@pseudomonas I do like our old microwave: it has two proper dials on it: how much and how long. It has fortunately been saved the ravages of progress.
Our old one at work used to have all kinds of things: buttons marked chicken which if you pressed twice said "turkey" and three times "goose"; buttons which seemed to accumulate seconds p-adic-ly; a terrifying north-south-east-west yew-hedge maze of heating settings; and all of it discouraging experimentation by each press loudly, gratingly beeping like a church bell being fitfully dragged along a concrete floor.
Quite why we need to set flaps ten, turn packs off, arm autothrottle, and keep N1 below the red line, all for a machine which exists to rotate food while heat is applied -- a task previously given to small, dim-witted children ensconced in inglenooks -- is quite beyond me.
My favorite line from a tv show is from Trying when Jason only has 24 hrs to teach Tyler everything a dad can teach a son. Amid everything else they do/see together that day, Jason points ti the microwave and says, “Don’t waste time trying to understand a microwave’s panel. Every button does the same thing.”
@aurochs I thought I was a fan of clockwork timers until one got stuck reheating a whole Christmas pudding. It had six neat, charred holes drilled through it, which were begining to smoke when it was noticed.
@sparrowsion @pseudomonas Timers are great: I need to get another for our kitchen. At the moment I look at the kitchen clock and do maths, which is often disastrous, especially when there's multiple things to time.
Defrosting I'm more sceptical about. I have a metal stick which I prod ours with, and if it goes in crunchy, put it in for a bit more. Results seem variable enough that I'm not sure I'd dare delegate. But it would simplify things a bit if it's reliable.
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in reply to Adam • • •@pseudomonas I do like our old microwave: it has two proper dials on it: how much and how long. It has fortunately been saved the ravages of progress.
Our old one at work used to have all kinds of things: buttons marked chicken which if you pressed twice said "turkey" and three times "goose"; buttons which seemed to accumulate seconds p-adic-ly; a terrifying north-south-east-west yew-hedge maze of heating settings; and all of it discouraging experimentation by each press loudly, gratingly beeping like a church bell being fitfully dragged along a concrete floor.
Quite why we need to set flaps ten, turn packs off, arm autothrottle, and keep N1 below the red line, all for a machine which exists to rotate food while heat is applied -- a task previously given to small, dim-witted children ensconced in inglenooks -- is quite beyond me.
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It had six neat, charred holes drilled through it, which were begining to smoke when it was noticed.
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Unknown parent • • •@sparrowsion @pseudomonas Timers are great: I need to get another for our kitchen. At the moment I look at the kitchen clock and do maths, which is often disastrous, especially when there's multiple things to time.
Defrosting I'm more sceptical about. I have a metal stick which I prod ours with, and if it goes in crunchy, put it in for a bit more. Results seem variable enough that I'm not sure I'd dare delegate. But it would simplify things a bit if it's reliable.
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