USB thumb drives, being electronic, were not designed for the washing machine. In a hurry to watch Collin so Beth could start her portion of our weekly cleaning, I forgot to remove my USB thumb drive from my pants pocket. While cleaning she tossed those pants into the wash.

Most of the data I had on it is not lost as I know how to keep backups - it’s just anything changed since my last backup is now gone forever. I’m just bummed at loosing a 512MB USB drive that I used almost every day.