Originally Posted by
BehindBlueI's
Completely unrelated, but my maternal grandfather worked for General Electric and "the farm" was his weekend/summer property. He had the first microwave I ever saw, and also the first VCR. I assume they fell off an assembly line, but I don't actually know. That microwave was over thirty years old when it outlived both of them. It was big and heavy, but it worked a treat. It lived in Louisville, then in the summer kitchen at the farm, then at their house they moved to in retirement. I've no idea who took it afterward, but I figure it's still working whoever did.