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Go to your "profile"....under the picture there is a "replace avatar"....click that and then upload what ever image you want....so long as it is Family Friendly.
right under your "avatar" (or at least on my profile) just under the picture you have now the sausage links....there is a line/words that say...."replace avatar"...click that and it will guide you to replace that picture with something else.
There are certain things that do not show up until you have a certain number of posts.. your first 20 posts or so are on a trial basis and the system is verifying that you are not a spammer.
This may be one of them but I am not sure (it's been a while since I was a newbie).