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The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…
Posted on 08/04/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton
It worked for me! I just told them that I was the primary caregiver to two small children and had no one to watch them. They excused me.
25,781
posted on
10/01/2003 7:29:18 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(HHD with 4 Chickens)
To: 2Jedismom
Probably depends on how nice the folks doing the selecting are. ;) I was surprised that they didn't excuse her.
I'm about the only one in my family that hasn't been picked lately. My brother ended up on the jury of a murder trial...I don't envy him at all. It was rough for him.
To: RosieCotton
I know it...and some day I fully intend to do my duty...but if I'd done this, I would have had to have left the boys with my parents...something I rarely do.
My brother did a jury duty for a child abuse case and it really tore him up...
25,783
posted on
10/01/2003 7:43:17 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(HHD with 4 Chickens)
To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom
PurpleQ is on jury duty this week in Waco. I'm kinda anxious to get there on Friday and see what kind of case she got.
I'm weird, I've been called for jury one time in my life. It was a trial that lasted 2 days and I had a blast! As some of those little quirky things in life would have it another friend and co-worker was called at the same time for jury duty and we ended up on the same jury!
This was back home. Small rural place - ya know. The judge is a casual acquaintance. My lawyer is one of my closest friends. He was in court those days on another matter. He also rides Harleys. So, I rode my bike to the courthouse those days.
I had lunch each day with my lawyer and one of the days the judge joined us because of crowding in the restaurant. First some of the other jurers were lookin' at me pretty weird for being up there in my riding leather etc. (it was winter) And then they were even more astonished at who I was having lunch with.
All in all I really messed with people's heads those days. And my friend from work thought it was pretty funny. He accuses me of freaking people out on purpose!
Thing is, in a sparsely populated place like that you can't keep from knowing people. And I knew the woman who had brought charges against the guy was a vindictive witch. We had crossed paths before. So, the guy got off. He deserved to get off, he didn't do anything wrong. But, it was a fun experience.
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posted on
10/01/2003 7:45:58 AM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(U.S. Troops - Best in the World!)
To: Wneighbor
Well...good things CAN happen on jury duty, too!
When my Mom was called, there was a couple that met each other during jury duty. They would go to lunch together every day. One thing led to another and...when I last saw them, they had two kids and had just purchased their first home. ;)
Ugh...you know, I've never had allergies, but there is some BAD pollen or something in the air lately. My eyes and nose are itchy and I can't stop sneezing!
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Wneighbor
I went to an engineering university (wound up with a BS in Electrical Engineering). It was a maxim among us engineers-to-be that the people who couldn't hack the engineering curriculum became tech writers.At Texas Tech, it's kinda funny to watch. EE to ME to CE to IE then on to Business Administration. I saw it happen over and over. Too many people get into engineering school because of the higher than avg $$ but have zero aptitude for it.
I had been building radios, etc. since age 9, and ended up top of my class.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:07:38 AM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
(HHD - That's not noise son...It's the Sound of Freedom!)
To: JenB
Is it true stress takes off weight?I've had it go both up and down dramatically with stress. Depends.
25,788
posted on
10/01/2003 8:17:54 AM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
(HHD - That's not noise son...It's the Sound of Freedom!)
To: Prof Engineer; Corin Stormhands
I've had it go both up and down dramatically with stress. Depends. Depends affect your weight? Normally I wouldn't think...but I suppose that COULD be...if...
To: RosieCotton; Prof Engineer
I thought he said he needed the Depends because of stress...
25,790
posted on
10/01/2003 8:28:09 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(Imagine there's no lib'rals. It's easy if you try...)
To: All
Good morning HHDs! Just checking in and trying to catch up ..
2J,Hair,ecurbh -> pics are great!
corin -> yes, ADHD is real
Wn -> I find it SO hard to believe you messed with people's heads on PURPOSE .. doh!
LF -> nice house .. (if it ever gets done)
Ruthie -> what can i say? it was just a LITTLE scary how well you understood "MORON"
Everybody else -> HELLO!!!
To: Corin Stormhands
Ohhh...yeah, that would make sense.
Lookin' at the PetsMart page for dog cleaning stuff...they have a breed guide there. I'd be embarrassed to own this thing:
People actually BREED the things?
To: Prof Engineer
EE to ME to CE to IE then on to Business Administration.Yeah, I saw plenty of that too... although we considered EE and ME to be fairly even in difficulty, CE was definately a drop down. It was almost a certainty that anyone who started his freshman year as "Engineering Undeclared" would wind up as a CE, if he finished with any engineering degree at all.
Good morning!
To: proud_2_B_texasgal
Hair,ecurbh -> pics are great!Thanks
25,794
posted on
10/01/2003 8:32:24 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(And whither then? I cannot say)
To: RosieCotton
Good Lord!
That looks like some chimaera out of Middle Ages bestiary... you know, the kind that would mix characteristics from 2 or 3 different animals into one mythical beast...
Oh, good morning!
To: RosieCotton
Yes they do .. used to own one, however of the "powder puff" variety...
To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog
Heyyyy, nice pics! Especially this one of me watching football:
Did you get lots of animal slobber in your car?
Good morning!
To: RosieCotton
My eyes and nose are itchy Pollen counts are very high right now .. lot's of folks are struggling with allergies right now........
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Spam...
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Spam...
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