Or are all microwave ovens the least user friendly appliances under the sun? Why can't they be more like hifi, ie switch the amps on, switch the CD player on and press play. If I use the said oven thingy, which is very rarely, then I end up with a 12 minute 56 second programme which stops and beeps at me after 30 seconds as it's the only thing I know how to do (after 2 years). It's rubbish.