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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:53 PM
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My mouse is gonna cause me to throw something big and heavy
out the goddamn window! and I'm too cheap and/or lazy to go buy a new one. Grrrrrr.

:nuke:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:55 PM
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1. I've had that feeling!
Unfortunately, there was nothing for it but for me to get another mouse.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:58 PM
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4. It's torture buying stuff like that.
Requires changing out of flannel pj's, finding car keys, locking my door, walking to the car, putting on the seatbelt, backing out, driving amongst the snowbirds in Sarasota, going into the store, looking, deciding, getting half way to the register, changing my mind, wondering if I should just leave the mouse where I'm standing or bring it back where I got it, leaving it where I stand, walk out of the store, drive home, kick myself for not buying it.

Tortured, I am.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:55 PM
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2. A new mouse is really very inexpensive.
No need for aggravation.
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OldEurope Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:55 PM
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3. Perhaps
you should try Linux instead of Windows

:crazy: Sorry, couldn´t resist
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:59 PM
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7. I'm tempted, believe me.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:35 PM
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19. Or DOS :)
I understand you don't want to buy a new one, but just for info, buying an optical mouse has saved my sanity, the mechanical ones used to frustrate me so much.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:59 PM
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5. This may not be the suggestion you want
But I could feed it to my snake...
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 02:59 PM
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6. Ball mouse?
Clean it. Problem solved. :thumbsup:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 03:00 PM
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8. Cleaned it 3 times in the past 2 weeks. Jesus, do I need to
shower with it every day?
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 03:27 PM
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9. Well, it might like that...
Especially if it's a boy mouse... and even though it has only one ball... :wow:

Seriously — at the risk of underestimating you, did you take out the ball and clean it, and clean the three rollers?

Don't hit me... :hide:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 05:46 PM
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10. I cleaned it.....again...like you told me to....and...it was filthy
And I just cleaned it a few days ago....wtf?
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 06:21 PM
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12. Cleaned your mouse pad lately? (n.t)
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:22 PM
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13. I did, oh wise one...just a few minutes ago
Beat it on the side of my chair til it screamed.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:32 PM
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18. Beat it on the side of my chair til it screamed.
Have you been reading Stephen King again???? :rofl:

Definitely great imagery! :evilgrin:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 12:10 AM
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22. That's not Stephen King
That's Leonard Wibberley.

"The Mouse Pad that Roared."









:hide:
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 12:53 AM
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23. ROFL
:rofl:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:26 PM
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15. Hitler had only one ball too... maybe that's why people aren't nice!
:rofl:

And, yes, those balls do make a mess. Cleaning up after them is nasty, but worth the effort.

Get an optical mouse instead. Under $20, they're only exhibitionists...
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 05:53 PM
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11. Does everybody say that?
Every time I get mad at my computer (about 6 or 7 times a day), I curse and threaten to throw it out the window. Doesn't anyone throw things out doors?

~sigh~ These are the things I think about. :silly:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:24 PM
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14. Doors are mostly made of wood
Windows are so much more satisfying as they smash into pieces and if you're on the top floor, the computer will fall several stories and then smash all over the ground. That thought is more appealing than have the computer bounce off the door and land on your foot.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:27 PM
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16. Besides, break wood and you'll need more than viagra to get it back up...
:yoiks:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:30 PM
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17. Only you would think of that, Woody
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:44 PM
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20. You can do everything with the keyboard instead of the mouse
in Windows in the meantime.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:46 PM
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21. Oh, let's not get all technofreekie here
You're talking to a lazy lazy little snipe who refuses to look up keyboard shortcuts.
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 01:12 AM
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24. You probably know to get an optical mouse
You'll never need to clean your mouse again. There's nothing to clean! Don't even need a pad.
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