Point being, Denmark has an ever better argument than that.

Post #443,709 by CRConrad 12/1/23 7:03:51 PM 12/1/23 7:03:51 PM Reply	Point being, Denmark has an ever better argument than that. Sure, most people in Denmark do their own dust sucking[]... But so, I'm fairly sure, do most Americans -- they don't all live like McArdle. (Like, for instance, does she think the people who do hers have someone else to do theirs* for them?!?) And, heck, there are even some people in Denmarkistan who do have others vacuum for them. Just like in the People's Republic of Britain, and even the Swedish and Finnish SSRs. So even the point where she presumes America to be superior is just plain bullshit. --- []: Though sadly perhaps not all with an Electrolux, or even a Nilfisk, any more. -- Christian R. Conrad* The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,713 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/23 1:44:18 AM 12/2/23 1:44:18 AM Reply	"Nothing sucks like Electrolux" Legendary failed advertising by Electrolux in USA - I have no idea whatever whether this actually happened or if it's just a legend - but it's one of those things that should have happened even if it didn't.
Post #443,715 by scoenye 12/2/23 2:46:48 PM 12/2/23 2:46:48 PM Reply	Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrQqnRhmZ0 If nothing else, it does seem they used the tag line in the UK market.
Post #443,717 by drook 12/2/23 8:44:55 PM 12/2/23 8:44:55 PM Reply	Remember when Microsoft tried to make a mouse? Review at the time: Microsoft won't make anything that doesn't suck until they make a vacuum cleaner. -- Drew
Post #443,723 by pwhysall 12/4/23 1:03:18 PM 12/4/23 1:03:18 PM Reply	They made the Intellimouse Explorer, which at the time was the GOAT mouse.
Post #443,725 by drook 12/4/23 3:24:52 PM 12/4/23 3:24:52 PM Reply	"I got bettah" -- Drew
Post #443,726 by pwhysall 12/4/23 3:40:19 PM 12/4/23 3:40:19 PM Reply	TBH they’ve never made a bad mouse They’ve made a lot of very boring business mice, but their mice have always been at least usable. Apple, OTOH... ...yeah. That.
Post #443,728 by crazy 12/4/23 3:52:56 PM 12/4/23 3:52:56 PM Reply	While I agree that was actually good hardware The best possible mouse wasn't a mouse. It was the Kensington expert mouse trackball. That thing is incredible. It's like the old centipede trackball. Rock solid. I could twitch my thumb to have a slight press and make it fly across the screen and then catch it with my pinky while simultaneously clicking with my thumb as it traveled over the icon I wanted. Then I'd flick my pinky back and drop it exactly where it needed to be. Years of mouse usage destroyed my ulnar tunnel. It's kind of like carpal tunnel but a different pathway. I could not use a mouse and found out that many people who use mouse hardware end up like me. But after 2 weeks of using the trackball, my arm stopped hurting and my productivity multiplied immensely. I strongly suggest that all people try the Kensington expert mouse if they currently use a mouse.
Post #443,733 by drook 12/4/23 11:33:14 PM 12/4/23 11:33:14 PM Reply	If I were a hardware guy ... I've always wanted to find a control panel for a scrapped Missile Command arcade game and turn it into a computer trackball. -- Drew
Post #443,735 by pwhysall 12/5/23 2:00:23 AM 12/5/23 2:00:23 AM Reply	At the risk of derailing CRC’s thread... ...actually I’ll make a fresh one.

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