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From: Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com>
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Subject: Re: Wa-a-ay OT:  Overlay to make a cable "coiled"
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On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:55:29 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:57:10 -0700, Jim Thompson
><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
>
>>The "cable" is a very long USB cable of a Logitech headset.  I simply
>>want to hang it under my desk without a jumble to catch my feet on.
>>
>>I need the length so I can move around during lengthy Skype calls...
>>now becoming 2-3 a day.
>>
>>The "plastic" was spring-like, and produced the effect like a typical
>>telephone cord does today.
>>
>>An alternate would be something that creates larger coiling something
>>like the hose on my compressor... around 8" coils.
>>		
>>                                        ...Jim Thompson
>
>This is why wireless headsets were invented.  

Batteries :-(  And bad reviews.

>You might consider a
>wireless alternative.  Search for "wireless usb headset".
>
>I have a flat ethernet cable on a spring loaded spool.  The spool is
>in the middle of about 15ft of flat CAT5.  When retracted, both ends
>wrap around the spool until only the connectors stick out.  I also
>have a flat telephone cord with the same type of spring loaded spool.
>Something like this but larger:
><http://www.ebay.com/itm/160895017387>
>Is the Logitech cable round or flat?  Round doesn't work with such
>spools.  Approximately how long?

Round.  6'

>
>Also, try looking through this mess of cable organizer pictures and
>see if anything looks usable:
><https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=cable+organizer+reel>
><https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=cable+organizer+spool>
		
                                        ...Jim Thompson
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