The hits keep coming
Jordan has this phrase in poker which goes something like this: cherry…cherry…aww, leehhhmmooon. Things, look good, they still look good and then…sucktacular. Yesterday, I actually got out of bed and showered! Cherry. I left my apartment and went to the honest to goodness outside. CHERRY! On our way to Jersey, Karol and I got hit by a truck. Lemon.
No one was hurt. We got the license plate number, but I have no idea what to do with it and my car’s bumper and back right tail light got smashed.
Oh and I got called for jury duty in two weeks.
Um…wait, this post has no artistic merit whatsoever…hold on…The day was ominously overcast before the truck hit us.
This is what I get for leaving the house.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:43 am
On our way to Jersey
Is that what we’re calling it these days? “Jersey”?
November 15th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Silver lining: I guess you need a new car!
And if it is a truck that hit you, give the info to your insurance. They will go after the insurance of the other guy. And then they’ll have to pay for your neck pain.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Or your mental anguish. *wink, wink*
November 15th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Is that what we’re calling it these days? “Jersey”? LOL
Call me and I’ll tell you what to do.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
This worked for me. However, NY has now put real teeth into its jury avoidance laws, so I won’t do it again. You may want to risk it.
First, take an envelope slightly larger than the one the notice came in. Address it back to the jury pool center. Next, put the notice back into its envelope and reseal it as best you can. Then, write “Addressee Deceased” across the notice’s envelope. Pop the notice into the larger envelope, put the correct postage on it, and mail.
I did not receive a jury duty notice for 15 years after that, not until after I had moved out of NYC and into Westchester County.
Good luck. If you decide not to go this route, remember that being really obnoxious during prospective juror questioning often works.
chsw
November 16th, 2007 at 3:08 am
um…no…i’m not playing the fake my own death card for at least another six months.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:11 am
The “addressee deceased” ploy also probably counts as perjury and, if they believe it, probably will get your registration wiped from the voter rolls as you are dead.
Call the police, report the truck as a hit and run. Also a crime.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Oh, and for what it’s worth, Jordan’s phrase isn’t a poker thing. It’s a slot machine thing.
(Makes more sense now, doesn’t it?)
November 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
No, I was not purged from the voting rolls. This was NYC bureaucracy during the Koch/Dinkins years. No computer system linked with any other system. The biggest risk I faced then was that the USPS would stop my mail, hence the use of an exterior envelope rather than just mailing back the notice.
chsw, visiting from Karol’s site
November 16th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Haha, F-Train thinks you’re stupid.