Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 16 Jan 2005 12:39:58p, Steve Calvin tittered and giggled, and
> giggled and tittered, and finally blurted out...
>
>
>>sf wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:33:41 GMT, Dog3 > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was not allowed to use the stove yet so it was all microwaved.
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>this was like 40 years ago. How time flies.
>>>
>>>
>>>Boy, your family was rich and on the cutting edge - I didn't
>>>buy my first microwave until 1975 and paid something like
>>>$500 or $600 for it (1000 watts). That was way too much $
>>>in today's terms, but it was worth it at the time.
>>>
>>>sf
>>
>>Agreed. The first microwave (radarrange actually) hit the consumer
>>market in '67 so you guys must have had one of the first ones!
>>
>
>
> Tappan actually introduced one a few years earlier, but it only found its
> way into a small number of custom home kitchens. At that time they were
> installed like a wall oven.
>
> Wayne

hm, didn't know that. I thought that the Amana was the first one out for
the general consumer.

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Steve

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