I tried doing that once myself Colin. I didn't actually get banned, but I made a farewell post on September 3 announcing to everyone on AN that I was off to Spain because, to be honest, I felt that everyone was getting fed up with my fictitious, windup posts. Of course I didn't really go anywhere, but the local pub of course, and I went on the piss for a couple of momentous days. Tranny patrol in Soi 6 if I'm to be completely honest. It was great. Two solid days of nothing but sausage. And I mean solid. Then I reappeared September 5 on AN, barely two days later, and with a new user account and a completely different user name and online identity. It didn't work though, everyone on AN knew instantly that it was me. Thus, any tips from a pro AN user like yourself on how I might be more successful in covering my steps if I try that stunt again in the future bob, I mean Colin?