Rapier hilt and gurda blade?

[ariel]

I have had my share of silly errors, posting and discussing active e-bay auctions. Andrew slapped my wrist several times and I try to be more cautious .
I can see some wisdom in the current rule of not discussing active auctions although, as Rivkin says, it is often inconvenient. I'd love to have this rule changed too, but... Andrew is a lawyer and I am not.
I am sorry for barging into this thread, I did not know that it was an active auction. In my defence, and in defence of everybody else here, no bad things were said about the item.
BTW, Andrew is a malpractice lawyer (no slur intended, even though I am a physician.....), but Mark is an itellectual property one and is eminently qualified to explain to us why do we have this rule.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by ariel

I have had my share of silly errors, posting and discussing active e-bay auctions. Andrew slapped my wrist several times and I try to be more cautious .
I can see some wisdom in the current rule of not discussing active auctions although, as Rivkin says, it is often inconvenient. I'd love to have this rule changed too, but... Andrew is a lawyer and I am not.
I am sorry for barging into this thread, I did not know that it was an active auction. In my defence, and in defence of everybody else here, no bad things were said about the item.
BTW, Andrew is a malpractice lawyer (no slur intended, even though I am a physician.....), but Mark is an itellectual property one and is eminently qualified to explain to us why do we have this rule.

I've explained this rule ad nauseum. It doesn't take a law degree to explain it, let alone understand it, Ariel.