I my name is Carl, since someone else here said they were older than dirt, I can't use that one..OK, I am almost as old as dirt. That is if 62 is old? I am retired from the U.S. Navy. I subscribe to a mag called Cars & Parts because I like the older cars. I am currently attempting to restore a 1966 VW Bug. Drive a 1995 F150, nothing special but it gets me where I want to go. Also have a 1983 Chevy Monte Carlo that is to be my next project. Heard about the forum from a friend of mine. Did I mention that I am 62 going on 20? Later, Carl.

 

I guess we can both be older than dirt since we are most likely the two oldest ones on this forum. LOL
Good luck on the VW restoration, they're fun little cars to mess around with.

 

Roundman, it looks like we have something in common..We are both old but think young. My son once mentioned that he wished I would grow up. Can't afford to waste the time doing that. Later Carl.

 

Roundman..Thanks for the welcome. Where in VA? I was stationed at Little Creek for 4 years. Carl.

 

I live in Chesterfield County just south of Richmond and race my Mustang at Virginia Motorsports Park down in Dinwiddie, VA south of Petersburg, VA. My youngest brother who's 49 now did a hitch in the Navy back in the late 70's early 80's, served on the CVN 69, USS Eisenhower for almost 4 years. He was older than most of the recruits he served with too. He can tell some damn funny stories about his service which I'm sure you can too.

 

I sure can..After 23 years. My last job was at the Recruit depot in Orlando..Found a home here, can't leave. If I learned one thing while serving is those "so called kids" who are out there busting hump, do a fantastic job. If you stop and think about it, most of those sailers and soldiers out there are 17 and 18. When the chips are down, they are there to put it on the line. There you go, getting me started. My brother raced oval track and figure eight for a couple years in Iowa. Never did get to watch him because I was traveling all over the world. Carl.

 

Welcome Carls66vw!

 

Hello, im Ahmed.. from Australia and i accidently found this site when i was typing www.fordforums.com and forgot to put the 'S'... so i thought i might check this out.. nice site
Ive posted my Aussie ride in the new members forum: https://www.fordforum.com/tm.asp?m=495

and is this US only Fords?

regards
Ahmed

 

Welcome. This a Ford site but there are other sites out there for pretty much every vehicle made.

 

Hey 94Flare - Hi Tim
How's it going. I'm new too, but I figured out what to do with the pictures. At least it has worked OK so far (once LOL). I am not that pleased with the convoluted method to place them near to where you want in a text based post.
(more work)

Works easy if all you want is a stack of pictures at the bottom. Two clicks, some selection clicks and they're up.

Hopefully, somebody with more knowledge will offer a better suggestion.

Look at the bottom left of an open editing window. There are two actions available. "Click here to upload!" This one will allow you to upload up to 5 images from your system. Watch that you edit the posted image size to a max of 640 x 480 pixels.

Action 2 I think the upload only attaches the images to the post, but does not make them visable as the other control is an OFF/ON click action "Embed picture in post".

To arrange images within a post.
1.] Upload the desired images.
2.] Click on Preview to check the written portion of your message.
3.] when it's what you want - Click on OK
4.] Check that your pictures showed up OK - edit/delete any that aren't working.
5.] In the edit mode, look for the text string that represents the image you want to move elsewhere in your message. highlight and cut (control X) the image string.
6.] Move the cursor using your mouse or the arrow keys to the desired place in a post.
7.] Then paste the image string (control V)
8.] Click OK again - then notice they keep track of that! Go in just to fix something and you get logged

All this should work with a Macintosh as well, only you use Apple Command Key, rather than the ctrl key common to both

Sample - see 67Dream's post Oxnard in the House in the Mustang Forum

2 pics F150Pony near the "Foothill Fire" 7-19-04 Santa Clarita, CA and preping for Wireless WAN at Ojai Unified School District 7-15-04
lets see what happens when you upload - but don't click on embed

Yep no pics just 1 link & then you need to hit it twice to look at both pictures (#2 is the right place but wrong pic) That was a week earlier - Now they are embeded in a stack per the process above.

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I guess an alternative method would be to load the picture stack 1st remember the order and then write around them.
Be darned if its easy to equate your pic file name with this
"upfiles/303/31429B57A1AB4BE182E715209DFFB065.jpg" = NTS by Santa Claita Fire

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