An avatar shows under your name on the left, if you want it in your "posts" your need to place it in your signature.
Hay zuse cristas! I can build a motor, paint my car with a paint brush and make babies, but I can't get an avitar to show in my posts. I'm a complete failure in life and see no further reason to live this misrable life. What the friggin number to the suicide hot line...Where's the Geek Squad when you need them!