[downplay]

I have a friend, that lived in a dodgy part of town. And the day he bought his new Powerbook, he hid it in the oven before he left the house.

Sadly after a visit to the pub, he thought pizza would be a good idea and preheated the oven. Only to suddenly realise his new computer was inside it.

He rescued and cooled it, and oddly, it survived! Only it had shelf marks permanently moulded into the chassis forever more.

[aestra]

This is why I obsessively check the oven before I turn it on. Always.

We had an incident when I was probably 5 years old when my sister put a stuffed toys in the oven then a while later my mom turned it on to use it. Then we smelled smoke...

There was no lasting damage (beyond my sister losing her favorite toy) and she of course was much too young to know better. That incident however got me paranoid about me turning on the oven with unknown objects in it. So now I check first.

[fnordfnordfnord]

I am surprised the LCD survived. Most don't like temperatures higher than ~150 F.

[sgt]

"that lived in a dodgy part of town."

^ How is this relevant to your story?

[pgeorgi]

I read that as an explanation for the "hide notebooks in the oven" thing.

[raimue]

Why else would you need to hide your laptop in the oven?