Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32704162-20180712175428/@comment-35065776-20181003010808

Opalwinter wrote: My son spilled a sports drink on his laptop mouse and graphing calculator wrecking them both. oops! No fox avatar for mom. Opal Also, if possible take them apart and lay the parts in sunlight. Before I learned the rice trick, my son got pushed into a swimming pool with his brand new cellphone in his pocket. That was all I could think of - took the battery out and put it and the phone on a windowsill in the sunlight for as much of the day as possible, and after a few days gave it a try - the phone still worked, although the battery didn't last nearly as long as it should have before needing to be charged again.

It really bothered me that a lot of friends, including our pastor (it happened at his house) saw it happen and nobody said anything about it, ever - including the father of the kid who pushed him, who we knew quite well. It was a bbq for the confirmation class at our church, and we had just come from the mall getting him his first phone. He literally had just arrived and was walking past the pool to tell our pastor he was there, and his friend pushed him into the pool. Never had a chance to empty his pockets and his brand new 1-hour-old phone was ruined.

Anyway - why live in the past? :-p