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To: madison10

I’m a boomer. We got our first microwave when I was about 8, so around 1970.

We were the first family that I remember having one.

My dad liked trying new gadgets.


34 posted on 03/15/2025 12:42:11 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: luckystarmom
"I’m a boomer. We got our first microwave when I was about 8, so around 1970."

I'm 77. My two sons are 58 and 54. I don't remember the year I bought my first microwave, but it was probably in the 70's. I bought it from Sears. It was a big old thing, heavy too, but that darn thing lasted 15-20 years. One time it stopped working, so I took it to a small appliance repair shop. He put in a new fuse for $5.00, and the thing lasted until I got tired of having to move it when me moved to a new apartment...so I got a new, smaller one.

44 posted on 03/15/2025 12:48:52 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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