And a twenty-dollar bill blows by...

[tarimanveri]

Ha! Roommate J and I just went out and retrieved a microwave that someone across the street discarded on his curb. Much groaning over the nastiness of the grime and gunk coating it and a mug of hot water later, we have determined that it still works.

Yes.

Earlier today, I also acquired a very large, very pretty textbook called The Western

Comments

[v5planet]

All I have to say about the microwave is it may have been thrown away for a reason. Microwaves have shielding so their damaging emissions don't leave the box, but if that's compromised in any way they can be very dangerous.

[tarimanveri]

That's true, and as we're going to have to give the thing a really good cleaning, we can check for any visible damage then.

The thing is, though, that yesterday was sort of city-wide moving day in Boston, and people abandon tons of stuff - stoves, perfectly good furniture, $1900 stereos... whatever they can't move. So it's entirely possible that that's what happened in this case.

Warning duly noted, though.

[amyheartssiroc]

Nice.