Tom please don't feel that way

. I still post pictues that either don't show up the first time, or if they do then they take up the whole page. As Cecil stated above just "hang in there".
The "image bar" you are looking for is in a gray box beside the graemlins (second column bottom box). Once you have "copied" your link to the pic just click on that gray "image" box. A new box will appear in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Paste the link into that box and click on the "ok" tab. Then preview your post.
You'll get it done, no worries!
edit: make sure that you are actually viewing your picture and not your whole file (on photobucket or geocities) when you copy the URL. I upload the picture, then go to file manager, then go to "view picture", and then I highlight the URL at the top of the page (just click on it). I then pull down my edit tab and click on copy. Next you will return to your post on this forum, type in your message, click on the "image" tab below you, and the new box will pop up in the upper left hand corner. Pull down your edit tab again and "paste" the URL into the new box. Hit "ok" and poof, there it is!