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Songbird76

Songbird76

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Sans Souci said:
You're lucky, the population of my county is ~500K. I won't get called again for three years, but I was talking to man who had been summoned 4 times and he is 27! I was surprised I was chosen, as I thought I had a conflict of interest. But both lawyers decided to keep me on. I could have done without it, as I don't drive. I don't live near a bus stop or a train station. I told the judge during the voir dire it was costing me $60/day to get back and forth. He didn't care. I was able to get rides home from other jurors here and there, but I am stuck paying $300 from taking Lyft most days. I'll never get that money back and I am getting paid $95 for two weeks of jury duty. I refuse to serve again.
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Isn't there a hardship clause or something that says if serving creates a hardship for you, you'll be excused? You shouldn't have to pay $200 for the priviledge of having jury duty!
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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epcotisbest said:
My pitiful effort, then a pic from the Pensacola News Journal of what my pic should have looked like:

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Until I was 15 we lived next to the north entrance to Plattsburgh AFB. A huge SAC base in northern New York State. Every year they had an open house and every year they had the Air Force Thunderbirds (same, same as the Blue Angels). All we had to do to watch the show was to sit in a lawn chair on our patio and look up. Never thought it was a big deal mostly because it was almost a normal thing for us. Never realized just how many people went all kinds of distances just to watch them.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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epcotisbest said:
This guy passed us on I-85 north on the way home. Don't get passed by a Lamborgini often.
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I think you should have passed him. That's what I would have done--it's the principle of the point. (Do you think my 2007 Chevy Aveo could pass him? :joyfull: )

You took some really nice photos (as usual). Love the pix of the Blue Angels in flight (especially the mirror maneuver--that one gets me every time!!) :jawdrop:

Wanted to mention to @Goofyernmost ,that I've also seen the Thunderbirds at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, MA, some years ago. They were awesome, just like the Blue Angels.
 
epcotisbest

epcotisbest

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Goofyernmost said:
Until I was 15 we lived next to the north entrance to Plattsburgh AFB. A huge SAC base in northern New York State. Every year they had an open house and every year they had the Air Force Thunderbirds (same, same as the Blue Angels). All we had to do to watch the show was to sit in a lawn chair on our patio and look up. Never thought it was a big deal mostly because it was almost a normal thing for us. Never realized just how many people went all kinds of distances just to watch them.
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We go see the Thunderbirds too. This was in Warner Robins last year:

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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Quick, yet lengthy, note: I think I mentioned that I was having some issues with my lease renewal. I went to the office today and here is what I found out. Some I knew, but, you didn't... A new company bought out our apartment complex last year. Since then they have added on costs to us that had once been part of the rent. Things like trash dumpster provided free, water was included with the rent. All of a sudden, we had to pay for water and meters were installed, then they brought around a new batch of kitchen trash cans and told us that we now had trash pickup (they call it Valet trash collection) at our door and that we would be billed $30.00 per month. (no choice even though that the dumpster is less then 100 yards from every apartment in the complex, 50 from mine) Then they started renovating apartments as people moved out. I was happy with mine and since the apartment wasn't empty they had no way of doing the renovation with me still in here. Then I got notice of my lease running out and added another $60.00 per month to my rent charges and said that they were going to replace my perfectly good appliances with stainless whether I wanted it or not and that was part of the reason for the increase.

I have a hard time wrapping my head around how they can just force things upon the tenants and then force them to pay for them at the same time. Seems wrong to me. Anyway, I am on a fixed income right now meaning just Social Security. Now after I pay the rent I have about $200.00 left to pay for all the remaining living expenses I have, like food, car, auto and renters insurance, medical bills, electricity, water and Trash services and of course the obligatory administrative charge of another $10.00 per month. Undoubtedly, that means that I have been hitting my retirement savings pretty hard as of late. I have to figure out how to make that money last for whatever is left of my life, and believe me it means that I will have to become more and more frugal every day.

Anyway I went in to kind of beg because I have reached my end concerning how much I can spend comfortably and hoped they could do something to get me a break. I have lived here for 8 years, my rent along with utilities has been paid on the first of the month every single month that I have been living here, never late. I do some of my own simple repairs, have never complained or had a complaint filed against me. This is what that has gotten me. They want to upgrade my apartment because they want to be able to charge more rent, but, I can't stay in it while they renovate, so I either have to move into one of the already renovated ones and pay the top dollar for it or must move someplace else. They only offered a 6 month lease which they openly admitted to me they would add more to the rent at the end of that six months which kind of knocks me out of ability to afford the place and even if I pay the same amount they are going to not renew my lease after that next six months which leaves me homeless. What a choice broke or homeless. Broke will also lead to homeless. The moral of this story is, if you are not wealthy do not get old. 2018 has sucked so bad for me that it created a vacuum in space. I don't wish it over because I am scared that 2019 will be worse. The wonderful strong economy I keep hearing about as also created a decrease in my retirement investment values of $6000. since the first of the year. It has never done that in the 10 years that I have been keeping track of it. It has never lost any money in any given year, much less the loss of $4K just in October. I am not ashamed to say, that I am getting scared. Sorry, not looking for answers, just needed to vent.
 
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