[Gllug] Mouse Balls

[Ali Young]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, George Saxby wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:26:42 +0000
> From: George Saxby <George.Saxby at racc.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Mouse Balls
> 
> Err,
>  seems my version of the queens english is not getting thro:
>  1 mouseball 1.99UKP plus you have to take time to assemble the ball to the mouse & plug it in.
>  Buy a complete mouse albeit chinese and plug and go for 1.50 UKP 
>  Can I make it any clearer 
> 
> George F. Saxby
>     Systems Engineer
>        I.T.S. Team
> 
> >>> John.Hearns at cern.ch 11/21/02 11:22am >>>
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, George Saxby wrote:
> 
> > Last time we bought mice balls according to my records the price was 1.99UKP inc vat & delivery, Johns mice over the counter price  was 1.50UKP.. your call!
> > 
> 
> Am I REALLY going to go out and buy cheap Chinese mice and strip them 
> down for parts? Feels like I'm in some sort of William Gibson fantasy...
> 

Get the little darlings at your school to do it. For that matter, why not
just issue each of them with a mouse ball to be taken to each class with
an element of computing, making it their problem if it gets lost, stolen,
eaten by a grue, etc.

Ali

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