Nope, Alison, you're safe. Unsing embedded photos and sounds from other sites slowed things down because browsers have to get the information from all the sites involved - a thread with thirty pictures could have to download from as many as 30 sites, plus Mudcat. HTML comes straight through, direct from the 'Cat to you. the excessive use of HTML in threads does tend to make the threads hard to read - but in goofoff threads like this one, who cares?
Have fun, O fair one.
-Joe Offer®-

Hey, do ALL of you have trademarked names like mine????