Suggesting the 'Quick Reply Box' that can go at the bottom of a thread that people can use instead of hitting the reply button. Saves a page view and all the images that are on there. Reduces b/w quite a bit depending on how busy your forum is.
The addon would be found here.
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showt...threadid=34597
I would assume that someone here is a member of that site since you guys do run a vbulletin board, but if not sign up, its a good resource.
As used on my site (and of course as modifiable as you'd want)
http://jollyroger.piratecove.org/files/qr.gif