The Nightmare Before Christmas
 

No, I'm not talking about Tim Burton's movie. I'm talking about what would be the worst possible nightmare a simmer could have other than an irrecoverable crash?


I dropped my soda in my keyboard this morning. I knew it was toast, although only a few keys didn't work after it dried, notably the space, enter and "1", "3" and "4" keys. Although this might not be a big deal when playing Madden, since I just bought TPF, it would seriously handicap my enjoyment of the game. So I had to brave the crowds at Comp USA and Best Buy to buy a new keyboard today. Ugh.

On a side note, I haven't install TPF yet, I'm waiting until tomorrow...I figure I have that much self control at least. :)

buy a wireless keyboard.

An old co-worker of mine spilled his coffee on his keyboard. For the hell of it, he took it into his shower, hosed it down, let it dry (I think that took a few days) and it worked good as new...and apparently as clean as new to boot.

Of course, he had a spare keyboard in the meantime. :)

Try spending 5 hours chatting in a chat room using cut and paste because your keyboard doesn't work.

Yes, I know i'm a very sad man.

Do you know of one that works? I (and some friends) have tried several different brands and not been thrilled with the performance.

I've had the logitech for a year, no problems on my end.

I just got a "virtual indestructible" keyboard for christmas: http://www.grandtec.com/vik.htm :)

I got my wife the MS wireless keyboard/mouse over a year ago and I am still using the same batteries I installed then. :)

Most older keyboards...you can douse the sucker with water, let it sit out to dry for a few hours, and it'll be just fine.