Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 07, 2009

21st century to Val Stone … 21st century to Val Stone … come in, Val Stone …

I love going through old letters and postcards. It’s a shame they’re going the way of the telegraph. Oh, and I’m under 40.

I have a friend that still sends postcards. I love it!!!

EBay has people who sell old postcards…some of them are lovely. But, today is today….glad for the pictures and to know Mom is OK.

People still buy postcards, or they wouldn’t be selling them at the mall.

OOOOooo - - malaria

OOOOooo - - malaria

Val should be on “Spacebook” if for no other reason than to know what her children are doing. It’s pretty sad to see technologically advanced children with parents who are not. That is just asking for trouble. Val should be able to read/send texts so she can check up on what her kids are reading/sending and she should be able to log into social networking sites for the same reason.

Hey! I thought this strip used the real names of the social networking sites and YouTube?

For those who love facebook, may I offer 15 reasons to quit facebook: http://www.switched.com/2009/04/16/15-reasons-to-quit-facebook/

I never started facebook I wouldn’t know anyone. And its cold here in Kansas.

I thought she was going to tweet?

Recently a friend returned from overseas (a 3 hour plane trip away). Her postcard turned up 3 weeks after she got back. So much for postcards!

surely you jest, @werew0lfe. I just did click thru all 15 individual pages. I haven’t yet got involved in facebook, but just reading those pages showed me how utterly TRIVIAL all this is.

On the other hand, some technology or other (I didn’t notice which) allowed me to see my grand-nephew (my nephew’s son) on the computer, live and moving around, in real-time. Since I don’t expect to be able to do that for a very long time, if ever (he’s in Beijing), I did appreciate that feature. (He’s 2 or 3 years old, and I have only ever seen photos of him.)

It wouldn’t hurt to humor Val a little and print some of those photos out…assuming you can do this? semiliterate harebell

Don’t have time for Facebook.

Too busy reading comics.

If you cant go on line and look Val, go next door and look!

Actually postcards make a good travel diary. When I go somewhere special that sells postcards, I buy one and on the back write the date and what I did. It’s fun to look back and remember trips that way.

What’s wrong with sending Val emails with those pictures attached?