OK, now I am trying the following
I make my post as I did in the first attempt of mine... so I load numerous pics.
I then click on preview, this will take you into the full editor and you will also be able to see your post as it will display (or pretty close to it anyway).
I then open each picture thumbnail in a new tab (right click and select open in new tab or hold ctrl and click on the thumbnail
This then opens the image that you want in a new tab
now right click on your image that is in the new tab and select "copy image location"
paste the image location to your thread (right click where you want it and click on paste - or just press "ctrl & V"
highlight the whole address and then click on the img button above the reply box, this then puts the highlighted item in between two brackets -
800*600
1024*768
1280*1024
1600*1200
no resize - 2560*1600
yes its a bit of a run around, but it works...
I still prefer photobucket personally