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Post a Picture of Your Desktop
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:33 AM
Here's a pic of my desktop that of course has that long train car consist on it:



Im thinking soon I may take more train pics and have them as my desktop.

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Posted by pbjwilson on Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:47 PM
Here's mine. It's been on about a month now. Gettin about time for a change.

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Posted by rlplionel on Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:57 PM
Here I am holding up the Grand Canyon Railway a few years ago.



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Posted by prewardude on Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:41 PM
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Posted by IronHoarse on Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:33 PM
Hi,
Are you guys using a camera to copy your desktops? Or is there another way?
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Posted by prewardude on Saturday, February 25, 2006 9:51 PM
Press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. This will copy the image of your desktop to Windows' invisible "clipboard." Open up Paint, and press Ctrl + V. That should paste the image into Paint. Save the image out as a JPG to your "My Pictures" folder and you should be set. It would be a good idea to resize the image from there, or you can resize it in Paint before you save it.

That's how you do it in Windows. If you're using a Mac, somebody else is gonna have to help you out., as I have no experience with Macs.

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Posted by mitchelr on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:00 PM
Here's what I have on my desktop.


PS - On a Mac you follow all of the instructions for posting a photo until you get to the part about Properties. On the Mac you right click on the enlarged image and choose copy image address, then past that in the reply between the img tags.

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Posted by IronHoarse on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:29 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by prewardude

Press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. This will copy the image of your desktop to Windows' invisible "clipboard." Open up Paint, and press Ctrl + V. That should paste the image into Paint. Save the image out as a JPG to your "My Pictures" folder and you should be set. It would be a good idea to resize the image from there, or you can resize it in Paint before you save it.

That's how you do it in Windows. If you're using a Mac, somebody else is gonna have to help you out., as I have no experience with Macs.

Regards,
Clint [:)]


Thanks...I never knew that button existed before today.
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Posted by tschmidt on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:32 PM
This is my desktop photo. It's from a trip to India and it's taken at the Taj Mahal.


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Posted by MadMarx on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:47 PM
Ckick to enlarge......

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Posted by tschmidt on Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:55 PM
You all have some great photos on your desktops.
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Posted by IronHoarse on Saturday, February 25, 2006 11:01 PM
Here's mine.

[image]http://www.moranweather.com/trains/DT.jpg[/image]
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Posted by FJ and G on Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:17 AM
Here's my desktop...





My "other" desktop is at work and now has a photo I took of a speeding train.
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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:04 AM
Here's mine, I'm sort of buit in !! [:D][:D]
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Posted by mitchelr on Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:25 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

Here's my desktop...





That is one sweeeeet Mac...[8D][8D][8D] Love the train on the desktop too!

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Posted by FJ and G on Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:28 AM
Thanks, Mitch, but John's is much more elaborate and nice. It's a new Mac with plenty of get up and go.

I used this photo on my desktop...but it squeezed it horizontally (took this photo on the old Southern near my house)

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Posted by darianj on Sunday, February 26, 2006 10:42 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

Here's my desktop...





My "other" desktop is at work and now has a photo I took of a speeding train.


That's pretty kool.
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Posted by Dave45681 on Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:31 PM
Here's the pic I am using right now:



It's the Hellgate Bridge from the Train Show at the Bronx Botanical Garden over the Holidays. There were at least 2 other large bridges like this there too.

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Posted by jefelectric on Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:18 PM
Here is my desktop at present. It changes pretty often.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, February 26, 2006 9:12 PM

I bet the Chief will get his shorts all in a knot over this photo. [:D]

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Posted by prewardude on Monday, February 27, 2006 8:22 PM
Why would Chief get his shorts in a knot over a picture of Merle Haggard in a Civil War uniform? [;)]

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Monday, February 27, 2006 10:11 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by prewardude

Why would Chief get his shorts in a knot over a picture of Merle Haggard in a Civil War uniform? [;)]

Maybe because it is not Merle. .[:D] If was Merle, he would be delighted.and all in a twitter.

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Posted by Demon09 on Monday, February 27, 2006 11:53 PM
This is the one I have up there now....



A few days ago it was this one though....
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Posted by tmcc man on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:14 AM
Well, here's mine. A RollsRoyce Phantom, with Rims by TIS.

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Posted by andregg1 on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:51 AM
Hi
THis is my desktop picture.
This train run from Hill City to Keyston, the last town befor Mount Rushmore.
Is an articulated engine, and burn oil insted coal.
Nice trip for $ 18.
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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:36 PM
Buckeye,
That hurts!!!!!!!![B)] That man of such low moral calliber did some BAD things down here in Georgia. It is insulting that such a worm as he wore a uniform, even if it was the enemy in the War of Northern Agression.
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Posted by laz 57 on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:34 PM
DENNIS,
BUCKEYE put that pic up not because of qwelling the south but because he was fed up with GRITS. He has his arms folded.
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Posted by FEClionel on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:00 PM

I love this picture!
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Posted by zwbob on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:15 PM
Here's me in my dreams

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Posted by tmcc man on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:46 PM
zwbob, that is a great car isn't it. My dad's friend ordered one in the exact color pictured, but got a convertible. He loves it.
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