My mother is very excited to have received her first ever "Official Jury Summons". She lived in Arkansas for 60 years and was never called and now, after just over 4 years in Texas, her name finally comes up. (She may even go out and get a souped up hearing aid just to make sure she doesn't miss anything.) According to the Texas summons you may be excused from jury service if you are over 70 years of age. However, you are not required to claim the exemption and she doesn't intend to (even though reporting for duty does fall on a quilt club day but she'll make the sacrifice). The form also says (and I'm typing this as it appears including the bold and caps) "IF CLAIMING AN EXEMPTION FOR PERSON OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE PLEASE CHECK IF THIS EXEMPTION IS: __ TEMPORARY EXEMPTION __ PERMANENT EXEMPTION"
Do we conclude that once you're over 70 it's possible to get younger than 70? How does this work?! During my afternoon walk I may have discovered that tightly held Texas secret. Mesquite trees are everywhere and are usually host to one or more bunches of mistletoe (it's the green bunches growing in the tree). Lots of mesquite should equal lots of opportunities for smooching (except for those pesky rattlesnakes...) and lots of smooching should equal renewed youth if all those TV ads are to be believed. So do any of you guys out there have any clever new marketing/tourism slogans for Texas?
