thanks.
i have my important posts images moved over to postimages so others can see them. it's not too hard to download the images one at a time and make a label like 1 and then 2 and so on in a folder for each topic you care to update. then update your topic with the new address per image. then you will have your topics backed up in case of more photobucket type scams occur.
you do have to remove the S out of the hyper links tho. so the links start with HTTPS:// just remove the S from the live/direct link from imagepost links and your images will work here. this site doesn't support the S in the links. the S means secure or encrypted.