SquirrelWithATophat
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Jan 18, 2025 2:32 AM
SquirrelWithATophat
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SLCtechie
It was a pain, but it was made better by having a tasty treat to eat with the week old ball.
onetimepost9
hushpuppyextraordinaire
Pepperidge Farm remembers
brandsilven
I still go to NewEgg for computer parts, even though their hard boiled eggs are no longer needed for our computer mice.
halkeye
fresh? no no, fresh too soft. Maybe fine for regular people, but us l33t hax0rs need the right hardness.
Affray
My school glued that shut because students kept taking the ball out. So none of them worked after a while because they can't be cleaned.
mmontour
Mouse balls are now available as FRU. Therefore, if a mouse fails to operate or should it perform erratically, it may need a ball replacement. [...] https://www.neystadt.org/john/humor/IBM-Mouse-Balls.htm
Tygerion
" Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by properly trained personnel." ... Seriously? You remove the ball cover, take the old ball out (if there is one), optionally clean the gunk off the rollers with tweezers (those things got nasty, which could cause issues), stick the new ball in the socket, and replace the cover. It wasn't exactly rocket surgery...
SlayerOfGoat
That was a lot easier to deal with than collecting the boba from small rodents for your milk tea.
PeaceOnEarthGoodPornToAll
My family had a large amount of money when I was growing up, we used it to buy Lance Armstrong’s testicle. I used that as a mouse ball for 4 years.
Atridentata
i believe you.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Did you get LiveStrong wrist band as well? Useful for holding a couple of 3.5" floppies together
PeaceOnEarthGoodPornToAll
Yes! Kept my MS DOS 5 disks in one.
What3Birds
And all along, that ball was, in fact, Gary Oldman.
FellAsleepInSchool
No no no...it was John Malkovich
Lovethesmelloftoastedsourdoughbread
That's how good an actor he is.
SquirrelWithATophat
At first I read that as "Stretch Armstrong" for some reason and became concerned about what kind of toy store you went to as a kid.
PeaceOnEarthGoodPornToAll
Sears! They sold Stretch Armstrong and Stretch Ballslong.
GravyEducation
Testes R Us
zaqx
Why doesn’t this have more upvotes?
UsernameDoesNotCheckOutAtAll
I did my part
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
Nice.
Atridentata
FireSolvesProblems
Before I say anything, phrasing those balls were fun & occasionally bouncy. But it hurt if you used them too much.
stonecoldstevebuschemi
Straight up, f**k you
nizbit
The gunk on the rollers did a good enough job.
Targe0
I still have an old school one that's got a serial lug kicking around. And I also have a USB powered one, It's very slow to respond.
Superchief86
People used to steal them from school to use as ammo in pipe guns. You get some pvc pipe, cut the finger off a rubber glove, tape it over the end of the pipe, and pop the mouse ball in the other end. Grab the ball through the finger and stretch back. Release to launch. It's not devastating. But as a bit of juvenile mischief they were good fun.
PandaWaffleking
Dint open the image and wasn't sure if I was seeing an egotistical yoke hard boiled or a mouse. Pleasantly it was both. Hard boiled eggs sound good.
hsalonen3000
I just cleaned my old ball. You rich people, you.
Atridentata
wait, you are for real still using a ball mouse? i forget what the old mouse connector even looked like pre usb.. was it the blue one?