# Just checking to say that I am still alive. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073 "2012-11-25T16:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/21 "2012-11-25T21:49:50Z")
**Geoff** - Have you thought about getting a tablet? Smaller and can be accessed from bed, the couch, the bathtub (not the best idea). StG ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/22 "2012-11-25T23:24:03Z")
Hey, I remember you! Glad to know you’re still kickin’. Second the suggestion for a tablet (or laptop) - makes web browsing a lot easier on the back. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/23 "2012-11-25T23:28:43Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Geoff** - Have you thought about getting a tablet? Smaller and can be accessed from bed, the couch, the bathtub (not the best idea).StG Thanks. I do have a Kindle Fire and my wife has the iPad which I hate. I’ve been a commuter phreak ever since 1981, so tablets are not new, and I don’t even like Windows or GUIs, but I have to use them. Playing with all the icons, etc on the iPad ticks me off. Grumble, grumble. The Fire is mostly for reading, but it is much easier to get online and browse, even though smaller. I don’t know why, but I never did go to the Dope on it. I don’t take baths, so I’ll try in while I next take a shower. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/24 "2012-11-26T04:54:26Z")
On Black Friday we followed our cats’ example and did nothing but sleep and eat. I’m with you on the full body transplant. I want my next one to be blonde and leggy. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/25 "2012-11-26T05:11:09Z")
Good to see you’re alive and well! Don’t be a stranger! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/26 "2012-11-26T05:40:49Z")
My dad is 81 and still in pretty good health, and he’s one of the people I most admire. Somehow you remind me of him, which you should take as a great compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/27 "2012-11-26T16:33:37Z")
I curled up on Black Friday and played AC Revelations and Borderlands 2 and watched Aeon Flux. 'Twas a very good day. Spent it with my SO. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/28 "2012-11-26T18:03:19Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > My dad is 81 and still in pretty good health, and he’s one of the people I most admire. Somehow you remind me of him, which you should take as a great compliment. Thanks. And also thanks to all you nice people who Posted. OK this was done on my Kindle Fire. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/29 "2012-11-26T18:23:04Z")
OK, Just to prove something, here is a message from an iPad! From a geezer geek! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/30 "2012-11-26T19:44:34Z")
Way to go, **KlondikeGeoff**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/31 "2012-11-26T19:44:44Z")
Well now that you’re a mobile geezer geek, there’s no excuse to stay away from us. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/32 "2012-11-26T20:24:14Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’m with you. I love internet shopping. I guess the genetic line that lead to a joy of hunting and gathering in my family’s wimmenfolk will die out with my mom, 'cause I sure didn’t get it! > > Glad to hear you’re doing well. Sorry to hear your back is bothersome. Stupid bipedalism. If it weren’t for this awesome opposable thumb we got in the deal, I’d say we shoulda stayed in the trees. But then we probably wouldn’t have internet shopping, so I’d have to go out and hunt and gather. Bah. This, and having **KlondikeGeoff** back made my day slightly less sucky. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073/33 "2012-11-26T20:32:28Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > OK, > > Just to prove something, here is a message from an iPad! > > From a geezer geek! \*\* applause \*\* 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-to-say-that-i-am-still-alive/642073.md?page=1)