Lex Anteinternet: Not quite a Jeep, and not quite a horse.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Not quite a Jeep, and not quite a horse.

This motorcycle is in the Jax's store in Ft. Collins Colorado. A clerk reported it as being a 1939 German BMW, but a knowledgeable friend reports to me that it may very well be a Soviet copy, of which there are a vast number.

It's odd to think of there being an era when these fit in, for military use, and along with bicycles, as a sort of substitute for the horse. That also says something about the poverty of German manufacturing in the pre 1945 time frame, in spite of the German reputation, heavily influenced by propaganda, and very far from the actual mark as a manufacturing juggernaut during WWII.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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