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Kiaara
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I'm a clarinet nerd
I play Bass Clarinet 95% of the time
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I play Bass Clarinet 95% of the time
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Okami_No_Heishi
Guest
First time I got mine i had moved into another county. Same with the second. Hell! Third one too!
SashaBengal
Lurking Tigress
my first one, i was in an out of state college and had to get a postponement. the followup postcard they didn't need me. now that i have a job i love and don't want to miss a day off, they want me >.<
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Yeah. It was telling me that I was gonna need patients and let things work themselves out. And by deck...my tarot deck.
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Okami_No_Heishi
Guest
That's how it goes.
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Okami_No_Heishi
Guest
Oh. Cool!
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
I just keep forgetting to call in every week. They rotate us through 6 month at a time. We call in to see if our group is needed
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BahgDaddy
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Always good to learn an instrument.
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Okami_No_Heishi
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Well , gotta get up early. So thats it for me. Goodnight Furries!
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Kiaara
Guest
I've been thinking about oboe, but my best friend wants to play it, so i'll just stick to bass clarinet.
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Kiaara
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Goodnight!
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
I used to hate getting called, but luckily, my job will pay for 'jury leave'. So now, I love getting to go, 'cause it saves me a very long (3+hours in all) commute, and train/bus-fare. And the court is close enough to walk to. So I think they (the court) give us $14 now, so between that, and train/bus fares, I end up $30 ahead.
So nowadays, I'm always happy to be called up; means a shorter 'work' day, and some extra spending money!
But before, it was a pain. Now, I actually try to get picked, and then, hope for a long trial. The one time I did get picked to actually be on the jury, it was boring, until the actual trial started, then, it was amazing.
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Night Okami.
SashaBengal
Lurking Tigress
geez lucky! we don't get that idt. my supervisors worked with me to make up my hours this week. and the court's jury pay is CRAP
Fuzzylumkin
The token panda
Lol I'd totally claim to be a Nazi to avoid jury duty
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Yeah...the court here pays minimum wage and don't think about travel allowance if you live in town.
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
I've always thought they need a better system, to make sure people get paid the same as they would have. Luckily, since I technically work for a State University, I'm a state employee...and all Maryland state employees get this benefit. But it made me think that then, you end up with juries made up of the retired, unemployed, and state employees, so that they lack a certain diversity?
But yep, the actual pay they hand out is kinda funny, I mean, $14 doesn't go a long ways, towards a day's work.
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Nah, found out one time I didn't get because I was a furry...animal abuse case.
SashaBengal
Lurking Tigress
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Better than what use to happen in Houston. Turnout was so low that the court baliefs use to pull people off the street and let you use the phone at the court house to tell your boss. If you refused they would put you in "contempt of court". All perfectly legal for them to do.
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Still better than here, but its part of small town life.
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BahgDaddy
Guest
What up with everyone getting called to jury duty?
I used to play a flute, which was fun, but never really got into it.
I used to play a flute, which was fun, but never really got into it.
SashaBengal
Lurking Tigress
soooo much they could do to improve the jury duty experience
Mudman2001
Wolf of Many Talents
Part of our "Civic Duty" for living in this great land. Actually I don't mind, there still a lot of country's that don't allow for trail by jury.
Use to play guitar years ago...
Simo
Professional Watermelon Farmer
Yikes! Here, there's no per mile amount.
But there is a lotta crime, sadly, legacy of poverty that has haunted this poor city for a long time. Though, oddly, Baltimore is a city I've really come to love; it might be a bit rough, but has this gritty charm to it. Hard to explain. But it's not a snobby place, that's for sure.