On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:33:57 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Ken Blake
writes:
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:25:27 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Paul in Houston TX
writes:
Ken Blake wrote:
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Each to his own. Mice are very cheap these days. I wouldn't dream of
spending 20 minutes, the cost of new microswitches, soldering iron,
and solder to save $20 or so for a new mouse.

That's assuming the model the OP likes is still available; I think he
thought it wasn't, but someone here found them.


No, to me, it would hardly matter whether it was still available. If
my mouse died, and was no longer available, I'd find another one that
was close enough to the old one, so I would like it just as much. I
might even find a new one I liked more.

As an example of what I mean, earlier this year I used a Logitech
M500 mouse which I liked very much. If it died, I would have replaced
it with the same model, if it was still available. But then I was at
someone's office and he was using an Anker 2.4G Wireless Vertical
Ergonomic Optical Mouse. I tried it at his office and immediately
liked it better than my Logitech, so I ordered one from Amazon ($20).
It's now my favorite; I no longer use the Logitech.

(You must be right-handed.)


Yes. It wouldn't work for a left-handed person. I don't know if
there's a left-handed equivalent available.


Mice are no different from most other things. Newer models are usually
better than older ones.

So you're a replacer. Some of us see fixing things as a challenge - and
one we enjoy, to some extent; there's great satisfaction, for us, in
returning something to working order, especially if the fix was
something trivial (especially if it wasn't obvious).


I'm almost 82. When I was a lot younger, I used to like to repair some
things, if I could. But I was generally poor at fixing most things.



I don't deny that there comes a point where further effort is no longer
enjoyable, and I just replace; that point varies depending on lots of
things - the cost of the item, how much I like it anyway, my mood, and
my age (I'm giving up sooner, or not starting at all, more as I age).


I strongly agree with all of that.



If
there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be
delighted to have an excuse to replace it.