Jury Duty

Have you really had all these things happen to you? 0_o

boy-howdy! kinda makes me (not) want to move to L.A.

Good Lord! I grew up in the inner-city of San Diego and only had one car break-in, one home robbery, and one SUV (driven by 14 year old) flipped over onto the family car.
You must have lived in a much tougher neighborhood (or been really unlucky) than me!
And I thought I did such a good job of surviving...I bow before your survival skills.

Good Grief! I grew up in the inner-city of San Diego and only had one car break-in, one home robbery, and one SUV (driven by 14 year old) flipped over onto the family car.
You must have lived in a much tougher neighborhood (or been really unlucky) than me!
And I thought I did such a good job of surviving...I bow before your survival skills.

Um...

We like you. Without the robberies and guns and stuff. Please move? Maybe? .

If you have to serve Jury duty I highly recommend scheduling it at the same time as on of your favorite author/artists! :) I had a great time speaking with you Dave, it was awesome (65% or more ;P) to discover you are as nice in person as it seems from your posts/artwork.

P.S. My wife found it amusing that I came home and was gushing/squealing about you, when we have run into Tim Allen (and other celebs) and didn't even blink.

I've been on two juries, one armed robbery and theft, the other a civil suit where a pedestrian was suing the county bus system for damages and harm after a bus clipped him.

I know jury duty really takes you away from your day job, but I want to tell you (all) that it is interesting and educational; you meet people you otherwise wouldn't. And in my two efforts, we were nothing like Twelve Angry Men. The sense of responsibility and efforts at being fair among all jurors is sincere and in its own way heartwarming.

So don't go dissing jury duty too harshly. You might be surprised at yourself and your fellow citizens.

Holy crap, Dave! Move, why don't you!?!

Whoa! Held up at gun point?? I think these stories demand a post of their own! :D

A 9mm to your temple? And you're still alive to talk about it?

Los Angeles' criminals must be going soft... or Bill Hicks used to exaggerate to scare Brits who didn't know better.

for future reference , I dont think they can make you sit jury duty if you're self employed and your business has to shut down when you're not there

OH Noes, I just realized I didn't say you're welcome in the original reply! I was very thankful indeed to have such a great conversation. Plus getting my own Nosh (squeal!) Once again thanks for everything. It was great meeting you and I can't wait for the next Sheldonista meet-up.

The one and only time I got called for jury duty, it was a drunk driving case. The defense was using their challenges to excuse people who knew or sympathized with law enforcement. The prosecution was excusing people who had ever done so much as ridden with someone who smelled a glass of wine before getting into a car to drive home.

They picked a jury before they got to me. I was SO distraught. I really wanted a chance to tell them that not only did I know and was friends with a New York State trooper that formerly headed up the DWI task force, but that I had been a passenger in a car with him in high school while he was drinking and driving!

The logic that fateful night was that his dad was a trooper, so he had a the best chance of getting off if we got caught. Which we did. He got popped for ignoring a "no right turn on red" sign. The troopers knew his dad, and his breathalizer blew borderline, so they make us wait an hour at a convenience store before driving the rest of the way home.

Years later, when he was a trooper heading up that DWI task force I mentioned, he got pulled over again for drinking and driving. This time, he didn't get off, and he got demoted and pulled from the field for almost 5 years. He's lucky he's still a trooper.

But guess where he got pulled over the second time around. Did you guess it? That's Right! He got popped at the EXACT SAME "no right turn on red" sign as he did in high school!!!

i could care less what they decide for me... id get convicted anyway the only thing i do i race so no big deal for me a years in prison itll give me time to think about getting a better car with more power and getting back out as fast as i can.... im not gonna play god and decide someone faith.
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