Thumpalumpacus
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I remember that case ... Lawrence something was his name. It was being adjudicated while I was in high school.
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Not long after I moved to Southern Calif in 1978 there was a horrific crime. A man in his early 30's raped a 14 year old girl in a public wilderness park and then tried to kill her by cutting her arms off. The girl did not die and described running down the road to get help, "holding her arms up to keep the muscles from falling out." Lindsey Wagner visited her in the hospital. They caught the criminal and gave him only 20 years in jail.
After I moved to FL in the 1990's I heard that criminal had served his time and was planning on relocating to the Tampa area. People there protested but he had the right to move there. Within 2 weeks of arriving he raped and murdered a woman. He died in prison.
I guess it is not feasible to order the death penalty for a rape without murder, but surely CA could have at least given him life without parole.
Same here, I was (and still am) living in the Tampa Bay area, although I was well past high school by then.I remember that case ... Lawrence something was his name. It was being adjudicated while I was in high school.
My last bout with the flu was worse than Covid. I thought Covid was just my usual fall cold.Got influenza sometime last week. Yesterday started with sympthoms but manage to save the day. Last night was auwful and today fever struck, unable to watch 6 y.o. daughter basket exhibition.
Feel like sh•t, both physical and mentally.
Yes, looked at the summons more closely over the weekend, District count so that explains it. Got bot an e-mail and v-mail this morning stating my reporting date has been cancelled, but will remain in call for the duration of the time I am appointed to. Hope they don't call, back is causing issues again and not sure how well sitting for the majority of they day will be.Buck: It could be for a District Court.... Been called a number of times between city, county, state and federal courts. Only had to ask to be excused one time, and it was a District Court. Case involved a lawsuit between an HOA and group of property owners. I asked to be moved to another pool, as the HOA I was in, was involved in a number of similar suits at the time. Told the judge that I could be impartial, but was worried about cost to all parties should there be any challenges come up related to my situation and being on the jury. Got the pass and never got called again for the District. Been on city and county juries three times now, and in the final pool 3 times.
My last bout with the flu was worse than Covid. I thought Covid was just my usual fall cold.
That sounds unenviable!Thats what I found as well.
This year has been ridiculous when it comes to illness. Ever since my kids went back to school we have been continuously sick.
I think I did a round of Novovirus followed immediately by RSV. Both were spreading like wildfire through my kids school. For about two weeks I thought I was dying. Spent a week praying to the porcelain goddess out both ends, followed by another week of violent coughing and fever. One night my fever and chills were so bad I was shivering uncontrollably. My 6 year old son was crying asking my wife if I was dying.
That sounds unenviable!
The worst flu I have ever had, was the H1N1 back in 2009.My last bout with the flu was worse than Covid. I thought Covid was just my usual fall cold.
Another damn helicopter unnecessarily buzzing my community low enough to rattle the windows or framed glass art on the walls.
Happens way too often, and I'm a huge Aviation Guy.
Montezuma's Revenge!The worst flu I have ever had, was the H1N1 back in 2009.
It literally kicked my ass for over a month with fevers, draining sinuses that I could not stop unless I stuffed kleenexes in my nose along with a constant wet cough.
If there's any upside to H1N1, the antibodies stay in your system, so when I caught Covid in late December '19, it lasted almost a week.
The only time I have felt worse from a condition (car wreck excluded), was getting food poisoning down in Mexico back in the 80's, which had me praying for a quick death...
Montezuma's Revenge!
I experienced something similar when I was in Morrocco in 1999.
The British had a word for that- " 'Gypy Tummy".Must be the region. When I went to Egypt in 2011 I was struck it for the full 10 days. lol
COVID in 2019? Where did you catch it? That was pretty soon in the pandemicThe worst flu I have ever had, was the H1N1 back in 2009.
It literally kicked my ass for over a month with fevers, draining sinuses that I could not stop unless I stuffed kleenexes in my nose along with a constant wet cough.
If there's any upside to H1N1, the antibodies stay in your system, so when I caught Covid in late December '19, it lasted almost a week.
The only time I have felt worse from a condition (car wreck excluded), was getting food poisoning down in Mexico back in the 80's, which had me praying for a quick death...
COVID in 2019? Where did you catch it? That was pretty soon in the pandemic