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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi James,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For your Nokia and anybody else's =
near-flush
experience, take heart that most electronic devices CAN be =
brought back to
life if you do it the right way: (1) Remove batteries. (2) =
Submerse
in a container of distilled water. (3) Open the case to expose the =
insides. (4) Flush with a couple more fresh rinses of =
distilled
water. (5) Blow out the excess water and let dry =
(*thoroughly*). (6)
Reassemble and power up. (Why is distilled water different from =
tap
water? It doesn't have any salts in it and therefore doesn't =
conduct
electricity.) I had done this several times throughout the years =
and then
ran into some guy who was an electronics technician for the Navy. =
He had
used the exact same method on a daily basis (and with great
success) on equipment that got dunked in seawater. =
;-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianoman@accessus.net =
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">James
Grebe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 20, 2005 7:34 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: When your day goes =
in the
toilet</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe your pocket PC came back, but =
cell phones
do not after being dunked in the toilet. I had that experience =
and when
the battery gets wet if has a dye that shows it has been wet on the =
battery
and it is NOT covered under warranty and the cell phone was =
unfixable. I
had to go back to my old cell phone because the new one, though only 1 =
month
old it had to be replaced and they could not fix it. I did not have
replacement insurance. I used to have a Motorola pager and it =
went
through the washing machine but after 1 day of drying out it did come
back. Praise be to Motorola and not Nokia.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair<BR>Creator of =
Handsome
Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments<BR>(314)
608-4137<BR><A =
href="http://www.JamesGrebe.com">WWW.JamesGrebe.com</A><BR>1526
Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR>BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!<BR><A
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 19, 2005 =
11:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> When your day goes =
in the
toilet</DIV>
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color=#000000 size=3>
<DIV>From the files of "Embarassing but True." If you can't =
laugh at
yourself, who CAN you laugh at?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So I finish tuning this lady's piano, and the diuretic effects =
of the
morning's coffee kick in. "M'am, may I use your =
facilities?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"Yes, no problem." She shows me to the door. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'm wearing my shop apron. Don't know why, probably =
because of
the convenient pocket space it affords me to put things like my =
pocket PC
in(foreshadowing here...)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Business done, apron back in place--without my IPAQ, which has =
fallen
into the (fortunately freshly flushed) toilet. Flushed for =
most of the
day were appointments, Tunelab, contacts, and map functions. =
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Things to be thankful for: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My wonderful wife, who offered me personalized GPS service via =
my cell
phone from her job at the university.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I tune mostly by ear, anyway. (4 of the five jobs =
consisted of
lowering the pitch on new pianos, 2 by over 20 cents each).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>Since my day was so busy, I'd made out all of today's invoices =
in
advance, so at least I had everyone's address handy.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>SD cards, which saved EVERYTHING today.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Water dries out.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Computers can come back from a dunking. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It's been a long day. Time for a glass o' vino.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
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