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I am now the proud owner of a broken right wrist courtesy of my bloody four legged mate who refused a jump at the weekend and sent me over her head, problem now is I am having trouble manouvering the mouse as the cast gets in the way. Any ideas as to how to overcome this?
Having trouble with power tools too and not game to touch the router.
now is a good time to train left hand http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/cool.gif
Get a chainsaw, and gently carve a mould in the underside of the cast that will neatly fit the mouse. Make sure you have enough access for your fingies to get to the buttons! Of course if you own a cordless mouse, then you could infact glue the bugger there. HTH! http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/wink.gif
Hope your not held up too long mate! Its one thing being unable to operate the putor, but it just ain't right when ya can't use ya tool. I meant power tools! http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/wink.gif
Cheers!
Hi Iain
Sorry to hear about your wrist.
What you could do is setup the mouse for a left handed person. In this way the right mouse button becomes the equvelent to the left mouse button and visa versa.
Get well soon
regards
Gino
First step: beat bloody horse to death using cast as weapon http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/biggrin.gif
Second step: do as Gino suggested and use left handed.
Third step: teach wife to use power tools and then you can supervise.
Get better soon.
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Ian () Robertson
"We do good turns every day"
Commisserations in regards to your woes Iain,yep it sounds like your non-dominant right lobe is gonna be doin' extra work in givin' the ol' left hand a try out from now on.
Hope you're not out of action for too long, and am back at that there scrollsaw in quick time.
Is the warranty on the horse now in question and your hayburner mate now fated to fill dog-food cans?
Time I guess for reflection on all things!
Cheers http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif
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Johnno
Looks like I will have to move to the left but space is the problem, I will try to overcome this, horse is safe and will not be designated to the PAL factory. Bloody thing went through all the motions of a jump and even started the jump then stopped, I was off the saddle and leaning forward then she changed her mind. They often refuse but rarely at this late stage. Wife around the power tools, if she does she will be in the PAL. Scrollsaw is not going to be a problem it is only something that requires a firm hand to hold steady as I have no strength in my DOMINANT right hand.
At the moment I would give my left hand to be ambidexterous.
The other thing I thought of was investing in a trackball if they are any good.
Thanks for the responses and wishes.
(Wish I had my hand back and I spend most of the day on my computer or laptop)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Iain:
At the moment I would give my left hand to be ambidexterous.
That made me laugh!
Bad luck about the wrist mate.
Cheers
Rod
Bad luck Iain. It's already been said above!
Looking back (a bloody long way ) most of the major accidents in our familys life have been attributable to horses:-dislocated shoulder, broken arms and wrists, blackened toenails etc. etc.
But still we persist with the animals.
I damaged my right hand a couple of years ago and managed to train my left to be quite useful for many tasks,one or two very personal,also to operate a mouse. So, keep trying & get well soon.
Regards, John H.
G`day mate
After bieng stept on,kicked,bitten and sent broke at the TAB the best thing to do with the hayburner is to put it in the nehbours paddock and let him look after the thing!
Seriously though a trackball should be yousefull but if you get one get one of the better ones($150+). The cheap ones are more trouble than they are worth.If you do get one be careful not to use it to much, with the restricted use of your wrist you could run the risk of the dreaded RSI and that would really put a cramp one power tool use but good.
cooky
Sell the bloody horse and buy a good track ball. You'll never use a mouse again. And the nag won't kick, buck, bite or refuse again, either.
Makes me laugh. What the hell were you thinking of, jumping a (w)horse at your time in life and size. No wonder the buggar refused. I would have jacked up too.
Cheers - Neil http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif
Hope it don't hurt too much.
[This message has been edited by ubeaut (edited 31 July 2001).]
Neil, I wasn't jumping hores, I can't afford it! And, use your spell check, you missed the W
Sorry to hear about the hand.
1./ You can change your mouse config to be left-handed under control panel.
2./ Check out track-ball devices at your local computer shop. These give your thumb a good work out.
These are the best (cheapest) options.
Hope it helps.
Dave (B.Sc Grad Dip Comp Sc. Certified Netware Engineer. 25 Years Comp experience etc and etc and any ideas where I can get a mobile saw miller (not my area of expertise))
i dunno, those sweat shop workers are pretty cheap too .. you could utilise one of those until your wrist was operational again http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/rolleyes.gif
Have solved the problem without any expense, a rarity for me. I have simply put a small cushion on the pull out work area at the edge of my desk which now suspends my cast and hand above the mouse mat. Require a little more dexterity with the digits as the wrist is immobilised but success is mine.
Only problem is that it is not painful and I forget about the wrist until I open a door or whatever. Any lifting motion is a sudden painful reminder of what happened.
Thanks for your assistance and Neil for reminding me that I am almost as old as him http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/smile.gif .
I'm probably a little late on the scene but if you have a cast similar to what I've had twice. Couldn't be happy with breaking it once, had to do it twice to make as I was sure that I couldn't fall off my Downhill MTB twice. But the solution I came up with was to have another smaller table or something like that lower than the main computer table by about 6" to 12" and then had a pillow under my elbow and cast to hold it at about 30 to 45 degrees which then allowed me to wiggle the mouse around with moi fingertips and do the clicking. And single finger typing with the left. This way the cast didn't drag or compromise the mouse movement. But anyway, hope you heal quickly and drink your milk, boy! Lots of calcium...........
Thanks Graig but I am out of the cast now, albeit the damn thing is still sore when I use it for repetive motions for too long (?????).
Its more like a toothache and I am treating it with a very healthy respect, I still cannot lift anything over about 5kg without a remuinder of what I did. Seems silly but I can push OK. OPening the car door is new experience in pain.
Hopefully all is healing well.
You'll go blind Iain!
Cheers
Rod
Aaaaah, another one who knows not his father http://ubb.ubeaut.com.au/ubb/biggrin.gif