Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive. (personal account)."

My father in law tinkers and, most often, fixes things. I have seen him take apart such objects as toasters, motors, electronics, power washers, etc. He often has several projects on the go at any one time.

My best recollection of him is the day that he came home with a neighbours microwave that he wanted to fix. We didn;t know what was wrong with it, and he disappeared into his workshop for awhile. I heard weird noises coming from the room, and I peeked in.

The microwave was working fine, but it had no front door. The machine was on, and he had his head tucked into it....I pulled the plug.

He did not take himself out of the gene pool, and he still tinkers today, but we do keep a closer eye on him.

By the way, he did develop a brain tumor, which was operated on and he is still with us. I don't know if stemmed from this incident, but I think this may have increased the odds of this happening.

Submitted on 09/18/2009

Submitted by: rob lloyd
Reference: personal experience

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
This sounds like a perfectly good PA to me. What on earth was he thinking? Doesn't he have any idea how microwaves work? Thanks, Rob!

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Uh-HUH. I take it he never nuked chicken giblets.

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