Never Mind!  I fixed it myself.  My son had changed some security settings so his son who is here during the day during the summer, couldn't access the things 11 year old boys like to access.       In doing so, he turned SOMETHING off.  I just clicked "restore default settings" and now things are working again.  Sheesh!   

LOL!!!!  He's spending the whole Canadian summer there?   

I think you are probably right.  Why I thought it might be some technical reason for it. But I have a "satiable curiosity"

er, I didn't know I was supposed to PM anybody.  I usually just post and figure someone will see it sooner or later. 

do that about every day, but I will try it.

I take it back.  It just happened again when I tried to post in McAnally's.  Would not post and said I was off-line.  Had to go to tools and take a check mark off work-offline that I did NOT put there. It took me 3 tries to put the post up.

I keep getting that error message that I am offline again in the last few minutes.  I was only getting that on the Butcher forum yesterday.  And I wasn't actually off-line!

Well, I have a photobucket account, but it is private so no one can take  my photos and use them.  I know this sounds paranoid, but it has happened to other people.  I have to put the © on all of them.  But I will post some now and then. It is harder to take them from posts here because they are a small resolution and don't reproduce well.  I post frequently on a photography forum and this is a big issue there.  Some of the pros have been really burned.  That is why I told Amaranth she should sign her drawings that she posted here.  If you look at my avatar, you can see the tiny © in the corner.  I have to do that to all of them if I want to post a link. *sigh*  I would love to though.