Nothing to do with china or bikes at all but this afternoon my microwave just decided to catch fire and kill me; nasty, probably very toxic fumes filled the room in just seconds while I was dozing in front of the fire, blown around by the in-built fan. Fortunately it was on a slate tiled and backed bench and nothing else ignited.

I nearly didn't wake up enough because the fumes knocked me out, it was the firework show of sparks and noise roused me after a while and I only just crawled to the door in time and lay there panting and coughing up shit. What the F do they make them out of? Made me realise how close the line is sometimes ... [shiver]