Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 1683769, member: 8797&quot;]This statement brings to mind the episode of The Andy Griffeth Show in which a big city speeder flying through town is ticketed and fined $5. The city slicker scoffs at the measly (to him) fee, and hands Andy a ten and, stepping to his fancy car, tells the sheriff to keep the change.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The ever ethical sheriff stops the man from leaving. He explains to him that for the average Mayberry citizen, $5 (or a couple days in jail) is not such a small fine to have to pay. The average man feels that loss, is forced to think hard about what they had done wrong. Since the average Mayberry fine was like flicking lint off his fancy suit, the big city man would have to pay a big city fine of $50, not $5, or spend a couple days in jail. Needless to say, that man watched his speed on the way out of town. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is just it. Most of us learn our lessons, pay for our &quot;education&quot; in tens or hundreds of dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seeing a wealthy person pay for theirs in thousands is probably as common as the &#039;birth&#039; of every new collector who is wealthy. We all learn this lesson, usually within our first purchases getting into the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most troublesome part is when this, shall we say, Harvard level tuition -- equivalent to the big city $50 fine -- is brushed off by the person.&nbsp; I wonder what the good sheriff would have done if the flamboyant&nbsp; man had simply smiled back, flipped a $50 out of his wad, and drove away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in