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ret5hd

(20,477 posts)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 11:43 AM Mar 2017

OK...so I walked by my microwave this morning...

As some of you know, I lost the belt to my bathrobe a few weeks ago. Anyway, as I walked past my microwave this morning it suddenly came to life with a furious series of beeps...BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...over and over several times then it shut completely down and will now not even heat water. I have tried unplugging it, etc, but nothing seems to work.

Any suggestions?

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OK...so I walked by my microwave this morning... (Original Post) ret5hd Mar 2017 OP
Put duct tape over the #5 button on the control TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #1
My microwave is 15 years old meow2u3 Mar 2017 #2
Well now...this is odd...Our blender is kept on the countertop (so I can make a drink after work)... ret5hd Mar 2017 #3
It sounds like they're trying to tell you something FakeNoose Mar 2017 #4
Put some underwear on! Lars39 Mar 2017 #5
tinfoil? stillcool Mar 2017 #6
Now it's just getting bizarre!!! ret5hd Mar 2017 #7
Has your oven been overheating lately? lastlib Mar 2017 #8
I'll check!!! Back in a few. ret5hd Mar 2017 #9
My oven is speaking to neither me nor the refrigerator... ret5hd Mar 2017 #10
I walked past mine before being fully dressed left-of-center2012 Mar 2017 #11
 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
1. Put duct tape over the #5 button on the control
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 11:50 AM
Mar 2017

panel - that's where they hide the cameras on the microwave oven, didn't you know that?!?!?!

meow2u3

(24,757 posts)
2. My microwave is 15 years old
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:03 PM
Mar 2017

I don't need to worry about any hidden cameras, unless they take videos of my cats making mischief.

ret5hd

(20,477 posts)
3. Well now...this is odd...Our blender is kept on the countertop (so I can make a drink after work)...
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:12 PM
Mar 2017

Again, still in my open bathrobe, everytime I start to approach that end of the counter the blender turns on the highest speed and makes an aggressive whirrr sound...WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR WHIIIIIIIR WHIIIIIIIR WHIIIIIIIR WHIRR WHIRR WHIRR...then stops when I leave the room.

FakeNoose

(32,532 posts)
4. It sounds like they're trying to tell you something
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 12:18 PM
Mar 2017

S-O-S

That's Russian for "close up your bathrobe, we saw too much!"


ret5hd

(20,477 posts)
7. Now it's just getting bizarre!!!
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 01:13 PM
Mar 2017

My refrigerator is beeping very seductively when I walk by, but refuses to open unless I open my bathrobe!

ret5hd

(20,477 posts)
10. My oven is speaking to neither me nor the refrigerator...
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 02:38 PM
Mar 2017

giving us the "cold shoulder", if you will. But as soon as I leave the room, the oven and the microwave seem to start quite a conversation.

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