Mouse balls

[Susan Oliver]

We glue our mice closed with Crazy Glue.  Yes, it means we cannot clean
them, but balls are so easily stolen and not so easily replaced so we
still come out ahead.  And if you work at it you can open it every so
often to clean them.


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Susan Oliver                    olivers at work.thpl.lib.fl.us
North Tampa Library		
8916 North Boulevard		813-975-2111
Tampa, FL  33604
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Humans are not the only species on earth, we just act like it.
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On Fri, 9 May 1997, Ellen Chamberlain wrote:

> Thanks to all of you who answered my request for help on overriding a
> commercial vendor's home page default.  It worked!!!  Thank you, one
> and all!
> 
> Now, I've got another request.  Does anyone know where to purchase a
> mouse ball separately -- without having to buy an entire replacement
> mouse?  Ours can't be the only library frequented by "mouse ball
> thieves"; I've got two Microsoft Compatible "Mouses" 2.0A that are in
> perfectly good condition, if they only had balls!  (No jokes, now,
> this is serious); we have old "mouses" we can use, but they're not
> as attractive, and unfortunately, their balls are too big to fit into
> our streamlined "mouses."  Can anyone steer me to a supplier, or is
> my only alternative to purchase new "mouses?"
> 
> 
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>                /____ //)  University of South Carolina Beaufort
>               )_____)//)          email: ellenc at sc.edu
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