Mouse Attack
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An odd thing happened to me late yesterday afternoon. My cordless mouse started heating up in my hand. At first I thought it was me then it got very unusually warm. I probably would have turned off a larger electrical appliance at this point but hey, it's only 2 AA batteries so I didn't feel overly threatened plus I was still not 100% sure I wasn't imagining it.
Eventually, the mouse quit. I popped open the battery cover and my hand became covered in white alkaline, carbon-zinc stuff or whatever it was. I'm assuming the heat was from the goop being plentiful enough and conductive enough that it shorted something out.
Being more curious than smart, I cleaned it out and put in new batteries. It's working fine today. Just glad it wasn't my car battery.
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Sounds like the aliens locked onto Spock's Tricorder - Murph's Mouse?
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Were they rechargable alkalines? I made the mistake of getting a bunch of them a few years ago (two different brands) and had leaks in about 20% of them. I always used the correct Rechargable Alkaline charger, and just determined they were simply a crappy product. My NiMH 2500MAh and regular alkalines are now the staple of what I use.
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That's Awesome!!! Love it, Tom. My 17 yr old walked by as I was scrolling down and heard me laugh... "Dad, I'm worried about you..."
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I've never actually seen a photographic documentation of cross-species mating. I wonder, though, about the psychological consequences to the offspring.
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Cross species?
You're talking about wired and wireless, right?
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Were they rechargable alkalines? I made the mistake of getting a bunch of them a few years ago (two different brands) and had leaks in about 20% of them. I always used the correct Rechargable Alkaline charger, and just determined they were simply a crappy product. My NiMH 2500MAh and regular alkalines are now the staple of what I use. Nope, they were not rechargeable. The mouse is still working fine today so at least I know it was just a bad battery. I tried to find a pic of a fuzzy mouse warmer I saw once that looked a lot like it might be the offspring of the pic above. Couldn't find it.
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