Do take a deep breath

I hope things turn around for you. I am glad you caught the thumb drive before the dryer. They are not as fond of the dryer. ;)

Take it easy & don't stay at your machine so long you strain your neck_ we do have a tendancy to forget about time when we get at the machine!

That was a stroke of luck! Perhaps we should have a thread dedicated to daft things we have put through the wash.....

The pains we go through to be beautiful...

I've heard of placing a wet cell phone in a bag of rice to help draw out the water from all nooks and crannies.. Maybe it would make sense to do the same with your thumb drive--just to make sure.

I am glad to hear your software works okay. But am so sorry to hear about your neck. I know you have had oodles of problems in the past. I hope you get relief soon from your pain. Hugs, Mary

What good luck with the near demise of your thumb drive. Now, tell us about your home-made detergent, your recipe would be nice to have.

Been there and done that too AND it still works

yes u do pray first right???lol

I have now read a few times you can put a computer keyboard in the dishwasher. So glad your thumb drive is still working for you.

Thank you so much for sharing the dumb stuff we do. I mean that in a funny way as I have done some of the craziest, but I do believe that my dear mother would have won the prize for washing machine oddities. My mom washed her turnip greens in the washing machine.....AND she did it on purpose???? Said it was quicker and got rid of all of the bugs.

This has been a very interesting thread containing a series of timely warnings and proposals for the creation of additional threads. Taken together with other recent 'mishaps' these proposals are:

1. "The multi-taskers guide to (avoiding) disasters in the home."
2. "Things to avoid putting in your washing machine or back pocket."
3. "How to remove moisture from electronic gadgets using dried rice - even if this means that your husband has to go without rice with his curry."
4. "Is accidental damage insurance worth the cost?"
5. "First Aid in the Home - Head Trauma." For those with cuckoo clocks.
6. "Improving your 'green credentials' by wasing your turnips in the washing machine."

and as an added bonus (what you might call a freebie):

7. "How to cook a salmon in the dishwasher."

Husband left the checks from customers that day in his shirt which I promptly washed. Result was a paper machete mess not being able to deposit at the bank. Took him a while to reconstruct and calling his customers explaining his over zealous wife.
Dennis you now have to edit your post and add this to your timely warning. How long do you cook the salmon in the dishwasher?

Head turns. Do a few thousand of those and you will feel better.Stand staight, feet should width apart. chin up, slowly turn head from side to side... sounds easy right? . also this is similar to arm circles; pinch your index to your ring finger and rotate your palm up the down with arms extended out to the sides. Those 2 have helped me more than any other exercises. Do shoulder rolls. Go slow and breathe.

It still works! Out of sight. Is the design still there? This is interesting. Happy for you. AND been there with the neck. But we still have to carry on cause we're women. Hope it gets better soon.

I'm so glad your thumb drive still works, you bypassed that saying "Everything comes out in the wash"

I hope your neck pain is a pain from the past and you are completely recovered!

For a minute there, I thought that you had reintroduced your thumb drive to the washing machine again!!

yep have a little sew. You can sit fairly still, in a comphy chair.