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daligirrl Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:15 PM
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How dirty is your computer keyboard?
Mine was filthy. . . I'm using clorox spray and Q-tips to clean it. Don't eat pizza when you're online.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:16 PM
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1. On a scale of 1-10...
It's about a 5...
:)
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Demonaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:30 PM
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15. 7 or an 8, I eat online
but shake it out regularly :(
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:18 PM
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2. ahhh, the joys of a black KB....
My beige one at the office is disgustingly dirty, but my black home number looks much cleaner.
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daligirrl Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:20 PM
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4. I just noticed it today. . .
I'm a very clean person, but it was absolutely clogged with filth. I'm horrified! Rich tomatoey sauce in between the keys.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 09:15 PM
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22. 9% of moms who work at home have a child's toy stuck in their
keyboard. I just read that in Reader's Digest at the doctor's office. :hi:
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jdonaldball Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:19 PM
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3. Mine likes to be spanked
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daligirrl Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:23 PM
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5. Uhh. . . okay. . .
I'll try that. . . from the bottom or the top? Actually, the filth was stuck to the keys.
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bloodyjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:23 PM
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6. D'oh!
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jdonaldball Donating Member (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-04 03:56 AM
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25. I see someone has an irony deficiency :-)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:28 PM
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7. You eat pizza online?
I'd hate to think what other people do online that makes their keyboards dirty... :scared:

Forgive me, the little 5 year old in me HAD to say that. :-)
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daligirrl Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:55 PM
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10. You're forgiven!
}(
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noahmijo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-04 03:57 AM
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26. Mine's completely clean!
Thanks to the iSkin covering it! Yup proud Mac user here!
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:45 PM
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8. I do the same and still their are the cat hairs.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 07:48 PM
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9. The SOLUTION!
A moderately loosely taped piece of plastic wrap, masking taped just under the backside. For all the times that somebody has to do a spit take about what somebody posted here, it's a necessity. I shorted one out at work by trying to clean it with alcohol.

The plastic wrap needs to be loose enough to allow the keystrokes. So my typos can always be blamed on a too tight wrap.

This and CERAMIC TILE-----NOT carpet!
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daligirrl Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:05 PM
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11. Too much like using a condom. . .
I can't be bothered. . .and the feeling is not the same.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:17 PM
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12. I could make a sandwich with all the food stuck in mine
:)
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oxymoron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:19 PM
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13. I boil mine occasionally.
It makes a hearty soup.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:32 PM
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16. oooooooo....good thinking!!!
:)
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:24 PM
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14. The Solution!
Keyboards are about ten bucks.

If you need a Dvorak keyboard, you can make stickers to place over the keys. But if you need a real, honest-to-gosh ergonomic keyboard, you're out of luck.

I just bought one a few days ago.

--bkl
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:33 PM
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17. You could feed a small country
or fertilize a large garden, as the case may be
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VoteDemocratic2004 Donating Member (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 08:45 PM
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18. You can take it apart to clean it
I know this because I have cracker crumbs, coffee, pop, whatever I am eating stuck to my keyboard.

Otherwish chuck it into the trash bin and buy one for under $10.00 bucks. That's easier then cleaning it and you get a fresh new start that way.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 09:03 PM
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19. I smoke ciggies while at the computer.
Does that answer your question?
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ajacobson Donating Member (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 09:13 PM
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20. How dirty do you want it?
:evilgrin:
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-15-04 09:14 PM
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21. I punish mine
on a regular basis. It's a dirty, dirty, naughty keyboard!
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-04 02:37 AM
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23. It's so biologically overgrown, it's my new pet... I even feed it cat food
and I let it out to use the tree every so often.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-18-04 02:40 AM
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24. Mine's a couple weeks old, so it's pretty immaculate.
But you should have seen the one form my old 133 Mhz. :scared: It would have been an 11 on a scale from 1 to 10.
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