12voltman59
Apr 20, 2006, 9:54 PM
Hello to all who remember me----
I just wanted to take a few minutes to let you know where I have been---
Back when I was on here a great deal--it was winter, I had been kind of house bound due to some health issues, and I was not working at all due to my health so I had plenty of free time.
I had in fact been spending most of my time on here for a time. There was actually a stretch there where I spent nearly an entire week online here without much of a break!!!!
As some may remember--I had received notice at the beginning of the year that I was called to serve on my county's Grand Jury.
Initially--I was not selected to sit the first two months (Jan and Feb) but I was called to duty later and have been serving on the Grand Jury since the first of March. I finish up at the end of April--which of course is the end of next week.
It has been quite an experience---quite an education.
I had been employed for over six years as an adult felony probation/parole officer in two states and had thought I had "seen it all."
Man, was I wrong---serving on the Grand Jury has been an eye opener.
I am glad that I have only had to do two months and not the full four-month term of the Grand Jury as some of my fellow jurors have done--they figure that by the end of next week--they will have heard just over 2,000 cases.
The cases run the gamet of possible criminal cases ranging from things like bad checks, thefts, forgery and other "minor crimes" all the way to rapes and homocides.
The worst cases are those where children have been sexually molested by an adult. In recent days we have been presented with cases in which the suspects (well-off, middle aged men) have been caught with an extensive amount of child pornography on their computers.
If convicted of these offenses--these men face some very serious prison time.
But of course, as they say on true crime shows like "Cops," all of those whose cases who have come before us: "are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law."
I am glad to be wrapping this up and handing off this duty to a new group of Grand Jurors. I feel sorry for them having to be cooped up in that basement meeting room during the next four months, and we have had some really serious criminal events in recent weeks that they will no doubt be tasked with dealing with.
Now that I am completing my civic duty --I now have to concentrate on getting another job. I am also planning to do some volunteer work and to get back to producing some new artwork.
With these things going on, along with spending time at the lake in the great outdoors--I will not be online much at all in the coming months.
I hope everyone has a good, safe, healthy, crime-free summer.
If you spend much time on here--have fun doing so as well--I may pop in from time-to-time but should be back come fall once the leaves are gone, the boat is back on shore and the snow is flying---until then---I am going to be outside as much as I can.
12voltman :cap: :cap:
I just wanted to take a few minutes to let you know where I have been---
Back when I was on here a great deal--it was winter, I had been kind of house bound due to some health issues, and I was not working at all due to my health so I had plenty of free time.
I had in fact been spending most of my time on here for a time. There was actually a stretch there where I spent nearly an entire week online here without much of a break!!!!
As some may remember--I had received notice at the beginning of the year that I was called to serve on my county's Grand Jury.
Initially--I was not selected to sit the first two months (Jan and Feb) but I was called to duty later and have been serving on the Grand Jury since the first of March. I finish up at the end of April--which of course is the end of next week.
It has been quite an experience---quite an education.
I had been employed for over six years as an adult felony probation/parole officer in two states and had thought I had "seen it all."
Man, was I wrong---serving on the Grand Jury has been an eye opener.
I am glad that I have only had to do two months and not the full four-month term of the Grand Jury as some of my fellow jurors have done--they figure that by the end of next week--they will have heard just over 2,000 cases.
The cases run the gamet of possible criminal cases ranging from things like bad checks, thefts, forgery and other "minor crimes" all the way to rapes and homocides.
The worst cases are those where children have been sexually molested by an adult. In recent days we have been presented with cases in which the suspects (well-off, middle aged men) have been caught with an extensive amount of child pornography on their computers.
If convicted of these offenses--these men face some very serious prison time.
But of course, as they say on true crime shows like "Cops," all of those whose cases who have come before us: "are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law."
I am glad to be wrapping this up and handing off this duty to a new group of Grand Jurors. I feel sorry for them having to be cooped up in that basement meeting room during the next four months, and we have had some really serious criminal events in recent weeks that they will no doubt be tasked with dealing with.
Now that I am completing my civic duty --I now have to concentrate on getting another job. I am also planning to do some volunteer work and to get back to producing some new artwork.
With these things going on, along with spending time at the lake in the great outdoors--I will not be online much at all in the coming months.
I hope everyone has a good, safe, healthy, crime-free summer.
If you spend much time on here--have fun doing so as well--I may pop in from time-to-time but should be back come fall once the leaves are gone, the boat is back on shore and the snow is flying---until then---I am going to be outside as much as I can.
12voltman :cap: :cap: