"

 Thank you for that Steve - sorry it blew up in your face. Here's a puzzle I'll leave you all with. I never noticed the detail of that *other* AN/I thread. During the period leading me upto asking for an unblock, when I'm openly discussing it with people about the steps I need to take to get unblocked and I know that people are going to be checking my recent history closely - I decide to get engaged in some page vandalism with an ISP (not a specific ip just one that can be linked to a particular ISP) that can be pointed at as belonging to me. *right* at that time. Here is a prediction - if I come back in six months and start asking again, *I'll* get engaged in vandalism. It's a neat trick because it's impossible for me to counter - because of course I'm going to say it's not me aren't I. Well played.  "