Wait, what!? how the heck do you swap airplane wings?
Preferably on the ground.
Remove the three screws that hold the wing to the fuselage.
It’s all ball bearings nowadays.
I think that it was probably for a different, but similar, model by the same manufacturer, but I’m not sure.
I’m not sure which aircraft it was. He had a Bellanca (I think a Decathalon) and a Maule Super Rocket.
Well hey! My check for jury duty service arrived in the mail: $20.44.
Woo-hoo!!!
Go wild, man!
There’s one law firm that advertises on TV/Radio that they have five doctor-lawyers, which is the most of any firm in the country. Seems a kinda pointless statistic; are all five going to work on my (hypothetical) case?
When you have to call in, they just list a phone # for you to call; how do they have your email address? What about all of the people who don’t bother to fill out the pre-questionnaire & send it back; does that mean they get out of it because they never get an email?
When I got the mailed notice there was a webpage to visit and fill out a questionnaire. One of the questions was your email address. I also had to watch the video which I guess streamline the process on the day that you go there.
Not filling out the questionnaire is not replying to the summons. So I’m assuming the same thing that’s always happened when you don’t reply to a jury summons. Probably nothing.
My jury experience has come to an end. I understand the need but it was a waste of time and money for me.
The Friday before the Monday I was supposed to appear I received a text and email stating I wouldn’t be needed. Standby on Monday to see if I was needed Tuesday. I had already turned down a job opportunity for Monday. Monday comes and the same thing happened. Another job lost. Don’t have to come in. This continues until I get notice to appear on Thursday.
Apparently they had been trying to fill a jury for one particular trial. There were still some people left over to go through from the day before. I had to sit for a few hours until we all get called into the courtroom. After filling out a questionnaire I was one of the first called to sidebar.
I didn’t speak to either lawyer. The conversation with the judge went something like this:
You answered yes to some of these questions. What might keep you from being impartial?
I have investigated many of these types of cases over the years.
What do you mean by that?
I retired as a police officer after 25 years.
Would that keep you from being impartial?
I would try my best but I couldn’t help but bring in my training and experience into the courtroom.
You are dismissed.
I got the impression she wasn’t going to go deep into any questions because she had a lot of people to get through but only a few slots still available. Our interaction was about 30 seconds. I was prepared to answer questions a lot more deeply, but it didn’t happen.
We don’t get a questionnaire. We give our occupation (you could have said “retired police officer”), and are given the opportunity to say something like “I could not be impartial”, or “I’ve met the prosecutor”, which will get us excused by the judge, and walk past the accused (his lawyer stands beside him to coach him to object if she doesn’t like our occupation or the way we look).
I just got summoned to be on jury duty. I will be on the Grand Jury, so all felonies. I have an easier job in that I don’t have to decide guilt or innocence but just if they should be tried or not. Kind of sucks because regular jury duty is only 1 week or 1 trial. This will be 2 weeks and multiple cases.
I thought being on a grand jury was really kind of fun, FWIW. You can ask as many questions as you want, and you learn a lot of stuff – about the law, about the practicalities of, e.g., how they do drug busts, and about all the weird / funny / horrifying crimes going on in your community.
You won’t interact with the judge in a personal manner, yet if he or she is a good judge, they’ll find a way to thank you all when it’s all done.
Another is, the last day I was leaving the USA and my Mom’s house after she died, there was a Jury notice for me. It was a ‘Delinquent Juror Questionnaire,’ and it didn’t tell me to go directly to jail or even ask me why I’d not reported for Jury Duty in 11 years.
As an Irish Citizen (dual), I’m eligible to be called for Jury Duty in the UK. I think that’s the day I put on my Lucky Charms leprechaun accent. Though it might be interesting. If they pay the big daily bucks like New York.
I was on the Civil Grand Jury, that is for an entire year.
After serving on a Grand Jury for a year in 1998, my wife could tell you EVERY location in the county where you could buy drugs and exactly what they should cost. We would drive to town and she would be saying, “Meth. Coke. Apparently decent grass, but variable supply. Meth.” as we passed by various houses and motels.
I suppose I should keep notes. Could come in handy. I report in May and then make my actual schedule of 2 consecutive weeks in the 4 month term.
When I got the jury notice there was a link to go to which had a very short questionnaire which included asking your job. Maybe 5 questions.
After reporting and sitting in the courtroom they gave out a much longer questionnaire, maybe 50 questions. Most seemed to be standard questions for any case. It included specific information about the case like a list of all possible witnesses. It seemed like a good idea. It allowed the judge to focus immediately on problematic answers. I’m sure it saved a lot of time.
Where I am grand jury is one day a week for a month. I think federal is longer.
I have testified in front of a grand jury many times. When I got there is was standard practice for the clerk to say if the jury was new or had been on for awhile. New juries would ask a lot of annoying questions. After a few sessions they would get a feel for what questions were important and which weren’t.
The very first question on our pre-questionnaire is one of five for marital status
- Single
- Married
- Separated
- Divorced
- Widowed
Unless it’s a family court or DV case I don’t know why that is relevant. If they have separated, why don’t they have Engaged as both are transitional statuses