It Only Took Me 10 Years

@porwest (98984)
United States
March 16, 2025 7:56am CST
Sometimes things amaze me, and they aren't always interesting or exciting things, mind you. Take my microwave, for example. It has a turntable inside, as many do these days, that spins round and round when you microwave something. It has the normal features one might expect. Quick punch starting, for example, you hit a 1 or 2 or 5 or whatever and it automatically cooks for that amount of minutes. It has a timer. It has a defrost feature, which I use all the time. But it also has a button that allows me to turn off the turntable, which I did not know was a feature it had. I just discovered it the other day when I went to change the clock yet again for the nth time. I saw it, "Turntable," and thought, what the heck does that do? I hit the button and it said, "Turntable off." I hit it again and it said, "Turntable on." 10 years owning the stupid thing and I had no idea I could turn the turntable on and off. lol
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@BarBaraPrz (49269)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Mar
I don't have that feature on my microwave oven, so consider yourself special. I do have a grill in mine, though.
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@BarBaraPrz (49269)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 Mar
@porwest The coils are up at the "ceiling" of the oven and only heat up when I push the grill buttons. Works like a toaster oven.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
16 Mar
@BarBaraPrz Are you sure that's a microwave? Seems like that would not work because you cannot have metal inside of a microwave. Unless MAYBE they are ceramic coils of some kind. I have never even heard of such a combination. I'd have to see a picture.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
16 Mar
A grill in your microwave? How on Earth does THAT work?
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@NJChicaa (122335)
• United States
16 Mar
I was so proud of myself for being able to change the clock after the daylight savings thing. Took me 1 minute. . . after owning the same car for like 8 years.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
16 Mar
Sometimes life can be a challenge. Okay, that comment is done. Now I can get on with the 7-day ignore. See you on the 24th, and happy birthday.
@NJChicaa (122335)
• United States
16 Mar
@porwest hahaha so childish but enjoy
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
16 Mar
@NJChicaa You're the one who said to leave you alone. So...done.
@kareng (72430)
• United States
16 Mar
I don't have that feature on my microwave. I have never noticed it on any either when shopping for a new one!!
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@kareng (72430)
• United States
16 Mar
@porwest Right, that is the only explanation I can think of unless you only use your microwave to heat up coffee or something small. Seems like a lot to offer for so little benefit.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
17 Mar
@kareng Most of the time that's all I use the microwave for. Heat up my leftovers for lunch. Heat up m y coffee. Cook baked potatoes and veggies. Other than that, there's not much else I really use it for. Oh yeah, and I defrost my meat.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
16 Mar
Either way, I can find no reason to even use the feature. Why would I not want the turntable to be on? Edit: Looeyville's comment makes sense to me. That might be ONE reason. Hadn't thought about it until she mentioned it.
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@cacay1 (84496)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Mar
that's so fantastic.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
28 Mar
Moments like this are definitely a slap yourself on the forehead moment. lol
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@cacay1 (84496)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Mar
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@LindaOHio (186587)
• United States
17 Mar
I have a very high-tech microwave too; and I never use all of the features.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
17 Mar
All I want it to do is heat up my coffee and my lunch. lol
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@grenery8 (15764)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
17 Mar
after 2 years, i'm still studying mine
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
18 Mar
I may have to look at mine a bit further and see what other features it might have that I am unaware of. lol
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
21 Mar
@grenery8 I don't know that I ever look at instructions. Why would I? I am a man, of course. lol
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@grenery8 (15764)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Mar
@porwest i think i lost my instructions
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@mayka123 (16975)
• India
17 Mar
Never heard of an option of turning the turntable off. May be you have a rare model. I don't think I have it in microwave.
@1creekgirl (43313)
• United States
17 Mar
I've owned many a microwave, but didn't have or at least know about that feature. I wonder why one would need that?