Official Squatch Watchers

[rjohns39]

Around here it's a bit weird... you get called and they will put together like 12 juries and then you go home and call a number to see if you're needed. Most cases settle without a jury trial... Just finished my three month term.

 

[staceyj]

Around here it's a bit weird... you get called and they will put together like 12 juries and then you go home and call a number to see if you're needed. Most cases settle without a jury trial... Just finished my three month term.

THREE MONTHS!

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning people

I was so disappointed that I didn’t get picked for the jury yesterday. Never made it out of the jury pool.
It was a fascinating day though. Definitely an Orange Is The New Black sort of case. Intense.
But hard as heck to get butts to stick in those juror chairs.
Started with about 90 potential jurors. About a dozen got let go right off the bat. Then about 20 more trickled off as the morning wore on.
When the remainder finally got to the courtroom they seated the initial 12 and then for the next two hours it was like an intense game of musical chairs.
You’re in. Your out.
Every time someone would step down this was me hoping my name would be called:


What really disappointed me was the number of people who didn’t take it seriously. One young guy was like the bad kid sitting in the back row at school, snickering and making comments under his breath. But then he got picked and was suddenly 100%
Eddie Haskell during his interview (only us old people will know who that is).
But the judge, she was sharp and said “I’ve been watching you young man. I am going to dismiss you. Hopefully by the time you get called again for jury duty you’ll have matured.”

And the number of people who sat in a juror’s seat with their arms folded across their chest while the D.A. And The Defense team interviewed them and then said
“I can’t be a juror because I’m a prejudice person and I can’t be open minded enough to give this person a fair trial.”
Then the judge would ask
“Are you sure you can’t set those feelings aside?”

And they’d answer “Nope. I can’t Your Honor.”

This was sad on so many fronts.

Maybe some of them were just using it as a strategy to get out of the service which was likely going to take up the rest of the week because of the kind of trial it was,
Or maybe they really ARE that narrow minded. Idk.
I do live in the south after all.

My dad would say he was against puppies and babies if it would get him out of jury duty. He even claimed to be raceist against white people once...they still chose him.

Lucky you!!
How far does he travel? Not for me, but I do have a breeder friend down your way that may be interested in meeting him.

He comes from Asheville so he makes maybe an hour drive. I think his range is 4 states, N.C, S.C, V.A, and W.V.

 

[TexasSam]

Was your kid in the principals office for wearing that roaster on his/her head?!?
(Cracked myself up there)

Sam where does one find a broiler hat?

I found it on Facebook

 

[WVduckchick]

My dad would say he was against puppies and babies if it would get him out of jury duty. He even claimed to be raceist against white people once...they still chose him.

He comes from Asheville so he makes maybe an hour drive. I think his range is 4 states, N.C, S.C, V.A, and W.V.

Cool. I’ll tell him in case he doesn’t have a good one already.

 

[Chickassan]

Well within half an hour of letting the kids out Ethel finds one of the very few bugs she can't eat even though she tried a whole lot of times...a packsaddle yay!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Well within half an hour of letting the kids out Ethel finds one of the very few bugs she can't eat even though she tried a whole lot of times...a packsaddle yay! View attachment 1518788 View attachment 1518790 View attachment 1518791

Yikes. That thing is creepy but cool looking. What does it turn into?

 

[apryl29]

Well—I culled him. I went to check for eggs and he was panting and stumbling around. He’d get all upset and flail then fall over and close his eyes.

I’m going to go to work now—

Hopefully everyone else will be ok.

Update on the girls: Marlene is yeast free she has the vent of a hen half her age "his words not mine lol!" Lulu is overweight. Susan, Tucks, Beavis and Hobo are perfect. Negan got his spurs and toenails clipped and his nose holes cleaned. Also his legs and hips aren't better or worse he's still just bowlegged. The little girls are ahead in development which is great. I will know in a couple days if anybody is wormy. No mites or lice yay! I wish my doctor was half as good as the chicken's guy he spent a good two hours on the flock i'm lucky if I get half an hour.

Wow, I'm impressed! Is he expensive?

So if any of you, like me, have an odd sense of humor I highly recommend BlueQ.
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@pitbullmomma
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I like the What was I thinking one. Very appropriate in several levels.

Good morning people

I was so disappointed that I didn’t get picked for the jury yesterday. Never made it out of the jury pool.
It was a fascinating day though. Definitely an Orange Is The New Black sort of case. Intense.
But hard as heck to get butts to stick in those juror chairs.
Started with about 90 potential jurors. About a dozen got let go right off the bat. Then about 20 more trickled off as the morning wore on.
When the remainder finally got to the courtroom they seated the initial 12 and then for the next two hours it was like an intense game of musical chairs.
You’re in. Your out.
Every time someone would step down this was me hoping my name would be called:


What really disappointed me was the number of people who didn’t take it seriously. One young guy was like the bad kid sitting in the back row at school, snickering and making comments under his breath. But then he got picked and was suddenly 100%
Eddie Haskell during his interview (only us old people will know who that is).
But the judge, she was sharp and said “I’ve been watching you young man. I am going to dismiss you. Hopefully by the time you get called again for jury duty you’ll have matured.”

And the number of people who sat in a juror’s seat with their arms folded across their chest while the D.A. And The Defense team interviewed them and then said
“I can’t be a juror because I’m a prejudice person and I can’t be open minded enough to give this person a fair trial.”
Then the judge would ask
“Are you sure you can’t set those feelings aside?”

And they’d answer “Nope. I can’t Your Honor.”

This was sad on so many fronts.

Maybe some of them were just using it as a strategy to get out of the service which was likely going to take up the rest of the week because of the kind of trial it was,
Or maybe they really ARE that narrow minded. Idk.
I do live in the south after all.

Wow, that is sad. I had a friend who sat on a murder trial and he said it was a very interesting experience.

Stacey,
Jury duty doesn't pay at all. Many people really cannot lose a week or more of pay. I get it.
I sat on a jury selection for a very serious case a few years ago. The judge said it was expected to be a long trial. Many of the jurors were single parents and would have suffered financial hardship if chosen.
I ended up in the back up jury group.

Where I work they have an agreement w the union that if you do jury duty you give your payment from the courts to them, and you get your regularly scheduled pay. I've never done it so IDK if they use your accumulated time off or if it's something else. It's a pretty nice arrangement.

I got called for jury duty once and was so nervous. My anxiety and panic attacks where way worse at that time. I hadn't learned the skills I needed to cope. I was so glad I wasn't picked.
My sister got called for grand jury duty. It's a month long of listening about cases to decide if they go to trial. One she got to decide on was about a woman accused of killing her disabled son by setting fire to their home.

I remember that one! There was a rash of people who did that after a movie came out too, Manchester by the Sea... The guy got drunk & high and his kids died in a house fire he accidentally started. So people would 'accidentally' start a fire and leave the house for a random reason and come home to 'find' their house on fire. People are horrible. There's places you can take your disabled kids if you can't or don't want to care for them anymore.

I inherited him. He is my step-grandpa's youngest son. He use to work at Hollywild but the monkey house burnt down and he quit so now he does exotic animal husbandry calls.

It has been awhile since iv'e seen a squab....wow. They do look like panty plums, no way around it.

Panty plums.. now I've heard everything.

One of the questions each juror was asked was if they had children under the age of 18 at home or a handicapped person they were responsible for caring for. They were excused.

Sounds like it's going to be something about child abuse/ neglect. At least they consider that stuff.

Around here it's a bit weird... you get called and they will put together like 12 juries and then you go home and call a number to see if you're needed. Most cases settle without a jury trial... Just finished my three month term.

Ours is the same, but it's only for a week or 2. It's nice b/c our county courthouse area doesn't have much parking and the federal court is in Akron which sucks to get to.

 

[apryl29]

Yikes. That thing is creepy but cool looking. What does it turn into?

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/medical/saddleback_caterpillar.htm
Never seen a caterpillar like that before. It's venomous.

 

[Redhead Rae]

My dad would say he was against puppies and babies if it would get him out of jury duty. He even claimed to be raceist against white people once...they still chose him.

He comes from Asheville so he makes maybe an hour drive. I think his range is 4 states, N.C, S.C, V.A, and W.V.

I wonder if he comes far enough up into my neck of the woods.