Studious followers of this blog will remember an incident back in Alice Springs which put the computer keyboard to sleep - feeding it some hot milk while viewing digital photos. Milk IS a marvellous drink ...but not for keyboards.
To refresh your memories, the end results was that the letters klm,i;. and o became somewhat temperamental - in fact, they downright refused to function. Attempts to clean out said letters resurrected them a little, but weakened the keys themselves, resulting in the ";" and "." keys breaking.
For three months I have had to put up with pressing the "o" five times to get a response, and pinching the end of my fingers when pushing the plastic piece where the keys ; and . once sat.
No more.
Efforts to get said computer repaired brought quotes approaching $300, not to mention making times for delivery, pick up, service man, etc. I decided to take a shortcut and ordered a spare keyboard, which duly arrived yesterday. The first couple of attempts to replace broken keyboard with new one lead only to frustration (and a little dust inhalation!) Then, the magic Asher arrived, and within ten minutes the keyboard has been replaced, and I only have my poor typing skills to blame once more for the poor reproduction on screen. And all completed for about 10% of the cost!
Milk strengthens bones, reduces need for further solid intake, tastes wonderful with chocolate flavouring mixed through, but is not recommended for computer keyboards. I will hang the dead keyboard in the shed as another memento of our trek!
