Shelly, understood, and I agree that it's good to have photos archived on this site.
However I think that inline photos are very useful. They can give casual visitors an idea of what's going on here.
I was reminded of this when I looked again at the post about 2514. The inline photographs of 2514 look great -- and if they were attachments, they would not be visible to visitors.
I spent some time browsing this site before I joined, and Holger's inline photos in particular were fascinating...