"I may go into the database and strip all HTML soon"

that has an ominous ring, Max-I hope that does not mean we could not post 'live' links?
...I have tried to be reasonable and take your guidance about using images, and I don't think I have used anything larger than the t-shirt images...you said in the chat room that the server could handle them. Do you now mean that that has changed, or just that some users will have more trouble than others loading them?
This is like a very large house we all live in here, and we need to take care that we respect everyone else....as the 'landlord', you need to give us the clearest guidance possible about what the limits are, and I am sure that we will all try to stay within them