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Old 01-November-2006, 11:35 PM
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My Grandfather, an otherwise very intelligent man, thought that it was unsafe to use a microwave as it would irradiate the food. My Grandmother is still not entirely happy that it is safe to eat food directly from the microwaves as it "Will keep on cooking inside of you." I guess that often new fangled technology just is a little overwhelming. I hope we won't be the same in our golden years, but I fear that it's quite likely.
Some years back in the office, we had a microwave behind the wall but near our office area. A new worker moved in and raised a fuss about the microwave being too close, going on and on about supposed dangers of microwaves (even at distance), so it was moved to a less convenient location. As we soon found out, he was a heavy smoker, and took frequent breaks so he could go outside to smoke.
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