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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.
conseula, the downside for Portland would obviously be having to move. The upside is that home sales in CA are taking roughly 2.5 months because inventory is so low, so if you had to sell your place, it would probably go fast.
Also, other upsides to Portland: McMenamans, Voodoo Donuts, and Le Bistro Montage for cajun food.
I am exhausted and my head hurts, and I am about to abuse the lidoderm patches--I don't know about 12 hours off--I don't want the headache to build up too much before this weekend, just because of that nightmare-ridden night. FUCK SLEEP.
The list of people that Graham Norton can't make better:
Does anyone check the cars around them when they drive? To see what models they are? I have been having the most Impalicious week! Not classic--all recent models, but still...a three Impala commute is pretty impressive, because the standard is only on the road for maybe 25 minutes.
Also gain points if I see a Charger--a day with a black Impala and a black Charger is a full house. If I ever saw a 67 Impala, I'd get out of the car and run around. I did see one a few years off, and there was staring.
There is a white Impala running around town...that is actually a cop car! I was all, "Heyyy...." and then he cut me off and pulled someone over and I was all, "Totally not checking out your car. Swears. Good on you for pulling over that guy, he was totally speeding. Ima just pass over here, clearly slowing down and observing all safety guidelines."
Also, other upsides to Portland: McMenamans, Voodoo Donuts, and Le Bistro Montage for cajun food.
And Powell's. I love that city.
Does anyone check the cars around them when they drive? To see what models they are?
Absolutely.
I am sorry your job is filled with such terrible people, Amy.
Does anyone check the cars around them when they drive? To see what models they are?
Oh, yes. I like seeing the predominant species in different areas. There's a high concentration of Hondas and Toyotas where I live, and a noticible number of Mini Coopers. When I visit my sister in MI, Fords and Chevys predominate (unsurprisingly).
Amy, I hope you're in a position to leave our job soon.
I am sure I've mentioned this here, but my mother once sat on a jury for a child sex abuse case.that was supposed to last 6 weeks but ended up lasting 9 months. It was brutal. When I went for my fitness and character interview for the bar, my interviewer turned out to be one of the attorneys in that case.
Trudy, strength to your family. erika, so sorry for your loss.
I think I've been called 5 or 6 times, and impaneled twice, the last time being for a trespassing case where an ex-boyfriend may or may not have gotten sufficiently up on the lawn while yelling nasty things at his teenage ex. Disappointingly we had to find for the XBF because the prosecution didn't ask the XGF where on the lawn he got to -- there being an easement where anyone can walk in that town.
If we could have found the nasty, smirking XBF guilty of being a jerk, we sure would have. The XGF was honestly upset and scared and we found her believable, but this wasn't a restraining order case, and they didn't give us the one piece of testimony ("how far was he from you? Mark on this diagram how far he came up on the lawn/driveway.")
I'm still regretting my one chance to go up to him in the hallway after the trial and telling him that he was a jerk and a bully. But I'd left my stuff in the jury room and they were shutting down the courthouse.
Erika, so very sorry to hear. Hugs to you and your mom.
Trudy, we're keeping your family in our thoughts.
The one time I served, it was an aggravated sexual assault case. Difficult, but at least it only lasted three days, and none of us had any doubt that the guy had done it.
Afterwards, the defendant's attorney said he'd probably get himself killed in prison before serving out his sentence.
Ugh, Dana!
erika, I'm so sorry. You made the right decision, tough as that is, and I'm glad that there was good quality of life right up to the last day.
Trudy, fingers crossed.