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To: Rambi who wrote (56988)	12/12/2000 11:46:15 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

The mock trial team lost. Actually, both teams lost, both prosecution and defense. I consoled myself with the fact that I only coached them for two weeks, and so it was the other guys' fault. They did not have a coherent theory of the case and he was making them do opening and closing arguments. So I got them to work out a coherent theory of the case but they just spent time doing hairdos and such. I think I helped them a lot but not enough. Not enough time. There were two boys helping out who had done the mock trial a year or two ago, and they were very serious about it. These kids did not take it seriously at all. Like I told the coroner to bring the skeleton from the chemistry lab or at least make a poster so she could do demonstrative evidence, or at the very least do a drawing on the white board in the court to show the bullet trajectories. The prosecution tried to show that the bullets were five seconds apart, but the weakness is that people don't usually stand up for five seconds when they are hit with a bullet in the chest. But the facts are consistent with the victim being shot while she falls down, if you work out the trajectory. Anyway, they didn't listen, and the defense attorney made mincemeat of the coroner. Actually I think having the two guys who had done it before there all the time was a bad idea, since all the kids were girls except for Ben and one of the lawyers. So these older guys sort of dominated them. Well, anyway, it was a learning experience. They can appeal if they want to, and I offered to help them with their briefs.

To: Rambi who wrote (56988)	12/12/2000 9:24:10 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

Get Ammo the Gladiator DVD, cowardly Rambi, so he can enjoy some fearsome smiting and flaying along with the music.

To: Rambi who wrote (56988)	12/13/2000 12:19:03 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 71178

Well, I gloated too soon. At about 3:00 this afternoon, while my wife was at school, the girls were with her helping out, I was at work, and my son was in his room, he heard a swoosh and a loud crashing and tinkling. He came out of his room into the hall and saw the tree lying on the floor, a trail of broken ornaments stretching all the way along the hall to the bathroom door. He went back into his room and finished watching his video. When wife and girls came home, they found the mess facing them. There was, I understand, a bit of a commotion. However, they all pitched in -- including son being dragged out by the neck to help. By the time I got home the tree was back up, the lights sort of shoved back into place, tree tied up, ornaments either collected for replacement on the tree or swept up into the garbage, which fortunately is tomorrow. I estimate about 100 ornaments died. Of course, this included most of the most fragile glass figures, and many of the favorites since those were on the front of the tree which is the direction it fell. Lots of potential for Christmas presents. Sigh. Well, at least I know you can smpathize. Off to bed. Interesting how quiet the political chat boards suddenly became. Everyone is exhausted, I think, and there's no more reason to fight or argue, so everybody quit. Have a good night, all.