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cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 13:46:00 So I was throwing away our old queen mattress, and as I was getting the dumpster lids open I spotted a bunch of Unix textbooks and an Apple Pro keyboard laying face down at the bottom of the dumpster. The dumpster was almost empty, so I used a long pvc pipe to pull the keyboard up so I could reach it. It was a little dirty, but not obviously damaged. After getting the mattress into the dumpster, I took the keyboard home and showed my wife, saying, "Look what I found in the dumpster!". I plugged it into my TiBook and guess what...it worked fine! So I told my wife the keyboard worked and wondered why somebody had thrown it away. The keys looked like somebody had spilled something on them, so I figured somebody spilled a drink on it, thought it was borked and tossed it. Then my wife was like "Alex, what makes you think that was a drink?" And I said "I dunno, I guess it was," And, looking at the crusty substance on the keys, she said "Well, it doesn't really look like any kind of drink...you know...." So I realized...that it could very well have been ejaculate. I yelled and ran into the bathroom to wash my hands...then spent half an hour scrubbing the keyboard down with Clorox wipes. I still got a free Pro keyboard though! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums
~tl Junior Member United Kingdom 312 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 15:10:32 lol :) Orcadian MLA Division 68ks Liberated: 2
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 16:33:06 Nice...wonder how it got there though. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 18:09:49 :eew: Someone must love their pro keybaord that much huh? and then :sniffles: they threw it away! Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
wisof Junior Member USA 257 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 19:58:38 w o w ~~speech~~textless
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 22:23:20 I'm speechless. But I hope you are ok, in any case that was a close call. Too close. That's all I can say.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 06:20:46 just THINK of all the DISEEASES you could have gotten!! /me faints. well, I certainly am glad that Cinemo is here with us still and typing with gooey delight too? Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 07:37:21 I think u should chuck it cine, You take care of yourself. shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive os 8.1 128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive 3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" Edited by - shaktiman on 25 Nov 2003 19:53:13
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 07:52:08 The funny thing is it may have been thrown away by this guy... ...which makes me wonder whether it really was "product"... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums Edited by - cinemafia on 25 Nov 2003 07:54:06
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 25 Nov 2003 : 16:11:16 LOL The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5 LC III Mail Server Q610 Q650 6400/180 40/1.6G/512k L2/enet/video-in/TV 7600/120 '604/233, 80/1.2G & 4G, 9.2.2 Beige G3/266 ATX Tower Lady Smith Apples: Apple IIc 5.25" 2 Apple IIe
Rexzilla Junior Member 132 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 00:07:44 LOL...oh my....there is a risk to dumpster diving....always wear PROTECTION!!!....LOL...
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 00:17:51 yeah, that is good advice, huh? I'm not even going to begin... to fathom... the possibliities... EEW EEW EEW BAD THOUGHTS Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 15:07:20 That guy at MAF emailed me and it wasn't his...he never threw his away, and he's going to be selling it on eBay! Oh well, free keyboard it is! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Lord of the Mac II Series Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 http://www.cinemafia.net/forums
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 20:44:30 If you are going to keep it, just make sure you dowse it with Lysol. That's the stuff to kill almost anything. I use it on my keyboard and mouse when it starts to get nasty.
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 20:57:04 Can the Pro keyboard (black) stand having a nice liquid bath to cleanse it from sticky keys and whatnot? Mine had Cranberry juice spilled on it which makes for a very sticky keyboard. I am unsure of what parts to take out and clean.
The Lightning Stalker Full Member USA 747 Posts	Posted - 26 Nov 2003 : 23:58:17 I've taken apart keyboards before and usually the keys all pop off and then you take the screws out that are in the bottom and then there's a lot of little screws inside that come out that hold on a metal backplate. Once that's off there's a pair of clear plastic sheets with contacts and traces on them for all the keys. Then there's usually a rubber pad and finally all the bottom parts of the keys. I usually leave the clear plastic sheets alone unless the traces have some forign substance in them, I'll use windex or something benign to clean them. You have to be careful not to scratch the traces. They're also usually connected to a little circuit board. Everything else you can soak in a bath of laundry soap overnight to loosen crud. Then scrub every little key and crevice with an old toothbrush. Then let dry on a towel and reassemble. Done. Like getting a new keyboard.

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