Messages problem

[Jim Hurley]

I need help with flushing messages, at least I think it is a messages problem.

In the handler below "checkMouse" repeatedly does "some stuff", and, 
if the mouse was clicked ("if the mouse is down"), it does "something 
else as well".

The problem is that the something else often happens more than once, 
I assume because there is a "checkMouse" message hanging around.

Is there a better way to prevent the repetition of the "something 
else" than waiting 5 ticks?

on checkMouse
   (do some stuff) --Puts the mouseLoc into a field.
   if the mouse is down then
    (do something else as well) -- Places a marker at the mouseLoc.
     wait 5 ticks --I am using this line to keep ""something else" 
from happening more than once.
   end if
   send "checkMouse" to me  in  10 millisec
   --This loop is halted with a "mouseDoubleDown" in the card script.
end checkMouse


Jim