Rodger Pettichord

At this stage of life, moderating myself is the hardest challenge. I've yet to meet a lame Grandpa joke that I'm not willing to share with some squirming young person.

Hey Thommoj. Getting settled in to the seat and got the scene-scan going. If there's a problem down there, we'll spot it. Thanks!

Glad to share a round with you good fellows. Too old to make the trip to the pub. Please send bottles of single-malt well-packaged to my home.

Hate to be an enthusiast, but at age 75 I check ORBX every day--the General Discussion Old Coots Club and the Community Screenshots. By now, I have a sense of the personalities who contribute regularly and would hate to spend a day without them. I enjoy the little side jaunts that take place, and I specially treasure the personal stories and memories that are shared. Lots of good people here who have lived interesting lives. That's all good in my book.

I would like to make a brief comment about this Forum and this thread of it. The ORBX forums are my first and only introduction to such discussions. I didn't realize how nasty and personal other sites could be until I went to one the other day to follow an individual's posts. Fifteen minutes later, I had shut it down and was looking for a place to purge my stomach. The ORBX Moderators do a heck of a job keeping the conversation within pleasant limits. And (so far as I know) participants make considerable effort to remain civil and considerate. I always feel like I am among friends here, and I never fail to enjoy the conversation. So....That's what I think about that. Thanks for letting me say it.

As the song says, "Give it one more day."

Hey JMBill. Thank you. I can now rest easy.

I always figured that maths were the universe's way of keeping us English Majors humble.

Hi all. Since the first post of this aid, several folks have sent very helpful suggestions. I'm resubmitting the thread to include those suggestions. Good luck to all newbies! For Us Dummies--How to Post ORBX Forum FSX Screenshots with Windows 10 Select screenshot from your "pictures” file. Right-Click chosen picture and select "Edit with Paint 3D." Left-Click upper left "Menu." Select “Save as.” Left-Click “Image” icon at the bottom of the page. Rename chosen picture and save as jpeg image in desktop "Pictures." To do this, delete original name and rename something simple. Open options in the “Save as” slot by Right-Clicking the drop-down arrow. Select jpeg option. Click “Save.” You now have two copies of your picture, one original and one jpeg renamed. Open IMGUR. Register if you are new. Home page registration box works best. Drag/Browse selected jpeg picture from “Pictures” to IMGUR box. [NOTE: To “Drag,” Left-Click on chosen picture and hold the Click button down while moving the cursor. Picture will follow the cursor. To “Browse,” Left-Click “Browse” button and select shots.] Selected picture appears in IMGUR box. Watch upload bar. This may take a moment. If you want to include more than one picture, right-Click “Add More Images.” Repeat process for each jpeg picture. Drag each selected jpeg picture to IMGUR. If you get nothing but a blank transfer, check to make sure you selected your jpeg picture. The originals won’t work. It has to be a jpeg format. When done, right-Click “Done” button. To transfer pictures to Forum, you will have to do each one individually. EDIT 16th September 2020. Following the forum update, the forums no longer accepts the “BBCode”. The “BBCode” is the [img] [/img] at either end of the link. The forums will accept a direct link. This is the code in between the [img] and [/img]. You can either edit the BBCode to remove the [img] and [/img], or better still right click on the image and select "Copy image location". Then paste that into your post and the image will embed itself. If you use a different image hosting site, please select the Direct link. Please note that the Orbx forums will not accept links except from https sites, http will no longer work. Minimize IMGUR window. Open ORBX and go to Forums. Open Screenshots Forum. In Screenshot Forum, Left-Click "New Topic." This opens your display page. Enter a title in the “Title” slot. Right-Click on blank entry area to paste "BBC Share Code” into the new post. The code will look like a string of letters and numbers ending in jpeg. If desired, minimize ORBX and return to IMGUR for further entries. Repeat steps 14-21 for each selected picture. To return to your IMGUR picture set, simply click any dark space on the code page and your list will reappear. When you have copy/pasted all the pictures you want to your display page, you will have a page consisting of a list of code-strings. Go to the top of the Post area and find the icon looking like a sheet of paper with a magnifying glass on it. Click this icon. It will change your code-strings into your selected pictures. This should complete the formation of your screenshot thread entry. Left-Click “Submit.” Enjoy! ADDITIONAL NOTES SEE #8 ABOVE - A SHORT CUT FOR MOVING PICTURES FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW 1. You can open two working windows side by side to make picture transfer easier: a. Open ORBX Screenshot Forum “Start New Topic.” b. Reduce this window’s size by Left-Clicking the square icon on the right upper corner of your screen just to the left of the x delete icon. c. Move this reduced window to one side of screen by placing cursor at top of window and holding down Left-Click button to capture the window. Move captured window to desired location and release click-hold to set window. d. Open a second window for your IMGUR page by moving cursor to the small grey parallelogram just to the right of the tab label in the upper left corner of your screen. e. By repeating the steps described in “c” above, move this second window to a position beside your ORBX window. Release click-hold to set it there. f. Open IMGUR site as you normally would with your internet browser. g. You should now have two windows side by wide. You can adjust their sizes to your preference by moving your cursor to the window edge and dragging the margin to your desired position. SEE #8 ABOVE - A SHORT CUT FOR MOVING SEVERAL PICTURES FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW 1. You can move screenshots as a group if you don’t want to do it one by one. a. The pictures must be side by side in your “Pictures” file to do this. b. While holding down the “Shift” key, Left-Click on the first picture you want to select. c. While continuing to hold down the “Shift” key, move your cursor to the last picture you want to select and Left-Click it. You have now selected all the pictures from start to finish of your cursor movement. d. Left-Click on any of the selected pictures and hold the click while moving your cursor to the IMGUR input box. The dragged box should display a small number indicating how many pictures are in the set being transferred. e. Let the IMGUR process do its thing. You can watch the progress rate on the moving bar. f. When images are transferred, continue as in “14” and following above.

2nd Law = "It is what it is, and it will stay that way unless you change it to something else." At least that's what it seems like to this English Major. I'll defer to Ken Terry if he disagrees.

Welcome to the Coots! Glad to have a Gooney driver with us.

Very impressive. Can hear the water slapping at the dock. Thanks!

Cough, cough, sweat. That's all I have to say about that.

I've been experiencing perfect weather in beautiful surroundings. ...no, wait, that's ORBX. Sorry.

Just had a thought (always a fraught occurrence). What if summer is a dormant time for Old Coots? Kind of like dormice or bears or beetles lay over for a season?

Got to second John's post. Kinda miss everybody.

Congratulations. Did you delay the announcement for so long because you wanted to make sure the fact stuck?

This thread has been dormant for a while. Just to refresh it, I am putting in this emoji for no other reason that that it makes me laugh and I've always wanted to use it.

An added benefit of life in both Australia and New Zealand is that you get to meet all those tourists.

John neglected to say that he also writes some pretty good novels. I've read two of them and enjoyed them. His marbles seem to be still well in place.

teecee's comment makes me think of the generation that was old when we were kids. In my small rural community, we had American Civil War veterans who could compare the old muzzle-loaders with the new cartridge rifles.. My dad fondly remembered his brother's ability to drive a large team of horses or mules before a cargo wagon or a reaper. Our town blacksmith used to swear that the new gas-powered forges weren't half as sensitive as the old (was it charcoal?) versions. Some of the old guys were thrilled to death by the new reel lawn mowers--before that you just let the grass grow until you could cut it by scythe.And so forth. Why, I'd have to say that nostalgia isn't half as poignant today as it was back then.

GOT 'EM ALL, KEN. SHOULD WE BE PROUD---OR SOBERED?

John. Thanks. Off to Kindle I go. Dale and Gypsy--couldn't agree more!

Hi John. Thanks for asking. Two friends and I wrote our first novel just for the fun of it. We sent it out one chapter at a time to friends. It followed a covert unit of B-25 crews through the major events of the war. Right now, we are nine chapters into a second novel that follows the same crews into the Cold War, this time flying a variety of planes in a variety of Cold War settings. Lots of fun for us, and our friends like it--kind of like enjoying the old Saturday Matinee movie series where each month you get a new episode. Fair is fair---tell us about your books!

olderndirt, people of a certain deterioration are sometimes said to "have gone off to meet Demi [Demmi]. that is, dementia. Not to be confused with Demi the lovely actress.