# My microwave oven is 17 years old

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-microwave-oven-is-17-years-old/213601 "2003-11-16T22:35:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-microwave-oven-is-17-years-old/213601/41 "2003-11-18T04:37:45Z")

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Our 19 year old Mr. Coffee coffee maker just died a few weeks ago. Old kitchen appliances were just made better. Plus they look nicer.

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-microwave-oven-is-17-years-old/213601/42 "2003-11-18T06:16:34Z")

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> \*Originally posted by wolfman \*  
> \*\*I wonder how many of you have an Amana Touchmatic Radarange?
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> [http://pages.tias.com/6692/PictPage/1920884380.html](http://pages.tias.com/6692/PictPage/1920884380.html)
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> I know of at least 4 that are older than dirt and still going strong. They are actually kind of valuable, because many customs kitches had a nook built for them, and modern MWs just don’t fit right. So people will pay a decent bit of cash to get a working radarange that will fit in their hole. \*\*

Good heavens! That’s exactly the same microwave my mother-in-law has!

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**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-microwave-oven-is-17-years-old/213601/43 "2003-11-18T13:23:44Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \*  
> \*\*Shortly after I moved into my apartment, my dad bought me a microwave oven as a housewarming gift. Since I’m moving, I put the oven with my boxes of stuff, and I can see the back. It was made in September, 1986. Still works fine, too. 🆒
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> [sub]How’s _this_ thread for being “mundane and pointless”?[/sub] \*\*

My microwave was originally my grandfather’s. I inherited it when he died. In 1988. I don’t remember how long he had it before that. I’d check the back for a date, but that sucker is heavy!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-microwave-oven-is-17-years-old/213601/44 "2003-11-21T18:37:45Z")

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> but that sucker is heavy!

Aye! Good thing I had friends to help me load it and unload it! (I can just see myself falling down the stairs with it! :eek: )

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