dahermit - you are expecting us to be tutors in the use of the internet and the finer nuances and language of it. We can't do that - this is a firearms board. If a person reading any explanation doesn't understand any portion of it, I would expect them to look it up, not throw up their hands in disgust at our attempt to explain what is a fairly simple process.
Concerning your specific question:
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I want to post a picture, from my computer (not photo-hosting site),in my post, not just as an attachment to the post.
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No one will be able to explain to you how to do that. In order to post an image it has to be uploaded to a hosting site and made available as a link. TFL is a hosting site for our members if they choose to upload an image here - that's what an attachment is, an image or other chunk of viewable/readable data uploaded to this site, nothing more.
Of course it is possible that you could have all the proper hosting properties on your home system, but that is highly unlikely and very unusual.
Some, if not most, ISP's (internet service provider) have some private storage space allotted to each of their users. Most users aren't even aware that it exists and is usable by them. Users of those ISP's can upload images and such to that space and make it available to the general public over the internet if they wish to. The upload is accomplished using an FTP application (file transfer protocol). The procedures for doing all of that is beyond the scope of this site, but a call or email to your ISP to see if you have any such available space might be fruitful.