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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 25, 2013 14:17:15 GMT -5
Why do microwave doors all have that mesh on them? The only purpose I can think of is to foil your attempts to see your food unless you get really really reeaaallllyyyy close.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 14:19:10 GMT -5
I've always thought it is so the glass doesn't shatter and fly everywhere if something explodes in the microwave.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 25, 2013 14:21:31 GMT -5
But it's in the middle! 2 panes of glass on either side of it. You don't get bumpy mesh to wipe on the outside where it'd be useful for that purpose, it's smooth, just like the outside.
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 25, 2013 14:23:52 GMT -5
And if you shouldn't put metal in a microwave why do some come with a metal rack?? (yes, I know it's properly treated to be safe; just going along with the thread topic) Along those same lines, don't warm up coffee in a mug with a gold rim. Sparks will fly! Forgot about that the other day...
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 25, 2013 14:25:37 GMT -5
Pretty sure someone just told me this to shut me up when I was little but I was told that the mesh was there so that you wouldn't just stare into the microwave while it was cooking because it is bad for your eyes. I believe that was code for: be patient! can you not wait 30 seconds for something to cook??!
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 25, 2013 15:06:46 GMT -5
99 views and no one has an answer?
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Sept 25, 2013 15:07:02 GMT -5
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 25, 2013 15:09:19 GMT -5
Yay! An answer!!! I still hate the one I have at work, it's white and I swear, the white mesh is way harder to see through than the black mesh on my home one.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 25, 2013 16:12:31 GMT -5
So, what question do we want answered now?
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Post by Jake 48 on Sept 25, 2013 17:09:05 GMT -5
I think its because microwaves can pass through glass, the mesh reflects it back
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Post by 973beachbum on Sept 25, 2013 17:11:04 GMT -5
So, what question do we want answered now? When do boys stop leaving skid marks on their underwear?
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Sept 25, 2013 22:36:10 GMT -5
My microwave died two days ago and I have decided to go without a microwave. Crazy? Maybe Skidmarks You get to do your own laundry and bleach better be involved!
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Post by Apple on Sept 26, 2013 0:58:37 GMT -5
Well, if you don't want to read a bunch of physics stuff, the waves are too big to fit through the holes (easily). So, it keeps you from getting nuked like your food does...
Skid marks? Only buy dark colored underwear.
Now, what I want to know is how can it be the perfect temperature when you fall asleep, but then then it drops or raises suddenly so fast that it wakes you up and it takes FOREVER too cool back down or warm back up?! Even if it's the same temperature in the room. I hate that.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 26, 2013 9:41:20 GMT -5
'When do boys stop leaving skid marks on their underwear?'
I donno ........DH is 75 and upon occasion I have to get out the spray and bleach.
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Post by ZaireinHD on Oct 1, 2013 0:26:00 GMT -5
oh my! now that is funny!! well as mentioned earlier - when he wears dark underwear, or/and when he washes his own clothes. is saying "Dam" still considered using profanity?
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Post by 973beachbum on Oct 1, 2013 14:35:34 GMT -5
oh my! now that is funny!! well as mentioned earlier - when he wears dark underwear, or/and when he washes his own clothes. is saying "Dam" still considered using profanity? I don't think Dam was ever profanity unless all those beavers really had potty mouths.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Oct 1, 2013 15:15:02 GMT -5
As far as Z's question, it's not one I let my kids use in front of the grandparents, so I'd guess that's a yes.
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Post by motherto2 on Oct 1, 2013 15:57:24 GMT -5
Unless dam is followed by "girl you are looking mighty fine"
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Post by ZaireinHD on Oct 1, 2013 18:14:43 GMT -5
oh! yea that turns out to be funny now! the kids! who is thinking of the kids? LOL I can see kid saying "Dam mom, dinner was great!"
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Post by chiver78 on Oct 1, 2013 18:24:33 GMT -5
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Post by ZaireinHD on Oct 3, 2013 22:44:45 GMT -5
why is it that buses don't have seat belts?
if anything that could skip the whole seat belt thing I would guess would be airplanes.
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Post by ZaireinHD on Oct 4, 2013 13:26:06 GMT -5
oh! here is a good one!
why to companies roll out a brand new computer program that no one knows how to use including the IT department?
we are going through this where I work. My roommate is going through this where she works. She just posted that a friend of hers is going through the same.
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 5, 2013 5:25:43 GMT -5
All this time I thought the glass on the front of the microwave was really glass. Nope. After cleaning my microwave a little too well, too many times, I found out it is really just a thin sheet of plastic. My question about this is, what type of glue should I use to glue it back on (across the top has come unglued - again) PS If you ever scrub the paint off the inside of your microwave, you can safely paint it, with spray paint that says it is for appliances. Good to know, huh?
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Post by ZaireinHD on Oct 8, 2013 0:33:39 GMT -5
toomuchreality that is a lot of work / effort going into a microwave.
why not just purchase a new microwave?
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