Ah, yes, manuals...fine and good. But what do you do if the device in question was purchased by someone else at some prior time and the manual is nowhere to be found?!!! Often as not, this is the case. It is certainly the case with the microwave from hell, which is probably going to meet a well-deserved end next Monday. I have decided that death by shotgun isn't good enough for it, and am going to toss it in a live volcano instead, if one can be found around here. If not, there's always those handy cliffs down by the lakeshore. It should make a lovely splash.

- LH