[Yoda]

EVER WONDER ....Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our
skin?


Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?



Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?


Whyis 'abbreviated' such a long word?


Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?


Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with
real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush
hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?


You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they
make the whole plane out of that stuff?!


Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?


Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck
together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of
progress?

If flying is so safe, why
do they call the airport the terminal?

[VickiesPath]

Btw, I found that superglue works well. Never used to fix computers without it. That and fake fingernails.

[lisasays]

This made me smile, thankyou yoda!

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix

Btw, I found that superglue works well. Never used to fix computers without it. That and fake fingernails.

hmmmm th@t might work. I well mention th@t to my tech support (son).

[Sabrina]

I can put mascara on with my mouth closed.

[crystalrose]

vickie i'm blonde so i don't get it can you explain. Yoda they were cool they make me smile.

[Zetsubou]

Hello. I'm new here ^^;

[VickiesPath]

I'm blonde too.

Yoda's A key keeps falling off of the nylon form underneath the keys. (This is assuming her keyboard is fairly new. Older ones might not have the sheath.) Most keyboards are formed by a solid state circuit on the board, encased by a semiclear sheath, sometimes with a plastic framework over that (depends on the make) and then the plastic keys snap on top of the plastic framework or the plastic sheath. You have to be careful because superglue has some caustic qualities to it, it's chemical name is cynoacrylic esther, which means that it will etch a tiny bit like WD40 does, but if you put a drop or two on the inside of the key, you can gently place the key on the board and snap it in place and it won't come off anymore.

Now. A warning. Sometimes, the points where the keyboard and the key come into contact are a circle shape. The glue must be placed at that location. If you put the dot of glue in the middle of the key, there won't be a contact point.

Now. Older, OLDER keyboards don't have the sheath and the keys snap into place on a plastic or metal framework and teeter. You can still glue them. Just locate the contact point and apply the glue.

Now, the fingernails. I have fixed so many things by cutting pieces of fake fingernails into the shapes I need and glueing them to different computer parts. Once, an on/off switch failed and I determined that the interior button had slipped and wasn't functioning fully so I used a fake fingernail to extend it to reach the external switch. It lasted until we retired the unit.

I love doing stuff like this.

[crystalrose]

oh! Ok i get it now.

[lynn P.]

Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix

Btw, I found that superglue works well. Never used to fix computers without it. That and fake fingernails.

Thanks Yoda - very funny!!

I had a bad superglue experience once when my oldest was 5. She had this pretend baby bottle that broke(top part came off). So I get the superglue out and get ready to re-attach it. The glue hole was plugged so I squeezed it very hard(bad idea) and it poured out. Instantly(yes the commercials are true) it glues the bottle to the palm of my hand. I tried nail polish remover(nothing). I called my next door neighbor(who's a vet) and she brought paint remover to unstick me from the bottle - a very embarassing moment.

[larakeziah]

lol this has cheered me up a little
Thanks!!!

[ADHD1956]

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Sabrina

I can put mascara on with my mouth closed.

Amazing. I cannot even walk & sip a drink at the same time. Actually just walking is not simple for me. I try to go through a doorway and hit the wall all the time.

[VickiesPath]

I do the door frame thing. I am so clumsy that both my hands have bruises on them from the door frames. It's because I walk in circles due to my bionic leg.

Lynn, the neighbors in my old neighborhood where I grew up had a story about my mother. She was a vice-president in the local bank and had a reputation for being a somewhat intelligent woman (?). But one of the neighbors loves to tell the story about the day that my mother came knocking on her door because a tube of super glue had exploded in her hand and all her fingers and her thumb were stuck together. They also used paint thinner to get her hand unstuck. So much for her reputation.