Just sharing some info I came across the other day.

If you are like me, having a cup of coffee, soft drink or even a glass of
wine and a Boscotti there is a good chance some or all will end up on the
keyboard. Unless you use one of those plastic keyboard covers (I presently
do) the keyboard is kaput if a spill occurs.

Well, now there is available a dishwasher safe (and germ free) keyboard and
mouse for those oops moments.

Take a look here:

http://www.sealshield.com/

P.S. I got my present keyboard in 1991 with a Micron Computer and on my
second keyboard cover; next keyboard will be a Seal Shield, me thinks.

I have no connection with Seal Shield or do I sell anything; I'm retired and
devote my spare time to an Asus shopbuilt computer.


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Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American

"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message
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LOL:

I once got called over to a friend's house because her machine was not
working.

Some times it would partially boot, then lockup.
sometimes it would boot to the dekstop and lock up...
in short it was erratic as hell...
I tried everything...even pulling cards and checking connections etc.
After an hour or two...I said that I'd have to take it back to the "shop".

As soon as I picked up the keyboard...
about a half a can of soda spilled out.

I told her I found the problem!

Her drunken no-good boyfriend who was watching me the whole time
did not say a word. She gave him the evil eye. She gave him two evil eyes
then asked him: DID YOU SPILL YOUR DRINK LASTNIGHT...INTO MY KEYBOARD.

He looked rather sheepish...then replied in one of those very dumv sounding
"duh" voices:

Ah, I don't ...recall... spilling my drink in the keyboard.

He told the truth at least...I am quite sure he did not recall anything.

I doubt there are any products out there that could cure such a problem.

BTW: She threw the bum out and moved to Texas!

Good stories have a happy ending. :-)


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Don
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Did you know, Don, the toilet seat is the most germ free area in the office?
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...lu_season.html
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"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 May 2008 09:59:19 -0700, "Don Schmidt" <Don
Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote:


I'll mention three points:

1. At $40 and up these are expensive keyboards. You can buy a regular
keyboard for well under $10. I could go through about 8 regular ones
before I spent $40.

2. Your present keyboard is 17 years old and still going. That doesn't
make it seem like the risk to keyboards is very great. My keyboards
last a long time too and I don't use a plastic cover. I don't use a
cover because it's a nuisance and protecting such a very inexpensive
item just isn't worth the trouble.

3. Any regular keyboard can be washed by immersing it in a bathtub
full of water. Incredible as it may sound, it usually works fine.


No thanks. I'll stick with ordinary cheap keyboards. I doubt very much
that my lifetime bill for keyboards will come anywhere near $40.


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<snip>

LOL!!!

I am a refurbisher...
so can re-certify a donated machine and re-license it with win2k or XP.
Since the machines are all donated ...and the license fee is $5...for $40 I
can re-build and re-distribute
a total of 8 complete machines. (Usually p-II's and p-III's)


Years back...I told a friend of mine I could get him a machine,
fix it up and sell it to him at *exactly* my cost...
he took me up on my offer of a pretty decent IBM PS/2


When he came to pick it up...I told him:

Good news, bad news.

The computer, monitor and keyboard ....$5

The mouse.... $6

(I had run out so had to purchase a new one)


A $40 keyboard probably would not have gone over so well !

"Mary Sauer" <mary-sauer@mycolumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
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I have always heard that in the home...
the kitchen sink actually is more bacteriologically active than the toilet.

I do not plan to change any of my normal household activites however!

On Sat, 03 May 2008 11:54:35 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

To be safer, use distilled water.

On Sat, 03 May 2008 16:33:55 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>
wrote:


Maybe it's safer, but my view is that buying a couple of dollars worth
of distilled water for extra safety on a $5 keyboard doesn't make much
economic sense.

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On Sat, 03 May 2008 15:22:27 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

Ain't seen a $5 keyboard in 10 years.

That, and you're nit picking.

I wrote:

And don't bother telling me about PS/2 keyboards <g>

On Sat, 03 May 2008 17:32:41 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>
wrote:



Go to http://www.justdeals.com/Items/Item....KU=968019-0403

and you'll see one for $3.95. I rounded up to $5.


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On Sat, 03 May 2008 18:02:44 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

You forgot the $6.95 S&H.

That makes it a $10.90 keyboard. I'll round it up to $11.00

Try again.

If you're not convinced how germ ridden your computer keyboard is, whatever
the price, take a look at this study by Arizona University
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3505414.stm

And if you really want to be put off drinking that coffee or eating your
Boscotti over your keyboard...this report may just do that!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/921923.stm

MAURH


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On Sat, 03 May 2008 20:58:48 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>
wrote:


Nope, I didn't forget it.

The OP suggested buying a "Dishwasher Safe" keyboard from an online
source. Undoubtedly that has S&H costs too. The point of my reply to
him was that one could buy several ordinary keyboards for the same
price as his special one, and that, in my view, it didn't make
economic sense to buy the special one.

Feel free to disagree, and to buy whatever keyboards you want. I won't
argue with you about it.


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In article <0ocp1451a5fh4aq8hhgrqu776772bl6mp1@4ax.com>,
kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain says...
As long as you don't apply power until it's completely dry, they don't
really contain switches any more - they are either a conductive membrane
or a bi-metalic clicker that is sealed with a plastic sheet.

One side note: Diet Coke, maybe other diet soda, contains nothing
sticky, so it won't harm keyboards.

The worst dang thing I've seen, other than animal waste, is buttered
popcorn - not just the keyboard, but the dang mouse ball gets covered
with it - and Hand moisturizers.

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MAURH,

You've gone to far!! Put off the Boscotti! Madon! Not even the Pope can
forgive you.


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Don - Vancouver, USA
"May your shadow be found in happy places." - Native North American


"MAURH" <???> wrote in message news:u8mSNLcrIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Ok Don, so Boscotti is germ free!!....But only if it's double chocolate and
walnut!!! >smile<

Now am I forgiven?

MAURH


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On Mon, 5 May 2008 00:45:09 +0100, "MAURH" <???> wrote:


I've avoided asking until now, but "boscotti" has been repeated here
enough times that I have to ask: *what* is "boscotti"?


Is this perhaps a repeated typo for "biscotti"?




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You caught the error Ken. I'd better head for the confessional.

don


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