Re: *Way* off topic: coffee mugs

[Jay McNally jmcnally@xxxxxxxx]

This reminds me of the time my kid(s) spilled a bowl of mushroom soup on my
keyboard.
Despite the appropriate scolding, a few days later, and again after that,
they spilled Mountain Dew on the keyboard, which is very sticky when it dries.
It was surprisingly easy to clean out the keyboard, after totally taking it
apart. It was also a very good lesson on American (or is it Oriental?)
ingenuity to see how they do things today, compared to 15 yrs ago.
They thought their dad was a genius to be able to get the keyboard
operating again.

btw, I thought this topic was covered in a previous off-topic discussion.
REAL XyWriters drink beer, preferable Dortmunder, at the keyboard,
particularly at night.



At 08:48 AM 7/28/02 -0300, you wrote:
> On the theory that XyWriters actually *write* at their computers, I throw up
> the following question:
>
> Does anyone know of a good source (preferably wholesale) for fat-bottomed,
> insulated mugs? These are the mugs that are much wider at the bottom than
> the top. They usually come with a rubber-like pad on the bottom and hold
> 12-16 oz. Because of their design they are extremely difficult to knock over
> on your keyboard or computer, unlike all those "travel" mugs with their
> cinched-in bottoms.
>
> The Law Library at my school has fought a loosing battle against bringing
> coffee into the stacks, so the next best thing is to have an official,
> stable mug... with custom graphics on it. (Cynics suggest an ambulance
> chaser. Our students prefer "Show me your briefs...") I have two such mugs,
> one stainless steel (made in China, it says on the bottom), and the other a
> rather elegant plastic affair that I can trace to the American marketer who
> prints graphics on them, but no further. Since I am in Canada, I'd like to
> find the "fountainhead of mugs" and have the printed done on this side of
> the customs wall.
>
> So what do *you* use when you're smokin' the keyboard with XyWrite?
>
> Myron