Crap, My Electronics Are Awash in Soda

**Pineapple** · 05 Dec 2007, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by Mykozo

20 bucks is 20 bucks.

I'll do it and take pictures.

And Biff clean out your fucking inbox, you slimy motherfucker.

**Rich** · 05 Dec 2007, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by wEEman33

I went swimming in a river once with my phone still in my swimtrunks' pocket.

It was dead when I pulled it out, but after a day in the recharger, it went back to normal.

Sodas are fucking lethal.

Ditto. Jumped into the Missouri river with my Razr in my pocket and it worked within 8 hours.

**dakidski** · 05 Dec 2007, 04:22 AM

In my experience, your hardware is ruined for good.

**Grave** · 05 Dec 2007, 06:58 AM

Yeah, while I've found that most things can be wet with water and be absolutely fine (or at least mostly fine) so long as they don't get power til everything's dry, soda and coffee are a bad, bad time. I don't think the lack of sugar is going to help too much in that regard.

**Port** · 05 Dec 2007, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Grave

Yeah, while I've found that most things can be wet with water and be absolutely fine (or at least mostly fine) so long as they don't get power til everything's dry, soda and coffee are a bad, bad time. I don't think the lack of sugar is going to help too much in that regard.

Probably more of the corrosive nature of the Pepsi that will mess things up.

**Dolemite** · 05 Dec 2007, 10:34 AM

I tried out my memory stick in my other camera last night, and it seems to be working fine. I can get to all the pics with no problem. I'll try the USB flash drive and camera tonight.

As long as the memory stick and USB drive are okay, I can live with it if my camera (Sony P100) is fucked. It's a few years old, and has already survived me accidently shot putting it 20 feet onto concrete. I have a P200 as a back-up anyway.

Still, it's served me well. If it's dead I'll miss it.

The sketch book is okay. It's brownish now and a little warped, but I just used it for rough sketching and jotting down ideas anyway. Still good for that.

Originally Posted by FX

My memory stick went through a full-cycle of laundry a few weeks ago. It still works like the day I bought it.

Yeah, I accidently put my PS1 memory card in the wash and dryer one time, and it worked fine afterwards.

Originally Posted by Biff-chan

Hope everything works out dolemite.

Thanks.

I leaned over and dropped my Zach Morris sized flip phone (old school baby) right into the solid 2 inches of piss on the bottom.

Ugh. I mean, if it was just your piss, that's one thing. But if it was sunken in a pool of the combined piss of probably hundreds of dudes, I'd probably just write it off and walk away, unless I had irreplaceable stuff stored in the phone.

**Yoshi** · 05 Dec 2007, 10:36 AM

This is one of those things that you always hope a family member will do so that you can remind them about it for the next 20 years.

**Dolemite** · 05 Dec 2007, 10:49 AM

I had a cell phone left out in the rain once. It was fucked. I brought it to the Verizon store and told them that it had stopped working and I didn't know why. It was under warranty and I just wanted a new one. However, the sneaky bastards had a sticker in the battery compartment that aparently changes color if it gets wet, and they refused to replace the phone.

So, I went to my buddy who had the same phone, replaced my sticker with his, went to a different Verizon store, and they gave me a new phone.