Forbesy - we've been through this.
You even went to the trouble of getting a photobucket account (which you used once -
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120001 ) so there is no excuse for not using it!
Each time someone uploads a photo to oOple is takes up space, which is part of the "slow running" problem. If everyone used photobucket/imageshack then that would be a large load off the oOple server.
D20MCK - excellent post, thanks. If I ever get enough time I'll create a thread about using photobucket