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i got the Attach: feature working due to popular demand. this allows you to upload (small) pictures of yourself, your family, your goldfish, or whatever else you want to proudly display to the world. to use this just go to the line that says Attach: (right above the Post button) and click Browse, then find the photo you want to upload. try to keep the photos somewhat small. i am setting a size upper limit of 200k, which i can adjust if its not working out. enjoy!

brian

ps this photo is a "self-portrait" i took in the hungarian national art museum when i was living in budapest.

No Attach: button. Or is it just me? ???

test.. not working for me!   :'(

Brian, you are indeed a man of many facets!!! ;D

 ;)al

Nope, I can't find one either... :'(

al

Brian, your attach feature only appears present for some of your users: perhaps those who are running the same browser/os combination as yourself.  I can't find any mention of the attach feature in the source the server is giving me, so perhaps this determination is being made based in what the browser reports.

Dave

I'm really confused. Which one are you Brian? The cow or the dolphin?

--joe

 :PMy attach button is missing. ???

If you find it let me know.

It is probably just the browser that I'm using that is messing up I can't attach files either.

Hugh ::)

Uh uh! Not on mine! ;) ;D

S

Me either, I don't have that field on either my home or work computer.

(Uh,  I mean, I never go on this board while I am at work.)   :-[

i did some more digging last night after scott reported it wasn't working for him, and realized it worked for me because i am an admin, and it worked for marcia because she is in a Member Group (Leading Postrix). i can only give permission to Member Groups to be able to post photos, so i either need to add everyone to a member group, or find some other work around so all of you can have this feature.

so, just to clarify - those of you who are saying you can't see the attach option, you are not blind or insane. it really isn't there for you. but its not because of anything you need to change on your end, i just need to make some adjustments on my end and then it should work for everyone. i will attempt to execute aforementioned adjustments forthwith.

carry on,

brian

ps joe - much as i would like to style myself as sleek, athletic and intelligent, i think we all know i live in the midwest  :-\  :)

some might call me fragmented, but i do so prefer multi-faceted :) then again i've also been tempted to entitle this piece "a bugs view". really captures the artistic nature of the photo, don't you think  ;)

brian

Dear Mr. Admin person...

I cannot agree here...
"so, just to clarify - those of you who are saying you can't see the attach option, you are not blind or insane. it really isn't there for you."

  I know for a fact that at least one of the options above apply to me.   Maybe both??

" but its not because of anything you need to change on your end, i just need to make some adjustments on my end and then it should work for everyone."

   Will I first see photos of trees walking or will this healing be all at once?  <grin>

With apologies to Mr. Guthrie:
   Admin Brian looked at the poster, then he looked at the Seeing Eye dog.  And Admin Brian realized that there was no way that the poster was going to see the twenty-seven tiny little digital photos with the dolphins and penguins on them, or understand the funny little paragraphs declaring why someone chose this picture.

Be Blessed,  Tony (with nose against the screen)...maybe I need a touch screen?

Tony,

In case you were wondering, two pictures have been posted in this thread so far.  The picture that Brian posted shows an array of small square mirrors, eight wide by thirteen high for a total of a hundred and four mirrors.  Each reflects a somewhat distorted picture of a fragment of Brian taking the picture.  After looking at his fragmented picture, I still don't know what he looks like.

Marcia posted a picture showing a dolphin leaping out of the water, and in place of a second dolphin leaping next to it, the photo has been edited to show a cow instead.

Marcia's "ID" picture is a video clip which shows a penguin walking on the ice on a "pond".  What actually happens is that the ice breaks and the penguin falls on its face in the water.  The video clip has been edited to show the second penguin standing nearby using its wing to push the first one over onto its face.

Hugh's "ID" picture is the mascot of the LINUX operating system which is a fat cartoon penguin.

Now that's funny! :)

Kinda scary, though, since Brian is wrong. Could it be that I do have the button but have gone insane?

Joe, from your experience, what are the first symptoms of insanity? ;D

S

make a "user" group that all users are defaulted to.

--
lucas

Stephen, I'm afraid you just don't get it:  The photo is not fragmented-- that's what Brian actually looks like.  He's had a very hard life...

 ;Dal

I found a nice rat picture in Brian's photo gallery:

(http://briantucker.net/photolog/albums/album07/aaq.jpg)

I also found some pictures of Brian that are clearer than what he posted below.

I remember that there used to be someone in Fullerton who always had his pet rat on his shoulder whereever he went, even at meetings and outreach.  When I was a kid, my mom had many animals.  She once wrote a paper for a writing class at college called, "Obsevations on the fecundity of Rodentia Muridae, or how I came to have eighty white rats."  As kids we used to do all sorts of things with the rats like putting them through mazes.  They seem to like mazes.  Rats tend to be very friendly, at least when they are tame.  This is in contrast with tree squirrels, which tend to be ornery even when tame.

Stephen----

When I was a kid a friend of mine gave away his two rats to me. One was "mama rat" and the other was "baby rat"(he of course was the offspring of "mama"). they were white and brown and medium sized. But I could put them on the ground and they woould literally follow me around the yard. They would never bite, and they were quite intelligent.

But then I made a huge error. I bought 2 more smaller rats at the pet shop and put them in the cage with them( I had a huge bird cage that they lived in). The next morning the two new smaller rats were both dead--bloodied at the bottom of the cage. Then the next morning the "mama" rat had killed the "baby" the same way. She also started biting me. Then she eventually died.  Sorry for the strange rat story--but you brought up rats, so I thought I'd share my experience.

I think I remember the guy with the rat on his shoulder. His name was Jerry I think. His right ear looked strange, like the ear lobe had been gnawed off or something. Just kidding. I don't remember that guy---could he go to the meetings with the rat?

--Joe

     I believe you young fellers are thinking of Mike Abt (pronounced APT).  This was when we first started meeting at Hillcrest Park.  Mike used to bring his rat with him everywhere, but when we began breaking bread at Hillcrest, George either told him or had someone tell him to take the rat home before he would be allowed to enter the building.  Mike was with us for years, but I never saw the rat again...

al

Hi folks,

Mike Abt is with the Lord.

 I ran into him at the doctor's office about 10 years ago.  He told me he had been diagnosed with colon cancer.

He had surgury, chemotherapy and so on...but he died anyway.

I visited him  before he died.  He was trusting the Lord.

Sadly, his wife told me that "I don't believe any more".

Since I was an apostate the folks who arranged his funeral (assembly folks) didn't invite me.  I found out later that he was gone.

Thomas

     This is a sad state of affairs that has been oft-repeated wherever there was an assembly.  The non-exclusive one true church & testimony couldn't risk the contamination that might open the eyes of its labor force through the occasion for simple fellowship with someone from outside the sheepfold prison walls. :'(    I was once an enforcer of such oppression, and am unspeakably grateful to have been forgiven and to no longer be a part of it.

al Hartman

i think i got the Attach option to work for everyone now. play with it and let me know.

let me see if this works for me:

This is my beautiful daughter Brittni for all those who didn't know what she looks like (if this actually works, we'll see!)

Brian - You're the bomb!  ;D   It worked!

This is a picture of, from left: Brad Mathias, Rachel Geftakys and Stephen McCumber (that's my little brother, not me). It was taken in Tuscola at the House of Promise ca. 1979.

Pretty cool, huh?

Thanks, B!

Scott

This is me and my two boys.  Robert is to the left and Daniel is to the right.  

This is so cool.   8)

Hey, check out the picture or Rachel's son Daniel in the preceeding photo (on the right).

Then check out the pic of Rachel when she was two in the photo post before that.

Uncanny, huh? :D

S

Kimberley----

Does Brittni need any tutoring? I'm horrible at Math, but I'm a great Math tutor. Just thought I'd ask--I'm free Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Oh yeah, I also have Saturdays and Sundays free too.

--Joe

 ;D just kidding

Joe----

Now do I have to "negative click" you????  ;D ;D ;D

seriously, I busted up laughing!  I know she's going to get a kick out of it when I show it to her (I won't reveal your age, she might gag!)   :o

" . . . she might gag!"

Oh, burn! I think I'd rather have the negative click!  ;D

OK, here's one. My boys, Cody and Austin. Cody is the sleepy one.  ;)

S

Good I see the photo thingy is working for little o me as well.

 ;DClose your eyes everybody. Ok open them now. 8)

This is me.

OK, my daughter is upset because her brother and her dog are posted and she is not.

So, here's Hannah.

S

Hi folks,

I have a scanner, but I have never printed the 375 page manual so I can use it.

How do you post these photos?

Tom

Tom,

I have a digital camera. They are very inexpensive if you just want something to use for things such as this. I got a very cheap one to email pix of my kids to my folks.

When I was getting regular film developed, I also had it developed to disc. Couple extra bucks. Take the disc home. Pop it into the computer. There they are.

If you don't want to mess with your scanner (though it's surely not as hard as the length of the manual makes it seem), take a photo to Wal-Mart or whatever you have out there and use their scanner in the photo developing section. As easy to use a regular copier. Costs a couple bucks and they give you a disc with your pix on it.

Once you have the pix on your computer (they usually default to My Pictures in the My Documents folder), just click on the new Browse button Brian set up for us in the Posting screen, click on the pic you want to post, click Open and post as usual.

Make sure your pic is 200KB or less, though. Easy to find out. Right click on the pic. Click on Properties and it tells you. If it's too big, use your photo editing software that comes on the Wal-Mart disc or with your digital camera or on your scanner software or maybe even pre-loaded on your computer. Anyway, crop it down some until you get the size you want and then you can post it.

Hope that was what you were looking for.

S

PS - OK, I'm posting one of myself. Yes, I'm a dork. Known it for a long time. Don't need anyone to point it out (ahem, Joe)! ;D

I know... I know! What on earth am I doing in Illinois with real estate like that back home....right?  :)
That's me rock-diving in Virgin Gorda B.V.I.
Verne

Looks more like you're rock jumping, old friend! ;)

Hey, I'm a lot closer to the BVI than you. Just let me know if you need me to go down and look after the place! ;D

Scott

Quite right. That was just a depth test buddy....you can't be too careful you know...!  :)

Oops! I meant to say Virgin Gorda for those of you that know the islands. I was thinking of Trunk Bay, St John as I looked at that spectacular hue...! ;D
Verne
p.s we really should get a group together to go down there and do some sailing and frolicking in those deep blue waters...

Verne,

You picture looks like an ad out of a travel magazine.  Beautiful.  :)  I keep coming back to look at it.  

Makes a welcome change to the view from my office:  East LA, South Central, and Long Beach.  :P

It looks even more enticing a bit larger...
I'm ready to head home...
Verne

Kimberley----

I gag when I look at myself in the mirror too. I recently had plastic surgery to help alleviate that. People say that I don't look a day over thirty now--though I'm 47 years old old.

--Joe

I wasn't very forthcoming with my last post, so I figured I'd post this most recent picture taken after a  concert performance. At 47 I can still rock out with the best of them. I promise--no more photos after this.

--Joe

Joe,

You look like one wiiiiiiiiiiiild and craaaaaaaaaazy guy! ;D

You could probably make a fortune off of your old clothes on eBay!

S

Scott----

I'll have you know that those clothes were just purchased last Friday at Banana Republic. It's the new look man, so get with it!!!! ;D ;D ;D

--Joe

This is so cool....

I hope a lot of people will use this feature.  I remember lots of names and faces from seminars, etc...but have a hard time connecting them.

This is my newly expanded family!

Janet

It's funny, I did'nt remember the last name but I remember Mike from the rat story.

That is so strange. Just a couple of nights back Mike Abt's face came to my mind and it took a while before I remembered his name. I don't remember the rat, but I do remember he had a small wood flute that he played. At that time he said he was studying to be a composer. I also remember that for a long time he defied the norm and did not wear suits like most of the male saints did. He'd wear a shirt with a string tie around his neck, and I remember he had a bit of a nasal tone when he talked. I don't remember a lot more about him, but something brought him to mind the other night, and now I learn he has passed on.


-Joe

I'm there, man! 8) Name the time and place and I'll figure out how to get there! ;D

S

Awards ceremony today for my son's basketball team (they're not all in the pic).

This was our third straight league championship. Three year record of 26-4. My son, in front of me, got the leadership award.

OK, now I'm off to someplace else to brag about my son! 8)

S

Me and my two sisters  ::)

(http://www.buildingup.net/GALLERY_PICTURES/kcamp/Untitled-31.jpg)
http://www.buildingup.net/GALLERY_PICTURES/kcamp/Untitled-31.jpg (http://www.buildingup.net/GALLERY_PICTURES/kcamp/Untitled-31.jpg)

Hey Scott, I am headed down to Panama City for spring break, live near there?

--
lucas

About 7 hours south actually. Still, might be a good road trip. When are you coming?

S

PS - Is the email address you have under your profile valid? I sent you a note.

It will be the last week in March (20th - 27th).  I am driving down with 4 of my rugby buddies, so I am pretty sure they are not going to want to add another 7 hours onto what is already a 15 hour drive  ::)

Regarding the email addy, it goes to a box that I am testing various bayesian spam filtering techniques on.......so quite often good emails get tagged and I have to dig through all the spam to get them out.  Email sent to sturnfie@uiuc.edu will always reach me

--
lucas

Actually, I thought about driving up. Panama City is MUCH more interesting around spring break than my little retirement town. ;)

However, as cool as it would be, probably don't have a seven hour road trip in me anymore! ::)

Maybe I'll catch you in Illinois this summer.

S

Oh! That would be cool.  Otherwise, what part of the summer were you planning on heading up this way?  I might actually be in South America for a good portion of the summer......

--
lucas

     Gawrsh, Scotty, it must be awful to get old...   ???   ::)   :'(

Lucas, thanks for the email update.  Now I can start spamming you...

 ;Dal ;)

No hard and fast plans as of today. Usually go up in June.

I'll touch base when I know for sure and see where you're at.

What's in South America? Besides pirhanas, cocaine and that really big river, I mean? ;)

S

It's all new to me, Al. Tell me what to expect! ;D

S

Mainly the cocaine, but also the Peace Corps  ;)

--
lucas

Peace Corps don't pay enough for that habit, my friend!

Hmm. Unless the Peace Corps is actually a front for the smuggling operation you and your rugby buddies came up with. Now I know the REAL reason you're coming down here next month.

I know a guy with a boat! ;) ;D

S

Hey now! I am just a poor, simple college student who wishes to see the world....

--
lucas

Yeah, you're about as simple as the "enormous theorem."  ;)

S

     You sure you wanna drag Brent into this?   ???  ???  ???

I wonder if this will work for me?

Here's a picture.

Did you get any good loot off of him? ;D

My kids loved it.

S

Someone, whose name begins and ends with H, sent me this one:

There is an advisory out warning dog owners of an unknown sniper, shooting dogs in their own yards. Police have advised dog owners to keep their dogs indoors as much as possible and under close supervision when let outdoors.

Below is a police sketch of the suspect.

Here's another kitten picture.

This is my little bro's new puppy. She's the fourth Boxer in the family (currently 2). Her name's Tessa.

S

This is my new morning power drink. It gives me cat-like reflexes, amazing balance and night vision. Unfortunately, I have a strange urge to stalk birds in the backyard and you should see what I have done to my kids' sandbox! ;D

                           I think NOT!!!

Now that I (think) I know how to do this, here's my child-bride Cathy who I'm always mentioning:

I lived on a farm when I was a child.  Times were hard back then, and the area where I lived was economically depressed.

I knew that the neighbors were having a hard time making ends meet.

One day, I heard a knock at the door, and when I went to answer, this is the sad sight that I saw.

It just broke my heart.

Why did you do that?  Now you can take it off.
drj

and another thing:
 ... doesn't matter, really.  When I figure out my digital camera, I'll post a few pics of my kids and etc.  Have patience with me though, it's the kodak software that my computer doesn't like.  I seem to accumulate a lot of trash cookies and history files and maybe other stuff I don't know creeps in to take up memory on my laptop.  I've still got lots of stuff this machine came with that I've never used and just takes up useless space.  When that's all figured out Marcia, your need for a photo will be met, I assure you.  Just remember, you get what you ask for.
drj

Hi Delila,

This is a public apology for posting your picture without asking.  I figured that you would not mind, but I figured wrong.  It's too late now everyone has seen it.  I have seen a more recent picure of you and I do not think that you have changed much.

Lord bless,
Marcia

I am sitting here, bored, with access to a $3000 security camera.  Here's me!  ;D

(http://www.forceboy.com/pics/luke_point.jpg)
http://www.forceboy.com/pics/luke_point.jpg (http://www.forceboy.com/pics/luke_point.jpg)

--
lucas

Guess I was TOO bored. Here's me, in front of the Sarasota County camera Sunday night. :o

Scott

PS -  ;) ;D

Gruesome, Scottster :o-- Looks like something from America's Most Wanted!! 8)

 ;Dal

Checking to see if this picture will work in my profile.

Stephen,

     Is that you on the right, or on the left?  ;D  ;D  ;D

al ;)

Good question.  Perhaps the ambiguity helps.  My search of the internet was for a picture of the robot, but it's better to be seen as having a human side, although I'm not as virtuous as Will Robinson.  My mom found an old picture of me as a kid in which I was wearing a shirt very similar to the one in the picture.

A smaller picture might work better in the profile.

I want to see the picture of little Stephen in the cool shirt! ;D

S

This is neat.

Last Supper in the sand.

D.,  What are you attempting?  Get Brian, Scott, Marcia or one of the other computer-savvy people to walk you through it.  They've done it for me, but I'm not smart enough to pass it along...

al

thanks to hugh who made posting of this picture possible.  I gave up long ago
delila, Anna, River John

thanks Dad, think we got it under control

Delila, Nice to see your picture....I'm glad someone finally helped you. Cute kids too....Hey maybe one day I'll post mine...Sum....

Summer:
I thought you already had posted yours.  You mean that lovely face isn't really yours?  Can it be?  No, I refuse to believe that.  That's a lie of the devil. 8)
d

Oh , Yes Delila...the similarities to Claudia Schieffer and myself are striking....(BTW...I would of responed sooner but my comp just crashed while I was logged-on for an hour and a half )  JUDGEMENT!!!  QUITE POSSIBLE!!!!

it might be a good thing not to read too much meaning into the random falling apart of things, the raining down of pigs and other mammals from the sky, backed up sewer and other mishaps, including the computer. Stuff happens.   look for meaning there and it will make you nuts.  NUTS! HEAR?
d

     What! :o  And break the COS?!! (Code Of Sightlessness) 8)


Personal to Delila:  Analyzing the significance of raining pigs hasn't made me nuts, but the whole thing isn't exactly kosher! ;D

al ;)

No....Delila I was just kidding....all in fun!!!!....

What is the big deal with pigs anyway?  I never did get that.  Personally, I like bacon (but mostly just the smell of it frying) and ham.  Ohh, haaammm!
But pigs, I don't like pigs.
Okay, pigs are okay.  PIgs are fine, I'm told they're even intelligent animals.  All fine and dandy, until they try to eat you.  That's when I can't stand pigs.
d

 :) ;) :o ::) :-*

Beautiful pictures Delilah. It is a great idea.
Here is my  picture . I have a few of them I would like to share, I will start off one of me on my computer graduation day. I am the third one in from the right of the photo.

Un-Clean----Un-Clean-----I did accidently order Won-Ton Soup with Pork in it...Much to the distress of my Jewish friend ..We changed it fast and I try not to have it around . Although I told him the Lord will Bless it in the Prayers....its not an issue I want to push!!!

hey Lenore!
Good for you! What I really need is a computer course.  Yeash! poor hugh and a hundred emails later and I still don't know how I posted that picture.
d

I once dated a 7th day Adventist, same pile.  I laugh now when I think of bringing him to my grandmother's house.  She makes the best cabbage rolls (rice, fried onions and minced fried bacon).  
"Filthy pig!" my 'friend' said.  What a jerk.
d

1.  You like to smell pig meat being cooked.
2.  You like to eat pig meat.
3.  You do not like pigs trying to eat you.
4.  Pigs are intelligent animals.
5.  Pigs beg to differ with you about who eats who.

al

Amen, or, as my daughter says: All Men!
So who am I to sit in judgement of pigs, me on my throne.
d

This morning we woke up to this:

Are you Joking???? if not you must like Snow!!! Its a Warm '72 at the beach where I live...Not to Gloat but  I was at the Beach 2 times yesterday for my Son's Surf P.E. class and his afternoon set...BTW...any B.L.T.'s for Lunch??

not kidding.  we put on our snow suits and knocked the snow off the poor trees, already in leaf.  The tulips are toast.  Garlic sausage and cabbage rolls (Gram's favorite recipe) for supper
d

 :( hello "D".  was it today you had the snow storm or am I behind the times.

SORRY to say, this was a beautiful warm May spring day.

I even got a sunburn on the back of my shoulders.

My tulips are almost done now, just waiting for the  petals to fall off so I can  take the bud of the head off.

My daffodils are finished.  

My honeysuckler bush is really growing .

The dandelions are doing really well in my front yard.
wild flowers are pretty too, even though they are weeds.

See you later "D"

 ??? :o
JUST SEEN THE NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE SNOW STORM IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

Here today it went up to 28 degree C.

I hate to complain since we had a snow storm two weeks ago.
It was so humid.
I even dug out my fan, washed it down, pulled it in in my bedroom. it was that humid.
it is the humidity in this part of the country that is
unbearable.

Does any one else have photos of their home town. ???

photo enclosed is off the Arnprior site. www.arnprior.ca
the photo is our town council, and MAYOR TERRY GIBEAU.

Enclose is a picture of the Ottawa River:

I tried to download a picture I had created from
Paint.

It did not work.

Does anyone have any ideas how we can be artistic and  share it. ::)

MAY 24 4:14 AM EST:

SHOWING YOU WHY I AM CALLED THE GRAMMIE OF TWINS.

MY GRANDSONS  HAVE JUST TURNED 6 YEARS OLD MAY 21ST.
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN 3 DAYS AFTER THEY WERE BORN.
THIS IS A FOUR GENERATION PICTURE.
MY MOM, ME AND MY DAUGHTER CHRISTIE AND THE TWIN BABY BOYS.

MAY 29: 6:47 AM::EST:::

PHOTO ENCLOSED :
about 12-14 years ago I was a volunteer reporter, with my own  magazine show.

The person is a television anchor, vp of Ottawa News Station.

He was very gracious at allowing me to interview me.
This man has now between 30-40 years television reporting and anchoring , and has been given several Order of Canada awards.

Just wanted to share this milestone memory with you.

Hi Everyone!

  Tried to attach a photo but am unable to separate picture from entire group as it wants to send all my photos which is too large a file.

   I try to just type the name of the single picture but the computer won't recognize it by the title under the photo.

  Any computer geeks out there with the answer to why I can't send my photo?  I have had no problems emailing it to others by just clicking on the photo, but the BB apparently can't separate the file, or my little photo is just too big for the BB?  I can't believe that.

                                     Thanks,  Mark C.

Hi Mark

1. Open the picture on your PC
2. Select File/Save as and save to your desktop as a .jpg file. See the file type list below the file name.
3. Right click on the file on the desktop and check the properties and check the size. More than 200KB it needs to be smaller. That is harder to do. Just PM me and I can email you how to do this.
4. Start a new post on the BB
5. Click Browse and select the file from the desktop
6. Click Save
(You should see a path like this "C:\directory\filename.jpg" inserted above the buttons to Save, Preview, Reset Form, if not repeat step 5. and 6.)
7. Type your comments etc. in the post.
8. Click below the post on the button marked Post or Save whichever appears wait for it to load.

See the picture below from an outing this Winter.

Hugh,

     Nice looking collie.  Yours?


Mark,

     Thank God for Hugh & others who are patient with us old codgers.  I have successfully posted photos, but I don't do it often, so every time I have to learn the process all over again.  If all else fails, we can always e-mail our pix to somebody who knows what they're doing & request that they post for us ;)


Y'all have a blessed Lord's day,
al

Thanks Hugh!

    However, the file must be too large and I'm afraid I will need your further help in figuring out how to make it smaller.  It's already a thumbnail size and if it gets much smaller you won't be able to see it.

                                                     God Bless,  Mark C.

  What do you mean us old Codgers, Kemosabe? ;)

Al

The Collie was at the farm where a bunch of us singles went for a hay ride. It was a gorgeous day in the backwoods of Quebec.

Mark

To make a file smaller in KB size I could do it for you and send it back to you. The best way for you to make it smaller is to have software that is used to share pictures by email. They have predetermined settings like email, print, thiumbnail, and screen 15", 17" etc. The more technical software has byte size and gets into pixels and or inches. A good size is 640 X 480 pixels that usually is small enough to upload. If you have the other software use the email setting and save the file to the desktop then upload the file. If you have one of those new cameras with megapixels galore they print beautiful pictures but are way too big to upload here. Let me know if this helps or else just email the picture and I can resize it and return it to you.

Hugh ;D

Hi Hugh!

  I sent the pic. to you and hopefully you can shrink it and we will actually be able to see the thing.

                        Thanks,  Mark C.

Hi Everyone!

   This is about my sixth attempt to post this photo.  If it comes through I will explain in the next post.

                                         God Bless,  Mark C.

     Sheesh!  All that rigamarole for that?  We can't even tell it's you...  for all we know it could be a National Geographic reject! ;D

al ;)

P.S.-- You know perfectly well what I mean, Hermano!

el otro Codger

 

 Hoorah--and many thanks to Hugh!  It came through!!! :) :)

   In the photo on the previous post I am the diver, though it probably is hard to tell who that masked man is.

   The funny thing is that I do not know that this shark is behind me.  In front of me are a bunch of sharks (you can't see this in the pic.) which are circling in a wide sandy bottom area and there are photographers/divers taking photos of them.

  I think that I have a good safe distance between me and the sharks and all of a sudden the one in the pic. comes sailing by right behind me and passes withing three feet of my head! :o  I don't realize this until all the cameras start turning my way; "why", I wonder, "are these guys turning toward me and wanting to take my photo?", I'm wondering, and this is why I am reaching to remove my regulator from my mouth in this photo so that I can smile.

  Some of the others took a better shot with the shark passing me and my surprised look, but I will have to wait until they send them to me to share them with you.

  Photo has nothing to do with the Assembly, but possibly some could come up with a caption that might be analagous.
  Thanks again Hugh for making this possible! :)
                                      God Bless,  Mark C.  

 

Mark you're very welcome. Now if someone has an MP3 audio clip from Jaws that makes it complete.

Hugh ;D

Mark,

Suggested caption:  George Geftakys closes in on another unsuspecting victim.

Tom

You only have to worry if the one of the sharks, while smacking it's lips  says, "We'd like to welcome to the fellowship of the Lord's supper - Mark Campbell." :o

Tom & Dave,

     Don't you think perhaps you are being unduly harsh toward the shark(s)?  ::)

al

While we are in the picture mode. I wanted you to see what Ottawa is like so you might consider coming to visit.

Hugh ;D

Very good, very good all of you!! ;D ;D

  Marcia:  I don't have any digital photos of my lovely bride, and an unmasked photo of myself may do damage to a camera ;).  However,  I will see what I can do in the future.

  Dave and Tom:  Good captions, but Dave's evoked great belly laughs from me ;D ;D ;D.

  Al:  Watch it, or I may call the caption "et al; that's why I'm just passing Mark by."  ;)

  Hugh:  How come you didn't share Ottawa in the winter?

                              Thanks Everyone,  Mark C.

I figure I would show a picture of the two weeks we have between  snowstorms Ha Ha. ;D

Come before September when it becomes cooler and by December well the igloos are ready. We have token Canadians to pose for pictures the smart ones head to Florida, Nevada and of course California.

Hugh

I was at the Star Trek Experience in Vegas in July and here is a picture of me at a Borg Alcove.

Here I am with the Borg Queen.

Shin,
the borg will always have a 'special' place in my heart.  Star Trek writers had no idea how they 'spoke to the heart' of x-assembly-ites with the borg stories.  Seven's journey to become an individual was/is much like mine, only she's got better manners.
d

Delila,
They have a special place in mine as well. First Contact came out a couple of months before I left so I definitely identified with Picard's anger in that film. When I left, I remembered thinking that I left my collective. Under normal circumstances, it would sound so anarchist or communist, but the Borg term definitely fit the Assembly.

I've always liked how they handled Seven's character on Voyager. She definitely was more interesting than some of the characters who were "fully human."

--shin

Shin,
Seven's uniqueness is almost common now when one considers that she was taken from her parents at a young age and given a new identitiy.  Perhaps it's just common to me, having left home at age 15 to join the assembly (and leave a gruelling home life) and then working over the years in family crisis intervention situations such as home care under the supervision of social services, women's shelters and of course education - where children tell all.  So many children are growing up searching for identity and what they see in pop culture I'm afraid is not generally healthy.  It's a heart ache for me because probably it rings the old bells.  But I find a great deal of solace in sharing the joys and adventures of my own children, a lot of healing there too.  I think my kids have taught me more than anyone, and by kids I mean the two I gave birth to, all those that play with my kids in our back yard and all those I've 'taught' over the years.
d

Marcia,
I remember when I was new to the board, we had some interesting talks about the Kira and Dukat episode where Dukat acts like Jim Jones.

I definitely posted these for you Trek fans.  :)

For somone like me who doesn't gamble, the Trek Experience was one of the things that made my visit to Vegas fun (that and the buffets). I went through the museum, saw the costumes and props, took a look at the Trek timeline, and went on two rides. When I looked at the Klingon exhibit, an actor in Klingon make-up and costume walked up to me and curated the exhibit. I got a pic with the Borg Queen, which made me very happy. I don't think I'd be too happy if she was real. I would not want to get assimilated.

I'm happy to talk Trek anytime.

Shin

Just thought I'd add a picture of my wonderful family.  To those of you who knew me when . . . well, let's just say I look the same, only slightly older.  This photo was taken of my wife and I on February 14, 2004 out in Las Vegas at her aunt's wedding.

I wanted to post one of "My Three Sons" . . .literally.  They are great kids.

Hey Joe:
Is that a Gibson hollow body guitar??!!
Verne

Verne----

No--it is actually a guitar my father bought for me back
in 1966 called an "Orpheus". I still have the guitar, though I'm the one with the hollow body now. By the way, it looks like I made a typo in my favor(or maybe it was wishful thinking). I turned 49 in August, so I was 48 when I made that post, not 47.

--Joe

Oh..it looked like the totally babe-a-licious Gibson EB3...be still my beating heart  :)
Any other Lee Ritenour fans out there?!

Verne

p.s.Biblically speaking Joe, you are barely out of your youth ( that ends at forty!)  :)

Verne---

I used to own a Gibson Les Paul. That was a great guitar!! At the present time I have a Fender Stratocaster and a Hawaiian style Acoustic. Do you play the guitar Verne?

--Joe

I play a little classical - Carulli, Sanz and a bit of  Mozart and company (thanks to the beautiful transcriptions of Jerry Snyder)   :)
Verne

Hi Verne

I was a Ritenour fan in days gone by.  Mainly during the Sugarloaf Express era, when his band was all the LA ringers.

I saw him many times at the Baked Potato and The Greek Theater in LA.   Believe it or not, he was quite boring live.  So perfect, and clean, but not really exciting.

I much preferred Larry Carlton, and Steve Lukather. when they performed with Koinonia....Abe Laboriel, Bernard Purdie/Jeff Porcaro, David Benoit, Lyle Mays and others.  Amazing music, and we usually sat ten feet away.

Suzie and I had our first date at the Palomino, where we saw Tower of Power.  Now, there's a band.

Anyhow, Ritenour never got me too excited.  Did you know he played on Pink Floyd's The Wall?  It's a little known secret...not mentioned on the album.

BTW, I always thought he played a Gibson ES335.

You certainly have interesting taste in music.

Brent

Unfortunately, I never got to see him live. From what yoy say though, perhaps I did not miss much. I was probably mesmerised by his technical prowess.


I love 'em all man. Exquisite taste, if I do say so myself.
Abe Laboriel is an original monster on four strings.
Did you know that he is a believer? Oh yeah!
I did see Lyle with Pat Metheny at Millikin U a few years back.


Don't tell anybody but my call on the Gibson was just a guess from the sound!. I used to do jazz riffs with a friend in grad school who had a blonde hollow-body beauty.  :)
p.s. I am heading up to St. Louis with the fretless this weekend to see my main man Peter James and do some jammin'... :) :) :)
p.p.s Get a load of this...some guy stopped me in the music store today and asked me if I would be interested in playing in Japan....can you believe it? The only thing he knew about me was that I was armed with a Fender Precision...he musta heard somethin'
What would I tell my wife and kids???!!  ;D

Verne---

An interesting guitarist to listen to because of his varied "styles" of playing is Steve Morse. I have no idea why he decided to play with the old band Deep Purple, because his talent isn't shown there. The best playing is heard on albums by either the "Steve Morse Band" or the band he started and created called "The Dixie Dregs". It's almost all instrumental--but he'll go from rock to blue grass style, to classical, to blues on almost every album. Check him out sometime if you get a chance. Jeff Beck isn't too bad either ;D

---Joe

The whole late Seventies era in the LA music scene was really amazing.  I didn't realize just how priviledged I was, until recently.

I never saw a punk show, or what went of as "New Wave," but after the posers like Chick Corea and Stanly Clarke introduced a new generation of Jazz Fusion, the real guys, like Carlton, Ritenour, Laboriel, Jaco, Steve Gad  and others, finally got the recognition they deserved.

The truly amazing thing is that a person could see these guys a few chairs away, any week of the year!  This was the time when Mesa Boogie amps were brand new, and huge improvements in sound systems were coming about.  A small club, like the Baked Potato, was basically turned into a direct-to-disc recording session.  It made arena rock seem like a garage band!  These guys could play live with perfection.

My favorite music from that era has to be Steely Dan's Aja, and Gaucho, as well as Joni Mitchell.  All the heavyweights played on those albums.

Major highlights, for me, would include larry Carlton's solo on Third World Man, from Gaucho,  and anything Jaco, as long as he was with Joni.

There's nothing in the music world, at this moment, that I am aware of, that compares with the scene in LA at that time.  (of course, I'm pretty out of touch, but I still have friends in the business, and they aren't real excited either.)

When I hear the same music I listened to in Highschool played at my kids' highschool, I have to wonder.   Could it be that the slacker generation isn't as creative?

Brent

There was definitely something in the air back then.
I dropped a C-note in the music store yesterday buying a bunch of charts of seventies music...it is truly awesome!
Nothing like that stuff today, sadly...
Verne
p.s I f I were to pick a favorite it would be a close call between Weather Report's Heavy Weather album (I still think it should be illegal to play a piece like Portrait of Tracy on the bass! Those harmonics by Jaco are murder!) and Freddie Hubbard and company's Polar A.C which I have been trying unsuccesfully to get a replacement copy of now for years...

p.s. Ever listen to the Mahvishnu Orchestra with Johnny McGlaughlin? They were a bit too avant garde for most...
I got all the music (that doesn't mean I can play it  :))

You seem to like the heavier, "purer" stuff from that era.  I went through a phase where I really appreciated the less accessible stuff, with no words, complex melodic lines, and truly outrageous technical displays.   I still do like it, in some ways.

However, for some reason I began to gravitate towards the commercial, song oriented pieces.  The musicians themselves were also grateful, as they made much more money from the hits, then from stuff like Heavy Weather.  Nevertheless, there's nothing like that around today.

We saw Steely Dan at the MidState fair last summer, and they were truly at the top of their game.  Perfect performance of many of the old hits, with new arrangements on quite a few.  When compared with the sad displays that some of the modern acts put on, they seemed even better.  Not only that, what with being sober and all, they actually appeared to really appreciate the audience, and worked as hard as they could.

Speaking of bass players, my all time favorite is Paul McCartney.  No, he can't do what Jaco did, but he did define the instrument in a new way, not to mention having some of the coolest bass lines around.

Brent

I used to be madly in love with Stevie...


 Note selection is the man's forte for sure. No greater harmonic genius ever lived...kinda reminds me of Wayne Shorter in that sense...
You may not believe this but I really dig a lot of John Denver's stuff. Sometimes I would just go nuts in the shower...know whatta mean?
Country Rooooaaaaaaaaaaad...!!!  ;D

OK, I love the new layout, even if I do have to get used to doing everything backwards from the way it was (last page/first page reversal; latest post at the bottom instead of the top, etc.),

But where's the photo of Verne?!!

Good day eh!

A recent picture of moi! I am very close to the longest skating rink in the world.

Hugh

Here I am ten years later and very happily married to a perfect woman...
Verne

Here is a list of links to photos that belong to posts in this thread:

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From other threads:

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More links may show up in this post as I run into them on the old BB.

A picture of Matt Peeling and his sister Beth in Minnesota:

(http://soaringwiththeeagles.com/mattbeth2.jpg)

(Posted in the SWTE thread, "I love Illinois!".)

Thanks Stephan.