Post #53,059
9/24/02 5:05:59 PM
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Jury duty...
... is unrelentingly boring.
Bring a book.
At least I got a 2 hour lunch period today, though.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #53,068
9/24/02 5:25:33 PM
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Please teel me you're not reading *during* the trial
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Post #53,082
9/24/02 6:20:27 PM
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Haven't been selected yet.
Spent many hours in the jury sitting room, reading while others watched rilly, rilly bad TV.
Spent a few hours (actually somewhat interesting) in a courtroom during a selection process, but wasn't picked.
Back for more thrills tomorrow.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #53,071
9/24/02 5:30:23 PM
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'tisn't fun, tis it?
I've been called twice (1 civil, 1 criminal), but haven't been picked to be on a jury. I imagine that's much worse, especially in criminal cases.
Hang in there and kudos for doing your civic duty.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #53,085
9/24/02 6:53:29 PM
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I brought a copy of "The Stranger" (thx Ashton) last time :)
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Chris Altmann
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Post #53,109
9/24/02 9:23:49 PM
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I've read 1.5 novels already
I brought one, finished it by noon. Fortunately there is a bookstore right near the courthouse. I'm bringing two for tomorrow.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #53,126
9/25/02 12:25:22 AM
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Gah! waiting
Never been called for jury duty here (maybe the lawyers are too smart to call me?) but I've had my auto muffler replaced and have been in other incredibly sad, boring, places.
On a week-long trip to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, I think I went through at least a dozen books. (I was installing an upgrade at Iowa Wesleyan College, which I don't know if it even exists any more.)
I remember that one trip above all others I've taken. While I was playing in a chess tournament in Chicago, my manager called me at my parents' house and told me I was going to Iowa. (That was absolutely unbelievable - that he found me at my parents' house on a day I was officially on vacation.) And the Saturday of that dismal ten below (or 13 below or whatever) weekend was my birthday. And the Mt. Pleasant Dairy Queen was open for business.
The only redeeming thing about the entire trip was the biggest potato I'd ever seem at the Golden Coral in Burlington, which was my birthday present, I suppose.
The hotel door just blew open one night (remember, at least ten below zero); at least the company didn't put me up in a college dorm :=(
Gawd I love to hate Iowa nowdays. :-)
The only slight revenge I was able to take was a limo (well, limo service, calling the van a limo is, I think, descecrating the English language) to the airport and back.
Oh yes of course I almost forgot to mention that the airline lost my luggage *both* ways.
The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
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Post #53,237
9/25/02 5:02:41 PM
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Day Two
aka The Boredom Fails To Relent.
The upside is that I've been catching up on my reading. Four novels so far.
The downside is that both days I was unlucky enough to be in the group that *didn't* get let go early at 2pm.
One amusing anecdote: during the interview process, someone was asked which side in her settlement got the most money (all potential jurors are quizzed about prior court cases they have been involved in). The response: "The lawyers did, your Honor."
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #53,240
9/25/02 5:12:16 PM
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Love. It.___ Point-counterpoint in Spades :-\ufffd
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Post #53,433
9/26/02 11:01:29 PM
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Re: Day Two
Yer way too intelligent to be on a jury of (xyz's) peers. You might actually make a good judgement. :=(
The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
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Post #53,299
9/25/02 8:54:57 PM
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Have fun
don't forget to bring a Noose with you, tell them that if they find the defendant guilty, you will personally hang the guilty party yourself! ;)
[link|http://games.speakeasy.net/data/files/khan.jpg|"Khan!!!" -Kirk]
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