On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:43:09 -0700 "David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:08:29 -0800 > Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > New keyboard time but first turn it upside down and give it a vigorus > > shaking you won' believe the crap that's gonna fall out. I usually get > > about a year out of a keyboard.( thank God they are cheap) > > I used to have limited keyboard life too but luckily this cheap keyboard > (Micro) purchased at Central Computer has lasted three years. It's > filthy. :) The one I had before didn't even last a week :(. I used to go through keyboards faster than rolls of TP. I'd always hated those plastic covers (my mom calls them keyboard condoms) because I couldn't see the letters through the plastic after a while. After overspending my personal tech budget by 3 keyboards one month (do not let your best friends' children near your puter if they have any type of cup!) I went and got one and forced myself to learn to type correctly. It was painful for a while but I looked down the other day and took conscious notice that the actual printed letters on the keys had worn off most of them (probably quite a while ago). The Q, Z, and X were still quite readable but most others were faint if not completely gone. I thought to myself "Hey! Either you've got this thing down and you're doing quite well at it! good job!..... OR... you spend WAY TOO MUCH time at the computer!" heh. I remember those old heavy keyboards when you could salvage them in the dishwasher... not so with these new ones, unfortunately. I had limited luck with one cheap no-name one that I spilled a beer in by taking it all apart and washing it, letting it dry, and putting it back together.. but the "e" key and a couple others didn't work. Ever tried typing in english without using an e? :-)
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