Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

Dave1949, THANK YOU for your jury experience and for sharing the story with us....it always makes me sad that a court has to intervene with domestic issues that should have and could have been settled by the parties involved...so many court cases seem to happen because people are not willing to work things out and want to air dirty laundry in public. But...my opinion is biased...I don't know the entire story, I don't know either plaintiff or defendant, I don't know a lot of things about the case...and even those who served on the jury like yourself cannot know themselves...so many factors involved and it must be hard to make a rational decision...I truthfully admire those who can deal with it day in and day out....

Enough babble....was out on my tractor about 3 pm and saw a really severe storm heading toward me, put up a pic on Facebook and said "TAKE COVER EVERYBODY...." the sky here to the west is always open and visible so severe weather is easy to see when it heads this way...rain came down in torrents again, about 1 1/2" in ten minutes. Going to sit down and shut up for a while...LIFE IS GOOD !!!

So true Bill. By design, there is a lot the jury never knows about. It is a shame people can't settle these things themselves, and they could if they were normally functioning people I guess. This case included a history of several physical altercations between the young man and the girl's mother, and also with her step-father of 20 years. Even learning what little we jury heard, the whole thing is enough to make a soap opera writer blush. Somehow, somewhere society needs to draw a line. Perhaps physical violence is that line in the sand.

One factor that weighed heavily in my mind was the fact that the young man could have walked away at anytime with no repercussions or burden. He is not the father of the children, he and girl were not married. So, why was he still there if she made him angry enough to incite violence? I tended to think it was because she was someone weak and immature that he could control and terrorize/bully. Domestic violence is a strange beast.

 

[sodamo]

Never could fathom domestic violence or abuse. Seems very strange someone would want harm someone they supposedly love. JMO, but further justification for drug testing to receive taxpayer dollars, be they Food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, housing, whatever.
Thanks for the report and the insight, Dave.

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Good morning Roy, wake up wake up.
sorry, had to get up early to make the drive South. Just thought I'd be Roy's alarm clock for once...
rain and lightning out at 3am; that was my alarm clock...

 

[RoyJackson]

2014-06-19, 0338

56 right now, 74 will be the high today.

Drew, thanks for the wake up call...I almost overslept. Good luck on the trip today...drive safe!

 

[WayneB]

I cannot believe it! Drew posting before Roy what to heck. 66 degrees and heading to the low 80’s
Another outside work day. Will spend the morning working on the raspberries and potatoes then lay back this afternoon.

 

[ronjhall]

Back to drinking coffee. 66° with clouds this morning. Heading to 76° with a mix of clouds and sunshine. Today is my birthday. I can do anything I want. Cut the lawn or other outside chore. Wife is taking me out to dinner. Being 72 has it's rewards.
Good Morning All.

 

[WayneB]

Back to drinking coffee. 66° with clouds this morning. Heading to 76° with a mix of clouds and sunshine. Today is my birthday. I can do anything I want. Cut the lawn or other outside chore. Wife is taking me out to dinner. Being 72 has it's rewards.
Good Morning All.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON! And you are so right it is your birthday and you can do just about anything your wife says you can do....
Have a good day Ron you deserve it.

Wayne

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! 77˚ heading to the mid 90˚'s, cloudy. Summer begins this weekend and the temps will be reaching into the hundreds again.

Happy Birthday Ron, looks like a decent day up North to do anything.

With enough rain this spring the hay fields are really producing this year. Cattle are selling upward of $2.00 a pound.
The starter motor on my Craftsmen ZTR stopped starting and when I took it apart I saw the nonmetal gear had broken in half. Luckily I did not have to spend $109 on a new started as the gear was replaceable. I'm back mowing after a $3.50 repair!

 

[bakerg]

Back to drinking coffee. 66° with clouds this morning. Heading to 76° with a mix of clouds and sunshine. Today is my birthday. I can do anything I want. Cut the lawn or other outside chore. Wife is taking me out to dinner. Being 72 has it's rewards.
Good Morning All.

 

[bakerg]

Morning all, a rainy 66F here this morning, clearing up later and a high of 79F.