What the "L"

@GardenGerty (157474)
United States
December 14, 2017 6:53am CST
Yesterday it was mouse problems. Today the letter L is sticking. I need to clean my keyboard I guess. For a while it just stayed part way down, and would write an 'l" when I pushed down. THEN it got stuck and made lines of the letter L like this: "llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll" I had to pry the key up with a tweezer. It seems to be working now though.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
14 Dec 17
Don't forget that it's Christmas and the angels said NO 'L'!
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@BarBaraPrz (45433)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 17
@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@owlwings I should have seen that coming. If I had not gotten it unstuck I would have been stretching my brain to find words with "No L".
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@celticeagle (158679)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Dec 17
I wish I had an air device that would clean my keys. Several stick.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I will buy a can of "canned air" at Wal Mart.
@BarBaraPrz (45433)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Dec 17
@celticeagle Two things you could do: Run the corner of an envelope between the rows and turn your keyboard upside down and see what shakes out. Or you can vaccum it using the crevice tool.
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@celticeagle (158679)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Dec 17
@BarBaraPrz .....I don't have a crevice tool. I do turn it upside down occasionally.
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@maezee (41997)
• United States
14 Dec 17
Aww jeez. Well hopefully that did the trick!
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It seems to have helped just fine.
@allknowing (130067)
• India
14 Dec 17
It's time to get rid of the mouse and the keyboard - not the mouse that helps you to participate here but the one you know which one
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I have no mouse in my house, so far. Keyboard had better realize that it must behave or be replaced.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
16 Dec 17
@allknowing I did post about mouse problems, but it was the computer mouse that was causing me distress.
@allknowing (130067)
• India
15 Dec 17
@GardenGerty I thought you were talking of a live mouse (lol)
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Dec 17
I'm glad you have the L working properly.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It took a little bit of effort, but well worth it.
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@just4him (305417)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Dec 17
@Hannihar (129371)
• Israel
15 Dec 17
That is no fun when you are having problems with your keyboard.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Yes, I just got a new mouse, so I figured the keyboard might be jealous.
@Hannihar (129371)
• Israel
17 Dec 17
@GardenGerty Did you ask it if it is Heather?
@BarBaraPrz (45433)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Dec 17
Some of the keys on my keyboard are a bit stiff too, but none has stuck like your L. Guess I better clean it again.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
This is the first I have ever had this problem.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Dec 17
I hope it keeps working for you, I know that must get frustrating.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I will likely do some cleaning on it this weekend as a preventative.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I hate it when the keys start to go but usually it isn't the L!! I hope that it stays fixed.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It seems to be working fine now.
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@LadyDuck (457249)
• Switzerland
14 Dec 17
I suspect that your keyboard needs a good clean up.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I am sure it does. The weekend is coming and I can do it all then.
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
15 Dec 17
How’s the prying?
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It worked out okay.
@JudyEv (325266)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Dec 17
For some reason my cursor keeps jumping. I'll be typing away and suddenly the letters will start appearing somewhere else. Luckily it doesn't do it too often but I hope it doesn't get worse.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I think one of my laptops did that. I know my laptop resizes on its on.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
14 Dec 17
I'm glad it working right now. It is so frustrating when it starts acting up.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
16 Dec 17
Computer wise I have had a few issues.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
18 Dec 17
@GardenGerty I do too.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I remember having that issue as a teen with our desktop. Boy was that annoying for a teen who loved chatting online to deal with . Hope you have no more computer problems.
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Maybe I have them all out of the way now.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
15 Dec 17
@GardenGerty hope so
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
14 Dec 17
Hopefully that fixed it! But I'd probably do a good deep cleaning between all the keys and stuff!
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@GardenGerty (157474)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Yes, this weekend it will get a good going over.