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 Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/20/05 07:52 
dorayme wrote: 
>> From: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> 
 
>>> All this left and right clicking, scrolling and stuff! On my machines, the 
>>> functions for right click are (settable) temporal controls: holding the 
>>> mouse down a few parts of a sec will trigger a close contextual menu and you 
>>> have it all done before you release the one button. 
 
>> Yeah, I used to have a slow mouse, too.  ;) 
 
> Texan farmer on a visit to Israel: "So, how big is your farm Mr Goldberg?" 
> "Well, see that cow over there, that's the East boundary, that shed over to 
> your right about 300 yards, that's the North edge...". "Why hell!" says the 
> Texan, "I can drive all day long back on my farm in Texas and still not 
> reach my boundaries!" And the reply was "Ah yes... I had a car like that 
> once already!" 
 
Ayup.  Having heard jokes on that theme for the last 50 or so years, I'm 
thinking that my comment was shaped by them, if not consciously.  :) 
 
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