i found an example. see the avatar by the comment by "tina" in this post.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com...hp?photo=69616
and her avatar by her post in the forum.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com...ead.php?t=1437
of course now that i post it, i see the same one. but she doesn't. i know it's on her end, cache deal or whatever, but is there some setting that will not keep it as long, like the forum?