thanks, and I might call them, <div>but I am not optimistic, since a few years back, </div><div>I had a fridge I wanted to get rid of, </div><div>and IT STILL WORKED! </div><div>...it&#39;s just that it had sputtered some oil out, </div>
<div>from a compressor or something, and it got on </div><div>the floor, hence I suspected that it was </div><div>&quot;ABOUT TO&quot; have a heart attack of some kind ...</div><div>and they would not take it.</div><div>    Also, in this case, even playing around </div>
<div>with the disabled appliance, trying to figure out </div><div>what is wrong, would probably have to be done </div><div>only under the supervision of authorized personnel, </div><div>since I think that the possibility of it being dangerous, </div>
<div>(to play around with) might be even more, when </div><div>there is [there might be] something wrong with it. </div><div>    So I might give them a call, but I don&#39;t think they </div><div>want their technicians getting hurt ... and they would </div>
<div>not even come pick up a fridge... and I think those are </div><div>less [&quot;potentially&quot;] dangerous.<br>    Of course, that [&quot;fridge&quot; incident] was a few years ago...</div><div>-- <br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mike Schwartz    </span><br>
Glendale  AZ <br><a href="mailto:schwartz@acm.org">schwartz@acm.org</a></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Carlos Macedo Gomes <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:powerofprimes@gmail.com">powerofprimes@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Mike, <div><br></div><div>Have you thought of donating it to Goodwill or another charity?  If it somewhat works they may be able to do something w/ it (if nothing else they can tinker w/ the innards as part of training).</div>

<div><br></div><div>Too bad we don&#39;t have a local Maker Faire.  That kind of partially working gear would be welcome there too.</div><div><a href="http://www.makerfaire.com/" target="_blank">http://www.makerfaire.com/</a></div>
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</div><div>ymmv,</div><div>C.G.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mike Schwartz <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:schwartz@acm.org" target="_blank">schwartz@acm.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
When our <span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">microwave oven started making a funny noise, </span><div>
<span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">my wife&#39;s decision was to just to out and buy a new one </span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">(the price was reasonable; and the new one works OK).</span></div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="im"><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:large">Alternatives?  anyone? </span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">Does anyone want this [&quot;pre-owned&quot;] microwave oven <span style="font-weight:bold">? </span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">I hesitate to guess whether or not it could be repaired.  </span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">Some of the stuff it is &quot;made of&quot;, might be recyclable</span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">or usable for something.  </span></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">
</span></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">I would be a little hesitant to see it going in to a landfill, </span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre"><span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102)">(well, not literally &quot;see&quot;, but &quot;cause&quot; it, and know about it) </span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">but, I only have a limited amount of effort earmarked to </span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;white-space:pre">explore alternatives.<br clear="all"></span><br></div>
<div>So, if you have any ideas, please respond within </div><div>the next 3 days.</div><div><br>THANK YOU,<br>-- <br><span style="font-size:large">Mike Schwartz    </span><br>Glendale  AZ <br><a href="mailto:schwartz@acm.org" target="_blank">schwartz@acm.org</a><br>



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</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="mailto:powerofprimes@gmail.com" target="_blank">powerofprimes@gmail.com</a><br>Carlos Macedo Gomes<br>_sic itur ad astra_<br><br>
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