With the orange on white font that the site uses for links it's easy to miss some of the smaller details of configuration and use. It was only back accident that I discovered that I could drag and drop and rearrange many of the elements on my own page. Anyway, heres a graphic on replying and not losing site of the comment to which you are replying.

The messaging is one of the slightly clumsy things about the MyCorgi/Ning.com software but over all it's 10x better than Facebook or whatever. I really don't understand the fascination with Facebook, Twitter, etc. They seem dumb, first of all because there are not enough Corgis or motorcycles on each page and second of all the minutiae of someone's life generally just isn't that interesting unless of course they are a Corgi. I am fascinated by Corgis, I can just sit and watch them be themselves and somehow it's nearly always amusing and interesting.

Anyway, when you get a comment on your own page (like this comment), click on the "View Thread" link at the lower right corner of the message. That brings up the whole, unique thread instead of kicking you over to other person page for posting your reply. Much easier.

My neighbor is a smart fellow, PhD and all that, very well regarded, but he does take a somewhat academic view of things sometimes. I told him once that I thought that all many people need for counseling is a kick in the butt and to be told to stop their whining and get on with their life. He said that was often true but professional ethics bar that course of treatment. I would apparently make a poor psychologist.

About Debbie's paintings: Before we met all she painted was the usual barns, old cars, scenics, etc. After we got married she decided to do some motorcycles and it completely changed her style, at least for those things but I think her motorcycle phase is about over. She's been working on a painting of two Corgis but it's got her stumped, doing fur and making it look right is apparently very tricky which is why many dog paintings are of a more simple, homespun style. I've suggested she modify her style for doing Corgi paintings and de-emphasize the fur but me telling her how to paint is like me telling my neighbor how to practice psychology.

Congrats on making it 36 years with your hubby. That's no small feat in this day and age.

My neighbor is a psychologist, I give him free car and motorcycle advice in my garage and he reciprocates by sitting on my motorcycle and offering insights into human behavior which I typically have missed. He tells me that when opposites attract either they they never get over their fascination with the differences or the differences wind up driving the couple crazy.

Depending on the DVD recorder you have you might be able to do some editing as part of the copying process from tape to DVD. I took some of my stuff that was more important than to me and used some ripping software to copy it from DVD to my computer hard drive. From there I chopped it up and edited the worst stuff out and then re-burned it to DVD and sent copies on to interested parties. It was a bit of a process to do but interesting in and of itself and also spared friends the pain of see the worst of my home movies from 35 years ago.

I dislike reading manuals for things. I prefer to dive in and just try to figure stuff out but the VHS-DVD copier menus were obtuse enough that I finally had to resort to looking through the manual for clarification. If you cannot find the manual anymore you can often get pdf copies on the manufacturer's website.

And yes, I'm the semi-tidy one while Debbie is the interesting one. We got married in December of '05 (I was 54, she wasn't...) and figure by the time we've completely driven each other completely 'round the bend with our respective quirks that we'll be so old it won't matter anymore.

Wendy, you almost made me laugh out loud with that "uncluttered" comment. My dear wife is a red haired artist with an artist's outlook on things and I am an engineer by training and perseverance. The two of us are not incompatible but we are an unlikely pairing. "Organized and uncluttered" are my dream along with winning the lottery. One is more likely than the other. LOL.

Deb and I were sitting on a stack of old video tapes and I finally bought a dual VHS-DVD player recorder about four years ago and then last year I finally got around to copying all the tapes to DVD. It wasn't that hard because you just pop in a tape, tell it to copy to the DVD, and go to bed or out to dinner or go browse the 'net. I'll bet you could get one cheap on Ebay. Now I have a box of DVDs that need to be labeled and edited before they all get mixed up. In the mean time my hard drive is filling up with digital videos taken directly from my camera. That's one of the problems with the digital revolution, it is possible to multiply information and images many times faster than it can be assimilated or dealt with.

Sadly, Gromit and Night are hundreds of miles apart. Night lives in Ridgecrest, CA and Gromit is here in Arizona. Fortunately, Night lives only about 90 miles from my mother-in-law's house in CA so when we head that way for visits we'll be trying to scoot up and see Jean and Ed York and the Corgis too. I asked Jean one time if the dogs remembered each after a long separation and she felt that they didn't in any familial sense as we humans would. By smell or appearance, perhaps, but no more. Certainly when dogs live together long enough to bond that bond can last a very long time.

When Gromit saw Night back at the first of March they'd only been apart for about 2 months but it still took them about 5 minutes to figure out who was who and begin playing like they had in the past. Gromit saw his mom at the dog show and she didn't show the slightest interest in him. I suppose if Night winds up going to another home one day I'll try to keep in touch with whomever gets him but that can be tough.

Wendy, getting videos right is tougher than getting still photos right, believe me! I've put together some videos of old home movies and it eats up vast amounts of time and still looks amateurish. But video is fun to mess with and as long as one isn't out to win an Oscar the results only have to please the maker and perhaps family and a circle of friends so keep at it with your videos if you're having fun with them. Another generation or two out and your home videos will be a view of life in "ye olden days" for your descendants. The videos that Scott Wiley and his wife are posting are so wonderful because of what they show, not because Scott is another Cecil B. DeMille (sorry Scott!).

As for still photos, there's a wide range of quality here on MyCorgi but the joy is in the glimpse of the Corgi's adventures and their humans' adventures too, not in whether the photos are fine art. I once worked on a project with a top pro photographer from Europe and at one point he reached in his pocket and pulled out a point n shoot camera and snapped off a couple of shots of some people. I looked at him quizzically and asked "Why didn't you get our your good camera?" He replied holding up the cheap camera "Sometimes this is all you need."

I can't imagine that Sam reads every comment, he does have a business to run. That he has spent so much time and effort and probably money on MyCorgi is really a testament to his devotion to our little Welsh buddies. He's young though so maybe he has that unlimited energy that that young folks have and I used to have. >sigh<.

Yes, it's easy to wile away too many hours here and on the web in general. I try to keep up with my chores and other hobbies (motorcycles, photography) but the 'net sucks up an awful lot of time, usually related to those hobbies. My only excuse is that I'm retired now and have the time and also I really enjoy the people I run across here and on certain other sites.

Corgi-L is an early Internet mailing list (e-mail delivery of all messages) devoted to Corgis. I think it must have been one of the first major connection points for Corgi owners and it certainly pre-dates web forums as we know them now. I was subscribed to Corgi-L back in the late '90s when I first got Watson.

Wendy, the photo I e-mailed to the MyCorgi address has not shown up at all. Been about 40 minutes now since I mailed it so I can't say for sure if even one photo works. Perhaps Sam T. will read this and weigh in with helpful info.

Wendy, if you look under the Settings menu (top right of the page) you'll find an option to "add photos by phone". There's an e-mail address there unique to your MyCorgi account and I believe you can use that yo e-mail photos to your picture folder. I sent a photo a few minutes ago to my address but thus far it has not turned up in my photo folder.

Wendy, the link to the PWCCSC isn't working at the moment. Looks like their server is down right now. I'll keep checking. Jean has been breeding and showing for a long time and has had some very fine dogs through her kennel. For me, knowing Jean (and her husband Ed) has been one of the most valued parts of being a Corgi owner. I write her regularly with stories of the dogs, pictures, and asking for advice. A really good breeder is a real treasure for a Corgi owner.

Re: Friending again.

I guess we're friends twice now! I still get a little befuddled by some of the features on MyCori. :-)

Such precious photos you have. Your Lucy is gorgeous! I would love to keep one of Emma's pups, but with a litter of 4, I expect they will all get homes. I can deal with that ok since two will be living within 15 miles away! I've no doubt we'll end up with a third Corgi one day.

No problem with the gabbiness. I'm a habitual writer of things on the 'net.

Sadly, Gromit and Night are the only members of their litter to survive. Something went wrong and the other pups, how many I don't know, didn't survive the C-section at the vet's office. As far as I know Jean has not shown Night yet, she was just thinking about it back at the first of March. I don't know how old dogs have to be for their first showing.

Anyway, Gromit and Lucy could be siblings or at least related. Gromit's sire was Ch Twinan Another Chance for Solvenik and his dam was Coalbyn's Patriot's Dream. I have Gromit's pedigree so if you can send me Lucy's (or I'll send you Gromit's) we can see if they match up somewhere. It's kind of fun to see who's related to who although the dogs never seem that impressed that "Dad" was a champion.

As much as I'd love to have Night, and believe me I was tempted against all common $ense to take both pups, I won't let myself have two dogs of the same age again. My previous two Corgis, W&T, were brother and sister and my worst nightmare was that I might lose them close together, which I did. Losing them both within nine months cast a pall over the whole year, and frankly, I still choke up if I think on it too much. So, we'll be looking for a second Corgi but probably not for a couple of years yet. I will try to keep track of Night though so he and Gromit can keep up on each other's adventures.

And you guessed right, the graph paper background is from the MyCorgi page choices. Appeals to my geek engineer side. LOL. I played around a little with my photo editor and added Gromit to the header although the graph lines don't really match.

Thank you for the comments! and joining the group! :)
Walker and Willow are great!, even though Walker is a year old now, I forgot what having a puppy around feels like!! The picture I think you were referring to (of two corgis in a car) Is actually Willow laying next to a mirror up on my sisters headboard!! She took it while she was pup sitting lil Willow! and I think its one of my favs!
any how, take care :)

Sorry for the confusion. Night still lives at Coalbyn Kennel in California with his breeder, Jean York. And we do allow the dogs in the bedroom and on the bed. The wiener dog would freeze to death in the winter otherwise and as for Gromit, he's just spoiled so he gets up on the bed which is right behind my computer chair. Very convenient for scratching and tummy rubs. Yes, the Corgi fur gets everywhere but it seems to anyway and the fun of taking a nap with a Corgi buddy snoring next to you is worth it. :-) The funny thing is, after we lost W&T last year the Corgi fur was gone from the house after a bit and we found we missed it. No Corgi fur meant no Corgi and that was very sad. A few weeks ago Debbie walked up to me and pointed to her shirt with a big smile and said "I have Corgi fur on me!" We do clean up for company and going out in public though.

Jack & Wendy, the tri-corgi playing with Gromit is his brother "Night." He's fine and handsome fellow. He and Gromit talk on the phone now and again about the good old days when they were puppies at the kennel. Night says he may have a show career ahead of him now.

Jack & Wendy, W&T's remembrance link is on the left side of my MyCorgi page about half way down.

As for the doggies sleeping on the bed, ours are welcome but most of the year here in Arizona it's too warm so they prefer to sleep on the floor where it's a bit cooler. Gromit even prefers the hard floor to the carpet. I think his first Arizona summer is going to be a difficult one for him with his extra thick coat.