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  1. Glenn MacGrady

    Posting images in threads (and Rotation Problem Solved)

    On many discussion forums, such as sports forums, preserving images is not important because those forums cater mainly to current banter. This forum is different. One of its prime purposes is to preserve our trip reports, our build/restore/repair threads, our gear threads, and many other threads...
  2. Glenn MacGrady

    Posting images in threads (and Rotation Problem Solved)

    I also don't recall precisely whether it was under vBulletin or an earlier release of Xenforo, or both, that copy-pasting an image from the internet only linked it to the source. I don't have controls to enable or disable copy-pasting, but our webhost assures me that we have more than sufficient...
  3. Glenn MacGrady

    Steel Ring on the Painter Loop

    I wonder what purpose Nova Craft had in mind by putting a stem ring on the bow and not the stern. Yeah, you can tie a rope to it, but so what? I tie painters and vehicle bow/stern lines to the grab handles.
  4. Glenn MacGrady

    Posting images in threads (and Rotation Problem Solved)

    Well, I've been experimenting and, as @Dana has pointed out for internet pictures, you don't have to download and upload. You can just right click on an internet image in Firefox or Chrome, choose "Copy Image," and paste directly into the text box to get it on our server—all without using the...
  5. Glenn MacGrady

    Posting images in threads (and Rotation Problem Solved)

    That seems to be correct. Thank you for the clarification, Dana. What I meant to say relates to using the Insert Image tool (mountain icon). If you choose Upload Image option, the image will be uploaded to our server. If you instead choose the By URL option, the image will appear in the message...
  6. Glenn MacGrady

    Posting images in threads (and Rotation Problem Solved)

    You don't need to resize images before posting them. Xenforo will accept images up to 8000 KB. If the image is larger than that, it will be rejected. If the image is accepted, it will automatically be resized to a maximum of 950 x 950 pixels when it is inserted into a message. If the image is...
  7. Glenn MacGrady

    Collinsville Canoe, CT: All in-stock Swift canoes on sale

    https://www.collinsvillecanoe.com/shop/INSTOCK-Swift-Canoe--Kayak.htm
  8. Glenn MacGrady

    Boreas Ponds, Adirondacks, NY

    The Boreas Ponds have the reputation of having perhaps the most beautiful lake-in-mountain scenery in the Adirondacks. I've seen video. Historically, the ponds were a bit of a hike to get into with no campsite nearby. Last summer, @Conk told me the access, parking and camping situation has been...
  9. Glenn MacGrady

    What's changed for better or worse over your canoeing lifetime?

    Or Old Town throwing a Tripper off their factory roof in 1973 to demonstrate the durability of "Oltonar," which was their name for Royalex. There was a picture of that in Canoe Magazine ads, but I can't find one. Maybe @Benson Gray can.
  10. Glenn MacGrady

    Don't Get Me Wrong - I Love Winter, But...

    That's enchanting if you live where "the woods are lovely, dark and deep." But here's the dirty, messy reality of winter for many folks: Extra credit for identifying this canoe vehicle by model and year.
  11. Glenn MacGrady

    What's changed for better or worse over your canoeing lifetime?

    This is an interesting question. Here is what Cliff Jacobson, now 84, says about his 72-year canoe career, about the same as mine. https://paddlingmag.com/stories/columns/butt-end/cliff-jacobson-on-canoeing/ I'd say what what's changed for the better in my lifetime is the improvement in...
  12. Glenn MacGrady

    Mégiscane River, Québec

    Maybe. Then there's the thing in the lower left corner that looks like a paddle blade with a reflection of a rare Quebec rodent-fish. (I have never been a taxonomic biologist.)
  13. Glenn MacGrady

    Pheather2: an 11 lb (5 kg) canoe, towable by bicycle

    Gram weenies, pay attention! Matt Morris of Waterloo, Ontario, has made an 11.6 lb (5.3 kg) canoe that he tows by bicycle for urban paddling in Kitchener. Note also his homemade paddle collection, including a very clever "hand blade" paddle and a wooden feather blade paddle that weighs less...
  14. Glenn MacGrady

    Mégiscane River, Québec

    Just catching up on this Agatha Christie plot twist thread. In the century-old tradition of "The Perils of Pauline", in which each episode ends with a damsel-in-distress cliffhanger, Erica punches out the best cliffhanger closing lines I've ever read in a trip report, including the "wrong...
  15. Glenn MacGrady

    Happy National………Day

    Gamma, I think you mentioned in another thread that you make wine but not from grapes. Did I get that wrong? Anyway, could you explain what you will do with all that wine, especially if you keep making more. Do intend to use it all, sell it, give it away?
  16. Glenn MacGrady

    Weekend snowshoe backpacking trip in Pennsylvania

    Thanks for the interesting snow trekking and camping report, Michael. The fluid colors in this photo create a surreal effect:
  17. Glenn MacGrady

    Thawing out on the Eno River, NC

    Thanks for the mid-winter paddle report and the pictures. Were you in your MR Explorer or what?
  18. Glenn MacGrady

    Best Navigation Apps for 2026

    While the headline uses the word "navigation," the text of the article doesn't claim Apple iOS Compass is a navigation app. Here's what it says: "The compass app installed on every iPhone is accurate and handy. Teaching navigation to college students, I often deal with students arriving to...
  19. Glenn MacGrady

    Best Navigation Apps for 2026

    I'm not familiar with these kind of apps, but this article reviews seven of them. Chip in if you have experience with these apps or others. https://paddlingmag.com/gear/accessories/electronics/best-navigation-apps/ Best for topo types: CalTopo Best for river trippers: NRS PaddleWays Best...
  20. Glenn MacGrady

    Back Country Skiing

    Interesting. He skied down K2 in 2018, seven years before Everest. I watched the movie. The drone photographic technology was not nearly as good as it is now. Here is a version that edits out all the narration splices and history and just focuses on the descent. I like watching climbing...
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