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Linda's got a new toy ...
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Linda's got a new toy ... |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap 
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Hehe ... a cute little trackball with cool little lights that change color ... hey, what can I say, Mike and I are magpies when it comes to anything that shines ... *shrug* But the funniest thing about this little gadget was the "propaganda" printed on the back of it -- Mike and I nearly veered off the highway laughing while reading it on the way home from the store: "The Crystal Trackball features an illuminated center globe that gives off a radiant red hue when in use and a green hue when you click the buttons. (Oooh ... aaahhh) This visual special effect (huh?) is a great compliment to the many other features of the Crystal Trackball,like it's user-friendly adaptability for right or left hand (yawn), 3 micro switched buttons with approximately one million cycle lifetime (oh, YAY!), and a tracking speed of 500 mm per second (whoopee!), plus many more (have yet to find the "many more," but I'm still looking ...). Oh yes, the Crystal Trackball saves space as well! In that it is about 4X the size of a normal mouse???) Sigh. I was waiting for the infomercial announcer to jump in with "But wait, there's more!" and say that there's a slicer/dicer/potato peeler that comes with this AMAZING PRODUCT, along with a FREE copy of the "Cabbage for Colon Health" cookbook ... and it ALL can be YOURS for the LOW, LOW price of $19.99 (+5.99 S&H) ... I mean hey, I LIKE the thing, but they really need to hire someone more qualified to run their marketing department ... preferably someone who has actually left their house at least twice in the last 25 years. I know, I know ... picky picky ... but who am I to talk, right? I bought the damn thing! *wink* Linda |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Ah, advertising.  |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
My slogan would be "If you don't buy it.....you will die"  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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PhaerieChild Senior Member
since 1999-08-30
Posts 1787Aloha, Oregon |
Hey!! I know that marketing ploy!!! I bought a handy dandy little "Crystal Trackball" about a year ago, and yes it does do the red and green thing (how utterly cool...yeah right!). I never read the back of the package. Now I see what I missed in the way of a laugh factor!! LOL. The only reason I wanted it was so I wouldn't have to deal with the mousepad anymore. It was a literal 'drag'. It does take up more space, but geez...ain't it cute?!! Rotfl.... How can you save me? When the dark comes right in and takes me, from my front walk and into bed, where it kisses my face and eats my head. Shivaree |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I bet ya the slicer and dicer has an add about the trackball  "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You'd think with the name 'Crystal' they would put all kinds of wizardly things on the package. It probably didn't tell you that it would cause 'hand and ball' disease did it??? |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Guaranteed not to rust, bust, crust, or rattle at the seams...  |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Oh, Are they gonna throw in a bonus piece if you buy it at a certain time? "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww trackballs are evil. Though this thread makes me feel a little more sane: I'm not the only person who reads aloud blurbs on packaging for humor's sake. Heh. And Infomercials are GREAT fun... hehehehe... "I made 15,000 dollars last week! And I didn't even graduate High School !" God Bless America! [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Cor (edited 03-02-2001).] |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
I think you have it wrong, Beth ... People who don't like trackballs are evil ... *stroking trackball fondly*  Linda |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I love those things........but not as much as I love my guitar tuner........which isn't much..... I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Christopher
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-02
Posts 8296Purgatorial Incarceration |
WHOA! What do you do with YOUR trackball, Linda!?!  |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
*smirks* Okay, just got an image of Linda as Blowfeld... |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
C, what I do with my trackball in the privacy of my own home is MY business, thankyouverymuch! Beth: Who's Feld? [This message has been edited by Skyfyre (edited 03-02-2001).] |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
Funny, he doesn't seem to remember you either(must have been a Kamikaze night) |
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