I had a vacation planned during my term and simply faxed a letter explaining that I was out of town for "x" days. The lady called me and said she had noted my excuse and should my number come up during my vacation to simply ignore it.
I was called last year for a month. Checked by phone each night to see if my juror number was called in. In my case, they never cycled back to my number which was something like 135 out of 600 jurors. I was only called in once during the month and reported for duty. We sat in the basement...
We stayed in this cabin last weekend and it was absolutely amazing. The pictures do not do it justice. The owners were wonderful, the cabin was clean and comfortable and had many staples.
I cannot wait to go back and spend longer than a weekend. Thank you Christy for the suggestion!
I have a Mazda 3 (not a hatchback) but thought I could offer my experience. Negative: If you ever have to replace a headlight, be prepared with youtube to figure out how to access the bulb (involves taking off the tire and the side panel) or be prepared with some extra cash to pay a mechanic...
Pop Ups are blocked...I don't understand the manage add ons thing...there is a list of things but from my virus software and Microsoft. I get pop ups when I click on somd.com and youtube.com and tvland.com. I tend to get videos in the background (in two spots) that I have to close out. So...