Jury Duty (Page 3/5) theogre JUL 16, 12:03 PM maybe still can show proof & stop more calls to see if called next day. Some courts will keep you calling for weeks even months unless you show proof of whatever later. Because Many doctors want time &/or Fees to anything & often can't/won't write jury letter under most time limits set from court/sheriff/etc to mail/fax in. Because Often these limits are just 3-7 Days. But show @ sign in time etc may still count. Even when finally go to court... Is not 100% sure will be selected @ that point. Depending on specific court type etc... Can get rejected for many reasons. Big problem here is many work for big Insurance Co, Lawyers or often Know 1 or more people in a case = rejection many times. Example: Here, Many w/ a Service Dog or other disabled can get called but no time to get Doctor letter can sit in the Herd Room but then even when calling by a Court, Very Doubtful will sit because no lawyer want easy mistrial for any reason. Anyone else Can get rejected just "looking wrong," being "too smart," & more to the lawyers DA etc too. "Too Smart" often means working in a job or other background issues can "skew" your "view" for a specific case = reject. Many places are like this & why they harass so many people. CoolBlue87GT JUL 16, 08:17 PM Years ago, I had to serve, it was a drunken driver charge - among other charges. When they polled the potential jury members one at a time if they could judge the case without any prejudice, when my turn came, I spoke up saying I'd lost a good friend due to a drunk driver, I was dismissed. I really didn't feel I could give the person a honest vote. Jason88Notchie JUL 16, 10:21 PM quote Originally posted by CoolBlue87GT: Years ago, I had to serve, it was a drunken driver charge - among other charges. When they polled the potential jury members one at a time if they could judge the case without any prejudice, when my turn came, I spoke up saying I'd lost a good friend due to a drunk driver, I was dismissed. I really didn't feel I could give the person a honest vote. That is the dignified approach. The way to do it. Jason88Notchie JUL 16, 10:41 PM quote Originally posted by maryjane: I LIKE jury duty. Been on several, both civil and criminal and, County/District Court Grand Jury, which is a different cat altogether. Lasted nearly 3 months and 99% of the cases were meth/dope heads and 99% of those we true billed. Yikes! I would be screwed. My company will only pay two weeks. How do jurors, who have regular working stiff lives, absorb the financial hit that would take? Are there programs out there or something? Jason88Notchie JUL 17, 07:42 AM Nothing for today. There are 4 jury panels. 4 cases were scheduled Monday. I wonder if the whole week got nixed when they sent us all home for all the cases falling through. I don't know. Still have to call in daily. And I'm on the hook for all next week too. BingB JUL 17, 08:49 AM quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Is that a thing? I've had ADHD for my entire life. My daughter has it, my dad has it, and my grandfather had it. All of them (no comment about myself) have been very successful... and my daughter is definitely a chip off the old block of my dad and grandfather... I can already tell. I've always hated to view anything as a "disability," and I never grew up thinking as such. I just knew I had a lot of extra energy, and a lot more "TVs" playing in my head that I could pick from when I got bored... or perhaps view when I need to pull ideas from to solve a problem. I'd hope that no one here with anything like this would ever use ADD or ADHD as a crutch or something that makes them lesser-than. If you are able to concentrate on the "multiple televisions' in your head to use them to solve problems than you don't really have ADHD or ADD. It is called a "disorder" for a reason. Claiming you have ADD because you have "extra energy" is like claiming you have clinical depression because you feel sad sometimes. Did the same doctor diagnose you and your daughter? And when exactly was your grandfather diagnosed with ADD or ADHD? I did not think it was even defined until the 80's. Or is this another one of your famous self-diagnosis where you claim to have the qualifications of a registered psychologist? 82-T/A [At Work] JUL 17, 09:15 AM quote Originally posted by BingB:If you are able to concentrate on the "multiple televisions' in your head to use them to solve problems than you don't really have ADHD or ADD. It is called a "disorder" for a reason. Claiming you have ADD because you have "extra energy" is like claiming you have clinical depression because you feel sad sometimes. Did the same doctor diagnose you and your daughter? And when exactly was your grandfather diagnosed with ADD or ADHD? I did not think it was even defined until the 80's. Or is this another one of your famous self-diagnosis where you claim to have the qualifications of a registered psychologist? I'll ignore your attitude and answer your question. - I was diagnosed with ADHD by two separate psychiatrists when I was 7. I was on Ritalin from the age of 7 until 16 when I refused to continue taking it. I graduated with a 1.7 GPA, down from a 3.8 my freshman year, because I refused to take the medicine and it affected my grades. - My dad was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult by a psychiatrist, and he was put on Ritalin too (in the mid 90s). - My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and has been on a different drug since she was 9. As an adult... my early years were hard because I had to work longer to get the same amount of work done, unless I could "hyperfocus" which was easy to do when I was programming. So that became my career. As I got older, I learned to deal with ADHD by training myself to take short breaks and force myself to keep going back to whatever the task is that's required. The benefit I have is that I'm actually fairy intelligent, and can accomplish a lot, even though I have to spend more time doing it (I get distracted easily)... hence, why I'm on this message board during the work day (which I intentionally deduct from the time I bill the company). Eventually, I learned how to get through having ADHD, and I went back to college (I had dropped out in my first couple of terms of college) when I was ~30, and I've gotten 5 degrees since then, with the lowest one being a 3.948 GPA, and two of them being straight 4.0 GPAs. It took a lot of work and dedication. I still have impulse issues (get heavily into a hobby and buy all the things, only to lose interest after I've "done it all"). But life has been really good... the most important thing is that I've always had the mindset that it's not a disability, but something I can advantage myself if I just learn to deal with it. But... that's how my Dutch dad raised me. Never feel sorry for myself, get **** done, and fix what you need to fix to be successful. Anything else Fred? Man, you are really a horrible person. This is your third account, and it's posts like these why you've been banned on dozens of message boards. Jason88Notchie JUL 17, 09:52 AM quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: - I was diagnosed with ADHD by two separate psychiatrists when I was 7. I was on Ritalin from the age of 7 until 16....... Damn Todd. You pretty much explained my life experience dealing with it from childhood throughout adulthood. Was diagnosed late 70s. My Dad took me off the meds cause he said he didn't want his kid on drugs. This was early 80s. Had a pretty rough childhood till I became an adult and learned to deal with it. Shitty high school grades and so forth till I went to college. Amazing what having kids on the way and the motivation to get life on track. Made the deans list and GPA just shy of 4. Landed a good job and stopped college cause I was working 7 days a week. I work at the same place today pushing 30 years. In some ways it makes me better. Has its advantages. Brain never shuts down. Problems arise and I obsess about it till solved hopefully. Then on to the next issue. Really it's a blessing and a curse. Sometimes I think about getting on meds for it but I've dealt with it for so long it's become part of who I am. And it never crossed my mind to want to be dismissed from jury duty cause of it. 82-T/A [At Work] JUL 17, 09:55 AM quote Originally posted by Jason88Notchie:Damn Todd. You pretty much explained my life experience dealing with it from childhood throughout adulthood. Was diagnosed late 70s. My Dad took me off the meds cause he said he didn't want his kid on drugs. This was early 80s. Had a pretty rough childhood till I became an adult and learned to deal with it. Shitty high school grades and so forth till I went to college. Amazing what having kids on the way and the motivation to get life on track. Made the deans list and GPA just shy of 4. Landed a good job and stopped college cause I was working 7 days a week. I work at the same place today pushing 30 years. In some ways it makes me better. Has its advantages. Brain never shuts down. Problems arise and I obsess about it till solved hopefully. Then on to the next issue. Really it's a blessing and a curse. Sometimes I think about getting on meds for it but I've dealt with it for so long it's become part of who I am. And it never crossed my mind to want to be dismissed from jury duty cause of it. theogre JUL 17, 10:32 AM quote Originally posted by CoolBlue87GT: Years ago, I had to serve, it was a drunken driver charge - among other charges. When they polled the potential jury members one at a time if they could judge the case without any prejudice, when my turn came, I spoke up saying I'd lost a good friend due to a drunk driver, I was dismissed. I really didn't feel I could give the person a honest vote. Here means you have to return to herd room for rest of day & depending when that happens can be called for for another case. "Nice" thing is Once have been in the county's herd room for a day then done & won't be called for 2 or more years. Many time even get parking Validate so get free parking in the court garage for that 1 day in the herd. Only when you go to court & actually sit more then 1 day then you get some stipend to reduce the cost.