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>i had to figure out that you must have a wireless keyboard.
> i've never had one of those so its all moot to me.
> glad you got it sorted out quickly tho.
> j.
> "Polly Esther" wrote ...
> Well. That's a new one.
> SomeWhat off topic.
> This morning I was happily typing out an answer to a buddy quilter
> here and realized that no words were forming on the screen.
> ?
> ??
> ???
> Decided, after a long while of sitting here looking dumb and helpless
> that I could solve the problem myself.
> Yeah. Right.
> Wondered if the batteries in my keyboard were dead, dead, Dead.
> I put the keyboard bottom-up on the ironing board, gingerly removed the
> flappy thing that covers the batteries; drew myself a very careful
> schematic of which way the batteries should aim and found new batteries.
> Replaced them.
> No luck. Keyboard dead.
> Wiggled and rattled the cute little thingie that receives (?) from
> the keyboard. Nothing.
> DH - proficient in: patience, electronics and Logic suggested I take
> the non-communicating parts over to my nice lighted magnifying light.
> AHA ! both the keyboard and that tiny thing that receives (?) from
> the
> keyboard have wee red buttons on their base. We mashed them and viola /
> voila ! All is well.
> Did you know that you have red buttons? This could happen to you.
> Remember. Polly
>

> Oh my yes, Jeanne. I have a wireless keyboard. It's just soooo
> convenient to pop the thing in the dishwasher.
> Please.
> just kidding.
> This keyboard was 'free' with my computer, has about 75 keys that I
> don't know what they're for. . . and though I frequently clean it,
> I'd never noticed the little red 'connect' buttons on the base.
> Connect? as compared to what? Don't connect? Beats me why someone
> would want a keyboard that was disconnected. Not even going to think
> about it. Polly
>
>
>
>> i had to figure out that you must have a wireless keyboard.
>> i've never had one of those so its all moot to me.
>> glad you got it sorted out quickly tho.
>> j.
>> "Polly Esther" wrote ...
>> Well. That's a new one.
>> SomeWhat off topic.
>> This morning I was happily typing out an answer to a buddy quilter
>> here and realized that no words were forming on the screen.
>> ?
>> ??
>> ???
>> Decided, after a long while of sitting here looking dumb and helpless
>> that I could solve the problem myself.
>> Yeah. Right.
>> Wondered if the batteries in my keyboard were dead, dead, Dead.
>> I put the keyboard bottom-up on the ironing board, gingerly removed
>> the
>> flappy thing that covers the batteries; drew myself a very careful
>> schematic of which way the batteries should aim and found new batteries.
>> Replaced them.
>> No luck. Keyboard dead.
>> Wiggled and rattled the cute little thingie that receives (?) from
>> the keyboard. Nothing.
>> DH - proficient in: patience, electronics and Logic suggested I take
>> the non-communicating parts over to my nice lighted magnifying light.
>> AHA ! both the keyboard and that tiny thing that receives (?)
>> from the
>> keyboard have wee red buttons on their base. We mashed them and viola /
>> voila ! All is well.
>> Did you know that you have red buttons? This could happen to you.
>> Remember. Polly
>

> Oh my yes, Jeanne. I have a wireless keyboard. It's just soooo
> convenient to pop the thing in the dishwasher.

> Please.
> just kidding.
> This keyboard was 'free' with my computer, has about 75 keys that I
> don't know what they're for. . . and though I frequently clean it,
> I'd never noticed the little red 'connect' buttons on the base.
> Connect? as compared to what? Don't connect? Beats me why someone
> would want a keyboard that was disconnected. Not even going to think
> about it. Polly