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From The Ashes

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40. The keyboards at work are.

Reply to Armstead (Original post)

Thu May 19, 2016, 01:08 AM

May 2016

...and the company is too cheap to replace them.

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Strange question: Do the letters on your keyboards rub off? [View all] Armstead May 2016 OP

Funny you should ask. Arkansas Granny May 2016 #1

I'm wondering if they changed the way they make them... Armstead May 2016 #4

My keyboard is two years old and I've worn off the s, d, k, and l keys Massacure May 2016 #2

Could be your chemistry. LunaSea May 2016 #3

Yes! Especially the "F" for some reason! n/t intrepidity May 2016 #5

Yup. I had an ASUS where I almost cleaned the keyboard of lettering. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #6

A Toshiba was the first one that did it, Now my Asus is doing it. Armstead May 2016 #8

Yes, and the ones that bug me most frogmarch May 2016 #7

Put new ones on Mnpaul May 2016 #9

Hmmmmm.I've been looking in stores for something like this Armstead May 2016 #10

For 7 bucks Mnpaul May 2016 #11

I have some you could have for free Skittles May 2016 #16

You can give them to your cat..maybe it'll see them as a snack Armstead May 2016 #18

he is a horrible animal Skittles May 2016 #19

Yes. elleng May 2016 #12

Maybe that's how I can make my fortune...Invent a better keyboard mousetrap Armstead May 2016 #13

WORK ON IT! elleng May 2016 #22

A sheet of cellophane Armstead May 2016 #23

Right, but I just KNOW where E is!!! elleng May 2016 #24

I also lose my E first My Good Babushka May 2016 #31

Mine haven't in 5 yrs use. My elderly relative's did. Both on laptops so no other keyboard. UTUSN May 2016 #14

I'm a half touch typist Armstead May 2016 #15

I read that this was a drawback to my keyboard so when it came I coated the keys with vanlassie May 2016 #17

Really? iNteresting Armstead May 2016 #21

No, but that might be because I break my keyboards before that has a chance to happen. nt ohnoyoudidnt May 2016 #20

E - R - T KT2000 May 2016 #25

You'd think they could at least make modern keyboards up to the standards of typewriters Armstead May 2016 #26

Yes, with black keys... cyberswede May 2016 #27

What's that graphic from? Armstead May 2016 #28

I did a Google image search for "keyboard stickers" cyberswede May 2016 #29

Yes pressbox69 May 2016 #30

I am a touch typist, so I never look at my keyboard GreydeeThos May 2016 #32

The "A" is always first to go on my keyboards. hunter May 2016 #33

Yep OriginalGeek May 2016 #34

lol Armstead May 2016 #37

Not on my new keyboard pokerfan May 2016 #35

I saw one of those in the store and almost bought it Armstead May 2016 #36

I found it discounted to $45 pokerfan May 2016 #38

No, but.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #39

The keyboards at work are. From The Ashes May 2016 #40

A little model airplane paint will put them back. hobbit709 May 2016 #41

You should be able to replace a cheap keyboard IronLionZion May 2016 #42