Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[JenniferS]

So here’s a bummer - some dirtbag stole my rear licence plate. I reported it stolen and now have to get up early (you know how much I love that), pick up the stolen incident report and then go to Service Ontario to get new plates.

Will have to go to Crappy Tire too because they took the licence plate cover and all the screws as well.

 

[donaldtoo]

That’s the one. We bought in and moved in in 2002 … a very long time ago.

I don’t even know how I remembered that, but somehow I did, and remembered I did a sketch…I’ve slept since then, but I, somehow, found it…!!!!!

 

[JenniferS]

I served on one jury about 15 or so years ago. It was actually an interesting experience, and even though I’m now retired, I really don’t want to do it again.
They weren’t even going to chose me, but another potential juror was out in the hall discussing the case. She got fined and dismissed. I was up next.
This was info relayed to me by the defendants lawyer after the trial. It was a DWI/DUI case, in which a child was injured. I had a DWI/DUI back in ‘85 and I know cops, so that had always got me out of most previous jury duty. And also, later on, my wife’s older cousins daughter (yes) was the assistant DA in our previous county, so we were gone from serving right away.
Carolyn served on a jury way back when we were still dating. It was a child **** case involving an ex cop. To this day, she hasn’t discussed it since that trial was over, as she was so disgusted.
It sure is a learning experience regarding how the system works, but, many times, it’s not for the faint of heart, and you really need to keep critical thinking at the forefront.
Anyway, just some of our experience.

Two of Mike’s four brothers are retired cops. I always hope that would be enough to get me out of jury duty.

I’ve had one hip replaced, get cortisone shots in the other, and I wrecked my knee when I broke my leg falling off the stepladder. I can’t sit for long, I lean or crouch if I have to stand in one spot - but I can walk forever. Motion is lotion … to a point, anyway.

 

[JenniferS]

I don’t even know how I remembered that, but somehow I did, and remembered I did a sketch…I’ve slept since then, but I, somehow, found it…!!!!!

Clever boy.

 

[Figgy1]

House is sold.

Good luck with all your new adventures

 

[Bullseye1967]

We never get a questionnaire, we just get a summons, with a list of situations that might disqualify you. It’s up to you to prove the disqualifications.
Our Autistic, legally blind, special needs son got one a coupla’ months ago.
I made enough phone calls to explain his situation, and finally got a call back that a judge had determined that he never be summoned again.

We are stuck in TN, for the time being taking care of my MiL. My wife got summoned for jury duty in Chicago (I have a TN license and she has an IL one). We use our property taxes to prove FL residency to Disney. Despite her living here for over a year, her being unable to walk and us taking care of her mother here, she has made 7 calls so far and still has not been excused from jury duty. Not even sure what to do. Illinois is one of the most broken states when it comes to dealing with government. It has been for 40ish years. I can remember waiting 6 hours to get my drivers license when I was 16. There is also no way to take it up a notch and complain or speak to a supervisor. They are just really slow drones. It does say a warrant can be issued for her arrest if she misses it, but I is a class D misdemeanor. There are currently 3,000 murder warrants in IL that haven't been served.

 

[FutureCEO]

I served on one jury about 15 or so years ago. It was actually an interesting experience, and even though I’m now retired, I really don’t want to do it again.
They weren’t even going to chose me, but another potential juror was out in the hall discussing the case. She got fined and dismissed. I was up next.
This was info relayed to me by the defendants lawyer after the trial. It was a DWI/DUI case, in which a child was injured. I had a DWI/DUI back in ‘85 and I know cops, so that had always got me out of most previous jury duty. And also, later on, my wife’s older cousins daughter (yes) was the assistant DA in our previous county, so we were gone from serving right away.
Carolyn served on a jury way back when we were still dating. It was a child **** case involving an ex cop. To this day, she hasn’t discussed it since that trial was over, as she was so disgusted.
It sure is a learning experience regarding how the system works, but, many times, it’s not for the faint of heart, and you really need to keep critical thinking at the forefront.
Anyway, just some of our experience.

I got summoned once, got excused somehow and haven't since.

I can only imagine the horrible case the jury is going to have in Connecticut. Connecticut is New England's Florida. A lot of weird **** goes on.

Video shows rescue of man who told police stepmom held him captive for 20 years

NBC Connecticut obtained video of police rescuing a man who said his stepmother had held him captive inside their home for 20 years.

www.nbcconnecticut.com

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Connecticut is New England's Florida.

There is a Disney world in Connecticut ?

 

[Songbird76]

So here’s a bummer - some dirtbag stole my rear licence plate. I reported it stolen and now have to get up early (you know how much I love that), pick up the stolen incident report and then go to Service Ontario to get new plates.

Will have to go to Crappy Tire too because they took the licence plate cover and all the screws as well.

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Why would someone do this? A license plate can't be worth anything, right? What's the point in stealing it??

 

[MinnieM123]

Why would someone do this? A license plate can't be worth anything, right? What's the point in stealing it??

Depending upon where you live (Canada, or specific individual states in the U.S.), a person could attach (someone else's) plate to their own car, (if they had not paid/or gone through the process to correctly register said car). That way, they couldn't get pulled over by law enforcement for not having a plate affixed to the car, they were driving. Thieves are scum.

 

[Songbird76]

Depending upon where you live (Canada, or specific individual states in the U.S.), a person could attach (someone else's) plate to their own car, (if they had not paid/or gone through the process to correctly register said car). That way, they couldn't get pulled over by law enforcement for not having a plate affixed to the car, they were driving. Thieves are scum.

Who in the world thinks of these things?? I would make a TERRIBLE criminal. My mind just doesn't work like that. Yes, thieves ARE scum. Wow...the lengths people will go to.

 

[MinnieM123]

Who in the world thinks of these things?? I would make a TERRIBLE criminal. My mind just doesn't work like that. Yes, thieves ARE scum. Wow...the lengths people will go to.

And, less common, but: a friend of mine had the tag scraped off her plate, while she was at work (car was parked in a lot all day). That's really bad, too. It meant that the person who did that, did not get their own car inspected -- and stuck (my friend's) current tag/sticker on THEIR plate . . . So, she had to go to the Registry and go through the procedure for a replacement sticker/tag, to replace her stolen one.

 

[JenniferS]

Why would someone do this? A license plate can't be worth anything, right? What's the point in stealing it??

To conceal their identity while they commit crimes. Cut and paste from Google:

Criminals will steal licence plates to hide their identities while they drive; this is most common with criminals who have been caught stealing cars, racing or in hit-and-run scenarios. Some criminals will even sell stolen licence plates on the black market, allowing them to profit from their illegal actions.

I would also add - to drive on the 407 toll highway and have the charges billed to someone other than themselves!

 

[JenniferS]

And, less common, but: a friend of mine had the tag scraped off her plate, while she was at work (car was parked in a lot all day). That's really bad, too. It meant that the person who did that, did not get their own car inspected -- and stuck (my friend's) current tag/sticker on THEIR plate . . . So, she had to go to the Registry and go through the procedure for a replacement sticker/tag, to replace her stolen one.

Dougie scrapped yearly tags and their associated fees.

 

[donaldtoo]

And, less common, but: a friend of mine had the tag scraped off her plate, while she was at work (car was parked in a lot all day). That's really bad, too. It meant that the person who did that, did not get their own car inspected -- and stuck (my friend's) current tag/sticker on THEIR plate . . . So, she had to go to the Registry and go through the procedure for a replacement sticker/tag, to replace her stolen one.

They quit using registration stickers on rear plates here in Texas in 1993, because of theft of them.
After that, they went to an interior, lower left, windshield combination inspection/registration sticker.
Before that, thieves weren’t so much stealing the plates, but the stickers, and placing them over their expired ones. The solution, until they changed things in ‘93, was to simply take a razor blade to your new plate sticker, and slice it into several pieces. The sticker stayed in tact, but, if someone tried to peel it off, it was wayyyyy too much of a hassle to steal in the first place, and, in so many pieces, was even more difficult to put back together on the thieving scums plate…!!!!!
Plates being stolen these days are also more difficult in regard to modern tracking tech.
Fake paper plates were also a thing here at one point, but that has now been dealt with, as well.
I was pulled over for a brake light out not all that long ago. The info that officer already had was pretty extensive. The only reason he asked me for my license, he said, was because he wanted to make sure I had it on me.
No ticket, just a warning, and to make sure I got taken care of ASAP…!!!