Remember, some mice may have bigger balls than others (and "some are held for charity and some for fancy dress") <grin> and most of the retainers are unique (eunuch?) to the brand they come from. Replacement balls are available from $0.75 ea from http://www.mouseballz.com/ as well as from other places. Mike -----Original Message----- >From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 19, 2010 11:28 AM >To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: serial mice > >See, exactly why I said keep suggesting ideas... WE traditionally do not >like using serial mice as they are a pain in the butt, but we can >castrate them (tee hee hee) and implant them (oh my) into the PS/2 and >make them good again... > >He's hit on a dang good idea there.... > >Richard > >/ Noe if can just get them to reproduce and solve the shortage issue.... > > > >john jones wrote: >> I do know we have an abudance of serial mice somewhere if we can find >> them whats the chances of taking the balls out of them and putting >> them in the standard mice or we can just use the the serial mice who >> cares as long as they work....... >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx> >> *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> *Sent:* Tue, January 19, 2010 3:46:17 AM >> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: Volunteers AND TUESDAY >> >> Actually, some of those ball-less mice were ball-less to begin with, >> they were either in a Misc gaylord that I went through or in a tote, >> and were like that when I found them, so whether they had been >> "castrated" (sorry, had to) before then and that's why they ended up >> there, I don't know. >> >> Phil Goldbach >> >> "Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades." >> >> --- On *Mon, 1/18/10, Richard Zimmerman /<csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: >> >> >> From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Volunteers AND TUESDAY >> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 11:07 PM >> >> If we manage to find our balls, do we have the associated >> retainers to keep them in place... >> >> Oh this is Sooooo full of giggle. <g> >> >> Seriously, they fell out for a reason... Because the mouse ball >> retainers came loose and the balls are lost. Having a bunch of >> mice balls and nothing to hold them into the mice still equal >> useless mice... >> >> Richard >> >> / Oh I'm so having fun with this... >> >> >> >> On 01/18/2010 9:52 PM, chuq jackels wrote: >> > If anyone knows where we can locate some mice balls then we >> would be doing a lot better! I think we have about 30-50 mice >> without balls..??? I do not understand why we have so many >> ball-less mice but we do! I will try to look on ebay and see if by >> chance someone has a bunch of mice balls CHEAP. >> > But I doubt that will be a find! >> > Chuq >> >> >> -- Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit >> Mishawaka, IN >> > ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. To visit the main website for Free Geek Michiana go to http://www.freegeekmichiana.org To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana