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David K
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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Nomads are tough crowd, but hang in there, it is worth it! Some help is offered:
Some of us like accuracy and others like drama...
Some want to share and others don't...
Some want to learn and others are like old dogs...
Some seek friendship and others just prefer to be rude...
So, if you are new to Baja Nomad, don't let anyone blow you away... everyone here started as a Newbie (Noo-B?)
How I help (and it is for those who want it), here are some how to advice ideas:
 Big trip reports and wordy posts... love them, but please double space
paragraphs or double space every few lines as it makes reading a world easier on the eyes!
Baja Places... so you can search out more information, the correct
spelling is key. I may respond with the better way to spell a place in Baja so you can find out more or sound more like you want to know. Here are
some of the commonly misspelled Baja places:
LOS BARRILES
LORETO
MULEGE
GUERRERO NEGRO
SAN FRANCISQUITO
SANTA ROSALILLITA (ROSALIITA is perhaps technically correct?)
ALFONSINA'S
SANTA YNEZ (SANTA INES is technically correct, but not how the ranch owner liked it.)
PUERTECITOS
SAN QUINTIN
SAN VICENTE
SANTO TOMAS
There are plenty more, but these seem to be the majority. The AAA Baja map has nearly all the names correct.
PHOTO SHARING...
This is a tough one for some... and until Nomad gets revised (don't hold your breath) to automatically resize too big photos, we with standard PC
monitors would really appreciate if you tried to post photos that are not wider than the Nomad frame width (800 pixels). Otherwise, your photo and all
text on the same page, gets stretched off the screen, requiring sideways scrolling. This makes viewing and reading less fun.
Many here use Photobucket.com to (free) host your photos to share on Nomad or other forums... When you upload your photos to Photobucket, first set
the upload SIZE to 640 pixels (for big) or 800 pixels (for full page max for Nomad). The standard upload on Photobucket is over 1000 pixels if you
don't adjust it.
Changing the standard size to Nomad friendly photo sharing is easy and does not reduce the quality at all. Your original photos on your computer are
not affected:
Here are the steps:
1) Make an album on Photobucket.com for the subject or group of photos... or just to put photos you want to share on Nomad and other forums.
2) To set the size of the photos (does not reduce the quality) to fit here you click on your name at the top of the Photobucket page.
3) Click on User Settings.
4) Click on Albums (top of page). Scroll down and see Upload Options and just below that is 'Customize Upload Options',
5) click on that.
6) Click 800 x 600 for maps or max. size to fill the Nomad page or click 640 x 480 for large size photos that don't fill the page. Nomad is an 800
pixel wide frame, and if you don't resize to 800 or less, the entire page will stretch off the standard monitor and require sideways scrolling. You
only need to do this step once or if you wish to change it.
7) Click SAVE.
8) Click on the big Upload box at the top center of the Photobucket page and simply select the photos you want from your PC folder.
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Now, to share your Photobucket album photos on a Nomad post:
1) Place your mouse on the thumbnail photo in your Photobucket album and select the IMG link of the links box that pops up or is already there, copy
that IMG link with your mouse (left click, right click, click copy).
2) On your Nomad post, paste the photo link by right clicking your mouse, and click paste.
Add a caption below the photo if desired and double space between photo links so there is a separation between them.
I suggest not posting too many photo per Nomad post so those with slow upload speeds can also enjoy them... maybe every dozen pictures start a new
reply/post?
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If your photos are already on another web site, then they can be shown here using IMG tags on each side... Nomad has a button above where you type
your posts, just for adding photos from other sites:  (You don't need to use this button when posting Photobucket IMG links)
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Yes, Nomad has a photo attachment feature, but that only allows one photo per post and that photo must be under 50 kbs in file size. Both those
reasons make Photobucket an easier and better option, IMO.
I hope this is helpful to Nomads and is offered here as such.
Please don't be afraid to ask for help... at least to me.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
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May I add to the newbie.....
Always................The Baja.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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motoged
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Location: Kamloops, BC
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David.....
May I be a spelling cop???? Huh? May I? May I? Pretty please, may I.
( I know I"Can", but "may" I?) 
It's a rhetorical question....no real need to reply 
p.s. Maybe some grammatically corrective role as well....  
Don't believe everything you think....
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sequoyah
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Great post. Thanks for all the information.
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DENNIS
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Location: Punta Banda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
May I add to the newbie.....
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What noob? I don't see a noob. I thought this was self-promotion?
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DJL
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Having just registered after lurking many years ..... it isn't just the Baja Nomad board , but ALL of the internet . Plenty of civil , nice people on
here to make you ignore the other ones .
I've noticed several members who seem to enjoy combat . That's cool .... I guess . The key is to NOT become involved , and don't let people bait you .
Simple enough !
D.~
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DJL
Having just registered after lurking many years ..... it isn't just the Baja Nomad board , but ALL of the internet . Plenty of civil , nice people on
here to make you ignore the other ones .
I've noticed several members who seem to enjoy combat . That's cool .... I guess . The key is to NOT become involved , and don't let people bait you .
Simple enough !
D.~ |
WISE WORDS!!!
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
May I add to the newbie.....
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What noob? I don't see a noob. I thought this was self-promotion? |
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64755
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Didn't take long for an example of what I talked about, right? 
There is a button called U2U at the bottom of the post box, and that is Nomad's private message (internal email) system. Use it to communicate in
private so as not to get attacked or embarrassed by the rude ones here. 
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Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Didn't take long for an example of what I talked about, right?
There is a button called U2U at the bottom of the post box, and that is Nomad's private message (internal email) system. Use it to communicate in
private so as not to get attacked or embarrassed by the rude ones here.
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If king David says it is true....then so be it. For a preview of what he might
say next, watch Hannity!
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Barbareno
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Well I was farting around trying to post a picture here and 640x480 is just too big to post for me. Yet on another unrelated site it's too small.
[Edited on 11-23-2013 by Barbareno]
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Barbareno
Nomad
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Location: Vernon BC
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try one more time....
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durrelllrobert
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
Well, as a caveat, U2U is not really private. Those messages can be viewed by administrators.
If you really want private use email or pick up a phone.
Of course, there's DHS listening in on those! |
Bob Durrell
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BajaBlanca
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What a brilliant post.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Daidv
An just think you can meet Talk with so many "NUTS" . From the Liberal Louts to the FGreat Conservatives. Living in the Greatest Free County in the
World!!
Watching the Communistic/Socialist Wimps trying to get everyone to be the Same!!!
Even Old Geezers Try to Help those Poor Wimps become better Men and Women!
Here i set with 24 Degree Weather taking care of my Animals setting by the FirePlace having a Good Chaw of Copenhagen.
Lifet is Good!!
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64755
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barbareno
Well I was farting around trying to post a picture here and 640x480 is just too big to post for me. Yet on another unrelated site it's too small.
[Edited on 11-23-2013 by Barbareno] |
Please try again... the photo you posted from your Photobucket album is over 1000 pixels and stretches the whole page off Nomad.
Here are the steps, again:
2) To set the size of the photos (does not reduce the quality) to fit here you click on your name at the top of the Photobucket page.
3) Click on User Settings.
4) Click on Albums (top of page). Scroll down and see Upload Options and just below that is 'Customize Upload Options',
5) click on that.
6) Click 800 x 600 for maps or max. size to fill the Nomad page or click 640 x 480 for large size photos that don't fill the page. Nomad is an 800
pixel wide frame, and if you don't resize to 800 or less, the entire page will stretch off the standard monitor and require sideways scrolling. You
only need to do this step once or if you wish to change it.
7) Click SAVE.
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MitchMan
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Factoid for Newbies and others:
It is necessary to make allowances for Skeet/Loreto posts...just part of the landscape.
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
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Location: Punta Banda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MitchMan
Factoid for Newbies and others:
It is necessary to make allowances for Skeet/Loreto posts...just part of the landscape. |
It's like an occasional trip to the San Diego Zoo.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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watizname
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I think Skeet has a "special" keyboard, either that or typing with a hammer is hard.
Lifet is good.
I yam what I yam and that\'s all what I yam.
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MitchMan
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Post Script :
In keeping with the spirit of things, I have learned that it is best and intellectually honest and fair not to initiate inflammatory political
commentary where the thread itself is non-political or where no such commentary was provoked.
We have specific separate forums for that: "OFF-TOPIC" and "Baja Political Forum".
[Edited on 11-23-2013 by MitchMan]
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