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Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls
Date	2026-05-11 17:03 +0000
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On Mon, 11 May 2026 11:41:30 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2026-05-10 23:49, Mike Spencer wrote:
>> "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:
>> 
>>> On 2026-05-10 15:12, Borax Man wrote:
>>>> I meant that ring of dust that accumulated inside the mouse, on the
>>>> small wheels that moved against the mouse ball.
>>>
>>> In the mice I cleaned, that ring seemed glued to the wheels, was hard
>>> to remove.
>> 
>> Yes. 10x disecting binocular microscope, dental instruments, pointy
>> forceps.  Straightforward but tedious nevertheless.
>> 
>> 
> Oh, I wish I had those tools. It was my nails, or a jeweller screwdriver
> or two.

I used an Xacto knife with the pointy blade. The farm supply used to have 
a bucket of dental tools at the checkout for $1 apiece, and I'd pick up a 
few. They are handy.

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  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-04-03 07:22 +0000
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            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-13 21:55 +0200
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-13 23:17 +0000
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-15 03:38 +0000
            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-10 13:12 +0000
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-10 20:25 +0200
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 22:42 +0000
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-11 11:46 +0200
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-11 11:41 +0200
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-11 17:03 +0000
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    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-05 20:24 +0200
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    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-04-04 17:44 +0000
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  Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-04-17 14:19 +0300
    Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-17 22:39 +0000
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        Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-04-21 14:14 +0000
          Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-04-22 02:40 +0000
            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-04-22 03:54 -0300
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-22 23:14 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2026-04-23 17:40 -0300
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-23 21:36 +0000
            Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-22 13:48 +0000
              Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-04-22 17:18 +0100
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:12 +0200
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-04-22 13:19 -0400
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:07 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 23:19 +0200
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                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls SpallsHurgenson(NG) <user14325@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:02 +0000
                Re: I Can Remember When Mice Had Balls Jonathan Lamothe <jonathan@jlamothe.net> - 2026-04-22 19:13 -0400
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