09-13-2019, 05:34 AM
Way back when, like 30+ years ago (boy how time flies), in the Mac SE and upgraded Mac Plus days, when I was in the mortgage biz.... I had a recently graduated UCLA coed working for me. She taught aerobics in the morning before coming into work, so you can do your own visualizations, but I guarantee whatever you visualize won't come close to the reality. So she shows up, looking like that, with the most gigantic cup of coffee 7/11 sells. Every day. She would change into her frumpy (by comparison) work clothes, and get to work. While I repeatedly told her to keep the massive coffee vessel away from the computer and electronics, all too often I would catch her sneaking her gigantic cup next to the tech goodies at her workstation.
OK, so when she finally spilled the big gulp o' coffee, it was onto the SE's original AEK, and the Brother electronic typewriter/printer, not an Airbus cockpit, but it did cause a business diversion. I learned how indestructible those old aircraft carrier keyboards were/are, and thankfully the manager of the business machines store was a good friend of mine, and he exchanged the typewriter for me at some incredibly favorable terms considering the circumstances.
It's amazing that people know how incompatible hot coffee and sophisticated electronics are, yet even in the face of such knowledge, just how many times their paths nonetheless get intertwined. I won't even start about the cold can of Coca Cola, one of best golf buddy's, and my AppleFax™ modem.
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OK, so when she finally spilled the big gulp o' coffee, it was onto the SE's original AEK, and the Brother electronic typewriter/printer, not an Airbus cockpit, but it did cause a business diversion. I learned how indestructible those old aircraft carrier keyboards were/are, and thankfully the manager of the business machines store was a good friend of mine, and he exchanged the typewriter for me at some incredibly favorable terms considering the circumstances.
It's amazing that people know how incompatible hot coffee and sophisticated electronics are, yet even in the face of such knowledge, just how many times their paths nonetheless get intertwined. I won't even start about the cold can of Coca Cola, one of best golf buddy's, and my AppleFax™ modem.
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