[cobrajeff]

...as just another member here, I would like to ask that some of you lighten up a little bit on the Moderators here. These guys are not PAID to do this, they volunteered - and, typically, about all you get out of it is a bunch of complaints.

I have posted a lot of pictures on this site - I like to think that some of them have helped some of the members in their builds, or in the appreciation of the glory days of Shelby American. I figured out a long time ago, that the smaller your pictures are, the MORE pictures you can post. There have already been a couple good suggestions here for re-sizing your pictures - I use the MS Picture Resizing Powertool myself, and it works well. Yes, it was tedious and time consuming when I went back to re-input some of my older pics that were huge (and I lost views and comments). But, in the long run, it has allowed me to post an even greater variety of pictures.

Another thing to consider - when you upload a 1 or 2 meg picture to this site, you make yourself vulnerable to someone else on the internet to steal your picture and use it elsewhere (their website, bogus e-Bay auction, whatever). This has happened to me - nice historical pics I have posted here have been used by others - now, I don't mind somebody using my picture if they give me CREDIT for it, but, in most cases they don't. So I have begun using smaller pictures, and, for some of my better ones, I post a "copyright" tag across the photo somewhere.

Please be a little more courteous to the folks who have volunteered their time and energy to help keep this site one of the very best on the 'net.

regards,

Jeff Burgy