Ah, but it means that, for every image posted, we have to load that one more than once... It also eats up the image poster's bandwidth... And, I think you might find that, those with personal hosting, will want you to not do this to them...sorry but i like keeping them. hope theres no hard feeling
It's also common courtesy to not post images in quotes

I think, if you take this advice, people might be more willing to help. An attitude of "I'll do what I like, stuff everyone else" (which is basically what you've taken by saying 'sorry, but I like keeping them') is not a way to win friends here

Zec