And I remembered not to take my knife. Yea! But the court house is almost to the personal pat down stage anyway. Take it off. Take it all off. Belt, shoes, jewelry and on and ..... off and off (if it sets off the super sensitive scanner). When coming back from lunch (in the basement of the court house) the clip on my juror badge set off the alarm bells.
And speaking of the court house basement, "how do we get there?" we asked. Well we had to go outside and come back in another door. And it is freakin' cold around here right now. Bringing your lunch back to the juror room? Back through the scanner. Scan that lunch too.
But it's over, for a couple of years anyway.
We were talking about red light cameras to kill time at one point yesterday. Somebody said he heard about this guy ...... well here's the version from Snopes.
A man was driving when a traffic camera flashed. He thought his picture was taken for exceeding the speed limit, even though he knew he was not speeding. Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. He thought this was quite funny, so he slowed down even further as he drove past the area, but the traffic camera flashed yet again. He tried a fourth time with the same result. The fifth time he was laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past at a snail's pace.
Two weeks later, he got five traffic tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt.
This was too funny when I heard it. Too bad it wasn't true.
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Oh lordy, I thought it was real and was pretty sure he would have to pay all five even if he wasn't speeding because sometimes thats just how justice works. Kudos to you on forgetting the knife.
My duty was at St. Louis County. Sounds like your's was somewhere else.
I was = this close to going to court yesterday over a patient that I took care of two years ago, but the patients douchebag of a husband plead guilty to domestic violence at the very last minute.
The lady is still with the man that fractured her face. I'm sure it's all happy and peaceful around their home right now.
I look forward to the day I have a scanner at my front door and make people take off their pants and get a pat down before entereing.
RW - It sounded real when the guy was telling the story yesterday.
B - Same place.
C - Those are the type of people that shoot each other at our court house. Thus the strip seaches.
K - Let me know when you get it. I'm coming to visit. Often.
I'll drive you over to Knight's place.
vw: unces - not ces.
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