House on fire, oh no!

[question fear]

all i have to say is that i thought the house was on fire as the thread was being written....and i thought, wow, this definitely wins weirdest thread ever.

 

[FoxyKaye]

Cat under one arm, and a hastily unplugged iMac under the other...

 

[Lacero]

I would grab the PowerMac handle and rip it out of the burning house, leaving a trail of broken shorted wires. The HD is what I would want saved.

 

[tsk]

I can't vouch for the validity of the anecdote, but that is what they said.

I wasn't questioning you. I was questioning the validity of their statements.

 

[53399]

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[PCM]

If your house was on fire and your family was out safely, would you go back for your mac? I would...(sinking head in shame).

Funny thing is, i found myself in this exact situation a couple years back. My kitchen was on fire in my old apartment in NYC, it was 20 degrees outside and the only things I grabbed on my way out the door were my boxers and my g4 tower.

Luckily only the kitchen went up, but i was expecting the whole place to go (BTW the fire was caused when the oven malfunctioned while i was in the shower).

 

[MacTruck]

Funny thing is, i found myself in this exact situation a couple years back. My kitchen was on fire in my old apartment in NYC, it was 20 degrees outside and the only things I grabbed on my way out the door were my boxers and my g4 tower.

Luckily only the kitchen went up, but i was expecting the whole place to go (BTW the fire was caused when the oven malfunctioned while i was in the shower).

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

Funny thing is, i found myself in this exact situation a couple years back. My kitchen was on fire in my old apartment in NYC, it was 20 degrees outside and the only things I grabbed on my way out the door were my boxers and my g4 tower.

Luckily only the kitchen went up, but i was expecting the whole place to go (BTW the fire was caused when the oven malfunctioned while i was in the shower).

That's pretty funny. I didn't expect someone would have actually done this!

 

[jamesW135]

welll

Well to tell you the truth the cats would come out if i could find all of them and then the iBook...

 

[iHacker]

My iMac came with fireproof plastis and SUPER HEALING POWERS!!! HAHAHAHA!!

 

[cleanup]

Dear crazy people,

Your computer is worth more than your life?

You have your priorities really messed up.

 

[EGT]

Dear Newbie,

I think most people would do the intellectual thing and save themselves before saving anything else ... depending on the situation obviously. I think instinct would kick in
My sister was involved in a house fire but luckily she, her son and fiance got out in time before the fire had spread to every room. He ran back in and saved some sentimental stuff and my sister computer! Fair play to him i say.

I don't think people would actually run through fire to save a computer. If my house was completely smothered in flames, i wouldn't go in to save anything.

Yours Faithfully,


EGT

Oh wait this isn't a letter ... d'oh!

 

[PCM]

Dear crazy people,

Your computer is worth more than your life?

You have your priorities really messed up.

in my situation, I couldn't have cared less about the actual computer itself. However, the 1,000's of photographs, design jobs, and music tracks on the hard drive....those ARE my life.