Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> Several digital timers. The one I use most frequently
> has a numeric keypad, so I don't have to stand there
> punching some stupid button 37 times if I want to time
> something for 37 minutes.

I once had an old Sears microwave that would let you run on zero power
for x amount of time, which made it a very convenient timer when I was
cooking sugar syrup or something that called for being cooked 90 seconds
or so. I miss that feature on my current microwave.