Testing, testing, does this work?

[rikibeth]

This was GOING to be a post about how I had my menu mojo back after an insane, draining holiday and a nasty caramel-napalm injury on Monday.

That'll wait for next post.

THIS one is just to say Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot? about my keyboard.

I started typing, only to discover that R, F, V, and B did not work, and neither did the backspace, the apostrophe, or the Enter button.

Luckily, this house is well supplied with extra keyboards.

I shudder to think how old this ash-beige Packard Bell model with much of the printing worn off the keys might be. However, it WORKS.

I'll take apart the newer one and see if there's giant dustbunnies or something, but for now, I can type again.
Hooray.

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

The other day my enter key wouldn't go down. Upon further inspection it appears I dropped a straight-pin into the keyboard while sewing. I managed to shake it towards the side and grab it with a pair of needlenose pliers :)

[princejvstin.livejournal.com]

Fear the giant dust bunnies of doom!

[mhaille.livejournal.com]

You don't even wanna know what I cleaned out of mine last weekend when I took the keys off.

... caramel napalm?

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

When you knock your hand against superheated sticky bun glaze, it behaves not unlike napalm, in that it sticks and keeps burning. I was very lucky that when I ran it under cold water and it hardened and cracked off, it didn't take several layers of skin with it. The blister was awfully impressive. I took the rest of that day OFF (Monday), since it was on the index finger of my dominant hand.

It's still an impressive mess but I can bandage and glove over it and work now.

[kiztent.livejournal.com]

I fear that I must quote you on that.

Anyway... Packard Bell? Whee, that's old.

[eirehound.livejournal.com]

How is it now? Did you get the larger-size gloves and wrap napkins?

[eirehound.livejournal.com]

I've got one of those houses too ... although two of the spare keyboards are Cyrillic-layout (it was easier than trying to mark my general-purpose Dvoraks with additional Cyrillic markings).

There's a gravity sink inside every keyboard that draws small objects into its well. Why this should be so isn't clear, as one very seldom sees a cat curled up atop a keyboard pouring off excess gravity.