Ah, don't clean it too often. It's a valuable emergency food resource in case you ever get trapped in the office by floodwater/stampeding elephants...gary r said:bit bored at work so took the ball out of my mouse & cleaned it!It was full of fluff & crumbs etc! I think it works better than the device they use in the indian reasaurants to pick up the bits of leftover rice & poppadums![]()
Trapped in the office by stampeding elephants? Does this happen much in Yorkshire?Arch said:Ah, don't clean it too often. It's a valuable emergency food resource in case you ever get trapped in the office by floodwater/stampeding elephants...
I used to get really fed up of using other people's dirty mice on the odd occasion when I had to work at their desks. It always amazed me how many people who'd got their heads round doing a BSc, MSc or even a PhD couldn't work out what was wrong. I'd end up cleaning the damn things myself.Fnaar said:I'm a uni lecturer, and most of my "academic" colleagues are as thick as two short planks. The number of morons I've heard phoning IT services and complaining that their mouse doesn't work, then being supplied with a new one, beggars belief (and the taxpayers' pockets!!). Open it, clean it...duh! What do these people do at home, ffs!
Rant over. As you were, now, there's nothing more to see.....![]()
Bit bored at work? You're lucky you've got a dirty mouse to clean, mine's already clean, so what do i do???gary r said:bit bored at work so took the ball out of my mouse & cleaned it!It was full of fluff & crumbs etc! I think it works better than the device they use in the indian reasaurants to pick up the bits of leftover rice & poppadums![]()
Try turning your keyboard upside down & giving it a good shake!!!! Releases lots of dust/crumbs/fingernail clippings/biscuit crumbs etc!!!ChrisW said:Bit bored at work? You're lucky you've got a dirty mouse to clean, mine's already clean, so what do i do???
I've stared out of the window already today...
Maybe i could dig the fluff out from under my nails.
Roll on 5 o'clock, at least i can cycle home, yippee...
COOL IDEA! Passes the time AND a FREE lunch...gary r said:Try turning your keyboard upside down & giving it a good shake!!!! Releases lots of dust/crumbs/fingernail clippings/biscuit crumbs etc!!!
Laser is the way to go.bonj said:Campaign for an optical one.
It's like a regular mouse, but it uses a beam of light to slice its cheese...Uncle Phil said:What exactly is a laser mouse?
Yeah, and then you get a tiny wisp of fibre from a fleece or something in the 'eye' of your mouse and get the same symptoms and can't work it out for ages...col said:I got an optical mouse because of just that problem,jerky movements,sometimes it just stopped on screen(the arrow)when a good clean was needed,never looked back,brilliant thing.
Arch said:Yeah, and then you get a tiny wisp of fibre from a fleece or something in the 'eye' of your mouse and get the same symptoms and can't work it out for ages...![]()