I LOVE the internet!!!

I can't even begin to count the amount of times I thought "Thank heavens for the internet". It seems to be there at every corner, available to help with whatever questions I might have. I truly can't imagine having to go back to living without it!

Best example - I've been cleaning my oven today. And just so you understand, I didn't actually do it. The oven did. Because it's one of those self-cleaning ovens apparently. Before I got to the US I'd never heard of them but they're standard here.
So what happens is you take the racks out of the oven, set it to CLEAN, set the timer and then pull a lever into the "clean" position. Normally it's on the "cooking" position but when you clean you just move it to the right. So I did.
The oven then starts to heat up and apparently gets REALLY hot, so hot that it burns all the dirt inside. Once the process is done, you're supposed to turn the CLEAN setting off and then turn that lever left, back to the "cooking" position.

Well, guess what - mine wouldn't do it. Pull to the left, that is. If pulled halfway through and then stopped. I pulled harder, tried to open the oven door - nothing.
My only solution (since I had no instruction manual for the damn thing) - google it!
And lo and behold - there it was, the solution to my problem. Of course someone else had encountered it and the solution was very simple. Turns out the oven remains locked until the temperature inside has cooled down to an acceptable temperature so you won't have a wall of hot air gush out when you open the oven. Another 30 minutes later I heard a loud clang and went to inspect my oven - the lever was in the "cooking" position and I was able to open the oven door! SUCCESS!!!!

I seriously would've had to call the maintenance guys tomorrow if I hadn't googled it - I LOVE THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!