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🗓️ 9 November 2023
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0:00.0 | Have either of you been told the good news yet or do you preach the good news about |
0:07.3 | Knob-based microwaves? |
0:10.0 | What? I've heard the good news, which is the phrase you're looking for. Have you heard the good news? I've heard the good news, which is the phrase that you're looking for. Have you heard the good news? I have heard the good news, but I'm not |
0:16.4 | microwaves. I am not convinced at all. I don't have one. I have my ancient microwave that doesn't really work but I am not convinced. |
0:24.3 | I'm sorry hold on are we talking about so my recollection is one of my grandparents I don't |
0:29.5 | remember which side it was had a truly ancient microwave wherein you would spin a dial to get a |
0:36.8 | gross approximation of how much time you would like to cook the thing in the |
0:40.2 | microwave and you could set it to five that could mean anything between three and a half and seven but it said five so sure let's we'll go with that is that what we're talking about the original like old |
0:50.5 | microwaves from you know before digital stuff was super commonplace |
0:54.6 | they were they all just had knobs and it was it was like you know like like a |
0:58.3 | kitchen timer you turn it and we go sh and you know ding when it was done right |
1:02.2 | yeah yeah yeah and then you know, you know, ding when it was done. Right, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
1:03.4 | And then, you know, everything got digital key pads |
1:05.9 | throughout like the 80s and 90s and, |
1:08.1 | and, you know, that's what we knew and that's what all microwaves are |
1:11.2 | for the most part. |
1:11.9 | And then I think only recently I |
1:14.0 | started hearing people say like oh you got to try one with knobs. |
1:16.7 | Well I think you missed the mill period you after the digital where you had a bunch of |
1:20.5 | numbers and you would type in the time. There was this fairly dark time that extended |
1:24.8 | until very recently, which was, yeah, okay, maybe there's number pads, but also there's |
1:30.9 | 17 other buttons with obscure pictures of things on them. |
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