Why do you have her kindle? She probably doesn’t want it back now.
I used to work in the Magazine distribution trade and, while Trains my come out slightly earlier than some other monthlies they aren’t really that different. If you look at the magazine rack at your local supermarket you will see that most of the monthly’s come out the first or second week of the month ahead…
You’re right…should have stated MY kindle. But even that would be inaccurate as I don’t have one, and besides, I can’t multitask worth a s@#%
Kindle, yes. I haven’t tried Nook, but it’s in the App Store.
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What if you drop your book in the tub? Same deal…you’ll have to get a new one. The hazards of multitasking in the bathroom.
I think you can get waterproof enclosures for them…
But how readable is the text, when viewing through a 1 gallon, Zip-lock bag?
I just read thru page 2 and I am crying…
I always wonder why some magazine doesn’t try to add a bonus magazine to the mix?
Let’s say that Trains Magazine came out with an extra magazine in say, mid January, that was that was thicker, meatier(?) and contained above average reading. That would allow the magazine to get sort of back on the correct month rotation. It would also provide a 13th issue in one fiscal year, and boost the magazine’s number of sold copies by 9%. ( [:-,] )
Many electronic devices are lost, not because they fell in water, but because the user no longer wants to touch the device, depending on what “water” it fell into!
To salvage the device:
First and foremost, IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE BATTERY! (and any other power source!)
If you cannot remove the battery, then skip to the end of this diatribe where is says, “Before you put the battery back in or turning it on:”. You don’t want to add water and alcohol to the unit trying to clean it if the battery is still installed.
Also don’t attempt to turn the unit on to “save some data”, you want the electricity to be GONE as soon as possible.
Water is a conductor of electricity and water on the printed circuit boards in the device will conduct the full power source voltage to places where the voltage is supposed to be throttled by other components; the water will effectively bypass the throttling components and apply the higher voltages to more delicate components and possibly burn them out with the excess power.
Turning the unit on to try it before the water is removed probably kills as many devices as dropping them in something that makes the owner think it is unfit for touching!
Once the BATTERY is out of the unit…
If the water was relatively clean (fresh bath water with no bubble bath, etc.) then you may not need to rinse the unit, but if the water was dirty (mud puddle, toilet in need of flushing!, etc.) then get some DISTILLED water, (not Purified, not De-ionized, not Filtered — “DISTILLED WATER”) and POUR IT OVER THE DEVICE TO WASH AWAY the contaminated water. Don’t dab it on with a cotton swab, POUR IT ON! DUMP IT ON! GLUG, GLUG DROWN THE THING! FLOOD IT!
Once the device is “clean” of contaminates. Now you want to remove the water. Do NOT put the battery back in yet!
You can speed up the drying time by rinsing the wat
Original thread topic discussed some while ago.
I have started a monster thread here…No I will not go to E-Magazine here. Every issue of TRAINS is a tangible work of art that you can hold in your hands. Kinda like Playboy which despite free stuff all over the net is still in print. BTW I keep both Trains and Playboy in my bathroom library.
( I love the ol Hunter S Thompson articals)