Got a funny smell earlier and burn marks on my hinge (adapter UK/US)

Hi Everyone
Had a bit of a scare earlier at work! Could smell burning in the office, with all the equipment we have it could of been anything but it did seem to stop once I shut down. I don't use the battery anymore as it died a couple of years ago and generally use the mac with only the magsafe adapter. Up and running now and cannot smell the burning anymore. But I have noticed that I have burn marks on my hinge where the vents are (http://twitpic.com/ldehc sorry not a very good pic).
The temperature of my mac gets very hot and when I first restarted they were (Fahrenheit)
HD: 92
CPU: 110
Amb: 79
GPU: 104
GPU Heatsink: 110
Heatsink A: 92
Heatsink B: 88
Mem Control: 106
Avg Fan Speed: 2900rpm
Now after an hour of use
HD: 103
CPU: 130
Amb: 79
GPU: 122
GPU Heatsink: 128
Heatsink A: 104
Heatsink B: 103
Mem Control: 122
Avg Fan Speed: 3330rpm
This obviously gets worse the longer I use the machine.
Now I am currently holding out on buying a new laptop till I move to the States in December. Obviously it will be cheaper and fit the appropriate plugs (not 3 pin). But I need a computer for work, so if need be I might have to splash out the extra and buy one here. If I do will I need to buy a new magsafe adapter or can I just use one of those converters (3 pin to 2 pin)?
So my question is really
Do those stats (temps/fans) seem weird or too high for an hours use?
Does the burnt marks look serious or have others noticed this from a 4/5 year old MBP?
Cheers and thanks for any responses
Rob

To me that looks more like a liquid stain, like
something liquid got under your MBP and dried up.
Doesn't look burned at all. Or another thought is the
wax finish did dry up from the heat. A burn mark
would look like burned wood. YOu shouls purchase a
Podium Pad anyway for the sake of your table, but it
looks a good waxing would fix that.
http://www.roadtools.com/podium.html
Are you kidding? I really hope you are, because that has to be the most uneducated post I have ever heard. That melted the lacquer on the top of the table, meaning the case would have to be at or around the boiling point of water, the temperature that lacquer chips are melted at. Wax would do NOTHING.

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• On #4 ... No ext. devices. Some think this applies mainly to ext. FW. Not the case. Also applies to ext. USB2 as well (not to mention flash drives too).
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