Re: Keyboard wear

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 03:02

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do_not_spam_me <do_not_spam_me@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote

>> Bashing the seller about the ears with the keyboard under warranty
>> appears to be a much more viable route than cheap keyboards basically.

> Today's keyboards are too light to be effective as weapons,

Dunno, that particular MS Internet Pro is quite a bit more
solid than  many of the elcheapos I had used up till then.

> unlike the old IBM XT and 84-key AT keyboards that weigh
> three times as much (almost 6 lbs. - I mailed several)

Yeah, its not as heavy as one of those.

> and automatically add 5 years to a
> prison sentence for assault and battery.

We dont even have prison for that here.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Keyboard wear
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