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Ed Hansberry
03-12-2003, 11:00 PM
<a href="http://www.powerpocketpc.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Journal&amp;file=display&amp;jid=2">http://www.powerpocketpc.com/nuke/modules.php?name=Journal&amp;file=display&amp;jid=2</a><br /><br />I have no doubt that if <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/everybody_loves_raymond/">Ray Barone</a> purchased a Pocket PC, his experience would be similar to this. "Ok, this is what happened. On my Dell Axim I see that one of the little rubber "legs" are falling off of the back. So I remember reading online about supergluing it on before I lose it."<br /><br />Superglue and a Pocket PC? :crazyeyes: Needless to say, the story goes entirely down hill from here. :lol:
dMores
03-12-2003, 11:13 PM
oh boy.

that just wasn't his day :)
Pat Logsdon
03-12-2003, 11:30 PM
Holy cow! That guy should tie bumper pads to his body, up his insurance policy, and have his forks taken away. :D
Jonathan1
03-12-2003, 11:30 PM
This is where you hit the power button on the remote control for your day and call it quits.

Hmm wonder if god is telling him to get a Palm? :wink:
bljarv
03-13-2003, 12:00 AM
Sounds like it would make a great mpeg movie for PocketTV. Anyone willing to recreate the scenario while I videotape?
Jhokur2k
03-13-2003, 12:02 AM
That's the kind of person I send to my enemies' houses...
SofaTater
03-13-2003, 12:31 AM
Another argument for requiring a license before anything computer-related can be purchased...
PPower
03-13-2003, 12:34 AM
Glad it didn't happen to me just my friend :beer:
eblank8
03-13-2003, 12:34 AM
Heh. Im flattered that that story made the front page of this site. I really didn't think anyone would read it. But don't worry. If I was supposed to get a Palm, my Dell would have been screwed up good. But I was able to get it back to normal. :D I love my Pocket PC.
Jonathon Watkins
03-13-2003, 12:52 AM
Welcome, welcome, just please don't stand so close to us. :lol:

(Welcome anyway :beer:)
Paragon
03-13-2003, 12:53 AM
Heh. Im flattered that that story made the front page of this site. I really didn't think anyone would read it. But don't worry. If I was supposed to get a Palm, my Dell would have been screwed up good. But I was able to get it back to normal. :D I love my Pocket PC.

Please let us know if you intend on doing any "Do it yourself" tips. 8O :)

Dave
Seraph1024
03-13-2003, 12:54 AM
Go to a local hobby store (yeah the ones where they sell planes) and ask them for the un-gluing liquid. Anit-Cyanoglue if you will.

They carry that stuff and that will get rid of your superglue without a trace.

L

model RC plane maker.

L
st63z
03-13-2003, 01:00 AM
Hi, would you mind going over to Jason's house to take a look at his Shuttle? :D ;)

(oh, the ranting we shall hear)

P.S. As mentioned above about the debond solutions, like: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Product_ID=9978&DID=7
T-Will
03-13-2003, 01:09 AM
Wow, that sucks! 8O
eblank8
03-13-2003, 02:00 AM
I got all the super glue off with Acetone. That is the stuff that Nail Polish remover used to be made out of. But it was banned or limited to professional use because it was so strong. Put some into the bottom of a plastic cup, and 20 sec later, the bottom falls off. Heh, pretty cool. It is some strong ****.
Roosterman
03-13-2003, 03:21 AM
Just don't put a match near that axim for awhile. Hate to see you turn it into a candle :) .
EHenry
03-13-2003, 03:51 AM
Put some into the bottom of a plastic cup, and 20 sec later, the bottom falls off. Heh, pretty cool. It is some strong s**t.

Ah... teenage memories. A friend and I once put an entire large box of styrofoam packing peanuts into a coffee mug with just a little bit of acetone. Each peanut melted as it was dropped in. We then set it on fire (of course) outside where it finally burned down into something resembling a glassy hockey puck. Ah, youth!
Fzara
03-13-2003, 05:35 AM
Dont give ideas EHenry!
MPSmith
03-13-2003, 05:59 AM
I could laugh, but I could see that happening to me! :lol:
dean_shan
03-13-2003, 06:04 AM
A friend and I once put an entire large box of styrofoam packing peanuts into a coffee mug with just a little bit of acetone. Each peanut melted as it was dropped in. We then set it on fire (of course) outside where it finally burned down into something resembling a glassy hockey puck.

Thanks! Now I know what to do with the rest of my Spring Break. :wink:
seanturner
03-13-2003, 06:06 AM
I can just see this posted on a case vendor's website....


Superglue: Another reason to buy our Axim Case.
srs
03-13-2003, 06:22 AM
ummmm, acetone isn't that bad....

i used to use the stuff to wash my hands with in lab

hmmm
Pony99CA
03-13-2003, 08:39 AM
Put the Super Glue on the rubber pad, not the Pocket PC. :-D

Steve
Underwater Mike
03-13-2003, 04:41 PM
Do your fingers still have nails? :crazyeyes:

ummmm, acetone isn't that bad....

i used to use the stuff to wash my hands with in lab

hmmm
whatsnext?
03-13-2003, 08:52 PM
ummmm, acetone isn't that bad....

i used to use the stuff to wash my hands with in lab

hmmm
do you still have fingers-or for that matter do you still have hands :microwave: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: