# The final Skald the Rhymer thread...until the next one \[updates\]. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594 "2016-08-02T23:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/201 "2016-08-12T22:07:45Z")
Welcome back! The SDMB ain’t the same without you. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/202 "2016-08-12T22:19:21Z")
Ddamn! Welcome back, **Skald**! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/203 "2016-08-13T02:57:33Z")
How do we know you aren’t one of the clones, freshly escaped and ready to conquer the world? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/204 "2016-08-13T04:02:20Z")
I’m late to the pity party – no, no, the pity is for us who have so enjoyed your presence here and hate to lose you! You **Skald** seem to have your head squarely on your shoulders. I wish you the best with your medical issues, and fully understand and support your desire to concentrate on family. But if it diverts you, or entertains you, I hope you’ll grace us here with an occasional post. Or maybe even a new hypothetical! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/205 "2016-08-13T04:15:14Z")
Great news. Damn. Now we’re going to have to buy back all of his stuff we auctioned off. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/206 "2016-08-13T04:35:15Z")
Hi Skald! We love you! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/207 "2016-08-13T04:42:22Z")
I should have suspected! Typical supervillain sympathy ploy! Glad you’re not dead. I wish you luck getting blood flow back to your miserable eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/208 "2016-08-13T06:49:39Z")
Welcome back to you, Skald, and [your special eyes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fRuoMIfpw) 😃 Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and here’s hoping your future procedures/surgeries are as successful as this one. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/209 "2016-08-13T12:55:07Z")
I won’t use a large font, as I assume you are already magnifying the screen. But have you checked out any large print books? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen some with fonts 250% or more of normal print. Even if you can only get a couple, I thought it might help. [Here’s a website that will print large-print books on demand.](http://www.readhowyouwant.com/) Unfortunately, the authors are limited. There is a [large-print Hobbit book](https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Back-Again-Large/dp/B003G3LOXK) on Amazon, but I’m not sure it’s large enough. But do note that they take care to use better fonts. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/210 "2016-08-13T13:03:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I won’t use a large font, as I assume you are already magnifying the screen. > > But have you checked out any large print books? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen some with fonts 250% or more of normal print. Even if you can only get a couple, I thought it might help. > [Here’s a website that will print large-print books on demand.](http://www.readhowyouwant.com/) Unfortunately, the authors are limited. > > There is a [large-print Hobbit book](https://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Back-Again-Large/dp/B003G3LOXK) on Amazon, but I’m not sure it’s large enough. But do note that they take care to use better fonts. My stepdaughter bought me new copies of LotR in large print. But a lot of my favorites are out of print even in regular sze editions and may never have been in large print editions. The font sie FACE…BLANK left was just about perfect ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/211 "2016-08-13T13:07:19Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > My stepdaughter bought me new copies of LotR in large print. But a lot of my favorites are out of print even in regular sze editions and may never have been in large print editions. > > The font sie FACE…BLANK left was just about perfect Have you looked at e-readers? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/212 "2016-08-13T13:12:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Have you looked at e-readers? I have already begun to migrade to e-readers. I just prefer the tactile experience of books. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/213 "2016-08-13T13:18:58Z")
Hi, Skald. Glad you’re not dead. I like physical books, better, too, but I do all my reading on my Paperwhite these days because I have crap eyesight and I can crank up the font. The e-Ink readers like the Paperwhite, Voyage and Kobo are all superior to the tablets, for reading, because the e-Ink is easier on the eyes. Once you get used to it, I think you’ll find that the e-ink readers have charms of their own. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/214 "2016-08-13T21:35:07Z")
Not dying is always a great way to roll into a weekend! Glad you’ve managed to get over 1 set of hurdles and feel better about kicking over other ones. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/215 "2016-08-30T22:39:47Z")
I managed to miss this - not sure how. Best wishes to you and your family, **Skald**. I will miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/216 "2016-09-04T02:32:09Z")
_Mea culpa_ - I just heard about this thread from another Doper. Thank you, **Skald** , for all you have added to the Dope and to my enjoyment of it in recent years. Whether it was a bizarre (but invariably interesting) hypothetical, or an apt observation about Tolkien, or just a silly gag, I was always glad to see your username and whatever might follow it. Take care, be well, and if things go better than you expected and you’re able to return to the Dope after all, I assure you that no one will be happier than me. All the best to my fellow Doper, my friend, my companion, my **Skald**. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/217 "2016-09-04T14:27:30Z")
Mazel tov on not being dead. I will hope for work-arounds and medical advances for reading and posting. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/218 "2016-09-04T14:32:54Z")
My friend, I am so pleased you are not dead. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/219 "2016-09-04T21:48:02Z")
Shame we still don’t have cyborg eyes available. Glad the surgery went well. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594/220 "2016-09-05T01:04:12Z")
Much the same here - glad the surgery went well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-skald-the-rhymer-thread-until-the-next-one-updates/761594.md?page=12)