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Do you eat or drink in front of your computer?

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nan0bug

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Apr 22, 2003
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Yes, but since I got my cordless MX combo I keep all drinks on the floor instead of on my desk, unless its a soda bottle with a cap. When I used to use $10 newegg special keyboards, spills were of no concern, but this combo was around $90 so I'm being a little more cautious.

BTW, cheers to the MGD guy :D
 

NinjaGnome

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heck yeah i do. My computer desk is littered with pop cans, bowls of various things, candy wrappers, cereal boxes, and paper towels. I havent ever really spilled anything on my keyboard.
 

ObiDon

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May 8, 2000
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All the time! Right now, I'm eating cereal.

Ever since I took my keyboard completely apart and cleaned it, I cover it when I'm eating so I don't splash or drop crumbs into it. It looks like a brand new keyboard again! :)
 

IGBT

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Jul 16, 2001
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Yes..all the time..I'am eating a fuji apple right now..and my keyboard is sticky from eating raisins..coffee stains all over the place..got something stuck under my g key once and had to shake the keyboard upside down till it came out. Never did figure out what it was. But the g works again...:Q
 

Snapster

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Oct 14, 2001
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Yup, even knocked a cup of coffee all over my keyboard once a few years back. Just cleaned up and popped off the keys and gave it a thorough clean, good as new! :)
 

Yomicron

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Mar 5, 2002
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I live in a studio apartment and always eat in front of my desktop, never in front of my laptop. I don't really care if I damage my $10 keyboard.
 

BatmanNate

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Jul 12, 2000
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I usually have a nice alcoholic beverage in front of the comp on AT relaxing on a weekend evening from time to time.
 

Apathetic

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Dec 23, 2002
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I'll have a snack or drink some juice (sometimes a beer) in front of it, but I don't eat my meals in front of it.

Dave
 

dman

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very, very rarely. If I'm working a long day and starving and have meetings through lunch sometimes I'll bring food to my desk. Otherwise I avoid it, mostly because of bugs, but the fact that I don't want to gain any more weight is a factor as well.
 

amdskip

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Jan 6, 2001
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Sometimes but I avoid using the computer if it's something messy. It's here or sitting on the bed in this small dorm room.
 

nativesunshine

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Jan 6, 2003
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Originally posted by: brtspears2
Yea, I use the pull out keyboard tray as my food tray.

Hah! I did that when I was still living at the dorms. My keyboard was on my desk, and I used the pull out tray for random papers, hw and eating. It was great.

At home, I eat and drink around here only if I'm doing something on the computer that I don't want to interrupt (like chatting or something...heh).