Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[babsbag]

@greybeard I don't mind being called but I am asking that they accommodate me and call me during one of the months when I am not milking. Milking 40 does is not quite the same as milking a few for personal use. I have a bulk tank that holds one days worth of milk. So that means that the milk has to be pasteurized and bottled or cultured the same day it is milked or early the next day before milking again. This will no longer be a hobby but a full time job, 7 days a week but of course it is not likely that a judge will understand that so just call me during Dec. or Jan. and I will be glad to come and serve.

 

[babsbag]

@Latestarter and I need a few days of rain. Our major cities are already back on the drought schedule for landscape watering...odd or even. I am going to have to start watering my orchard...in Feb.

 

[Mini Horses]

We've had overcast & off/on drizzle for several days, sunny tomorrow and then 5 more days of same stuff. It's just depressing without sun! It's a little messy with the rain, too.

Complain, complain Could be a LOT worse. Temps are good!

 

[greybeard]

@greybeard I don't mind being called but I am asking that they accommodate me and call me during one of the months when I am not milking. Milking 40 does is not quite the same as milking a few for personal use. I have a bulk tank that holds one days worth of milk. So that means that the milk has to be pasteurized and bottled or cultured the same day it is milked or early the next day before milking again. This will no longer be a hobby but a full time job, 7 days a week but of course it is not likely that a judge will understand that so just call me during Dec. or Jan. and I will be glad to come and serve.

Yes, I can see where that would present a major inconvenience and disruption in your schedule and occupation, but unless California is different than Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee, occupational needs are not an exemption or even a cause for postponement of jury duty. More than 1/2 the people in the District court's big pool presented job requirements as a cause for exemption and about 1/2 way thru those, the judge stopped to explain that duty came when the court needed jurors, not at the convenience of when people wanted to serve.
Maybe California is different tho, and your job requirements will be allowed as a cause for rescheduling you later in the year.
It would be nice I suppose, if we each could serve when we wanted to rather than when they needed us to, but the needs of the govt usually preclude that.

 

[babsbag]

CA will let you request a postponement but last time they ignored my request for a particular month. It can be hard on people that are the only income for their family or someone that runs a brick and mortar store with no employees, I had one of those too, and they did dismiss me. I told them that if I wasn't there the store wasn't open and the bills don't get paid. Maybe that was the benefit of living in a small town, everyone knew my store. I have a year to ponder this dilemma.

For years I didn't get summoned as my DH was a peace officer and in CA they won't call you.

 

[Bruce]

My summons while in college in So. Cal. was January I believe. I freaked of course but asked them to postpone it to summer. They did.

 

[greybeard]

CA will let you request a postponement but last time they ignored my request for a particular month. It can be hard on people that are the only income for their family or someone that runs a brick and mortar store with no employees, I had one of those too, and they did dismiss me. I told them that if I wasn't there the store wasn't open and the bills don't get paid. Maybe that was the benefit of living in a small town, everyone knew my store. I have a year to ponder this dilemma.

For years I didn't get summoned as my DH was a peace officer and in CA they won't call you.

A spouse that is a police officer would probably be excluded during the voir dire process anyway..the defense would likely object strongly to that person being on the jury if it were a criminal vs a civil case..

Being a student generally IS an accepted exemption to serving on jury duty.

Jury duty is never easy on any of us. Few civic duties are.

 

[Baymule]

I need a few days of sunlight.
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ME TOO!!

 

[Mike CHS]

We are having spring like temps this morning and winter this afternoon.

 

[Baymule]

It got to 77 degrees yesterday. Supposed to go back to raining this afternoon.