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Moment with Mookie
Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:14 AM
Have no questions - been too cold and too much snow to go watch trains this past weekend. But it is nice to hear train whistles instead of snow blowers at night.

But a riddle for you: Which spouse said it? We lost our 17 year old - microwave, so went to get a replacement. Of course, the one we wanted wasn't in stock. So while looking at the rest, we spotted a GE that seemed to have what we wanted in a microwave. One spouse said " I don't know much about GE, so don't know if they are any good at all". The other spouse replied, "well, they made the Dash 9!".

I will leave it up to you to draw your own conclusions as to who said it and what she was inferring...........[}:)] [:D]

And yes, we bought the GE......

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:39 AM
Does it have dynamic brakes?

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:42 AM
Still reading the manual. May have to take night classes to get through it!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:56 AM
Does it have yellow thingies on the cord???
stay safe
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:58 AM
Presumably if Alco made one it would come with a smoke hood!
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Posted by Randy Stahl on Monday, January 10, 2005 7:04 AM
If it's any thing like a dash 9 it will handily double as a vibrator... for sore backs and stuff.
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Posted by eolafan on Monday, January 10, 2005 7:10 AM
When you microwave leftovers for too long, does it smoke like an out of tunr Dash9?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 7:28 AM
Does it sound like an GE Locomotive when you heat up that cup of coffiee in the morning?
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Posted by locomutt on Monday, January 10, 2005 8:27 AM
What kind of horn does it have? Leslie,Nathan? 3 or 5 chime?[:D]
Did you use a 'trade-in'microwave cart?[:D]

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Posted by eolafan on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:18 AM
When you attempt to heat things up too fast, does it shoot out flames? Hope not!
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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, January 10, 2005 9:42 AM
2 cycle, 4 cycle or wash cycle?
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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:04 AM
It hasn't done the familiar "whoop" yet. It does have a bell and it is pretty quiet. But insistent! It does warn that it will burn food if you don't do it right....guess that is a GE!

The instructions are as complicated as running any locomotive, but it is almost as quiet as an SD70 - wonder if they collaborated on this?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 10:38 AM
There aren't too many companies out there anymore that make everything from Microwaves to Locomotives.
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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 10, 2005 12:04 PM
And don't forget toasters!

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Posted by espeefoamer on Monday, January 10, 2005 12:31 PM
And light bulbs!
Mookie, you said it was pretty quiet, are you sure it's a GE? That sounds more like an EMD.Or a GE that isn't running[:(].
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 12:54 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

And don't forget toasters!


...and pretty much anything else you find around the home...

Refrigerators & Freezers
Electric Cooking
Microwaves
Washers & Dryers
Water Systems
Small Appliances
Speed Cooking
Gas Cooking
Venting Systems
Dishwashers, Compactors & Disposers
Room Air Conditioners


....that's just things for around the house.

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 10, 2005 1:43 PM
.....Jen, I'l give you a bit of help here...You were wondering if the GE was a good product....We have a "Spacesaver" GE above stove microwafe that is now 24 years old and still running. We recently tried to find a replacement for it but sizes have changed since then so still wondering which way to go. New models make it too low to the stove. Maybe we'll have to reinstall a range hood and purchase new microwave to just set on counter when we do replacement. Believe we've had 2 service calls for the GE in that amount of time.

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, January 10, 2005 1:44 PM
I forgot to ask earlier about what kind of antenna came with it.
Was it a "Firecracker"?[:D][}:)]

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:00 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

.....Jen, I'l give you a bit of help here...You were wondering if the GE was a good product....We have a "Spacesaver" GE above stove microwafe that is now 24 years old and still running. We recently tried to find a replacement for it but sizes have changed since then so still wondering which way to go. New models make it too low to the stove. Maybe we'll have to reinstall a range hood and purchase new microwave to just set on counter when we do replacement. Believe we've had 2 service calls for the GE in that amount of time.
Q: Our old mw was a Sharp Carousel - 1988 and it had one service call years ago. They have upgraded them quite a bit, but they still just basically cook. Now the price - that's a lot nicer. They are getting pretty cheap. I guess the plasma tv's are the $ makers! We are still driving the old 1981 LTD daily, so you can see we really wear things out!

LM - I have the turntable from the old one on the top - communicating what will happen if this one gives me a bad time!

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:36 PM
...Yes, Jen very expensive back then and for the most part our unit has mainly been used for heating coffee water...!!

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:41 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

.....Jen, I'l give you a bit of help here...You were wondering if the GE was a good product....We have a "Spacesaver" GE above stove microwafe that is now 24 years old and still running. We recently tried to find a replacement for it but sizes have changed since then so still wondering which way to go. New models make it too low to the stove. Maybe we'll have to reinstall a range hood and purchase new microwave to just set on counter when we do replacement. Believe we've had 2 service calls for the GE in that amount of time.
Q: Our old mw was a Sharp Carousel - 1988 and it had one service call years ago. They have upgraded them quite a bit, but they still just basically cook. Now the price - that's a lot nicer. They are getting pretty cheap. I guess the plasma tv's are the $ makers! We are still driving the old 1981 LTD daily, so you can see we really wear things out!

LM - I have the turntable from the old one on the top - communicating what will happen if this one gives me a bad time!


Okay,the old SP style 'brake wheel' type. Or was that a 'Frisbee'?[:D]

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Posted by edblysard on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:55 PM
You forgot they have an Electric Boat division...
They make submarines..

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:03 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

You forgot they have an Electric Boat division...
They make submarines..

Ed


"U-Boats"?

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:10 PM
Mookie fires up her new GE appliance...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:27 PM
Gee Larry,

Would that be a toaster, instead of a microwave?!?![}:)][:I]
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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 10, 2005 3:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Gee Larry,

Would that be a toaster, instead of a microwave?!?![}:)][:I]

Nah - See the RADIO antennae on it?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 6:57 PM
don't forget: GE makes jet aircraft engines, Hydropower turbines, steam turbines and gear reduction sets for ships and powerplants, too.
And, just to get their fingers in another pie, 'projectile motion generators.' The A10 is built around one, IIRC.

Plus big transformers. They MIGHT still make the big power amplification vacuum tubes for television and radio transmission. . . but I think they got out of the semiconductor business. They're big in facilities leasing and banking these days.

then there's the whole Plastics side of GE, too. Lexan is one of theirs.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 7:56 PM
It is amazing what Thomas A. Edison started with one light bulb. Now GE is everywhere and in everything it seems like. They own NBC too don't they?
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Posted by edblysard on Monday, January 10, 2005 7:56 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Have no questions - been too cold and too much snow to go watch trains this past weekend. But it is nice to hear train whistles instead of snow blowers at night.


Mookie


Ya know, all you gotta do is carve GTT on the door post....

73degrees today...

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10, 2005 8:58 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Have no questions - been too cold and too much snow to go watch trains this past weekend. But it is nice to hear train whistles instead of snow blowers at night.


Mookie


Ya know, all you gotta do is carve GTT on the door post....

73degrees today...

Ed[:D]


Mook--

Don't believe him. It's gonna get cold later this week--65![:-,]

I bet that chicken you cook in that new microwave tastes just like cat[:D][:-,][:-,][(-D]

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