On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Richard Weait <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:39 PM, unsolicited <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> Being the unreformed couch potato that I am, with a small laptop, already<br>
> with a sore neck from tilting my head down to read it, and now needing<br>
> reading glasses to see the screen ... anyone know of laptop table thingies<br>
> and where to get them for couch laptop use?<br>
><br>
> Wheels would be required, and the table must extend over the cushions. Even<br>
> better, given the laz-y-boy, if things fit over the footrests!<br>
><br>
> I could see an end table with an arm that swings over, or a cart I could<br>
> push away when I get up. More likely the latter, there's already enough junk<br>
> on the end table.<br>
><br>
> Decadent, I know, but we live in that kind of society.<br>
><br>
> I'm thinking Staples. Neither stack a shelf nor costco web sites seem to<br>
> have anything suitable.<br>
><br>
> Suggestions?<br>
<br>
</div>One of these is better.<br>
<a href="http://www.verko.co.uk/%2Fuploads%2Fproductshots%2FERLapB_1.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.verko.co.uk/%2Fuploads%2Fproductshots%2FERLapB_1.jpg</a><br></blockquote></div><br>I agree with Richard. <br><br>I tried getting one of those cart types, like this one:<br>
<a href="http://www.artstorehouse.com/images/Laptop%20Cart,%20Black.jpg">http://www.artstorehouse.com/images/Laptop%20Cart,%20Black.jpg</a><br><br>If I recall correctly, it was from Office Depot or Staples.<br><br>But could never get used it.<br>
<br>I went back to something like this one:<br><a href="http://images.solidcactus.com/autobarn/wood-lap-desk.jpg">http://images.solidcactus.com/autobarn/wood-lap-desk.jpg</a><br><br>Also from either the above 2 stores.<br>
<br>It has foam pellets (whatever you call them) in a pouch on the bottom, and a vinyl surface over plywood for the laptop.<br><br>I use it on a recliner, with a pillow behind my neck to reduce neck muscle strain.<br><br>
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