the door is open got it back assward.
>
> My old oven didn't have an interior light and I really missed it when I
> first moved in. I didn't buy a new oven until just this year, so 12
> years without an oven light made me so used to it, sometimes now I
> forget I have one.

I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
fridge.

Jill

For heaven's sake, go file the paperwork NOW. Register it warranty.

On 1/19/2013 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
> a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
> sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
> comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
> refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
> light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
> off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
> fridge.

You might be so used to it now that this doesn't matter, but here's an
easy way to get a stuck light bulb out, but it might be tougher inside a
fridge depending on where the light is.

http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...293/index.html

or

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3kxq6y5

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 1/19/2013 3:20 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Magic Chef. I had a G.E. for several years and it was fine. Can't
>> remember
>> what happened to it that caused me to replace it. I think it just quit
>> working. But... I also found out that we had not been using them right.
>> Apparently you are supposed to leave the door open after use to let it
>> dry
>> out inside. We were not doing that.
>
> I do, but sometimes its just easier to wipe it out with a paper towel if
> there's some steam build up.
>
> Another thing we did wrong was to open
>> the door in the middle of the cooking cycle. Apparently you are supposed
>> to
>> hit "Stop" before you do that. With the subsequent models, I tried to do
>> right. Did mess up a bit. But daughter admitted that she wasn't leaving
>> the door open and I'm pretty sure that husband didn't pay attention to
>> any
>> of this. From what I have read, if you don't hit "Stop", it shorts
>> something out. Odd because my previous models didn't even have this
>> function. There is also a "Pause" which I presume does the same thing.
>
> I don't doubt you, but I've never heard that and I don't hit stop before
> opening the door if something is finished before the timer stops the
> device. Hmm.

Hmmm... I just looked in my manual and it says that you can open the door
at any time. Doesn't say that you have to push the "stop" button. But I
have read on the Internet that if you don't, it will damage the magnetron.
But of course today I can't find a cite that looks legit. Just lots of
references to this.

"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
> For heaven's sake, go file the paperwork NOW. Register it warranty.

You don't need to register it for a warranty. But you should do it to get
recalls.

On 1/19/2013 10:59 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 1/19/2013 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
>> a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
>> sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
>> comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
>> refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
>> light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
>> off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
>> fridge.
>
> You might be so used to it now that this doesn't matter, but here's an
> easy way to get a stuck light bulb out, but it might be tougher inside a
> fridge depending on where the light is.
>
> http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...293/index.html
>
>
> or
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3kxq6y5
>
Yeah, that would be hard to do inside the fridge. The light bulb is
behind a plastic shield on the top shelf at the back of the fridge.
Yes, I can remove the shield but I'm not sure this method would work in
that tight space. Thanks, though!

Jill

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:59:19 -0500, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 1/19/2013 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
>> a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
>> sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
>> comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
>> refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
>> light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
>> off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
>> fridge.
>
>You might be so used to it now that this doesn't matter, but here's an
>easy way to get a stuck light bulb out, but it might be tougher inside a
>fridge depending on where the light is.
>
>http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...293/index.html
>
>or
>
>http://preview.tinyurl.com/3kxq6y5

It's much easier to remove a stuck bulb with one of those rubber pads
used to unscrew stubborn jar lids. Wear a glove just in case the bulb
shatters. It's easy to unscrew the base from a shattered bulb with
needle nose pliers. Whenever replacing an appliance bulb (or any
bulb) coat the base threads lightly with silicone grease (do not use
Vaseline, it absorbs water causing corrosion). And it's not necessary
to make the bulb super tight, screw in just enough to where the bulb
lights. Most people over tighten light bulbs.

Julie Bove wrote:
> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a big
> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted smaller.
> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a while I
> will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!
>
> After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
> contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a whole
> empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my stand
> mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the Crock-Pots
> were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire shelf under
> there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath and some little
> things on the top like gum and mints.
>
> The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little stand
> in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
> some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I use
> for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of little
> decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to decorate my
> husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for use during
> football game meals.
>
> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And I
> really needed it.
>
>
Progress in that regard is good. I have started getting my
ephemera off a portion of my counter.

Cheri wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does
>> not come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not
>> such a big complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I
>> wanted smaller. We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food.
>> Although once in a while I will do a casserole in there if we want it
>> quickly and don't care if it browns on the top. I checked the
>> casseroles that I kept and several will fit in there so it's all
>> good. Plus the red color looks great!
>
> Is it a Panasonic? Mine is, and I really like it but the light doesn't
> come on except when it's cooking. I would like to have a light when I
> open the door, dunno why they designed it that way.
>
> Cheri

In spite of that, Panasonic is the only brand I buy. (I will
think about another brand ONLY if they heat at lower levels
without switching on and off to achieve that. As of when I bought
my last microwave oven, ca 2010, Panasonic was still the only one
that did that.)

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 1/19/2013 10:59 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> On 1/19/2013 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
>>> a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
>>> sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
>>> comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
>>> refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
>>> light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
>>> off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
>>> fridge.
>>
>> You might be so used to it now that this doesn't matter, but here's an
>> easy way to get a stuck light bulb out, but it might be tougher inside a
>> fridge depending on where the light is.
>>
>> http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...293/index.html
>>
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3kxq6y5
>>
> Yeah, that would be hard to do inside the fridge. The light bulb is
> behind a plastic shield on the top shelf at the back of the fridge. Yes, I
> can remove the shield but I'm not sure this method would work in that
> tight space. Thanks, though!

I had a bulb break off in my old fridge. I can't remember the sequence of
events now but I do remember that the plastic cover came off and something
hit the light bulb and broke it, all at once. I was in the middle of trying
to clean out the fridge. I have a removal tool and was able to get the bulb
out with that. Thankfully I no longer have that fridge. I hated that
thing.

On 1/20/2013 11:50 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:59:19 -0500, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/19/2013 6:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure I've ever paid attention to whether or not a microwave had
>>> a light that turned on when I opened the door. My kitchens were
>>> sometimes small but never dimly lit. The regular oven has a light that
>>> comes on. What doesn't come on anymore is the light in the
>>> refrigerator. And it's a very old refrigerator. I tried unscrewing the
>>> light bulb to replace it but it's stuck fast. I don't want it to break
>>> off in the socket. So I've learned to live without a light bulb in the
>>> fridge.
>>
>> You might be so used to it now that this doesn't matter, but here's an
>> easy way to get a stuck light bulb out, but it might be tougher inside a
>> fridge depending on where the light is.
>>
>> http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...293/index.html
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/3kxq6y5
>
> It's much easier to remove a stuck bulb with one of those rubber pads
> used to unscrew stubborn jar lids. Wear a glove just in case the bulb
> shatters. It's easy to unscrew the base from a shattered bulb with
> needle nose pliers. Whenever replacing an appliance bulb (or any
> bulb) coat the base threads lightly with silicone grease (do not use
> Vaseline, it absorbs water causing corrosion). And it's not necessary
> to make the bulb super tight, screw in just enough to where the bulb
> lights. Most people over tighten light bulbs.
>
Yeah... I'm not that concerned about the light bulb. And I'm not the
one who put this one in the refrigerator. It was probably my father.
<shrug> Doesn't matter. I know where things are and have good overhead
lighting in the kitchen.

Jill