When was the last time you - - - ?

26 Apr 2011

cleaned your TV remote handset (and DVD and Wii and Xbox etc etc etc)?
I just did mine - had a close look and they were manky, disgusting. A clean with a damp microfibre cloth did the trick. They are no longer different shades of fingermark and no longer sticky. I hadn't realised they WERE sticky until they weren't - if you see what I mean.
I'm pretty good about light switches, but had let the remotes get on with their lives without a thought. No longer - they will get regular cleans. None of this antibacterial nonsense though - a few germs keeps your immune system in match-fit condition anyway. Clean is ample - sterile is one chemical too far. (We're lucky, no-one in our household has a compromised immune system.)

26 Apr 2011

Never. They look clean to me.
*runs*

26 Apr 2011

No comment as I dont want to admit to suffering from OCD blink

26 Apr 2011

Mrs Leics has to prise it out of my hand first !!!!
Being a typical bloke , the remote control is in danger of becoming worn out.
Oh i did let her have it (the remote) on monday for the horse trials.

26 Apr 2011

I don`t have a tv etc but every now and then I take all the keys off the keyboard and clean them.
I clean all the keyboards in my office too as 2 of them are used by other staff, and religiously clean my office telephone as everyone uses it, no germs for me thank you

26 Apr 2011

A little known fact is that the rubber keys on some remotes will actually leech the oil out of your finger tips. I didn't realise that until the $ky one stopped working and I took it apart. There was a river of human oil covering the PCB contacts under the rubber keypad! :shock:

26 Apr 2011

Quote by Cubes
A little known fact is that the rubber keys on some remotes will actually leech the oil out of your finger tips. I didn't realise that until the $ky one stopped working and I took it apart. There was a river of human oil covering the PCB contacts under the rubber keypad! :shock:

Take a bunch of used game console controllers stick them in a box and store them for a while indoors. When you open it back up you find they grow fungus of varying kinds mainly around the hand grips lol

26 Apr 2011

Quote by tweeky
A little known fact is that the rubber keys on some remotes will actually leech the oil out of your finger tips. I didn't realise that until the $ky one stopped working and I took it apart. There was a river of human oil covering the PCB contacts under the rubber keypad! :shock:

Take a bunch of used game console controllers stick them in a box and store them for a while indoors. When you open it back up you find they grow fungus of varying kinds mainly around the hand grips lol

Thats disgusting!
I'm not too sure I wanted to know any of this but it might explain the strange smells coming from the kids bedrooms :eeek:

26 Apr 2011

I remember reading that keys, keyboards, remote controls, etc have more germs than a toilet seat.
I then thought............thank feck I eat with cutlery and wash my hands before eating. Where's the problem dunno

Dave_Notts

26 Apr 2011

I guess the problem is Dave that people dont. People sit at keyboards eat Sausage rolls pasties etc and carry on working. I work in the cleaning industry and you can tell who eats a higher fat diet at their desk cus their keyboard keys shine more lol

If its only you or your family that use the KB you are using I dont think its any great issue you all exchange germs daily anyway. I would presume Internet cafe's and librarys would the :scared: places

26 Apr 2011

Quote by tweeky
I guess the problem is Dave that people dont. People sit at keyboards eat Sausage rolls pasties etc and carry on working. I work in the cleaning industry and you can tell who eats a higher fat diet at their desk cus their keyboard keys shine more If its only you or your family that use the KB you are using I dont think its any great issue you all exchange germs daily anyway. I would presume Internet cafe's and librarys would the :scared: places

But it all boils down to an individuals life choice. If they wish to touch something that they do not know where it has been then touch and put food in their mouths then it is their choice.
In life you will always get those that didn't listen to their Mam
Dave_Notts

27 Apr 2011

When at work I eat my lunch at my desk. I find it quite a treat, on occasion, to shake the crumbs from between the keys of my keyboard to see if there is anything yummy hidden in there. I have found alsorts, still edible.
And you think I am joking lol

27 Apr 2011

Quote by bluexxx
When at work I eat my lunch at my desk. I find it quite a treat, on occasion, to shake the crumbs from between the keys of my keyboard to see if there is anything yummy hidden in there. I have found alsorts, still edible.
And you think I am joking

I thought it was just me that did that

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

27 Apr 2011

Quote by Dawnie
When at work I eat my lunch at my desk. I find it quite a treat, on occasion, to shake the crumbs from between the keys of my keyboard to see if there is anything yummy hidden in there. I have found alsorts, still edible.
And you think I am joking

I thought it was just me that did that

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Waste not want not.
:twisted:

27 Apr 2011

Quote by bluexxx
When at work I eat my lunch at my desk. I find it quite a treat, on occasion, to shake the crumbs from between the keys of my keyboard to see if there is anything yummy hidden in there. I have found alsorts, still edible.
And you think I am joking

I thought it was just me that did that

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Waste not want not.
:twisted:
Not many things make me gag..............but you two have just succeeded :shock:
Dave_Notts

27 Apr 2011

Quote by Dave__Notts
When at work I eat my lunch at my desk. I find it quite a treat, on occasion, to shake the crumbs from between the keys of my keyboard to see if there is anything yummy hidden in there. I have found alsorts, still edible.
And you think I am joking

I thought it was just me that did that

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Waste not want not.
:twisted:
Not many things make me gag..............but you two have just succeeded :shock:
Dave_Notts
And me and Angel! *vomits*
You two are disgusting!!! :uhoh:

28 Apr 2011

.... but never without a tasty snack at work lol

:lol: