February 20, 2004 So someone posted something on a message board the other day about spilling things on your keyboard. I have never done that myself.

( BANGING on wood right now seeing as how the only computer I have right now is my laptop and it's not so easy to just replace a keyboard on it!)

I did add my stories of cameras being doused in beer and other sticky drinks too many times to remember. I used to be able to take my old manual focus Minoltas apart and clean them when needed. THEN I switched to auto focus cameras and I started relying on my insurance to replace them.
Well I dropped the insurance after I quit shooting skateboarding so that wasn't available recently when one of my cameras started screwing up. I knew it was something minor in the main control dial so I thought I'd try to fix it myself:) Well...they make it kinda hard to get to that particular piece...actually they make it hard to get to everything. By the time I got underneath the dial to see what turned out to be a very minor problem I knew there was no way I was ever going to get the thing back together so I did what any man would...I took it completely apart to see what the insides looked like:)

And now...I'm sharing with you, so you don't have to take your own camera apart to see how it works.