Who tiniks there are too many "lawyer" and "legal" related threads being posted

SanctionII

I do not, but then I am hopelessly biased

mgoodm3

As long as they are timely and interesting, I don't care.

SanctionII

Darn, my fingers keep slipping on the key board and I am not an adequate proof reader.

AU58WALKERS

do you mean off topic like this thread?

jhusman

We have a rule in my Lodge that only one lawyer is allowed to speak per meeting - I think you can see why...

Pistareen

Funny you should ask -- I find them fascinating.

I had drinks last night with an old college buddy who happened to be in town and is now a hotshot lawyer with the SEC. He was so fascinated by the story of the government's pursuit of the 1933 double eagles that he is planning on reading one of the two books on the subject and now thinks numismatics is highly interesting instead of a little nerdy. If legal soap operas make coin collecting seem more sexy to non-collectors like him, all the better I suppose.

Of course, it could have been the Lagavulin 16 talking

Zoins

<< <i>I find them fascinating. >>

coinmickey

<< <i>Funny you should ask -- I find them fascinating.

I had drinks last night with an old college buddy who happened to be in town and is now a hotshot lawyer with the SEC. He was so fascinated by the story of the government's pursuit of the 1933 double eagles that he is planning on reading one of the two books on the subject and now thinks numismatics is highly interesting instead of a little nerdy. If legal soap operas make coin collecting seem more sexy to non-collectors like him, all the better I suppose. >>



That's an interesting way to look at it...and to attract people to the hobby....

fuzzball

If the legal threads are about us coins, I follow them.

-Fuzz

Longacre

I like them.

ziggy29

As long as they are closely related to numismatics, they're fair game.

ricko

I like them very much... and would encourage more of them. Very interesting, informative and educational. Cheers, RickO

notwilight

I just skip things I don't like.

storm888

Legal topics that relate to any aspect of the collectible
business are very useful.

OPA

<< <i>I do not, but then I am hopelessly biased >>


I for one "tiniks" not.

DeusExMachina

<< <i>As long as they are closely related to numismatics, they're fair game. >>

Swampboy

Not since BB walked.
All the ones I've come across are interesting and on topic.

SkyMan

As long as they are timely they are fine by me.

RWB

The legal threads about coin-related topics are usually interesting and bring out some of the more thoughtful responses than the usual "Another ebay rip-off!!!" posting.

It is also good to know who the lawyers are so that the "Maximus Curia List" can be compiled.

MrBeast

I'm all for them - especially the US related ones!

lathmach

I don't mind the legal type threads.
I do wonder what "tiniks" means.
You lawyers use such strange words.................
There were 4 lawyers traveling to a courthouse and took a shortcut cross country. As luck would have it, they had a flat tire way away from everything except an insane asylum, with a heavy chain link fence all around it.
They set out to fix the flat and with all their goofing around like lawyers do, they were able to lose all the lugnuts.
They didn't know what to do then, as they were going to be late for court. They talked it over among themselves and decided one would have to walk to the nearest town for help.
An asylum inmate was leaning up against the fence and overheard them. He told them to just take one lugnut off each of the other 3 wheels and mount the tire with them, and drive on their way.
Well now, the lawyers were astounded, and told the person how grateful they were for the brilliant suggestion, and they wondered why he was in there.
He simply answered, I'm crazy, not stupid.

Ray

SanctionII

For those who are curious, "tiniks" means nothing other than the fact that my fine motor skills are in the dumper and I do not proof read things as well as I should before I click the mouse. Just replace "tiniks" with "think" (IMHO wanting to type "think" and actually typing "tiniks" is pathetic. I mean it is not even close enough to say I was in the same ball park)

TAClough

When it comes to Lawyers, I think Shakespeare had it right!

Scioto

<< <i>When it comes to Lawyers, I think Shakespeare had it right! >>



"A lawyer by any other name would smell." - Wm. Shakespeare

is that the quote you were referring to?

ricko

Next case!!!!! Cheers, RickO

fuzzball

At least the legal threads are more interesting than seeing a link to someone's ebay auction on the BST board.

-Fuzz

Sunnywood

In case anyone forgot, every conceivable aspect of coinage, from the very existence of the Mint to the authorization, manufacture and distribution of coinage; and from the choices of denominations, metals and designs to the uses of coinage and restrictions on use thereof [sic], are all established by LAWS. It is precisely the rule of law that separates a civilized society from a barbarous one. (Oh, I know, I am opening myself up to all kinds of responses to that statement ... )

Best,
Sunnywood

jobiwan115

<< <i>In case anyone forgot, every conceivable aspect of coinage, from the very existence of the Mint to the authorization, manufacture and distribution of coinage; and from the choices of denominations, metals and designs to the uses of coinage and restrictions on use thereof [sic], are all established by LAWS. It is precisely the rule of law that separates a civilized society from a barbarous one. (Oh, I know, I am opening myself up to all kinds of responses to that statement ... )

Best,
Sunnywood >>



Well said!

fastrudy

Shakespeare: "First, we kill all the lawyers"-Henry V

RegistryCoin

Another vote for: Not too many.

TAClough

I was thinking"



<< <i> "Why, may not that be the skull of a lawyer? Where be his quiddities now, his quillities, his cases, his tenures, and his tricks? Why does he suffer this mad knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his action of battery? Hum! This fellow might be in's time a great buyer of land, with his statutes, his recognizances, his fines, his double vouchers, his recoveries: is this the fine of his fines, and the recovery of his recoveries, to have his fine pate full of fine dirt? Will his vouchers vouch him no more of his purchases, and double ones too, than the length and breadth of a pair of indentures? The very conveyances of his lands will scarcely lie in this box; and must the inheritor himself have no more, ha?"
(Hamlet, 5.1.109-114) >>

ModernCrapNut

Most of the articles I've seen here on legal matters are very informative and usually interesting. I always have the choice of not reading threads if I'm not personally interested in or affected by the subject.

keets

as long as you don't opine in a matter that's deemed by some to be actionable, you should be OK!!

Writersblock

<< <i>In case anyone forgot, every conceivable aspect of coinage, from the very existence of the Mint to the authorization, manufacture and distribution of coinage; and from the choices of denominations, metals and designs to the uses of coinage and restrictions on use thereof [sic], are all established by LAWS. It is precisely the rule of law that separates a civilized society from a barbarous one. >>


True, but many of the best laws that govern this country and which established our civilized society were written by men who were NOT lawyers (yes, there were some lawyers in the group) And the language of many of those early laws are much easier for the layperson to understand.