Alien Revenge?

I have removed my photo. Most forums place restrictions on your photo size when posting so you can't break the rules unknowingly, as I did.

No need to crucify someone for not reading the small print. Unless you just enjoy it, that is. There are better ways to do it - how about sending a PM?

rjxj wrote:
I'm just wishing bka0721 would get rid of that so I can stop scrolling over. :)

:B

As you and I both have learned, that issue is not a problem for some.

b

JumboJet wrote:
Bits and bytes - With the cost of storage today, I am surprised any company sponsored forum, complete with advertisers, would complain about larger than 640x480 pictures. My phone provider offers lots of storage. My Kindle has tons of CLOUD storage. Microsoft offers me tons of CLOUD storage. My personal Laptop computer has 3/4 of a Terabyte storage. Computer and storage - less than a $1,000.

You have missed the point. The size of the photo width has nothing to do about storage, it has to do with the ability to read and view the screen. There is NO LIMIT on the height of a photo, only the width. Just like my earlier post makes this narration a challenge to read, for some. Most of my internet viewing or browsing is done on my smartphone (iPhone 6+). This decision is due to the unlimited data I have with my plan. With my Verizon Hot Spot, I pay for the extra bandwidth. The issue comes down to a post like for the Wooden Truck Camper in the small pickup would be I could not view the narrative at all, on my iPhone or iPad. When a post is normal, it is easy and effortless.

Now, posting pictures on the RV.net Forum, as you describe for storage, JumboJet, that is relevant to what you are describing, but not the point of this discussion.

I too, wish we could do away with the difficulty of posting pictures off site to then post on this forum. Ooops, that is just an inconvenience for a few!? Sort of like having photos oversized so you can't fit it on a screen. Hmmmm.

b

It's not about storage. It's the display width that is easily settable when you add a pic. I have no idea why 640 was picked, but it's not my place or your place to tell someone else how to run their website. Fyi, the pic above makes it impossible to read without scrolling on the system I'm on at the moment. Not exactly reader friendly.

Finally, this isn't the trip report website although some of you prefer that part of the posts. There are lots of places that prefer that content. I suggest it would be easier to post there and link to that post here instead of trying to change the rules here to suit your blogs.

There is a blog part of rv.net. No, I don't know the address because it's not that interesting to me. If you like that content, go there. It will be more of what you are looking for.

I'm just wishing bka0721 would get rid of that so I can stop scrolling over. :)

Bits and bytes - With the cost of storage today, I am surprised any company sponsored forum, complete with advertisers, would complain about larger than 640x480 pictures. My phone provider offers lots of storage. My Kindle has tons of CLOUD storage. Microsoft offers me tons of CLOUD storage. My personal Laptop computer has 3/4 of a Terabyte storage. Computer and storage - less than a $1,000.

lol. Yes that's what I'm talking about.If all the pages were like that I'd be gone.

2XXXXXX wrote:
I'm thinking of buying one of these and would really appreciate your comments. The guy builds beautiful rigs and knows what he's doing, IMO. I'm tired of dragging big rigs around (currently have a 17' trailer, big to me) and want to go back to a simple and easy way to get into the backcountry. I don't need many amenities. I would get a Toyota Tacoma to haul it around.

Thoughts? These start at around 6k w/o much inside, are made of W. red cedar. The website has photos of the interior - beautiful work. I've talked to him about his construction methods and they seem very sound. It's pretty carefree, but would need a coat of poly every couple of years. Thanks in advance.

his website: http://casualturtlecampers.com/original-cabover/

This is an example of someone that has been a longtime member here that posted a photo without regard of the width limitation (The poster's photo is 1,500 wide, more than twice the limit for posting). The post has been up and not corrected. Sometimes the moderators can't keep up and they are not on every minute. I would suggest that we police ourselves too. To be honest the greatest number of people that post in excess of the width requirement are ones that have been around longer than 3 years or more. So maybe we should not rely on the moderators to do it for us.

As for Whazoo, I too did not have any issue with his pictures being too wide and the need to scroll to read the narrative. Personally I don't like having oversized photos as the screens I use makes it difficult to see the photos and almost impossible to read the narrative when they are so small in size and a single line of a mile or two.

Another point too is that people just stopped going to his Trip Reports and the counts showed that. A Trip Report he did a month ago was half of the comments and visits another post about some relationship on being on the road with a spouse, that did not have any pictures or additional effort from the poster. Many will look and not leave a comment, or even click on a Trip report. Praise the people that make the posts, posts the pictures by leaving a comment. If anything it gives that poster an affirmation that their efforts are appreciated and an indication of what topics are of interest.

Oh, yeah. Thinking that your leaving the forum will be noticed or a silent protest, there have been many Ole' Timers gone for a long time, or posters that are gone a year or more, like Whazoo, DJ, DB3500 and btggraphix and nobody really noticed or commented. Like water filling into a glass, your leaving will be replaced by others, commenting and posting. What will be missed is your experience, guidance and personality. What will prosper will be posters like Slackercruster, remember him?

The changing of his photos wasn't what caused him to leave, again, it was just the final straw for him that he followed through with a comment he made in this forum more than a year ago. I will miss Whazoo and be grateful for the time he blessed us with his humor, experience and personality.

Safe travels.

b


Edit: I removed the poster's name/handle so as not to cause his embarrassment for posting a photo beyond the forum's limits (Unknowingly, by his statement)

mockturtle wrote:
Glad I read it right away! IMHO, it was his best.

Ditto - I don't want him to be gone. :(

DH and I always went through his TRs together.

Darn.

Guess I'll be reprimanded next. Almost all of my TRs have 800 wide pics in them.

Hope everyone uses this as a wake up call and re-evaluates how they do trip reports. I will probably continue to post mine as usual, but will also be a lot more willing to go off site to view other's reports.