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Brett
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Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2168
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:02 pm: | 
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I was trying to come up with a law I’ve broken lately (From the South Mountain Reservation thread). And I’m having real difficulty. I’m not going to count speeding unless it was ridiculous. And I also won’t count laws I don’t know about (i.e. Ice cream can not be sold in Newark NJ after 6 pm without a prescription).
I haven’t robbed any banks, murdered, or fenced stolen goods so I’m pretty clear on the felonies. I don’t think I’ve cheated on my taxes, nor have I been trafficking exotic animals. I always come to a complete stop, and we’re two weeks away from Parker needing a dog license.
There must be something though….
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Dave
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Username: Dave
Post Number: 8729
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:03 pm: |
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jaywalking |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 5781
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:04 pm: |
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Ugh.
Goody two shoes. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2169
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:10 pm: |
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I must have jaywalked in the past, but lately everywhere I walk I’ve had Parker. So we have been sticking to sidewalks and crosswalks. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 5784
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:17 pm: |
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Hi Brett,
You may be anal about not breaking laws or rules or whatever, but have you ever done anything outstandingly good? |
Oldstone
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Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 567
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:21 pm: |
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meowww...saucer of milk, table 4
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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 5785
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:23 pm: |
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2170
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:27 pm: |
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Oh don’t get me wrong mem, I have broken some laws in the past. And there have been a few doosies. But lately without a long commute everyday, and taking a little extra time playing with the dog. There aren’t any laws that I feel the need to break. And as I said in another thread, I tend to be a rule follower.
As far as outstandingly good, sure there have been a lot of things. From friendships to work, hobbies to chores, I have done a ton of good stuff.
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CLK
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Username: Clkelley
Post Number: 1960
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:37 pm: |
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I haven't done these, but the ones I see a lot of center around copyright violations.
E.g., illegal sharing of software; illegal sharing of music; copying of DVDs people have borrowed from Netflix; posting copyrighted stuff on the web; etc. I posted a recipe the other day that I'm not sure of - I think it's clear, but I'm not positive. Actually, a few of the avatars I've used here on MOL are probably of dubious legality. The one I'm using now is from a painting that is in the public domain - but the electronic copy of the painting may not be, so I'm not real sure about it either.
If you videotape a movie or TV program you're only supposed to keep it for 30 days, I believe. I have some that are over 10 years old. (not that I've really looked at most of them in that time.) Once I showed a copy of something I had taped off of TV to a class - which I later found out was a copyright violation. |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 2171
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:39 pm: |
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Oops software
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crossroads
Citizen
Username: Crossroads
Post Number: 125
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:39 pm: |
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Early on Sunday mornings, when the coast is clear, I don't wait at red lights... |
kmk
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Username: Kmk
Post Number: 1036
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 1:40 pm: |
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Do you make a full and complete stop at the traffic light on Vaux Hall on the far side of 78?
You know the one that everybody considers (rightly so) more of a blinking yellow type warning?
It's the one you go through to get on to East bound 78.
I used to make the stop but I got tired of the heckling! |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 759
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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New Jersey Use Tax. Everybody paid up?
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monster
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 2180
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 2:27 pm: |
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laws, what laws? |
MBJ
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Username: Mbj
Post Number: 149
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 2:30 pm: |
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Sometimes I don't move my car off the street until 2:10 am. |
ajc
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Username: Ajc
Post Number: 4799
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 2:36 pm: |
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FWIW, I find that breaking the laws I make for myself are much more difficult to keep than any laws given us by government...
I'm sure we all have plenty of them, but the one I find the most difficulty with is to never respond to a political comment from the left attacking President Bush...
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las
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Username: Las
Post Number: 1036
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 4:46 pm: |
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Does using a company computer for personal use count as breaking a law, or is that just firm policy? |
tulip
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Username: Braveheart
Post Number: 3230
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:31 pm: |
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las: If it's breaking a law, everyone here would be on the docket, I bet. |
mem
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Username: Mem
Post Number: 5791
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:37 pm: |
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I guess Brett has the day off today.
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Claudia Mattheiss
Citizen
Username: Bajou
Post Number: 17
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:39 pm: |
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Oh good...I thought I was the criminal of the century..by the way ...what is the new Jersey Use tax... yikes I will go to hell..
Claudia |
Jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4455
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:48 pm: |
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I post when drinking.
That must be a law some where.
Or is it I drink because I post? |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4093
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:48 pm: |
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I almost shoplifted at Circuit City yesterday.
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upondaroof
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Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 566
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 7:33 pm: |
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How do you "almost" shoplift? |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 43
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 7:59 pm: |
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NJ use tax: If you purchase something out of state or by mail or internet that is taxable (sales tax) in NJ, you must pay use tax on it with your NJ income tax every April. This is the unpaid sales tax. Also, if you have paid a lower sales tax for something out of state, mail, internet, the difference to bring the tax up to the 6% NJ sales tax must be paid as use tax.
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Gatica™
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Username: Katracho
Post Number: 282
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:00 pm: |
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Use tax? If I buy something in NYC and pay the 8.625% sales tax, does NJ refund me the 2.625% extra I paid in NYC? No, right? So, why should I pay use tax to NJ for something I bought elsewhere? The way I see it, everything evens out. Otherwise, I'll be going to hell, or worse, jail. Worst yet, jury duty.
And what kind of cockamamy law is that that you can't buy ice cream in Newark after 6pm unless you have a prescription? Geez. Lawmakers got nothing better to do.
PS I jay-walk all the time. Officer! Arrest that man! |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 44
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:04 pm: |
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I didn't say it was fair, but that is what use tax is.
You can't make sauerkraut or sausage in Irvington, except in a heavy industrial zone.
There is a site for antiquated laws... |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 45
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:08 pm: |
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An example:
More Antiquated Laws
In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service job--for men only--called a corset inspector.)
In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!
A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local newspaper. The man does not receive any punishment.
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oots
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Username: Oots
Post Number: 366
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:53 pm: |
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gatica:
if you buy in a state where the tax is 6% or higher and you paid it -you do not owe nj. if the tax is less than 6% or you did'nt pay any you technically owe it. I pay mine every year!
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Jgberkeley
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Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4457
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:16 pm: |
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Oh, just remembered.
Never post on a site where your CPA reads and posts!! |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4100
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:48 pm: |
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Up
I went into CC to buy a cable to hook my cellphone up to my computer so I wouldn't have to email myself the pictures anymore. I also needed one of those scandisk things you plug into the USB port. Well, I couldn't pay for the camera thing at the cellphone counter.
I had been talking to one of the managers while I was paying for the cellphone thing. The cashier gave me the little bag with the cable in it, then handed me the receipt. Not thinking I put the receipt and the camera thing in the bag.
The manager and I are still talking as we walk toward the door. Just as we get to the door he says "Ah [said my name) you forgot to pay for the camera cable.' Boy was I embarrassed. I know I won't live that down for a while especially after he told one of the other employees I almost shoplifted.
Luckily they know me in CC so they know I would never do anything like that! |
ML
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Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2939
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:27 pm: |
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I often break the law of gravity. |
Bajou
Citizen
Username: Bajou
Post Number: 19
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:46 pm: |
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In regards to this law:
In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
I don't think the men in Oblong need to fear that law. I think any man should fear his new bride if he goes hunting or fishing on his wedding day. Doubt any of them will get to make love after that anyway..LOL
I also know there is a country in Africa that denies entry to a man who's hair is long and who wears bellbottom jeans. I guess the good ole hippies were not welcome in the land of hippos.
Bajou |
Ace789nj
Citizen
Username: Ace789nj
Post Number: 280
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 1:02 am: |
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ML - only after a few 7&7's |
catmanjac
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Username: Catmanjac
Post Number: 47
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 4:21 pm: |
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It is illegal in New Jersey to commit murder while wearing a bulletproof vest.
Drug-free and gun-free school zones. Aren't they dumb? It is already illegal to possess drugs and guns, but if in a school zone it is twice as illegal. |
Tom Reingold
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Username: Noglider
Post Number: 12621
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 9:01 pm: |
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Isn't it also illegal to commit murder while not wearing a bulletproof vest? So I don't get it with that law. Is it a higher offense when wearing a bulletproof vest?
Yeah, the idea is that the offense is higher in drugfree zones so the penalties are stiffer. Some believe that stiff penalties act as better deterrents. My understanding is that they generally don't. Increasing the likelihood of getting caught works better.
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Matt Foley
Citizen
Username: Mattfoley
Post Number: 555
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 9:08 pm: |
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Mopery |
Jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 229
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 9:11 pm: |
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Everyone ready to smoke in a bar? That'll be against the law soon.
"It was an accident officer, I was drunk."
J.B. |
Brett Weir
Citizen
Username: Brett_weir
Post Number: 1283
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 4:24 pm: |
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Speeding. |
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