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Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,926 ✭✭✭✭✭
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read this board while at work?

Dave
Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.

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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    only if you get caught!image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    My company allows reasonable personal use of the computer so long as we avoid prohibited sites (porn, gambling, discussion boards that discuss our companies stock, etc). It is generally never an issue if you get your job done. --Jerry
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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,968 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sure hope so since I do a lot of it!!! EBAY, auctions sites, etc are blocked from work so I have to live through others while here....
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    ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭
    If the employer doesn't care and you get your job done, no one's hurt by it.
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    wikyvawikyva Posts: 478
    Part of the perks of working for yourself is that you don't have to worry about things like this. Of course, I have a lot of other things to worry about because I do work for myself. By the way, I posted to this thread because I am trying to increase my average posts per day. See thread below or above.
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A good rule of thumb is that if you have to ask if something is ethical then it's not ethical.
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    lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    I'm at work.
    Edited: If my boss doesn't like it, he can just go wallow in his huge pile of Seated Quarters.
    (I'm self employed)

    Ray
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    pauljunopauljuno Posts: 289
    I work in I/T .... my hours and work hours are interchangable. The pros and cons of working in the field, especially when you get a call early on a Sunday morning with a wicked hangover!
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    au58au58 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My company allows reasonable personal use of the computer so long as we avoid prohibited sites (porn, gambling, discussion boards that discuss our companies stock, etc). It is generally never an issue if you get your job done. --Jerry >>



    I've not seen any discussion of your company stock here, but doesn't it meet the other two criteria?
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A large part of my network admin job is making sure that the employees aren't visiting sites like this during working hours.

















    It's GOOD to be King!!
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
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    zeus135zeus135 Posts: 1,043 ✭
    Might depend what your job is?
    My humble '63 mint registry set, not much, but it's mine!
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    DeusExMachinaDeusExMachina Posts: 1,325 ✭
    If it interferes with your work then no. If not, I see no reason why it would unethical to spend time on the forum.


    Then again, I'm not a big rules guy.
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    bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209
    I sometimes read it at school image
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes.... Cheers, RickO
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    notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>My company allows reasonable personal use of the computer so long as we avoid prohibited sites (porn, gambling, discussion boards that discuss our companies stock, etc). It is generally never an issue if you get your job done. --Jerry >>

    I've not seen any discussion of your company stock here, but doesn't it meet the other two criteria? >>



    They haven't recognized PQ coins as porn yet...gambling?...even poker isn't considered gambling anymore because there is some skill required...LOL.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,585 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>only if you get caught!image >>



    Don't you mean "only if you don't get caught!"?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,585 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Might depend what your job is? >>



    Air traffic controller? image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    zeus135zeus135 Posts: 1,043 ✭
    Probably wouldn't be good if you were a 911 operator either.
    My humble '63 mint registry set, not much, but it's mine!
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    onejinxonejinx Posts: 299 ✭
    Hello this is 9111....what is your problem?.....wait a sec can you please hold, an ebay auction i am bidding on is about to end and i need to go snipe the auction.
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    jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What am I going to do if I get caught? Fire myself?image

    Seriously if you are working, work. If you want to goof off, don't expect your employer and co-workers to be thrilled, and don't be surprised when the company can't afford to offer you a promotion or a raise because they keep getting shafted by their employees.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
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    TavernTreasuresTavernTreasures Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭
    Loose lips sink ships.
    Advanced collector of BREWERIANA. Early beer advertising (beer cans, tap knobs, foam scrapers, trays, tin signs, lithos, paper, etc)....My first love...U.S. COINS!
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    charleycharley Posts: 2,071
    Hmmm, question posted at 10:44 AM Friday- were you at work? If so, should the question be"....to post on this board...."imageRespectfully, John Curlis
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sure. I work in a coin shop!
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is not only unethical, it's grounds for termination. However, I'm not your boss image

    https://acoinshop.com/ —-> https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm retired so this is not an issue with me. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is up to who signs the check
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    I don't know-

    We only have limited access to the internet from work- we are restricted to business related sites and government sites all others are blocked image


    Kind of sucks, I used to go on the boards during my lunch hour, can't even do that anymore image
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    BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends. In my office we rank it with texting, IM and long bathroom breaks. Keep it in moderation and I won't fire anyone.

    Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

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