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PJMcK

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3. A near death experience

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Thu Dec 30, 2021, 12:37 PM

Dec 2021

About 20 years ago, I was working late when the cleaning lady came by. She bumped into my desk which tipped over a cup of coffee. It spilled onto the keyboard of my MacBook Pro. The computer actually screamed for about 10-15 seconds then it fell silent.

I tipped the computer over and tried to dry it out. The next morning, I was able to backup the hard drive. In those days, there was an Apple dealer in NYC called TechServe and they were able to clean out the machine. I got another 3 or 4 years of service.

A close call. From that day on, drinks are verboten near my equipment!

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Not supernatural, just odd [View all] NJCher Dec 2021 OP

It could be supernatural MontanaMama Dec 2021 #1

Nothing is supernatural! Nt USALiberal Dec 2021 #7

Hmmmm. MontanaMama Dec 2021 #8

An Electronic Eulogy unweird Dec 2021 #2

A near death experience PJMcK Dec 2021 #3

TechServe on 23rd Street? They helped me with a laptop I dropped. brush Dec 2021 #5

Yep PJMcK Dec 2021 #6

I had the same thing happen with one of my speakers. Texaswitchy Dec 2021 #4