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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: [] 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf WANTED, Dead AND Alive: Schrodinger's Cat |
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In message , Ken Blake
writes: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:27:55 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate you're doing so - usually at the top of your post/email, such as by saying "(posted and emailed)". This is because lots of people read their email first, and reply to emails; if they then find the same thing has been posted, they find themselves having to say the same thing again. That used to happen to me often, and it's the reason I switched from my real return address to a fake one. Some people would have send both an e-mail message and a newsgroup posting. I don't mind them doing so - as long as they _say_ they are doing so, ideally as the first line! And my fake one is purposely a very obvious fake, to dissuade anyone from e-mailing me. Yours more than the one that provoked me into writing the above, certainly. Though sometimes I just hit reply without seeing where it's going, which is why I like a warning just above the .sig line; one I quite liked was someone who inserted dragon into the email address, and ended with "emulate St. George to reply", or something like that. And I suspect you don't use the fudged one for private emails. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf WANTED, Dead AND Alive: Schrodinger's Cat |
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On 2019-10-14 10:33 a.m., 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: [] 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 aÂ* 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. My whole life has been spent fixing things, 17 years as an Auto mechanic, 30 years as a Power engineer, Boilers, air handlers, pumps and fans plus many years concurrently as a sideline Doing radio, TV, computer and all other electronic repairs. So, Yeah, you might say I enjoy fixing things. Coincidentally a couple days ago my son complained that his Logitech M510 mouse was getting very stiff to turn the scroll wheel, naturally out came the screwdriver set and 2 screws under the AA cells had it apart. Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, Cleanded it all out and added a small shot of contact cleaner to the bearings and reassembled it and now it works like new again. Rene |
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On 10/14/19 11:24 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel That's normal maintenance. Just like cleaning the gunk off the three bearing points on a trackball. -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:39:12 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Ken Blake writes: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:27:55 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate you're doing so - usually at the top of your post/email, such as by saying "(posted and emailed)". This is because lots of people read their email first, and reply to emails; if they then find the same thing has been posted, they find themselves having to say the same thing again. That used to happen to me often, and it's the reason I switched from my real return address to a fake one. Some people would have send both an e-mail message and a newsgroup posting. I don't mind them doing so - as long as they _say_ they are doing so, ideally as the first line! I would certainly have minded less if they said so, but I would still prefer that they didn't. And my fake one is purposely a very obvious fake, to dissuade anyone from e-mailing me. Yours more than the one that provoked me into writing the above, certainly. Though sometimes I just hit reply without seeing where it's going, You use Turnpike. I've never tried it and know nothing about. Might it send an e-mail reply rather than a newsgroup reply without your choosing to do so? I use Agent and it won't do that. which is why I like a warning just above the .sig line; one I quite liked was someone who inserted dragon into the email address, and ended with "emulate St. George to reply", or something like that. If that's not exactly right, it's very close. I've also seen her messages, in another newsgroup. But she's inviting people to reply by e-mail, and with a very occasional exception, I don't want to do that. And I suspect you don't use the fudged one for private emails. No, of course not. It's only for newsgroups. |
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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: [] 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. |
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:24:38 -0500, Rene Lamontagne
wrote: On 2019-10-14 10:33 a.m., 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: [] 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. My whole life has been spent fixing things, 17 years as an Auto mechanic, 30 years as a Power engineer, Boilers, air handlers, pumps and fans plus many years concurrently as a sideline Doing radio, TV, computer and all other electronic repairs. So, Yeah, you might say I enjoy fixing things. Leaving aside the enjoying fixing things, I envy your ability to do. Sometimes fixing is the only choice, and I've never been good at it. Coincidentally a couple days ago my son complained that his Logitech M510 mouse was getting very stiff to turn the scroll wheel, naturally out came the screwdriver set and 2 screws under the AA cells had it apart. Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, Cleanded it all out and added a small shot of contact cleaner to the bearings and reassembled it and now it works like new again. I might not have succeeded, but that's the kind of thing I might have tried to fix. I would have suspected lint, and if my suspicion was right, fixing it would probably have been easy. And worst case, if I failed, I'd just buy him a new one. |
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On 2019-10-14 1:34 p.m., Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:24:38 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-10-14 10:33 a.m., 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: [] 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 aÂ* 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. My whole life has been spent fixing things, 17 years as an Auto mechanic, 30 years as a Power engineer, Boilers, air handlers, pumps and fans plus many years concurrently as a sideline Doing radio, TV, computer and all other electronic repairs. So, Yeah, you might say I enjoy fixing things. Leaving aside the enjoying fixing things, I envy your ability to do. Sometimes fixing is the only choice, and I've never been good at it. Coincidentally a couple days ago my son complained that his Logitech M510 mouse was getting very stiff to turn the scroll wheel, naturally out came the screwdriver set and 2 screws under the AA cells had it apart. Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, Cleanded it all out and added a small shot of contact cleaner to the bearings and reassembled it and now it works like new again. I might not have succeeded, but that's the kind of thing I might have tried to fix. I would have suspected lint, and if my suspicion was right, fixing it would probably have been easy. And worst case, if I failed, I'd just buy him a new one. I think you probably would have succeeded, It was fairly straight forward (no loose parts flying everywhere), Don't undersell yourself, I'm 85 and can still do it. Rene |
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:06:36 -0500, Rene Lamontagne
wrote: On 2019-10-14 1:34 p.m., Ken Blake wrote: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:24:38 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-10-14 10:33 a.m., 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: [] 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. My whole life has been spent fixing things, 17 years as an Auto mechanic, 30 years as a Power engineer, Boilers, air handlers, pumps and fans plus many years concurrently as a sideline Doing radio, TV, computer and all other electronic repairs. So, Yeah, you might say I enjoy fixing things. Leaving aside the enjoying fixing things, I envy your ability to do. Sometimes fixing is the only choice, and I've never been good at it. Coincidentally a couple days ago my son complained that his Logitech M510 mouse was getting very stiff to turn the scroll wheel, naturally out came the screwdriver set and 2 screws under the AA cells had it apart. Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, Cleanded it all out and added a small shot of contact cleaner to the bearings and reassembled it and now it works like new again. I might not have succeeded, but that's the kind of thing I might have tried to fix. I would have suspected lint, and if my suspicion was right, fixing it would probably have been easy. And worst case, if I failed, I'd just buy him a new one. I think you probably would have succeeded, It was fairly straight forward (no loose parts flying everywhere), Don't undersell yourself, I'm 85 and can still do it. We're almost the same age. I'm about to turn 82. But my thought that I might not succeed is not based on my age. I've never been good at working with my hands. |
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In message , Ken Blake
writes: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:39:12 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate [] I don't mind them doing so - as long as they _say_ they are doing so, ideally as the first line! I would certainly have minded less if they said so, but I would still prefer that they didn't. [] You use Turnpike. I've never tried it and know nothing about. Might it send an e-mail reply rather than a newsgroup reply without your choosing to do so? I use Agent and it won't do that. Well, never without my choosing; in theory I could accidentally send the wrong one (the Followup and Reply buttons are adjacent), but I don't think I've actually done that in several decades of using it. What it won't do is send _both_ at once, as its designers felt strongly about that - irritating as I _occasionally_ _want_ to. which is why I like a warning just above the .sig line; one I quite liked was someone who inserted dragon into the email address, and ended with "emulate St. George to reply", or something like that. If that's not exactly right, it's very close. I've also seen her messages, in another newsgroup. But she's inviting people to reply by e-mail, and with a very occasional exception, I don't want to do that. Well, s/he's not exactly inviting, just pointing out that if you _do_ decide to send an email, that her email is munged. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf You make it from scratch? Yep. Do you make your own scratch? -- "pyotr filipivich" in alt.windows7.general 2017-5-20 |
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On 2019-10-14 4:45 p.m., Ken Blake wrote:
On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:06:36 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-10-14 1:34 p.m., Ken Blake wrote: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:24:38 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-10-14 10:33 a.m., 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: [] 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 aÂ* 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.) 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 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). If there's something, the use of which frustrates me, and it fails, I'll be delighted to have an excuse to replace it. My whole life has been spent fixing things, 17 years as an Auto mechanic, 30 years as a Power engineer, Boilers, air handlers, pumps and fans plus many years concurrently as a sideline Doing radio, TV, computer and all other electronic repairs. So, Yeah, you might say I enjoy fixing things. Leaving aside the enjoying fixing things, I envy your ability to do. Sometimes fixing is the only choice, and I've never been good at it. Coincidentally a couple days ago my son complained that his Logitech M510 mouse was getting very stiff to turn the scroll wheel, naturally out came the screwdriver set and 2 screws under the AA cells had it apart. Well what I found was a pile of accumulated lint wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, Cleanded it all out and added a small shot of contact cleaner to the bearings and reassembled it and now it works like new again. I might not have succeeded, but that's the kind of thing I might have tried to fix. I would have suspected lint, and if my suspicion was right, fixing it would probably have been easy. And worst case, if I failed, I'd just buy him a new one. I think you probably would have succeeded, It was fairly straight forward (no loose parts flying everywhere), Don't undersell yourself, I'm 85 and can still do it. We're almost the same age. I'm about to turn 82. But my thought that I might not succeed is not based on my age. I've never been good at working with my hands. Guess I'm lucky, my hands have been my living But my eye sight is **** poor, born that way. Rene |
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:56:39 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Ken Blake writes: On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:39:12 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate [] I don't mind them doing so - as long as they _say_ they are doing so, ideally as the first line! I would certainly have minded less if they said so, but I would still prefer that they didn't. [] You use Turnpike. I've never tried it and know nothing about. Might it send an e-mail reply rather than a newsgroup reply without your choosing to do so? I use Agent and it won't do that. Well, never without my choosing; in theory I could accidentally send the wrong one (the Followup and Reply buttons are adjacent), but I don't think I've actually done that in several decades of using it. The buttons are adjacent here too. I've occasionally done it accidentally, but I've always caught it and fixed it before I pressed Send. I use Outlook e-mail, not Agent's, so the Windows look very different. What it won't do is send _both_ at once, as its designers felt strongly about that - irritating as I _occasionally_ _want_ to. which is why I like a warning just above the .sig line; one I quite liked was someone who inserted dragon into the email address, and ended with "emulate St. George to reply", or something like that. If that's not exactly right, it's very close. I've also seen her messages, in another newsgroup. But she's inviting people to reply by e-mail, and with a very occasional exception, I don't want to do that. Well, s/he's I'm almost sure it's a she, but I can't remember her name. not exactly inviting, just pointing out that if you _do_ decide to send an email, that her email is munged. I suppose it's technically not an invitation, but to me, telling the reader how to do it is so close to an invitation that I have no problem with calling it that. It's sort of like, "If you want to send me a check, my address is ..." |
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On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 20:33:20 -0400, Paul wrote:
The IBM mouse above, the microswitches look "normal" sized to me. Hi Paul, Here are more pictures of that IBM mouse, which I'm still using now that I refurbished it (although I had to glue a side stick on it to keep my fingers away from the right mouse button since it's a poor design for huge hands like I happen to have). Anyway, here are the pictures I took when I disassembled it: https://i.postimg.cc/YCnQTjyX/mouse01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/4yPYtFD8/mouse02.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XNsNfFZD/mouse03.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/mknG0YCL/mouse04.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3whH5J4v/mouse05.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/fTXw6P21/mouse06.jpg The tilted LED simply lights up the middle mouse button (AFAICR). If you want, I can snap a photo of the side stick I glued on to make it less error prone, where I learned that it's critical for a mouse to have a landing space for your right-mouse finger to "rest" without being too close ot the right mouse button itself. |
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On 10/14/19 9:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[snip] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate you're doing so - usually at the top of your post/email, such as by saying "(posted and emailed)". This is because lots of people read their email first, and reply to emails; if they then find the same thing has been posted, they find themselves having to say the same thing again. People doing that inappropriately (and not indicating it) is one reason I stopped putting a valid email address in newsgroup postings. On usenet, I use addresses ending in .invalid so its obvious its not a real address. Another suggestion is to read your posts before pressing 'send'. It catches a lot of the weird typing and other errors. [snip] -- 71 days until the winter celebration (Wed, Dec 25, 2019 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits." -- Dan Barker |
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Mouse Refurbish
Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 10/14/19 9:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: [snip] A couple of minor netiquette matters: when you send someone an email as well as posting to a newsgroup, it's considered polite to indicate you're doing so - usually at the top of your post/email, such as by saying "(posted and emailed)". This is because lots of people read their email first, and reply to emails; if they then find the same thing has been posted, they find themselves having to say the same thing again. People doing that inappropriately (and not indicating it) is one reason I stopped putting a valid email address in newsgroup postings. On usenet, I use addresses ending in .invalid so its obvious its not a real address. Not only is it obvious, but it's the only proper/standard way to do it, as .invalid is a standard-defined [1] top level domain (TLD), which is guaranteed to never be used. RFC-compliant 'mailers' (Mail User Agent (MUA)) will not even try to send a message to an address with an .invalid TLD. [1] RFC 2606 "Reserved Top Level DNS Names" http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2606.txt?number=2606 |
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