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SEC_Chick · 09-07-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
"I honestly believe that anyone who ever got arrested for anything must have been doing something illegal."

That only works if they ask you questions. Last time I was picked for jury duty the only question I answered was the one about whether anyone was a lawyer. They asked me what kind of law I practiced and made sure it wasn't criminal. I was shocked that I had to sit in a week-long trial for child molestation.

Of course, anyone who claimed to have been molested was dismissed, but there were a bunch of those already and it felt wrong to lie about something like that when the woman next to me went up to the judge in tears. Maybe if I had said I do some white collar stuff in connection with the securities I would have been dismissed.

NotFromHere · 09-07-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Tonight it is. Damn, NFH, it is like we are the same person* today. Glad I STPed before replying. I am trying fantasy football for the first time ever this year. Got a bit hosed on the running back front, but I did manage to pick up some guy with a weird first name for my quarterback. Peyton something? He's supposed to be good, right?

*memories...

I believe he's somehow related to that Eli guy you're so fond of. Who, if you get a chance, dump him from your fantasy team if they penalize you for interceptions. Because that really hurt me last year. Eli, not Peyton.
I got hosed on Wide Receivers. There are a lot of question marks this year. Like TO.

ltl/fb · 09-07-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
That only works if they ask you questions. Last time I was picked for jury duty the only question I answered was the one about whether anyone was a lawyer. They asked me what kind of law I practiced and made sure it wasn't criminal. I was shocked that I had to sit in a week-long trial for child molestation.

Of course, anyone who claimed to have been molested was dismissed, but there were a bunch of those already and it felt wrong to lie about something like that when the woman next to me went up to the judge in tears. Maybe if I had said I do some white collar stuff in connection with the securities I would have been dismissed.

Are both you and the baby T-Rexes, or just you, or just the baby?

pony_trekker · 09-07-2006, 04:24 PM

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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
That only works if they ask you questions. Last time I was picked for jury duty the only question I answered was the one about whether anyone was a lawyer. They asked me what kind of law I practiced and made sure it wasn't criminal. I was shocked that I had to sit in a week-long trial for child molestation.

I hope you gave that fucker the chair.

Replaced_Texan · 09-07-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
That only works if they ask you questions. Last time I was picked for jury duty the only question I answered was the one about whether anyone was a lawyer. They asked me what kind of law I practiced and made sure it wasn't criminal. I was shocked that I had to sit in a week-long trial for child molestation.

Of course, anyone who claimed to have been molested was dismissed, but there were a bunch of those already and it felt wrong to lie about something like that when the woman next to me went up to the judge in tears. Maybe if I had said I do some white collar stuff in connection with the securities I would have been dismissed.

That's what happened to my boss. She ended up on a criminal jury for a wife battering case, and the fact that she once worked for a battered womans shelter held no sway at voir dire because they lost so many potential jurors on the "has anyone been battered" question.

I just hope that somehow medical records are involved in whatever trial I end up in.

My sister used "I don't think I could ever send anyone to jail" once pretty effectively.

SEC_Chick · 09-07-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Even acknowledging that the $28 late fee was appropriate (though the $5 "on-line" transaction fee is a crock of shit), $148.75 seems excessive to keep an inactive bar membership going. I think my regular active Texas dues are less than that. If I didn't like California so much and if reciprocity existed at any level, I'd seriously consider letting it lapse.

Every June or so I get hit for over $500, but I think that at least half of that is my "Attorney Occupation Tax". Nice.

taxwonk · 09-07-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Wonk, is that you?

Nope. It's Hank.

Replaced_Texan · 09-07-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
Every June or so I get hit for over $500, but I think that at least half of that is my "Attorney Occupation Tax". Nice.

I'm exempt from having to pay that one.

I guess I have been licensed for over five years, so I am paying whatever the max is for dues. Hmm. That's much scarier than turning 40.

SEC_Chick · 09-07-2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Are both you and the baby T-Rexes, or just you, or just the baby?

My out of date tribute to daysleeper. I left it up there because the picture is an early one of the Chicklet doing her newborn wake up routine that involved lots of stretching, grimacing and thrashing, and upon contemplation, it looked like she might have been impersonating a T-rex as well.

Penske_Account · 09-07-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
CMS cares if the guy didn't have a third person watching while his kid was on a jet ski with him?

CMS might have some reg regarding contracting with persons with certain things on their records or more likely he may just have to disclose the same to it.

I had a client in a similar situation, not a doctor, but owner of a recipient of CMS reimbursements, although the infraction was a little more problematic, but in no way related to patient care, billing or financial fraud etc etc., i.e. things that CMS would be directly concerned about.

J. Fred Muggs · 09-07-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Neither is fat, dumb, and vapid. Word to the wise.

If you want her to read stuff, you should direct it someone other than the wise.

Penske_Account · 09-07-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Nope. It's Hank.

Yeesh, another fantasy out the window.

J. Fred Muggs · 09-07-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by patentparanyc
I was told last night and this morning by two different people I was hot.

Some people will say anything when they're spit-roasting a girl.

SEC_Chick · 09-07-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
I hope you gave that fucker the chair.

Unfortunately, while it took less than 3 hours to convict him, some of the other jurors wanted to give the bastard probation!?!?! I talked them up to 17 years, but it was the best I could do. I wanted to give the guy 40, but no way was that going to fly.

robustpuppy · 09-07-2006, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by SEC_Chick
Unfortunately, while it took less than 3 hours to convict him, some of the other jurors wanted to give the bastard probation!?!?! I talked them up to 17 years, but it was the best I could do. I wanted to give the guy 40, but no way was that going to fly.

40 is the scariest number that you've ever seen ...