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  • Re: Keyboards

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to KURT WEISKE on Friday, September 20, 2019 06:53:44
    Kurt wrote --

    I sometimes worry that I could reconstitute a muffin out of the crumbs that
    come out.

    Other suggestions?

    1. Run the sticky side of a post-it note between the keys.
    2. A paintbrush with soft bristles does wonders.
    3. Canned air.

    Most of what falls out of my keyboard is dust and ashes.
    I live downtown (or what used to be a "downtown") and I can dust one day
    and everything is clean and shiny, then a couple of days later is covered in dust again.
    Reminds me of the joke of the little girl who was taught in Sunday School that we come from dust and return to dust. Helping her mother clean one day she sees dust under the bed and wonders if someone is coming or going.
    Joe

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, September 23, 2019 06:10:36
    Nancy wrote --

    I just turn mine upside down and give it a good shake from time to
    time. :)

    I've done that maybe once, I think.... usually, I use the soft-pics the dentist hands out to pull the dust/hair out from between the keys... run
    it along the rows to collect the junk...

    I sometimes fold up the ends of a soft cloth and run between the keys.
    That is when I'm not giving it a good shaking. :)
    Joe

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 16:51:00
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 09-23-19 06:10 <=-

    I just turn mine upside down and give it a good shake from time to time. :)
    I've done that maybe once, I think.... usually, I use the soft-pics the dentist hands out to pull the dust/hair out from between the keys... run
    it along the rows to collect the junk...

    I sometimes fold up the ends of a soft cloth and run between the
    keys. That is when I'm not giving it a good shaking. :)

    I've not had much luck using a cloth to get between the keys... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Avoid cookbooks with titles like "perfect" or "fabulous".

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