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Turns out, that like so many times the temptation to fly off the handle exists, things were not as bad as feared. In the northern district of AL, the federal courts only seat juries on Monday. That means if you don't get taken on the first Monday, you are free for the week. You have one more gauntlet to run the following week on Monday, but again, if you don't get picked, you are home free. Thank goodness this was not like our state and county courts, which can often kill an entire week whether or not you ever get onto an actual serving jury. And of course, since I am employed and under 95 years old, and answer the bumper sticker question with "NRA," I always get struck. Go figure. Two days lost is better than ten or five.