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From: rico@oscvax.UUCP (Rico Mariani)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Running laps with your mouse (ie. tired mice)
Message-ID: <384@oscvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 12:58:30 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 12:58:30 1985
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Reply-To: rico@oscvax.UUCP (Rico Mariani)
Organization: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <3662@dartvax.UUCP> waltervj@dartvax.UUCP (walter jeffries) writes:
>(EDITED)
>An even cheaper and possibly better mouse pad is the material used to cover 
>drafting boards. I bought it at a local art supply store.
>Unfortunately I can't give you a fancy name for it as the sales clerk didn't
>even know what it was called!  It is rubbery, smooth, firm, green on one side,
>white on the other, and about a 1/16th of an inch thick.
>Now I have an excellent writing surface as well as a safe place for my
>mouse to run around...  (They claim it is also self-healing, what ever
>they mean by that.)

That stuff seems like a good choice for a mouse pad.  It is very good
for writing on so you can cover your desk with it, it cleans pretty well,
and the surface would provide plenty of friction for even a smooth mouse
ball.  I don't know what it's called either, but by self-healing they
mean that if you stick a compass point in it (like a draftsman would,
not like you're trying to murder your desk :-) ) the hole that you
make will close up when you remove the compass (or whatever), you
may see a small mark if the hole was a big one but in any case the
surface will be smooth.  I've never done anything that left a 
"pothole" in that green-stuff.


Sorry that was a little unappropriate, but I couldn't resist...

Maybe we should start a new newsgroup net.drafting.green-stuff.uses?
         -Rico

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