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    RealPlayer
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    #1

    I tried posting a topic with a couple of photos here, but the site tells me the file size is too large.

    So I posted it over at the old WTF, using post images, and it worked.

    I’d appreciate it if you have a look.

    Thanks,
    Joe

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      wtg
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      #2

      If you do a drag and drop there is a file size limit. You can do a third party host like FB or postimages with no file size limit.

      The full edit screen (use the double arrow icon next Quick Reply) will pop up a window that as an icon for photo links. Just paste the link for your photo and it will embed here.

      I've been meaning to post some tips and tricks with screenshots of what things look like. I'll do that later when I'm back to my laptop. Cumbersome to do on my phone...

      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        wtg
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        #3

        here is the post with embedded photos. I also left the original plain links to postimages. If you click on those it will take you to the full size image that was originally saved on postimages.

        I hope you can help me with some Japanese translation!

        This is the instruction sheet from the Japanese seatpost for my bicycle. It’s one of the best and most expensive out there, partly because it’s infinitely adjustable.

        The two bolts function BOTH as clamps for the saddle and a means to adjust the up and down tilt of the saddle. How do they do both? The guys at the bike shop say “Just play with it.” But I wonder what the instructions really say.

        Thanks!

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        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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          You can also use a “Shortcut” app on your phone called “convert photo”. If you’re like me the idea of learning a new app is terrifying but it turned out to be fairly simple on my iPhone.

          Find the shortcut app. The easiest way to do that is to type “shortcut” in the search area at the bottom of the screen that has all of your apps on it.

          Find “convert photo”. Move it to your Home Screen if you want.

          Tap “convert photo”. Your gallery of pictures will come up. Tap the one you want to convert. It will show up in your picture gallery as the first photo.

          Copy it and paste it to WTF.

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          • S Steve Miller

            You can also use a “Shortcut” app on your phone called “convert photo”. If you’re like me the idea of learning a new app is terrifying but it turned out to be fairly simple on my iPhone.

            Find the shortcut app. The easiest way to do that is to type “shortcut” in the search area at the bottom of the screen that has all of your apps on it.

            Find “convert photo”. Move it to your Home Screen if you want.

            Tap “convert photo”. Your gallery of pictures will come up. Tap the one you want to convert. It will show up in your picture gallery as the first photo.

            Copy it and paste it to WTF.

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            wtg
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            #5

            @Steve-Miller

            Is that a different app from the shortcut that @dolmansaxlil set up? Here is her description of what she did and how to use it...

            https://wtf.coffee-room.com/post/165

            I'm an iPhone/iPad rookie...it's all Greek to me....give me a good old-fashioned Windows laptop. And get off my lawn...

            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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              It’s the same app. I learned about it from Dol

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                ShiroKuro
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                RP, I used Google Lens (it’s faster than I am!)
                Full disclosure: I didn’t read the Japanese or the English! 😅

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                  RealPlayer
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                  #8

                  wtg, thanks for importing my images to this thread from groupee.

                  SK, thanks for your Google translation. It’s better than the one I found. The “boat line” and the “ship line” must be Japanese colloquialisms for left and right!

                  It sounds like everything gets adjusted together, not stepwise, which I had hoped for. But at least I know it’s expected.

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                  • R RealPlayer

                    wtg, thanks for importing my images to this thread from groupee.

                    SK, thanks for your Google translation. It’s better than the one I found. The “boat line” and the “ship line” must be Japanese colloquialisms for left and right!

                    It sounds like everything gets adjusted together, not stepwise, which I had hoped for. But at least I know it’s expected.

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                    ShiroKuro
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                    @RealPlayer said in Hey SK:

                    The “boat line” and the “ship line” must be Japanese colloquialisms for left and right!

                    I had to look at the Japanese instructions to figure that one out. (Bc it’s not a colloquial term for left/right) Boat line is apparently a specific part of the saddle. The translation should have just called it boat line both times (rather than boat, ship, bc the Japanese uses the same word both times)

                    I googled images:

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                      ShiroKuro
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                      ETA the part circled in blue is the kanji for boat line.

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                        RealPlayer
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                        #11

                        Hmm…well, in America we call those ‘saddle rails’ — left and right. So it’s an unusual usage…unless maybe in England they call them something different. Many bike parts have different names in England. And often other languages use British English as their reference.

                        Seat “pillar” which you see in the translation is also different from our seat “post.” I’ll bet it’s British usage.

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                          Probably. Bc in that illustration I posted last, it's literally "seat post" in Japanese (shiito posuto)

                          Google Translate has gotten significantly better but it's still very, very hit or miss.

                          So, did you get your question answered or do you still need help?

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                          • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

                            Probably. Bc in that illustration I posted last, it's literally "seat post" in Japanese (shiito posuto)

                            Google Translate has gotten significantly better but it's still very, very hit or miss.

                            So, did you get your question answered or do you still need help?

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                            CHAS
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                            @ShiroKuro said in Hey SK:

                            shiito posuto)

                            @ShiroKuro said in Hey SK:

                            (shiito posuto)

                            So that first word is the word for seat? A real etymologist's delight

                            “I’m at an age when remembering something right away is as good as an orgasm.”—Gloria Steinem to Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Wiser Than Me

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                              @ShiroKuro said in Hey SK:

                              shiito posuto)

                              @ShiroKuro said in Hey SK:

                              (shiito posuto)

                              So that first word is the word for seat? A real etymologist's delight

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                              ShiroKuro
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                              @CHAS said in Hey SK:

                              So that first word is the word for seat? A real etymologist's delight

                              Yes 😁 I now realize I probably should have written to "sheeto" because the "i" in Japanese has a long "e" sound

                              If you go here and click on the audio icon inside the box on the left, next to the mic icon, you can probably hear it:

                              https://translate.google.com/?sl=ja&tl=en&text=シートポスト&op=translate

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                                RealPlayer
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                                Like the more familiar “shiitake”.

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                                • ShiroKuroS ShiroKuro

                                  Probably. Bc in that illustration I posted last, it's literally "seat post" in Japanese (shiito posuto)

                                  Google Translate has gotten significantly better but it's still very, very hit or miss.

                                  So, did you get your question answered or do you still need help?

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                                  RealPlayer
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                                  @ShiroKuro I think I understand it now. The whole assembly is kept rather loose till the rails are securely set in the post’s channels, then tightened up and desired tilt set simultaneously by turning the two bolts. And fine-tuned after sitting on the saddle by making further bolt adjustments for your comfort. Experimentation and patience are involved.

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                                    ShiroKuro
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                                    Good luck! I haven't ridden a bicycle (or tweaked with a saddle) in..... probably more than 25 years! 👀

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