Random Thoughts That Don't Warrant Their Own Thread: 2024

I've never had one. But I'm also terrible about checking my mail.

 

Every two years and it’s annoying because I’m absolutely getting struck too

 

Guess I'm just #builtdifferent

Also never received anything for failing to show up, though.

I should play the lottery

 

There's no way I'd be sat. Maybe the universe knows it, too.

 

Lucky you. I doubt they really enforce the contempt threat but it would be a gamble to ignore a summons. At the same time, you’ve got a good excuse.

 

Probably 4 times in 30 years, 2 in the last 20, and not at all the last 15. Maybe being on the bar roll helps.

 

Amongst people I have had this same discussion with I'm definitely on the low end around here with 1

 

What my personal experience presupposes is maybe it doesn’t

 

I mean I'm all about judging people, maybe I'd enjoy it. Only if it's via Zoom though

 

My driver's license expires in 2 days so I just had to renew online to avoid visiting in person. It will expire in 2031 and will be my same picture from 2017.

Will have to get it shipped down here and that, reader, is a huge pain in the ass.

 

Do you only get called if you're registered to vote?

I was in a different county until 9 years ago, but was still fairly young

Since I changed counties I've moved a few times and always seem to to vote right after a move

 

I love you but I’d strike your ass for cause so quickly

 

hot

 

I would prod so deep

 

Summoned once

Selected to serve

domestic violence

three days off work

not guilty

I enjoyed it (minus the part where we all kinda knew he did it but the wife wasn’t cooperating so there wasn’t anything we could do)

 

Summoned once
Selected
Plea deal before trial started

 

There was a saying at the first law firm I worked at that "the only ppl on a jury are the one's too stupid to get out of jury duty."

I don't know if that's true, there were a bunch of assholes there. But I've always remembered that.

In 10 years of litigation I've also only had one trial and didn't do jury selection so can neither can confirm or deny the accuracy.

 

I want to do a high profile embezzlement case

 

Most of the jurors ive talked to after seemed to have been pretty invested and took it seriously

 

What if you gotta get sequestered in like a holiday inn. That would blowwww

 

Oh I definitely think these ppl were just being cynical pricks.

 

I’ve been summoned twice and both times got turned away at the door

 

Feel like I learned in school some cases basically cut you off from the world.

I could handle the hotel part for a few weeks assuming I could bring my PS5, MacBook, and be allowed to go for walks or something. Couldn't handle being cut off. I'm curious what triggers that.

 

I mean hell if the Hampton Inn they shove you in has a pool and it's summer that wouldn't be all bad drinking by the pool on a daily basis

 

You mentioning the PS5 reminded me of a terrible business idea I had.

Renting consoles. Like Uber Eats but they'd drop off a PS5 or whatever just for the weekend, come and pick it up on Monday. You can veg out on the weekend and not have the urge to play more during the week.

It prolly wouldnt work but I'd be a customer.

 

One of my favorite bars in Seattle is a gamer bar that has like 10 Occulus Rifts all synched together, you can order local beers and play the same VR games with all your friends. It's an absolute blast, and also right next to a dispensary.

 

I'd end up hooking up with the mediocre looking girl on jury duty with me, but I'd drink so much we couldn't have sex to completion

 

My license expires in 2054. I got it in 2014.

 

Is having this star thing on your license actually important? My mom claims it is but she's a bit dramatic.

 

Need it if you want to use your drivers license as ID to fly

 

I just received my first one - no chance in hell I'm not getting struck 1st ballot unless this is a very unique case.

I'm also not a resident of the state so I should be able to get out of this.

 

still have 2 years before that begins

 

Apparently you have to update the picture after 12 years. I will probably just relent and get a compliant ID.

 

That keychain

That damn keychain

 

Strong Steve Perry 80’s vibes

 

Was summoned last week for jury duty. Went online the night before and they didn’t need me. Thankfully because it was the final week of selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting

 

In DC, given the weird government and court system in place you have a high likelihood of being put on a grand jury for a couple of months, which is awful. Luckily I’ve never been selected, especially bc the lawyer thing isn’t likely to get you struck when half the damn panel are lawyers.

 

I have psoriatic arthritis I have to take a biologic injection for every other week. It got so bad in my feet I could barely walk before I started treatments.

 

I have heard that Dallas County jury summons come via standard mail. Quite possible that if I have been summoned they have ended up in the trash. It really is hard to keep up with all the junk mail that the USPS puts in my mailbox. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

 

Also, I will start showing up to jury summons when the judge, clerks, lawyers, and everyone else in the judicial system start working for $6/day. Fucking stupid system. That does not even cover the transportation coats to get to and from the courthouse for a lot of people.

 

Catching up:

Ohio—renew license every five years and get a new picture each time. Also have to take an eye exam each time.

Jury Duty—I’ve been called five times, dismissed four but served on a DUI case on last one.

Unanimous acquittal, the guy was hit by another drunk driver turning into his own driveway. He refused to test, likely because he was drinking, but the female cop on video was a complete ass and the jury hated her. She was a terrible live witness too.