OT FYI

rb608 wrote:
On Dec 18, 11:27 am, "Larry L" wrote:

If you run a cell phone through the clothes washer in the pocket of a pair
of pants it will NOT work better afterwards ( or at all )


However, I can attest that if your offspring leaves his $300 iPod in
his pants through a similar cycle; at least functional resurrection
may be possible.

Joe F.

A Nano? Flash memory is a lot tougher than a hard drive.

My girlfriend lost her cell phone -- left it out in the rain for a
couple of storms. After she bought another one, my neighbor found it
lying on the ground. After drying out for a week or two it worked fine,
although the display is still a little fogged up.

The most important thing is that, after you find your soaked, ****ed up
device, DON'T power it on! Throw it in your dresser drawer and forget
about it for quite some time.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote


The most important thing is that, after you find your soaked, ****ed up
device, DON'T power it on! Throw it in your dresser drawer and forget
about it for quite some time.

--


My phone was on in the pocket when it went for a swim ... both phones I've
ruined this year, actually

On Dec 18, 10:06 am, rw wrote:

The most important thing is that, after you find your soaked [...]
device, DON'T power it on! Throw it in your dresser drawer and forget
about it for quite some time.

True advice; I've soaked a couple devices, and all have worked later.
The latest was a GPS I "left" overnight at 9500' 6 miles back a trail
this summer (a mule story). Rained that night, but I found it the next
day and tried it a couple of weeks later at home. Good as new (so
far).

Jon.

On Dec 18, 12:06 pm, rw wrote:
A Nano? Flash memory is a lot tougher than a hard drive.

AAMOF, yes. Dried it for a week (left it on a warm windowsill), but
no luck. The tech desk at the local Apple store powered it up & it
came back to life, though with the bottom 1/8" of the LCD screen non-
functional. He can live without the battery indicator.

Joe F.

On Dec 18, 8:27 am, "Larry L" wrote:
If you run a cell phone through the clothes washer in the pocket of a pair
of pants

it will

NOT

work better afterwards

( or at all )

I was about to recycle some Starrbucks when the Blackberry came loose
from the clip and when "splash". This was about 3 seconds before I
was going to change the ion concentration of the water in the bowl.
I fished it out, shook the water out of it and later blew a can of
compressed air through it. The screen got cloudy and finally returned
to normal. The battery doesn't seem to hold charge as well but it
works.
Which is too bad, I think the Blackberry is one of the most useless
POSs yet made. If it were mine I would have given it the full sodium
ion test.

"BJ Conner" wrote

I think the Blackberry is one of the most useless
POSs yet made. If it were mine I would have given it the full sodium
ion test.


One day last May, standing at the top of the boat ramp by Vernon bridge on
the henry's Fork below Ashton, a guy I was chatting with pulled out his
Blackberry ( I think, I'm not really up on such things ) and fiddled with
it. After a short bit he announced the current flow in the river that was
about 100 feet away and in plain sight !! He also mentioned getting a GPS
reading for the spot ( different gadget, I think ).

Now, I know that I'm not the sharpest bulb in the drawer, but .... honest
.... I bet I could find that place again without a GPS and tell whether the
flow was good for fishing with my eyes. G


ASIDE this same guy, who I remember being from the DC area, in a
conversation that lasted less than 15 minutes and was supposedly about
fishing, let it "drop" in several ways that He, his Wife, and both his Kids,
were very "successful" and all made ... and yes I quote .. "sinful amounts
of money" At the time, and again now in recollection, I can't
understand why anyone would want to try and impress ME, a oldfart that
drives a 15 year old very beat-up truck and had a $89 TFO rod in his hand
.... seems to me that "success" would include feeling good enough about
yourself that the need to "impress" others would cease to exist ???


Um, you're wandering larry ... watch it

Sitting here reading all these stories and you guys give ME crap? At
least my health insurance doesn't have more than a $25 copay and no
deductible so I can get repairs.
Frank Reid

On Dec 18, 3:56 pm, Frank Reid wrote:
Sitting here reading all these stories and you guys give ME crap? At
least my health insurance doesn't have more than a $25 copay and no
deductible so I can get repairs.


Oh yeah? Send that heart monitor through the laundry, then we'll
talk. :-)

Joe F.

If you run a cell phone through the clothes washer in the pocket of a pair
of pants

it will

NOT

work better afterwards

( or at all )

Well, evidently you can. There is something called Ion Mask
technology that is coming to a cell phone near you.
http://www.physorg.com/news118513291.html
Frank Reid

On Jan 3, 7:56 pm, Frank Reid wrote:


Well, evidently you can. There is something called Ion Mask
technology that is coming to a cell phone near you.http://www.physorg.com/news118513291.html
Frank Reid

Would be good for fly-lines and dry flies!

Maybe not long before we get dry fly hackles form the growers with ion-
mask technology?

TL
MC