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Offline sandbox

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« on: August 18, 2007, 05:33:18 PM »
Hey Harv, can I give them your name as a stand-in?
It will be during peak storm season, hot air inside and out so you won’t be bored. wink.gif
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2007, 08:17:49 AM »
So come November 17, you'll be ready for the Florida cookout?

Maybe this year we can get a few more of the Florida contingent of TS?
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2007, 08:53:57 AM »
SB,

I live but to serve and obey. Alas, after being a witness in a murder case (found guilty) and testifying before a federal grand jury (no indictment delivered), it seems that once my history has surfaced, I am always excused.  whistling.gif

Or, perhaps it has something to do with my TS associates... rolleyes.gif

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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2007, 09:02:56 AM »
I have been "unselected" upon 3 occasions now!  I still had to go and sit in a stuffy room and wait for something to happen; luckily they let you read!
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2007, 01:51:40 PM »
Will they let you keep your cell phone on you?
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2007, 03:20:11 PM »
QUOTE(jepinto @ Aug 19 2007, 09:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So come November 17, you'll be ready for the Florida cookout?

Maybe this year we can get a few more of the Florida contingent of TS?

He will be there if I can convince the court to take him instead of me!!

QUOTE(pendragon @ Aug 19 2007, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
SB,

I live but to serve and obey. Alas, after being a witness in a murder case (found guilty) and testifying before a federal grand jury (no indictment delivered), it seems that once my history has surfaced, I am always excused.  whistling.gif

Or, perhaps it has something to do with my TS associates... rolleyes.gif

Harv, boy could we swap stories. We were also witnesses, and put on hold for two years in continuance after continuance, changing schedules time and time again until a deal was struck and the death penalty was off the table. It doesn’t seem to effect my Jury standing though, county, state and federal courts are on my trail consistently.

I want to be helpful but the system is such a joke, the jails are full and the criminals go in one door and out the other and it’s only getting worse.

One good thing about this Call-up is it’s not federal like the last one, but local, county, so I won’t need to spend 2 hours commuting in rush hour traffic.

QUOTE(gunug @ Aug 19 2007, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have been "unselected" upon 3 occasions now!  I still had to go and sit in a stuffy room and wait for something to happen; luckily they let you read!


I've never been unselected, if not first string, I'm on standby alternate. I have deliberately disqualified myself in the first round of questioning but that's another matter. wink.gif

QUOTE(Gregg @ Aug 19 2007, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Will they let you keep your cell phone on you?

Well gregg the last go-around they let me keep the phone OFF in the Federal building, I don’t know how they’ll threat a cellphone at county court. Probably the same. To only be used when off the premises or in a neutral zone.

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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2007, 07:22:52 AM »
QUOTE(sandbox @ Aug 19 2007, 03:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don’t know how they’ll threat a cellphone at county court.


That's a great typo! smile.gif
A double entendre, of sorts. wink.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2007, 03:47:52 PM »
As I understand it a double entendre could go undetected by someone who is unfamiliar with the contents of the sentence. wink.gif

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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2007, 07:31:34 AM »
laugh.gif

I removed the sentence from its context to be sure, however, it's right above... smile.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.