What's upsetting you today? - Page 145

glatt · 07-11-2008, 02:48 PM

lookout, I'm glad you got out of it. Jury duty is something I support, and I've done it twice, but it shouldn't have a life altering impact on the jurors.

Clodfobble · 07-11-2008, 03:22 PM

Agreed. And on that note, I find it really hard to believe that any court case really needs to take four weeks, let alone the many many months some of them drag on for.

lookout123 · 07-11-2008, 04:02 PM

I've been dismissed and can talk about the case now. I won't mention the scumbag's name although legally I can. A middle age douchebag who has 48 counts (over nearly two years) of sexual contact with minors including intercourse with his biological daughter and videotaping the whole damn thing has decided to represent himself. He isn't denying that he did his daughter or her friends or that he taped it... he is arguing there is nothing wrong with what was done. He produced a list of expected witnesses three pages long. Due to the number of witnesses, the douchebag is expected to need at least 3 weeks while the prosecution plans to stand up and say "Mr Douchebag stuck his disgusting little wanker inside his own daughter and her underage friends and videotaped it." Case closed.

Shoot the fucker in the back of the head and leave his nasty corpse to rot on the front steps of the courthouse as a lesson to other shitbirds who are thinking about diddling their daughters.

That is why it is scheduled to be a four week trial.

Griff · 07-11-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

The judge continued the questioning right up until the point that I said I thought it was a travesty that I would be forced to sit in a courtroom for four weeks watching my business fall apart before I could say "Guilty".

Nicely played. Next time just register Libertarian. I've never been called, although I'm tempted to change registration now that I have the summer off and wouldn't mind serving.

lookout123 · 07-11-2008, 04:22 PM

I'm registered as independent. They say it is random, but I know it isn't. /adjusting tinfoil cap/ I get picked "randomly" every 19-24 months. After you serve you have and 18 month safety window.

I know people who have lived here for twenty years and have never received a summons. I also know people who've received them and thrown them away with no ill effect.

Griff · 07-11-2008, 05:19 PM

I've never served and generally been an Ind or Lib.

Upsetting thing: Pete's step-Dad, great guy/brilliant mind but he's going all doom and gloom. He believes without reservation every environmental disaster theory and doesn't believe the next couple generations of humans have the foresight to "save" the world.

lookout123 · 07-11-2008, 05:23 PM

I don't buy the end of the world doom and gloom but I'm a huge believer in cycles. I firmly believe that the US has passed the positive points for our cycle. The only real question is whether we go the route of England in staying an international power (albeit with less influence) or France who still believes they are the center of the universe and piss on anyone who disagrees.

Clodfobble · 07-11-2008, 05:34 PM

I've only been called once... you can report in online, and one of the standard boxes is "are you the sole daytime care provider for a child under the age of 10?" Check yes, and you are automatically out. Maybe it's not the same in Arizona, but if you pick him up right after school for soccer practice, I think it counts.

lookout123 · 07-11-2008, 05:37 PM

doesn't work in arizona. she refused to dismiss a couple of single parents, even one who works hourly with no vacation and no family in town to pick up the child. she had to drop her son off at the boys and girls club to even report in.

morethanpretty · 07-12-2008, 01:12 AM

The navy. It can't expect me not to be pissed when it takes my friend away. I have a revenge plan though...

lookout123 · 07-12-2008, 11:10 AM

it might help you to be less upset if you try to remember that your friend chose to go away for a short time so others don't have to go away against their will via the draft. or it might not.

i've sometimes found that altering my perception of an event helps me to cope with it. the people with the white jackets say that makes me insane. I prefer to just run faster than them and consider myself flexible.

Pico and ME · 07-12-2008, 08:00 PM

Trying to get ready for a camping trip when Ive never camped before...ever...ever ever.

morethanpretty · 07-12-2008, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

it might help you to be less upset if you try to remember that your friend chose to go away for a short time so others don't have to go away against their will via the draft. or it might not.

I know you're completely right, and I'm being very irrational. In some cases you just can't help yourself though.

monster · 07-12-2008, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Trying to get ready for a camping trip when Ive never camped before...ever...ever ever.

Let us help. what sort of trip? ...how long, where, what type of camping, what type of activities....

Pico and ME · 07-12-2008, 10:07 PM

Well....its a camping ground at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee for 5 nights. Hubby has been going to it with his family since he was a toddler. You would think that he would be more upfront with good advice but he keeps telling me not to worry about it. Ha!

We are sleeping in tents...so I did make him go get an air mattress, but Im not really sure what to pack for PJ's. Does it get cold in a tent at night? So far the forecast is calling for 90 degree weather...? Im the type of person who likes to pack for all contingencies, but there is going to be a problem with space. Also...how do you pack for eats (breakfast and lunch) when keeping food cold is a problem and we arent grilling?

Mostly we will be on a boat while others on it are skiing and tubing...(Not us - we have back problems). And...Hubby has promised me that we will separate from the pack to do some hiking once or twice.

Thats it for starters.

07-11-2008, 03:22 PM	#2162
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Agreed. And on that note, I find it really hard to believe that any court case really needs to take four weeks, let alone the many many months some of them drag on for. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-11-2008, 04:02 PM	#2163
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I've been dismissed and can talk about the case now. I won't mention the scumbag's name although legally I can. A middle age douchebag who has 48 counts (over nearly two years) of sexual contact with minors including intercourse with his biological daughter and videotaping the whole damn thing has decided to represent himself. He isn't denying that he did his daughter or her friends or that he taped it... he is arguing there is nothing wrong with what was done. He produced a list of expected witnesses three pages long. Due to the number of witnesses, the douchebag is expected to need at least 3 weeks while the prosecution plans to stand up and say "Mr Douchebag stuck his disgusting little wanker inside his own daughter and her underage friends and videotaped it." Case closed. Shoot the fucker in the back of the head and leave his nasty corpse to rot on the front steps of the courthouse as a lesson to other shitbirds who are thinking about diddling their daughters. That is why it is scheduled to be a four week trial. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-11-2008, 04:22 PM	#2165
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I'm registered as independent. They say it is random, but I know it isn't. /adjusting tinfoil cap/ I get picked "randomly" every 19-24 months. After you serve you have and 18 month safety window. I know people who have lived here for twenty years and have never received a summons. I also know people who've received them and thrown them away with no ill effect. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-11-2008, 05:19 PM	#2166
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I've never served and generally been an Ind or Lib. Upsetting thing: Pete's step-Dad, great guy/brilliant mind but he's going all doom and gloom. He believes without reservation every environmental disaster theory and doesn't believe the next couple generations of humans have the foresight to "save" the world. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-11-2008, 05:23 PM	#2167
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I don't buy the end of the world doom and gloom but I'm a huge believer in cycles. I firmly believe that the US has passed the positive points for our cycle. The only real question is whether we go the route of England in staying an international power (albeit with less influence) or France who still believes they are the center of the universe and piss on anyone who disagrees. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-11-2008, 02:48 PM	#2161
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	lookout, I'm glad you got out of it. Jury duty is something I support, and I've done it twice, but it shouldn't have a life altering impact on the jurors.

07-11-2008, 05:34 PM	#2168
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I've only been called once... you can report in online, and one of the standard boxes is "are you the sole daytime care provider for a child under the age of 10?" Check yes, and you are automatically out. Maybe it's not the same in Arizona, but if you pick him up right after school for soccer practice, I think it counts. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-11-2008, 05:37 PM	#2169
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	doesn't work in arizona. she refused to dismiss a couple of single parents, even one who works hourly with no vacation and no family in town to pick up the child. she had to drop her son off at the boys and girls club to even report in. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-12-2008, 01:12 AM	#2170
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	The navy. It can't expect me not to be pissed when it takes my friend away. I have a revenge plan though... __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

07-12-2008, 11:10 AM	#2171
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	it might help you to be less upset if you try to remember that your friend chose to go away for a short time so others don't have to go away against their will via the draft. or it might not. i've sometimes found that altering my perception of an event helps me to cope with it. the people with the white jackets say that makes me insane. I prefer to just run faster than them and consider myself flexible. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-12-2008, 08:00 PM	#2172
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Trying to get ready for a camping trip when Ive never camped before...ever...ever ever.

07-12-2008, 10:07 PM	#2175
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Well....its a camping ground at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee for 5 nights. Hubby has been going to it with his family since he was a toddler. You would think that he would be more upfront with good advice but he keeps telling me not to worry about it. Ha! We are sleeping in tents...so I did make him go get an air mattress, but Im not really sure what to pack for PJ's. Does it get cold in a tent at night? So far the forecast is calling for 90 degree weather...? Im the type of person who likes to pack for all contingencies, but there is going to be a problem with space. Also...how do you pack for eats (breakfast and lunch) when keeping food cold is a problem and we arent grilling? Mostly we will be on a boat while others on it are skiing and tubing...(Not us - we have back problems). And...Hubby has promised me that we will separate from the pack to do some hiking once or twice. Thats it for starters.

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