The Joe Barta entity posted thusly:

Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

And I do the old microwave thing from time to time when I don't
have anything particularly useful to do at the moment. AOL et al
keep me in regular and cheap entertainment.

That's rather hard on the microwave though


Thanks for the warning. I mean, ever since I found hair growing on my
palms I learned to take such cautions seriously.

Seriously though, I suppose all that snap crackle pop *might* come at
some expense. But why and how is it hard on a microwave?

Much, if not all, of that noise is caused by arcing inside the
magnetron (the part that actually produces the microwave energy).