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72. Oh my gosh, a microwave oven in '69?

Fri Dec 9, 2022, 07:50 PM

Dec 2022

I didn't even hear of such things till the mid-70s and didn't own one till '79.

The one you had at the deli was more powerful than any of mine have been. Ten seconds for a pizza slice? The microwave oven I have now would take at least twice that.

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