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Old July 15th 08, 04:28 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Pat[_2_]
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Default Pat - sadly, I must give up Super Collapse :(


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| Well, I got totally into it, and even though I wasn't playing for hours
| on end (maybe 2-3 games per day, at 10-15 mins per game), I am well on
| my way to developing an RSI from all that clicking. Today I'm icing my
| arm and doing mouse operations with the other hand, because a tendon in
| my forearm is hurting.
|
| I need my hands for my job. (It would be nice to have them for other
| things, too.) So I can't risk getting a permanent injury. I really have
| to stop playing. Bubbels doesn't give me that kind of trouble because
| I can play it as slowly as I like. It's all the furious mouse-clicking
| that got me.
|
| Damn, and I never finished level 9, either!

What sort of mouse have you been using? Mine is optical (Micro brand, about
$10 from Walmart) and I haven't had any problems with my hand, wrist or arm
using it - although my index finger gets tired sometimes!