Thanks, Kaitlyn. If I decide to try the dishwasher, I'll let you know what happens. Maybe I'd better have a new keyboard waiting in the wings, just in case (smile). Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:49 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > Hi Paula, > > It has been a while since I put on in but if my memory serves me right I > did do one with a cable. I can't say for sure though. On this one wash at > your own risk:) > > > Kaitlyn > No one is given a dream without also being given the power to make it come > true > > Reconnective Healing energy Practitioner > Numerologist, Get your personal reading > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of > moments that take your breath away:) > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paula and James > Muysenberg > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:20 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > Hi, Kaitlyn, > > My keyboard has a cable, which is permanently attached. Am I correct in > assuming I should not try the dishwasher, for that reason? This keyboard is > still usable, but it hasn't been the same, since we caught our preschooler > pouring some kind of drink into it. I don't know what I would do, if I > didn't have three older kids, to help keep track of that busy little guy! > LOL! > > Paula > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:17 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > > > Hi Cindy, > > > > Just plain water, run it through and pull it after the standard wash > cycle. > > I was pretty skeptical when I heard it but I have done it. > > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Kaitlyn > > No one is given a dream without also being given the power to make it come > > true > > > > Reconnective Healing energy Practitioner > > Numerologist, Get your personal reading > > > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number > of > > moments that take your breath away:) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:41 PM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > > > Hi, Kaitlyn. > > > > My husband has a keyboard at the office on which he > > spilled coke. He tried pulling it apart to clean it > > but to no avail. I just ofund out about it when I > > told him, for future use, what you said about the > > dishwasher. He's dubious; he thinks your pulling our > > legs, but I assured him no, hyou've done it yourself > > and you're serious. > > > > He then asked a question I forgot to ask -- do you put > > dishwasher detergent in the dishwasher or just use > > the hot water? > > > > Cindy > > > > > > --- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just ran it through the regular wash cycle then > > > pulled it to air dry. I > > > would think the heat from the dry cycle might do the > > > trick for preparation > > > for the recycle bin:) > > > > > > Kaitlyn > > > No one is given a dream without also being given the > > > power to make it come > > > true > > > > > > Reconnective Healing energy Practitioner > > > Numerologist, Get your personal reading > > > > > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths you > > > take but by the number of > > > moments that take your breath away:) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > Behalf Of Cindy > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:01 PM > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > > > > > Thanks, Kaitlyn. I'm glad to learn about the > > > keyboard > > > and empty dishwasher (the dry cycle or the regular > > > cycle but empty of other dishes?), though hopefully > > > I > > > won't need to use the information. > > > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > > - Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay, > > > > > > > > I'll add to the thread. > > > > > > > > I had gotten a keyboard or two but that is about > > > it. > > > > The nice thing about > > > > keyboards is that you can run them through an > > > empty > > > > dish washer and let them > > > > dry out for a day or two and they are fine. I > > > know, > > > > I know... when I first > > > > heard this I thought, no way? But it does work > > > fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > These days at my desk where I almost always have > > > > coffee and sometimes a good > > > > margarita I keep the drink on one of the pull outs > > > > where the scanner and > > > > computer are on the main desktop or on the other > > > > pull out. So far haven't > > > > fried any computers:) > > > > > > > > Kaitlyn > > > > No one is given a dream without also being given > > > the > > > > power to make it come > > > > true > > > > > > > > Reconnective Healing energy Practitioner > > > > Numerologist, Get your personal reading > > > > > > > > Life is not measured by the number of breaths you > > > > take but by the number of > > > > moments that take your breath away:) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > > Behalf Of Jim > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:23 AM > > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > > > > > > > After my wine spill, my wife issued me what we > > > used > > > > to call a "tippy tom". > > > > It is a cup with two handles, a large base and a > > > lid > > > > with a small slit > > > > opening. They are used for children in the > > > highchair > > > > age. > > > > > > > > Jim B > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:03 AM > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT spillage > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guard allk of my equipment by not having any > > > > liquids around any of it.. > > > > > Equipment is so expensive! > > > > > > > > > > Sue S. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" > > > > <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:44 AM > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT spillage > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know I like cranberry juice, but I really > > > don't > > > > drink it as much as my > > > > > disasters with it would imply. I haven't killed > > > a > > > > scanner, which is really > > > > > good since mine couldn't be replaced and I am > > > very > > > > attached to it, but I > > > > > did cause a NLS tape player to stop working by > > > > pouring cranberry juice > > > > > over > > > > > it. Those things are tough and a glass of water > > > > didn't phase it, but I > > > > > suspect cranberry juice is even worse than wine > > > > because it is so sticky. I > > > > > thought I was going to die of embarrassment when > > > I > > > > told the librarian > > > > > about > > > > > the accident. > > > > > > > > > > One of my cousins dumped another glass of > > > > cranberry juice I was drinking > > > > > over my first printer. It was a stupid old > > > > printer, so I wasn't so upset > > > > > about that, but the mess was very unpleasant to > > > > clean up. > > > > > > > > > > I also dumped a can of mountain dew next to my > > > > laptop when the modem's > > > > > phone cord got tangled around it. Fortunately I > > > > grabbed the laptop so fast > > > > > that liquid didn't reach it yet. Another good > > > > excuse for wireless > > > > > networks? > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I still drink stuff around my scanner and > > > > computer, but it is hard to > > > > > spill > > > > > in them. The one thing I am extremely careful > > > > around is my braille note. > > > > > I practically guard that thing with my life. LOL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > > > > > Assistive Technology Instructor > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > > From: "Pat Ferguson" > > > > <fergent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:39 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Romance books > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > > > > > > > Those books sound great! I can't wait to > > > download > > > > them. > > > > > > > > > > I spilled a beer once and it went under a > > > printer, > > > > but it still works. > > > > > lol. > > > > > > > > > > No spilling wine on this new scanner! <grin> > > > lol. > > > > > > > > > > The wine is to drink not spill! <grin> > > > > > > > > > > But, there's one thing you must do. The next > > > time > > > > you have a glass of > > > > > wine, > > > > > you must shared with all of us. <grin> lol. > > > > > > > > > > Pat Ferguson > > > > > > > > > > At 07:22 PM 6/4/05, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = > > > > "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" > > > > >> /> > > > > >> > > > > >>Hi all > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>Last week I spilled a glass of red wine on my > > > > epson 3170 scanner. I > > > > >>cleaned it up, set it in the sun for two hours > > > and > > > > it came back to life > > > > >>until today. Probably died of cirrhosis of the > > > > circuits. My new scanner > > > > >>will arrive Monday, so to break it in my wife > > > gave > > > > me 3 romance books to > > > > >>scan. I will scan them if someone is interested > > > in > > > > validating them. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> From Harlequin American Romance > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> From the back cover. > > > > >> > > > > >>Book 1 The Sheriff > > > > >> > > > > >>Sheriff...Or Outlaw? Or Both? > > > > >> > > > > >>Down on her luck, Mary Beth Parker is back in > > > her > > > > hometown of Naconiche, > > > > >>East Texas, to claim her inheritance-a run-down > > > > restaurant and motel. The > > > > >>whole town pitches in to help her with this > > > fixer > > > > upper, including J. J. > > > > >>Outlaw, the sheriff. But Mary Beth doesn't want > > > > his kind of help. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>Book 2 The Cop > > > > >> > > > > >>A Law-Abiding Outlaw! > > > > >> > > > > >>Carrie Campbell has secret business in > > > Naconiche, > > > > Texas. 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