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----- Original Message ----- From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 2:09 PM Subject: Re: yr sister's mouse > I emptied my desk at work mid-week, and, apart from some squeaky toys I once > bought for a jape, the one real memento I took home, after 13 years, was an > improved mouse-mat. > What can be improved about a mouse mat? > As far as I know, btw, the plural of 'mouse' as in pointing device is still > undecided. I do favour rodents, so to speak, but I wonder if anyone else has > a novel suggestion. > Always have been known as meece in this house, but then it is a crazy place. Roger > I also wonder whether mouse disorientation is a side-effect of cyberdom, > y'know, the effect of staring screens on brain-wave patterns, etc? Perhaps > there is a need for a study, as in Pavlov's Meece? > > Best > > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:45 AM > Subject: Re: yr sister's mouse > > > > David wrote: > > > > > > I would snarl at the bewilderments, go to Settings, > > > click the Mouse icon, > > > tail over to Pointers, as in pointing devices, and, > > > without compunction, > > > summon 'restore defaults'. > > > > > > > > I _never_ snarl, as all of you know. This mouse is > > beyond redeeming, since it has a very uncertain sense > > of direction. I _did_ go to defaults, which is how I > > got rid of the way the cursor turned into a flower and > > a beetle (who thinks of these bright ideas?) and I did > > clean it (thanks Andrew) which made no difference at > > all. > > > > However, back to business as usual by Monday, so I can > > then grumble about mine own rodent, which seemeth from > > these foreign climes to be a saintly beast indeed. > > > > Best > > > > Alison > > > > > > > > http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel > > - Got Itchy feet? Get inspired! > > >