So I spilled coffee into my reasonably-new laptop about three years ago. Conked out the optical drive, which the computer wanted to see to boot, so I physically removed the drive. Who needs optical anymore, anyway? Soon forgot about it.

Three years later, about time to sell it off to the next guy. Who wants an optical drive (!?). I guess advertising-folks still pass stuff around on CD. Grab the drive off the shelf, stick it in, and what do you know. The damned thing actually works.

Never throw away ostensibly water-ruined electronics!