26 Jun
2006
26 Jun
'06
11:12 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Yes, there are, of course, products that I know I will
have to replace.
Like primary cells. And secondary cells (they have a limited number of
recharge cycles). And the toner cartridge in my laser printer (although I
would be annoyed if some mechanical part of that cartridge failed before
all the toner was used up. I also might try refilling it, particularly if
it was a hard/impossble-to-obtain one for a classic printer).
Refilling toner cartridges is a real drag. Especially *color*
cartridges! Nothing like coming home with your pants legs
coated in "pink dust" (or "blue dust", etc.). Only to discover
you also have pink *ears*, and parts of your blue fingernails,
etc.
(of course, this usually happens when you have postponed
refilling the cartidges until you have SEVERAL to do and,
as such, end up getting at least *one* of them all over
yourself!)
PC keyboards, though, I do repair. Normally becuase
they fail at an
inconvenient time (like on a satruday evening), and I can repair them
sooner than I can get a replacement.
I used to repair them. It's a mindless activity. Almost
"therapeutic". But, I found that it's easier to keep half
a dozen on hand and discard any that get particularly
annoying (*this* one is starting to miss lots of keystrokes
so it -- and the laptop attached to it -- will soon find
another home :< ).
I met a guy, here, who "fixes" keyboards (which often means
just giving them a good CLEANING) by throwing them in the
swimming pool (!!) and then letting them dry out.
<shudder> Dunno. Somehow it seems easier to just discard
them than risk that sort of ordeal...