[ubuntu-uk] Bacteria in your PC

[alan c]

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)

:-)
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391