sorry to see IAAL go

IAAL, so sorry to see you go... i must post this, as i feel your presence on the board will be greatly missed.

i did not always agree with what IAAL said (heck, i don't agree with things my own family says sometimes) but he is probably the most knowledgable person on the forum (no offense to the other regular posters who give great legal advice, too--always searching, mysonsmom, usdeeper and a few others). he usually gave advice it would take hours to find if you were just online searching.

if you want a lawyer, go get one. otherwise, grow up and get a life. this is a free bulletin board, and many people post and we all have different opinions. he often gave advice directly from the law books and it is hard to find that, i have searched myself. now all you will find will be people who are possibly in the same situation, but maybe in a different state and it will in no way compare to the advice IAAL could have given.

i usually just lurk and try to learn from others questions and have learned many things from doing searches and reading past things, many that IAAL himself posted.

i find it funny that after a year here of helping people, a few oversensitive, hypocrites end up making IAAL leave. everyone of them has equally participated in the name calling, but then someone had the nerve to go crying to the administrators. grow up people please. if you don't like what someone has posted, ignore it. otherwise you are no better than they are. it always works for me, they only keep at it if someone gives them attention.

i can only hope someone will one day be able to attempt to fill the void that was once IAAL. i doubt it though, most people are pretty busy and not many lawyers spend their time giving FREE advice.

you will be missed IAAL.

--a frequent lurker

p.s. there is no need to respond to this posting with rude comments, as you will not change my mind, and i will not sink to your level of name calling and immaturity or bother responding. i only want to express my opinion, which of late seems unallowed. and i thought we lived in america and had freedom of speech... until someone gets their feelings hurt.

Lurker,

There is another issue here that makes it painfully difficult to ignore the name calling and mudslinging.

The woman in question is a VERY new widow. She lost her husband VERY recently. Emotions run very high at times like these. Many widows and widowers are also feeling tremendous guilt for whatever reason with respect to their partner's deaths. This makes for a very fragile situation. Someone with IAAL's experience should have used some of his intuition to detect a fragile situation. He should have grabbed a thesaurus and used a few words more choicely. Instead he chose to commit an offense. His response. His choice.

An honest search for legal advice was met with profanity and unfounded accusations. You would not tolerate such abuse on the street, and you certainly should not tolerate it here.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by a frequent lurker:
[b]IAAL, so sorry to see you go... i must post this, as i feel your presence on the board will be greatly missed.

i did not always agree with what IAAL said (heck, i don't agree with things my own family says sometimes) but he is probably the most knowledgable person on the forum (no offense to the other regular posters who give great legal advice, too--always searching, mysonsmom, usdeeper and a few others). he usually gave advice it would take hours to find if you were just online searching.

if you want a lawyer, go get one. otherwise, grow up and get a life. this is a free bulletin board, and many people post and we all have different opinions. he often gave advice directly from the law books and it is hard to find that, i have searched myself. now all you will find will be people who are possibly in the same situation, but maybe in a different state and it will in no way compare to the advice IAAL could have given.

i usually just lurk and try to learn from others questions and have learned many things from doing searches and reading past things, many that IAAL himself posted.

i find it funny that after a year here of helping people, a few oversensitive, hypocrites end up making IAAL leave. everyone of them has equally participated in the name calling, but then someone had the nerve to go crying to the administrators. grow up people please. if you don't like what someone has posted, ignore it. otherwise you are no better than they are. it always works for me, they only keep at it if someone gives them attention.

i can only hope someone will one day be able to attempt to fill the void that was once IAAL. i doubt it though, most people are pretty busy and not many lawyers spend their time giving FREE advice.

you will be missed IAAL.

--a frequent lurker

p.s. there is no need to respond to this posting with rude comments, as you will not change my mind, and i will not sink to your level of name calling and immaturity or bother responding. i only want to express my opinion, which of late seems unallowed. and i thought we lived in america and had freedom of speech... until someone gets their feelings hurt.[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree with you, 100%. IAAL has helped me many times when no one else would. (Like the time I picked up the phone and called a local attorney's office, because they advertise free advice...well, they told me they 'didn't have time' for something they didn't feel was a 'major situation'. That is how I found this board. I was very impressed at how an attorney would give his time to answer questions for people in need. I always appreciated his style and the fact that he didn't 'sugar coat' his advice. I am at a loss for words.

To TimC: We ALL have our bad moments about us, every once in a while. Last weekend, there was a nasty debate going on with several people that included name-calling, bad language and downright distasteful things. No one deleted those posts or made a 'huge' deal out of it. The fighting went on and on. (All the way to 99 posts, last time I noticed.)

To IAAL: I just want to thank you for all the many times you have helped me! You will be missed.

[usmcfamily]

It has been a long while since I have posted to these boards although I read them very often....to repeat what I find to be an alarming trend is that this seems to be becoming true of too many of those of us who actually had legitemate information and advice to offer to those in need...however, like IAAL and many of the other "old regulars" whom I have not seen here for some months the attacking responses are too much to take. Yes, the people who come to these boards are usually here out of desperation because of the situation they find themselves in, and I understand that, however the responses and reactions that our attempts to help receive make it very un-worth our time and effort. I am very sad to see IAAL leaving the board - he may have sides that some of you don't understand but more often than not the attacks come in response to someone getting a true legal answer that does not agree with what they wanted to hear - the boards promise advice not affirmation of your postition being the right position. Please, maintain these boards as they were intended - there truly are those of us out here who would like the chance to help the people with questions---given the chance.

[MySonsMom]

WELCOME BACK USMC! Oh, so glad to hear from you. I am so upset over the outcome of events in the past days..So glad to see you back...WE HAVE MISSED YOU GIRL!

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*There is no love, like the unconditional love of a Mother*

-I am not an Attorney, any advice given is strictly advice-

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MySonsMom:
[b]WELCOME BACK USMC! Oh, so glad to hear from you. I am so upset over the outcome of events in the past days..So glad to see you back...WE HAVE MISSED YOU GIRL!

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Tim C , I am totally new to this board and my very first question over which I was extremely worried and upset over was replied to by IAAL within one hour of my posting it .I have never been to this board before that day and only because of my situation did I come here quite a few times to see what advice or help I could get . IAAL answered my post within half an hour and not only gave me some firm advice but also made me laugh which was a wonderful help to me at that stressed time .
It took me minutes to realise what a wonderful funny and caring bloke he was and it took me the same amount of time to realise that you are totally Jealous and upset that so many people love this man.
I notice that you only ever talk about IAAL's lack of class yet you yourself are totally without class or you would not be so vindictive to a man who gives his everything to people on this forum for nothing apart from the satisfaction he may have helped someone today and even made that person laugh.
Tim you go on and on about how IAAL should know better and how he should not run down a person etc etc and yet you yourself are to toally against IAAL it was almost embarrasing to read your posts where you tried to defend your actions by saying IAAL would be missed .
Tim C I wonder how many people would take the time to reply here if you yourself stated that you would no longer be part of this forum .
I think that say's it all. For all your petty grieviences against IAAL I notice he has not said one bad word about you .
I would like to do that for him if he will allow it . Tim C I would say that the C in your name stands for Clot.
Best wishes and a note to IAAL should he ever get here to read this Thank You IAAL for everything . I wish with all my heart you would stay here and I did read somewhere that another reader said he would help your finances should you start your own board and I would like to say that if that happens please include me genuinely in sending a donation for you to start .
All my best wishes Jean Sinclair

[This message has been edited by jeansinclair (edited October 11, 2000).]

Jean, you are a trip!

Read first, then think, then type.

Do a little research. Look at all of the posts that I have made. Have a friend read them to you if you have to. It is all pretty obvious.

On several occasions I made it perfectly clear that IAAL's ability and contribution to this site was not at issue. I even commented that I looked at many of his posts and found them to be quite valuable. I will reiterate it here if it makes you feel better.... IAAL's knowlege and contributions to this board are not at issue.

What YOU and many of your team mates are FAILING to acknowlege is that the abuse he directed was totally unfounded, without merit, and uncalled for. That is my only problem with IAAL.

If being someone who has the stones enough to call IAAL on his offenses makes me appear jealous, so be it. I think the word "jealous" must have a different meaning on your side of the pond. Tunnel vision on your part does not indicate guilt on my part.

I can understand and respect the knowlege of the people that contribute in a healthy way to this board. What I can't do is allow offenses to be committed against innocent people for literally no reason whatsoever. I am quite sure that IAAL would not try what he did in person, and there was no reason for him to try it here.

What you are lamenting, namely the loss of IAAL's services on this board, may be very real, however, the reason he left was initiated by IAAL. Not one of his supporters has acknowleged that. You are apparently ticked off at me for calling him on it, but you have made no indication that you even acknowlege the original offense! That is absurd!

Did it ever occur to you that even a simple apology would make a world of difference? This ain't rocket science. It is manners.


Tim