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▲ 100 r/juryduty

Capitol murder case is OVER

3 days into the trial, dude asked his lawyer this morning for a plea deal which the prosecution kept open.

We jurors were waiting in the deliberation room for 2.5 hrs while all this was coming to light in the courtroom.

We ended yesterday with hearing some very incriminating statements made by the defendant in the DMs of his deleted IG account.

Today he decided on 40 years with possibility of parole instead of life without parole if he was found guilty.

Lawyers and judge came back to the deliberation room where we got to ask questions and give them feedback.

This is my 2nd time serving on a jury in 7 years. Last time it was a civil case that ended in mistrial after 5 days of service.

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u/hept_a_gon — 14 days ago
▲ 896 r/VisitingIceland

Visited Iceland. Very expensive

I accidentally deleted my original post. Then the mods deleted my resubmission because it was low effort?

So here I go again.

It was beautiful but more expensive than I had imagined.

Food was very, very costly. More so than I had imagined. 2 gas station hit dogs and a bottled soda were just under 20 bucks USD.

Any type of meat is very expensive. Lamb and chicken at Bonus were 30 bucks per kilo. There's no fresh fish at the grocery stores so I assume they mostly export it. Canned fish was 3 bucks USD for a few grams. 10 eggs cost 7 bucks.

Going out to eat was obscenely expensive. You will spend 50 to 60 bucks for a plate with some meat and veggies. 30 bucks for a what one would consider a medium sized pizza. We had a 30 dollar lamb soup at one bistro that was essentially a consome. A 2 piece KFC meal is over 20 bucks.

Camping they usually charged us 30 bucks per person to lay down a tent. Fortunately showers and kitchen access were unrestricted at most, but not all, campgrounds. Didn't do laundry the last day because it was 15 bucks to wash and 10 bucks to dry.

We did one lagoon but it was a terrible value. The community pools are affordable, like 10 bucks per person and even gave free coffee.

Be prepared for the expense. I wasn't expecting just how costly food was here. Hard to stay full after so much hiking.

I liked it but I won't be going back.

u/hept_a_gon — 4 months ago
▲ 188 r/stormchasing

If you driving reckless to storm chase, keep your ass off the road before you kill someone

I am not a storm chaser. I was just trying to get safely to my destination and far away from the maelstrom.

I drove through eastern Colorado today, following the GPS which directed me onto Colorado hwy 94, underneath a large storm. It then warns that there is a tornado watch. I had no idea I would encounter this storm and did not want to be there.

The storm was really getting bad, sheets of rain, lightning, hail, temperature dropped by 25F and I'm just heading west ready to break through to the sunshine.

Dozens of cars start appearing. Speeding past me, running stop signs to cross perpendicular to the highway. Swerving around me (I was going 60 in a 65 due to the conditions) only to suddenly brake to try to find a level spot off the side of the highway.

I realized all of these people were storm chasers due to the cameras and giant antennas on their cars.

I was even tailgated by a pick up truck, headlights just feet from my rear bike rack so I moved to let him pass. The truck had a big NOAA sticker on the side! Come on, NOAA. WTF

I couldn't believe the completely unhinged, moronic, and dangerous driving behavior i witnessed today by all the storm chasers I saw.

The rabid pack of storm chasers was a greater risk than the storm itself.

A sincere FUCK YOU if you were out there driving like a psychopath, especially in those conditions.

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u/hept_a_gon — 4 months ago
▲ 132 r/dashcams

Road rules and common sense mean nothing

Shit like this is why I got the dashcam. This is a regular occurrence in this god forsaken hellscape

u/hept_a_gon — 4 months ago
▲ 166 r/dashcams

Do whatever it takes just don't miss that turn!

Had to lock up the brakes on the wet roads to avoid tapping this guy. Fortunately i was already slowing down because I was anticipating this. Still annoying AF

u/hept_a_gon — 4 months ago