Hi, as explained by Madmatt, "I" personally was not banned, but my AOL IP number was (and still is), and this does mean that i could only read the forums and not post, this creates a new problem in that i could not reply to any answers given to any questions that i had asked, this i felt would be impolite, anyway to cut a long story short i have managed to get in using IE. (if you guys never hear from me again, it shall mean that the powers that be have cut that connection too).
all in all it is a bit worrying that someone can be banned from a forum just because someone else misused an old IP address that has since been allocated to me.
surely someone should look into these things before applying a ban, after all as we all know, mistakes can be made.
hopefully this can all be put behind now, HEY. how about un banning my AOL IP number?????