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by Weed
Sun May 25, 2008 5:29 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Amsterdam
Replies: 1
Views: 3417

Re: Amsterdam

Rory wrote:drop me a line and I'll put the kettle on!
most civil of you Rory -- and of course whenever you're passing through Basildon... :)
by Weed
Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:08 am
Forum: Support Forum
Topic: including images in posts
Replies: 14
Views: 22795

Re: including images in posts

> my photo's are smaller than yours event though i've given them > exactly the same size in photoshop, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Any idea why? you uploaded the orignal photo(s) and not the one(s) you resized -- i think the "small" photos attached to your forum post are the same size as the original...
by Weed
Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:34 am
Forum: Support Forum
Topic: including images in posts
Replies: 14
Views: 22795

Re: including images in posts

> the best thing to do for ALL the images is to take them directly from the source (i.e. your cd) maybe -- if the images on the CD are the best available -- but some of them might have been cleaned up since then or maybe rescanned at a higher resolution > and then copy them in my message you mean 'a...
by Weed
Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: Support Forum
Topic: including images in posts
Replies: 14
Views: 22795

Re: including images in posts

(linking directly to images on other people's web space is called "hotlinking" and is nearly always bad) > what about using photo's coming from the old page i've no objection for now -- BUT it's at your own risk... and it's almost certain that at some point you'll go to look at your post a...
by Weed
Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:40 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas for the Forum
Replies: 11
Views: 12653

Joelle, yes, i nearly always put a 't' on the end of an image filename if it is being used as a 'thumbnail' (when a small picture is used as a link to the full size picture)

i've just posted a message to the Support Forum with advice on adding pics to forum posts -

including images in posts
by Weed
Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:21 am
Forum: Support Forum
Topic: including images in posts
Replies: 14
Views: 22795

including images in posts

if you want to include images in your posts, then do not link directly to pics on other people's sites without permission because - * if the person who looks after the other site removes the original picture or change its filename then the picture in your forum post disappears * if another picture i...
by Weed
Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The Grosvenor road Wiki
Replies: 1
Views: 3677

Re: The Grosvenor road Wiki

thanks for that Chris -- wiki looks very easy to use -- excellent work :)
by Weed
Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: Who lived where?
Topic: How I first came to G Road
Replies: 4
Views: 9484

Re: How I first came to G Road

not sure it sounds that much like me -- probably i was more responsible in those days lol -- but even so, if i suggested it then i was probably being ironic... hmm...
by Weed
Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cats like plain crisps
Replies: 4
Views: 6712

Re: Cats like plain crisps

who, me? lol ;)
by Weed
Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:25 pm
Forum: Who lived where?
Topic: How I first came to G Road
Replies: 4
Views: 9484

Re: How I first came to G Road

after travelling up to Leeds for the day with Sher in summer 1970 to attend a court case, we sort of got stuck there -- i eventually got back down to London again in autumn 1972 (a 200 mile walk) and was staying with friends in Chiswick, when, riding on the top deck of of a bus travelling thru Turnh...