alan c wrote: > Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > >> Eddie Armstrong wrote: >> >>> (Which Report: Bacteria in your PC >>> <http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campaigns/computers_and_internet/reports/computers/computer_advice/How%20to%20clean%20your%20PC/How_to_clean_your_PC_657_136984_3.jsp> >>> >>> ) >>> >>> Should we install those hand-washing facilities they use in hospitals by >>> our PCs? >>> Makes you wonder what kind of trojans and worms you're getting too :-) >>> >>> Forgot this bit: >>> "If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are >>> worse, believe it or not, it's more or less a reflection of what's in >>> your nose and in your gut," >>> >>> Luvverly - ice cream with that? >>> >>> (The Enquirer link >>> <http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/01/toilet-seats-cleaner-keyboards>) >>> >>> Eddie >>> >>> >>> >> After reading this I managed to bite into a grape a squirt juice all >> over my keyboard. Shows how much I learnt. >> > > When I was recycling PCs I used to clean them up well. I used the > original keyboards, but first, washed them (!) using a brush and some > detergent. The trick was that the whole operation had to be done, > circus act style, with the keyboard upside down, so not a drop went in > the wrong way. No mean feat I can tell you. > > But - back to the story - occasionally when I turned a keyboard upside > down, what seemed like a whole packet of crisps fell out......... > (I suspect pizza would be too big to fit between the keys) > > :-) > I've heard that you can put a keyboard in a dishwasher and it comes out all shiney and still works. Can't say I've tried it as I don't personally have a dish washer and they'd kill me at work if I screwed up their dish washer!
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