My 43 yr old microwave died today.

https://lemmy.ca/post/62316561

Yeah, they sure don’t make 'em like they used to. My mother’s kitchen had a 1984 JCPenney branded microwave (with no turntable) that worked right up until 2024, the original light bulb inside dying sometime in the 2010s.

On the one hand, I remember hating it because it didn’t heat evenly, on the other, it was certainly built like a shit brickhouse if it lasted forty years.

This one had a turntable so it did a pretty good job, even though it wasn’t the most powerful thing out there. I’m really hoping I can find the part I need so it doesn’t end up in a landfill, it deserves better than that.