16 Apr
2013
16 Apr
'13
7:58 p.m.
I was once given a Sinclair ZX-81 that had an ant's nest in it. It fired
up but by the keyboard didn't work. A common problem in those machines
now, ants or not.
Terry (Tez)
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 04/16/2013 05:50 PM, David Riley wrote:
Ha! We're not barbarians here. If the bugs had gotten on
any of the parts that actually handled the water or coffee,
I would have thrown the thing out without thinking twice.
Fortunately, the circuitry is kept well isolated from the water
(presumably for the obvious reasons) and they were only
interested in the heater. No smell once it's closed up, either.
I had a coffee maker about six or seven years ago that inexplicably
became
infested with ants. When I cracked it open to clean it out (which was
dubious to begin with) I found that they were all clustered around what
looked like some silicone sealant in one part of the machine. Something
about that big blob of sealant attracted them. That was the only place in
the machine where there were ants.
It hit the trash, needless to say.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
The other not-so-nice part has been the apparently
indelible
scent of toasted cockroach mixed with the aroma of soggy,
stale coffee beans that fell over the years into the water
reservoir.
Mental note - when at Dave's house, ask for tea.