Jilli, do not click this [link] and plan on never ever going to Wills Point, TX.
I like the Jilli-scaring-things, and even so, this is a wee bit much.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 31, 2007 12:38:44 pm PDT #8000 of 10001
BigDuluth - Aug 31, 2007 12:48:42 pm PDT #8001 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Emily... close to Roanoke?
Jesse - Aug 31, 2007 1:16:52 pm PDT #8002 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, you guys know I love jury duty, right? I just got the most annoying jury summons ever -- it's "standby" for any court in the county, and it says I need to start calling in on a certain day. Nowhere did it say how long I had to keep calling in. I had to scour the website and open a 32-page PDF to learn that I could be on call for "up to five days." Which means I have to postpone, because I'm going out of town on the Wednesday of that week. I'm pretty sure when I was in Manhattan, it was two days or one trial (and there was no call-in), but I guess the rules go by county?
bon bon - Aug 31, 2007 1:24:53 pm PDT #8003 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
WTH? It might have to do with the court. Does it give you an address or any indication of the kind of court it is? As in, it says something about civil part, family part, anything like that? You're no longer exempt?
Ginger - Aug 31, 2007 1:36:49 pm PDT #8004 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It is with deep regret that we must inform you of the passing of Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter.
That's too bad. Maybe I'll go out and buy some beer in his honor.
JenP - Aug 31, 2007 1:39:01 pm PDT #8005 of 10001
Because of ita and Lee, I bought tamarind, er, pods, I guess, at the farmers market today. Apparently it's the sweet kind they grow in Thailand especially for eating fresh. It's very tasty. Reminds me of something, but I can't name it yet.
No tamarind balls, but it seems I could make my own with the pulp. My list of things I tried/did/saw/listened to because of this place grows yet again.
I skipped the finance talk. Now I have to clean and pack for a road trip tomorrow.
Oh, and, hi, BigD. I had to skip a bunch, so I may have missed your backstory, but welcome!
Sue - Aug 31, 2007 1:40:11 pm PDT #8006 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I didn't have a lawyer. No way we could have afforded it.
My lawyer's fee was $795 plus disbursements and tax. It worked out to be just over $1100. (And I think $75 was a fee to the gov't to register my mortgage.)
I would love to start paying a little more than my set mortgage payments every month, but I'm not quite comfortable with my new level of debt. Maybe in another year, when I'm earning a little bit more and have adjusted my spending better.
Cashmere - Aug 31, 2007 1:44:37 pm PDT #8007 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
There are mortgage payment companies that take out part of the payment from your check every two weeks and then make one payment to your mortgage company. It works out to an extra payment a year which reduces the time on your mortgage without really ever realizing it. We used one before our last refinance and it worked out pretty well.
Our new mortgage is held by our regular bank so we don't use the service anymore.
Jesse - Aug 31, 2007 1:47:55 pm PDT #8008 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Does it give you an address or any indication of the kind of court it is? As in, it says something about civil part, family part, anything like that? You're no longer exempt?It says literally "all courts in Queens." At least it's petit jury. And one of the courts is close! The last time I had jury duty was like seven years ago, so yeah.
Cashmere - Aug 31, 2007 1:51:58 pm PDT #8009 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Andy Dick lives up to his name. Glad I didn't run into him when he was in town.