When you call to see if you have to show up for jury duty, they should have a Dalek answer the phone and say, "JUDICIATE! JUDICIATE!"
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2009 11:50:10 am PDT #5542 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kathy A - Aug 25, 2009 11:53:55 am PDT #5543 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The one time I did have jury duty at the Daley Center (must be 12 years ago or so), our panel was called into a courtroom by 10:00, the attorneys went through and selected their 12 jurors and a few alternates, and then the clerk told us we could either go back to the jury room and possibly be called up for another case later in the afternoon, or since it was lunchtime, we could just come back to the courtroom after lunch, get our checks, and then go home.
Guess which one we chose?
I waited to go to lunch until after we were released, headed over to (then) Marshall Fields on State Street lunch, and then took the El home to Forest Park. Living further out in the 'burbs now is more of a pain to get downtown.
P.M. Marc - Aug 25, 2009 11:56:26 am PDT #5544 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Good lord, that boy is pretty.
He really is.
shrift - Aug 25, 2009 12:00:39 pm PDT #5545 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I would've rather gotten jury duty downtown, since it's basically the same commute for me. And there are places to eat! At the criminal court, there's basically a Popeyes and a dive bar that serves limp Wonder Bread sandwiches and Ore-Ida French fries.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2009 12:01:09 pm PDT #5546 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Any Chicagoistas have recommendations for moving companies? The last time I moved was eight years ago....
Kathy A - Aug 25, 2009 12:21:00 pm PDT #5547 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Tom, I'm trying to remember who I used three years ago. I know that they were located in Oak Park and were priced right. They even showed up early for the move, and were quite fast in getting everything packed up (they wrapped plastic around lots of stuff, and packed up everything I hadn't gotten to in my final all-night packing binge).
I wish I could remember their name!
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2009 12:22:13 pm PDT #5548 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The place I used in '01 arrived about five hours late.
I'm mostly just moving boxes, so I might just call whoever from craigslist....
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2009 12:25:53 pm PDT #5549 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
billytea - Aug 25, 2009 12:28:29 pm PDT #5550 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The one time I did have jury duty at the Daley Center
I'm not the only one who read this as Dalek Center, right?
Concerning the Daleks, IIRC they also levitated (offscreen) in the 1st Doctor adventure, The Chase. So it's been canon for a long time.
tommyrot - Aug 25, 2009 12:30:47 pm PDT #5551 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wasn't there an early episode where the Dr. escapes from Daleks by taking the stairs?