Righto you lot,.. lets get our minds back on the job!!......
I had a question answered for me this week that I have never been willing to try. USB memory sticks are now being found everywhere and being as small as they are I had always wondered, "What happens if you accidentally leave one in a pocket and throw it in the wash"
Now TLW is usually very fastidious in this department and carefully goes through my pockets to remove the things that tinkerers tend to accumulate, odd washers, Allan keys, nuts and screws, you name it,.... No, not money, like most husbands, I am forbidden to have money, matches or play with sharp knives. It appears that all this care is necessary because, other than making strange noises in the washing machine, these things also scratch the bowl of the machine.
Well, last wash day, TLW missed the fact that I had inadvertently left one of my Memory sticks in a top pocket and it went through the wash, doing the whole cycle, as it stayed in the buttoned up pocket and never made any noise, so it got the whole deal, pre-wash, soak (Yes, I'm a grubby bugger) Heavy wash and rinse. No doubt, if it were not for the lump in my pocket it would have got ironed too.
Yesterday, I was sitting at the computer, (where else?) when TLW appears at the door with a very hang dog look on her face and the offending memory stick in her hand, saying, "I think I might have damaged it". It was dry on the outside, but a shake got another couple of drops of water out of it, and I said "Well, we'll see".
I gave it another vigorous shaking and took it and put on the warm brickwork alongside the oil heater, where it has sat for the last 24 hours or so. About 20 minutes ago I tried it out,.... No worries, Jack, she's as good as new,... and somewhat cleaner
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So if you do the same, don't despair. Only a couple of words of warning, Don't plug it in if there is any chance that it still has moisture inside of it, and if it has fallen into salt or dirty water, give it a really good rinse in clean fresh water before drying it.
