The Good :

Yesterday was crazy, but the craziest part was the part spent in the jury assembly room for a federal district court near downtown Albuquerque.

My summons came quite some time ago. I begged off for having two children and no daytime childcare. No one cared, but I never got called to appear… until yesterday. I begged again, saying I would have to bring my 5-year-old with me. No one cared.

So yesterday after doing some of my weekly work at my church which I normally do on Wednesday, Chicklet and I went to the jury assembly room. Chicklet had a backpack stocked full of necessary items for surviving an undetermined amount of time quietly. Lots of small toys, coloring books, food and most importantly, her “home blanket.” Chicklet had also been made to understand very clearly about quietness and sitting still and in the courtroom she would have to be dead silent.

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Put the U of the lock through the back tire and frame around the pole you're locking it to. Lace a cable lock through the front tire onto the U-Lock, and then lock the U-Lock. His invention of the bike chain wrapped through the seat cushion to the frame to prevent seat theft is something I learned about at a bike shop (they learned it from him) and I've been doing to my bikes ever since the days when I was a bike... Bicycle mechanic for three decades Hal Ruzal shows you how to lock up your bike properly, so while the cops are using bait bikes to catch bike thieves , you can keep on riding high. The key first is to check out the sturdiness of what you're locking it to. Street signs with just one bolt can be easily removed and your bike slipped off from them. You'll want to use a very strong U-lock and a cable lock.

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