I was perusing some items in a Target store one day, when I thought I would see if they carried in their inventory a mouse pad. I found in their mice and keyboards section a simple mouse pad. You see I am a real world computer technician, that earns a living assisting end users with computer and technology related problems.
I am not one of those condescending Youtube technology shills, that talk more about politics, then helping people learn and or fix their information technology problems. I found a Handstands basic mouse pad for $2.99. This mouse pad is not very thick.
If you are looking for a boom a rang that also can be used as a mouse pad, this one probably is not the right choice. Anyways, this mouse pad was all I needed. I work on a third party website where I need to have more precise mouse movements.
I have not purchased a mouse pad in decades. No joke. However, I have to be able to point and click my mouse more precisely.
Optical mice are usually pretty accurate on flat surfaces. For example granite, wood, kitchen counters, tables, etc. I was pleasantly surprised to find this Handstands Basic Mouse Pad at Target of all stores.
Also, the price at $2.99 is appropriate, at least according to my wallet standards. This mouse pad is a petroleum based product. It is large enough for a Logitech gaming mouse I have.
I could not find this mouse pad on Handstands’ official website. Also, I could not find it listed on Target.com, even though I was looking in this same Target for a different product months later, and saw the same mouse pad in their inventory. Interestingly enough I found this Handstands basic mouse pad at Microcenter.com, for the exact same fucking price, $2.99.
If you just need a basic mouse pad because you are traveling, staying in a hotel, or in a recreational vehicle, then this Handstands basic mouse pad might work for you. This mouse pad is not very thick. Way less then an inch thick.
However, I have used it for months now, and it gets my job done, pun intended.
Handstands Basic Mouse Pad – Video Transcript
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so very quickly this is a quick video
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about a mouse pad that i purchased at
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target i don’t know why the i came
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back to youtube
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and i’m making videos again i guess i’m
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still mentally ill
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as a computer technician that gets
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yelled at and threatened at and those
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are then that’s true
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don’t ever go into this kind of
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you know career i wouldn’t call this a
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career
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if you’re a computer if you’re thinking
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about entering the information
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technology sector
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do not become help desk do not become
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death side do not become
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like you know trouble troubleshooting
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or any any kind of support where you
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deal with customers because you get all
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kinds of
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abuse anyways so quickly this is the
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mouse pad
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so i just needed a basic mousepad
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because my job duties require it i stay
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in hotels and like right now
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the mouse is just fine on this cap this
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cabinet
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with drawers any wood surface or
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any kind of a counter in a kitchen
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that’s made out of
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whatever it’s made out of whether it’s
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you know wood or synthetic or even
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maybe concrete type or whatever
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sometimes mice just don’t work as well
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just
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without a mouse pad now if i
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most of my time that i use a computer i
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don’t need a mouse pad but
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not getting into details i have to be
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more precise
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so quickly so here’s the mouse it’s very
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thin i don’t know if you can tell
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from here i’ll move it up closer to the
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camera but i
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i only paid 9.99 excuse me 9.99 299
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and i’ll show you the website well i’ll
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show you
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a web page
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of the mouse for a micro center so
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quickly let me show you on camera how
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thin it is
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okay so hopefully you can tell it’s not
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an inch it’s not
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it’s nothing close to two inches or
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even an inch it’s probably
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wow 1 16 of an inch 1 8 whatever it’s
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very thin
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but if you just need a basic mouse pad
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or what’s known as what i do with the
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they call it a mouse mat so here’s the
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original cardboard that came with
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i like to keep the original packaging i
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don’t make unboxing videos i just make
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videos after the fact and i tell you
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my experiences about these products that
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i buy
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so this is a universal works with all
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mice mouse matte trademark
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basic it says it’s a basic mouse hand
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stands plural is the brand on the back
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it says mouse mat
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basic simple basica
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basic mouse mat which is a trademark
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i don’t know why the they
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trademarked that i don’t know works with
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all mice non-slip rubber base so it is
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made out of petroleum product rubber so
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that’s good
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so if you’re at a hotel or a motel or a
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recreational vehicle or
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you’re somewhere where you need a mount
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at starbucks
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coffee shop mall wherever
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you know what i’m saying getting beat
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down by the gestapo i mean or you’re
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at the united states capitol building
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and you’re trying to take over the
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capitol building and start a revolution
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and you need a mouse pad you know what
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i’m saying
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then this is what you might want it’s
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if you’re looking for a two inch or
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three inch or a very thick mouse pad
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no but but it is quite large actually i
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don’t know if you can tell
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it’s larger than most mice or mouse pads
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that
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you you know you can get at a store most
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of them are smaller
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but anyways at least when i go
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look at computer store anywhere i’m at i
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look at
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computer equipment i’m like yeah it’s
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like you ever notice that they sell you
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the small
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wireless mice even though they they have
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big ones but
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they’re hard to find or i don’t know
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maybe i don’t whatever maybe it’s just
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me
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okay anything else let me show you the
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if you’re interested
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in buying it what you can look for
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okay so this is what oh i think it did
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have some
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cheap plastic well some thin plastic
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wrapping around
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and then there’s a little sticky on the
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cardboard and it was sticking on that so
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there it is so yeah so that way all
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right and so here’s my mouse all right
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so let’s quickly
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rapido quickly is not where i bought it
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i bought it at target
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i was just i i needed a mouse is what i
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was looking for a mouse
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at a target and a local target and i was
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like you know what i could use a mouse
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pad and they actually had
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one it was the only one it was like in
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the keyboard section
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there were no mice around over there or
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i don’t know it was like the keyboards
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and
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my section but
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i think the mice and the keyboards
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weren’t even in the same aisle
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whatever just go to target go you could
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go to the electronics section where the
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televisions
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and the computers and the playstations
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and that crap
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wherever you know their electronic
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section and maybe look for the mouse or
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the
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keyboard aisle and i found it
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in like a bottom shelf by it just
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sitting there
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i was like holy that’s exactly what
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i need i just needed a
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basic mouse pad and it was only 2.99
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now this is it micro center they charge
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the same and then
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quickly quickly so it’s just a hand
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stand brand basic mouse pad 2.99
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and check out their this is exactly what
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why i needed it this mouse pad is
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constructed of long-lasting polyester
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i’ve had it for what
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i don’t know three four months now and
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non-skid
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natural rubber so it is petroleum-based
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it improves mouse tracking and
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responsiveness
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that’s exactly what i needed i don’t
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want to go into details but on this
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website where i earn supplemental income
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helping people with their computer and
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technology problems and then i get
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yelled at
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and threatened with lawsuits and that’s
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not a joke that that’s all true
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i get yelled at i get cussed at like the
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other day somebody threw that two people
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i think on the same day they threatened
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to
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sue me because i didn’t respond fast
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enough and i’m not making that up
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americans are just they drive me insane
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americans give me the most trouble
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anyways
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in order for me to perform my job duties
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i have to be quick
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it’s not that as easy as you think it’s
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not like i there’s a list of
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computer problems that i i can just
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browse through and i can just click on
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it
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on one and take my time no they all
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flood in at the same time
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so if there’s like a thousand new
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requests for help
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they all come in in the same queue at
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the same time
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and there’s enough coverage there’s
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enough technicians that you
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literally have to click quick let me
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i’ll give you that much
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that that’ll be a hint you can’t just
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take your own time all right so anyways
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tracking and responsiveness so the mouse
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pad is good enough for that
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okay so that’s it that’s my video and
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this is over time now you primarily left
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but so if you need a just a basic mouse
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pad
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now they i did not buy it at micro
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center but it looks they
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they sell at microsoft i don’t know if
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they sell that same brand at walmart but
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you could
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you might want to check walmart when i
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tried to look it up i wanted to show you
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the advertisement
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on target.com but they don’t even show
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it listed anymore i don’t even know if
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they sell them anymore
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but they did they did sell another
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handstand brand mouse pad
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i think it was thicker it was smaller
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and it had a wrist guard it had a wrist
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pad
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so and it was what 4.99 now this one is
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is
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is good quality i’ve had it for months
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and months now
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and it doesn’t it it gets a little bit
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dingy i need to clean it
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with water once in a while but i don’t
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think it’s gonna like
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you know shred apart it’s good i think
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it’s gonna last for a long time
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you know what i’m saying but it’s only
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three dollars but so quickly this is
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overtime
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i i may or i may not ever make
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technology well
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troubleshooting tips videos because i do
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this for a living every day and quite
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frankly i get sick and tired of
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dealing with computer problems
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and i get sick and tired of people in
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their attitudes
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they’re angry americans
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are fueled by their emotions and they
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refuse to
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use logic let me say that again
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americans are
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fueled by emotion
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and they refuse to use logic and you
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might be able to argue that they
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are fueled by emotion because they
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refuse to use logic
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instead of becoming emotional and
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becoming a metrosexual little
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relax and use logic
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you try to use your brain
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okay so in the future i plan on
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recording a video about an onn hdmi
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cable
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that i got for what seven dollars i
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bought
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a western digital easy store usb 3.0
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flash drive 32 gigabyte 32 gigabyte for
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six dollars
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a western digital and it works good oh
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those on and usb flash drives are not
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very good i don’t recommend them anymore
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but whatever that was
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i might talk about that in that future
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video another future video
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i bought in in a max usb
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wi-fi that i gained a lot
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stronger signal and i’m able to see i
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would say
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anywhere from five to ten more
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five to ten times more wi-fi signals
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so instead of receiving five i might be
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able to get 20 30 or 40
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and especially if i you know put my
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computer up by a window
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all right so that’s the future that’s
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just the packaging that i’m just
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throwing on the floor
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and then another future video i bought a
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logitech mouse it’s a gaming mouse but i
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needed a better one
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and online these are advertised for
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about five times as much i that i pay
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for i bought
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this at a target on clearance and i’ll
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tell you about that
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i may or may not make you know
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troubleshooting videos helping you with
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your computer problems giving you tips
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and
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tricks and instructions i don’t know i
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may or may not maybe once a week maybe
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once a month maybe never
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adios oh you can click on the link in
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the description box below that will take
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you to my blog post on my website
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ainitcompares.com where i will write a
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blog post
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and i will include a link to the micro
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center
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webpage for this mouse pad in case
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you’re interested
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and it may help you try to find it if
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you know if you’re looking just for a
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cheap basic mouse pad
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adios