a miracle

[ramtops]

our microwave is pretty old - probably 12 or 13 years old. We hardly use it for cooking - we make porridge on winter mornings, and occasionally kick off baked potatoes.

but it's invaluable as a meat safe to thaw things in (Iggy does know how to open it, but it's now in a place where he can't actually manage it). And it has a splendid kitchen timer.

the other day, we discovered it was ill. All the buttons worked, except the Start button (no, it's not Windows :), so it was rendered useless. We poked and prodded it, and then accepted that it had done its duty, and decided we'd go out this weekend and buy a new one - we don't use it much, but I didn't want to be without one.

we had a brief power outage on Sunday evening - something to do with cats and kettles, don't ask - and it occurred to me last night to try the microbe again.

and lo! - it works. And timed the basmati to go with the dhal *perfectly*. Welcome back, old friend.

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cars are odd. The heater in perlmonger's Xantia died a couple of years ago - as it was cold, he used another car to go to work, and left the Xantia standing through the winter.

come spring, charged the battery, pumped up the tyres, turned on the ignition, and yes - there was heat.