[sdilley14]

So I had a party last weekend on Friday night. Everything was going smooth, I had the MacBook Pro hooked up to the surround sound, controlling it with with the remote (pretty much what I always do for music). Anyways, I had about 150 beers and ended up passing out on my floor. I woke up the next day and just kinda lounged around all day, although my place was kinda trashed and my sink was full of dishes and empty beer cans. So I just let it all sit until Sunday night. So I decided to do my dishes Sunday night. As I lift up the last dish in the bottom of the sink, I see my little Apple remote sitting in the water/beer/Coke/Captain/Vodka/Lemonade mix that was sitting stagnant in the bottom of the sink. I was a bit upset because I use the remote all the time and I figured it was ****ed and I'd have to get a new one. I let it dry out for a day. I tried using it a couple days later and boom, it still works like nothing had ever happened. It pretty much made my day. So yeah, that's my little testament to Apple durability. I may let my MBP sit in the sink for a couple nights and see if it still works. Ok, I won't.

Sorry that was such a long story for a little outcome, but it put a smile on my face.

[imitchellg5]

Cool? It's a remote, pretty basic. It should be made to handle stuff like that.
The remote would have lasted longer than you with that many drinks.

[Buckaroo]

A couple weeks ago, I spilled about 4 ounces of Pepsi onto my Ti PowerBook on the left hand side, extending onto the keyboard. Instead of immediately picking it up and dumping off the Pepsi, I held down the off button for a couple seconds until it turned off.

I then picked it up and dumped the soda onto the table and moved it over to a dry spot and immediately started to dry it off including checking under the keyboard for any wetness.

Maybe the carbonation may have kept the soda from pouring in between the keys, I don't know, but I let it set for an hour after I dried every thing I thought may have been wet, and it started up just fine. It's been working fine ever since.

[Railroader]

A lot of guys I know actually wash their keyboards in the dishwasher every couple months. Just give them a week or so to completely dry out.

[climber]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

A lot of guys I know actually wash their keyboards in the dishwasher every couple months. Just give them a week or so to completely dry out.

So who here wants to give that a try on a macbook or powerbook?

[moep]

Originally Posted by climber 

So who here wants to give that a try on a macbook or powerbook?

I actually have a broken and used MBP keyboard here.
After reading a scientific study about the average keyboard harbouring 5 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat I’m a bit hesitant about putting it into my freaking dishwasher.

[imitchellg5]

You almost have to wash the keyboards if you have a snow iBook G3. They are infamous for getting dust and oil built up under the keys and then giving off a burning smell when the iBook gets hot. A quick fix is to wash them, then put it near a heater to dry off.

[villalobos]

My MBP slid down 12 steps on a straight and pretty steep stairs. Still works. I was ( and still am) amazed.

[vmarks]

I threw my powerbook out of the bed of a pickup truck moving at 45 mph. Still works.

[OreoCookie]

I had a bike accident. Hit the ground while still going 30-35 km/h. I had a few broken and bruised ribs, damaged the ligaments in my left shoulder and almost broke my wrist.
My ProBook, on the other hand, had a small dent in one corner, there are slight bends in two places and a defect in my lcd (about a pixel in size). That's it. It's still working perfectly. Apparently it's tougher than me. (So is my bike, by the way. I've nicknamed it tank.)

[Azzgunther]

Originally Posted by sdilley14 

So I had a party last weekend on Friday night. Everything was going smooth, I had the MacBook Pro hooked up to the surround sound, controlling it with with the remote (pretty much what I always do for music). Anyways, I had about 150 beers and ended up passing out on my floor. I woke up the next day....

Do you keep it locked to the desk or trust your visitors implicitly? I hate to be the pessimist, but leaving a $2000 laptop with personal data sitting out at a party while you're passed out seems like a pretty big risk.

Also, drinking and passing out? You break none of the La Crosse stereotypes

[Yose]

My ex-roommate threw my 12" powerbook across the room into a concrete wall, and of course it then fell 6ft to the floor. Still works.

It's the same laptop that was dropped by a colleague years ago while we were doing fieldwork - the bottom case is nicely warped around the power port.

It's the original 867"mhz 12" PB.

[goMac]

Originally Posted by Yose 

My ex-roommate threw my 12" powerbook across the room into a concrete wall, and of course it then fell 6ft to the floor. Still works..

I certainly hope there was some restitution....

[Yose]

Originally Posted by goMac 

I certainly hope there was some restitution....

Nope. It wasn't bent, the screen didn't shatter (surprising, I knocked a dell off a coffee table onto a carpet and that shattered the LCD). Said roommate moved out shortly thereafter. She had a wicked temper.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie 

I had a bike accident. Hit the ground while still going 30-35 km/h. I had a few broken and bruised ribs, damaged the ligaments in my left shoulder and almost broke my wrist.
My ProBook, on the other hand, had a small dent in one corner, there are slight bends in two places and a defect in my lcd (about a pixel in size). That's it. It's still working perfectly. Apparently it's tougher than me. (So is my bike, by the way. I've nicknamed it tank.)

I was in a bike accident going the same speed almost two years ago with my iBook in my backpack. I messed up my shoulder, face, bike, and laptop, but all it took was a new lcd and the iBook was good to go again.

[OreoCookie]

Oh, that looks nasty.
What happened?

I was very lucky that I'm quite anal about wearing a helmet. Without the helmet, I don't want to imagine what would have happened. I hit the ground head first, then shoulder, then the opposite arm.

[Cipher13]

I quite often use an IBM PS2/76 as a skateboard ramp component. Still works splendidly.

[zro]

I packed my TiBook in its Brenthaven sleeve and bag and let it ride in the back seat of a 13hr drive across most of Utah and Arizona. When I pulled it out the screen no longer worked.

[Salty]

My PowerBook G4 once sailed across my room in the days before magsafe connectors. I nearly had a heart attack. Worked fine until the HD died which was replaced under warranty. That poor PowerBook had it's case get so warped it wasn't even funny from all the times I dropped it, still worked like a charm though.

My MacBook (and I prefer the plastic cases) had one nasty fall that bent the hinge a bit so the lid and the base are slightly off when closed, and the corners have small cracks from falling off my bed and not concrete. Other than that the thing's held up amazingly.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie 

Oh, that looks nasty.
What happened?

I nailed another bicyclist that wasn't decisive enough to pick a side on the sidewalk, and I was going too fast with no brakes. She and her bike were fine, I took an ambulance ride to the hospital and blocked Friday afternoon campus traffic for a good half hour. I always wore a helmet when riding off campus in traffic, etc., but never bothered while on campus. That's changed now.

[sdilley14]

Originally Posted by Azzgunther 

Do you keep it locked to the desk or trust your visitors implicitly? I hate to be the pessimist, but leaving a $2000 laptop with personal data sitting out at a party while you're passed out seems like a pretty big risk.

Also, drinking and passing out? You break none of the La Crosse stereotypes

Haha, I know, I know.

It wasn't really a party, just more so a group of friends having an after-bar. Like 8-10 of us. I definitely wouldn't use my laptop if we had a big party.

On a similar note though. We had a big party at a place I used to live. I had my laptop out in the living room hooked up to the surround sound. A friend of a friend came over and decided he wanted to bring his laptop and hook it up to the TV and get music videos cookin on the 42" lcd while the party was goin. He had his laptop on the floor next to the TV. Anyways, long story short, this retarded chick got really drunk and was kinda dancin around in the living room by the tv. She took a step back, stumbled over, stepped on the laptop, bent the LCD all the way back, basically snapping the laptop in two and shattered the display, spilling beer all over in the process. Needless to say, the guy was real pissed and it put a damper on the party for a good 5-10 minutes. So yeah, kinda glad I didn't have my laptop out at the time.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

I nailed another bicyclist that wasn't decisive enough to pick a side on the sidewalk, and I was going too fast with no brakes. She and her bike were fine, I took an ambulance ride to the hospital and blocked Friday afternoon campus traffic for a good half hour. I always wore a helmet when riding off campus in traffic, etc., but never bothered while on campus. That's changed now.

Glad not much happened to the other biker. Just a question: why didn't your bike have brakes (on the photo, I at least see brake levers and brakes, were they broken)?

And yes, always wear a helmet. It's like wearing a seat belt while driving, it has become second nature to me. (I even got used to wearing gloves all the time, also helpful in avoiding (additional) scars.)

[Salty]

I never wear a helmet when roller blading... would mess up my hair. Not to mention if I fall I always do it on my side.

[OreoCookie]

It messes with your hair??
We're talking about something that can prevent serious injury.

[Salty]

You know that sense of invincibility that comes with youth?

[OreoCookie]

Nah, I got used to it very early.

I'm glad my dad insisted on buying a helmet when my parents got me my first mountain bike with 14 (either bike + helmet or nothing).

But perhaps that's just connected to the way I do sports: I'm not showing off, typically I wear T-shirts (not necessarily the new ones). E. g. I prefer wearing normal sports shorts to bike shorts, they are more comfortable. I also prefer cotton to polyester or other fabrics, so I wear T-shirts. In fact, when I went biking at Lake Garda two years ago, there was a group of guys, all in their little outfits, that were laughing a bit when we started the same difficult tour. Until, I passed them, that is

[Salty]

See, In the last 10 years, I've probably fallen at most three times, while roller blading on a very regular basis. The only real concern I have is if I get hit by a car, and if that happens I'm screwed anyway.

[Eug]

I happened upon a rollerblader one day when I was riding my bike. She was on the ground confused and bleeding from her head. 'Nuff said.

[mattyb]

Dakar the Fourth? Dakar? DAKAR?

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you that there isn't a Dakar the Fourth comment here.

My holiday has been ruined.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by OreoCookie 

Glad not much happened to the other biker. Just a question: why didn't your bike have brakes (on the photo, I at least see brake levers and brakes, were they broken)?

The brakes are a fairly antiquated design that, over time, would gradually become looser and looser, so that about once a week I had to tighten them, otherwise I had no brakes. They were right at the point where they needed to be tightened.

Originally Posted by Salty 

You know that sense of invincibility that comes with youth?

Aren't you like 30?