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Waterbury. Thanks.
[QUOTE=GordonFreeman;2530568]The first day in court the prosecutor will most likely offer her a deal. Some kind of community service in exchange for charges eventually being dropped. She can take they deal and be done with it or plead not guilty and wait for a public defender. A lot depends on which court it is going to. Can you share that information?[/QUOTE]
Thank you BMD.
[QUOTE=BigMacDaddy;2530423]Sorry to step in. #3 is accelerated rehabilitation.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=WhenInVegas;2530830]Waterbury. Thanks.[/QUOTE]That is good. The bigger courts do not have time to deal with these petty cases and just want them disposed of as quickly as they can. It is the smaller courts that have nothing better to do than prosecute people for peeing on the street.
This is big. But it could end up breathing fresh life into bitcoin.
[QUOTE=WannaBeBad;2530496]Is everyone aware of this? [URL]http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/01/visa-mastercard-stop-business-with-backpage/29558315/[/URL].
It struck me that in the last few days there seemed to be less people posting. I'm guessing that they are only people who have money on account or have prepaid recurring ads.
You can still use bitcoin.[/QUOTE]
Is it just me or are lot of the pics on BP suddenly showing magnified, so that you can only see a small portion of the intended subject?
[QUOTE=WannaBeBad;2530496]Is everyone aware of this? [URL]http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/01/visa-mastercard-stop-business-with-backpage/29558315/[/URL].
It struck me that in the last few days there seemed to be less people posting. I'm guessing that they are only people who have money on account or have prepaid recurring ads.
You can still use bitcoin.[/QUOTE]No, apparently the policy changes haven't gone into effect yet. I just spoke to someone who posted an ad on BP today with their Visa card.
[QUOTE=PaulGlenlivet;2530918]Is it just me or are lot of the pics on BP suddenly showing magnified, so that you can only see a small portion of the intended subject?[/QUOTE]It's not just you. The gallery view is broken. They are showing the upper left corner of images instead of a thumbnail. You can hover your cursor over a mystery image to see the real picture if you want. It's almost like a game to guess who the picture is. .
[QUOTE=PaulGlenlivet;2530907]This is big. But it could end up breathing fresh life into bitcoin.[/QUOTE]A lot of these girls don't even have bank accounts and post with prepaid visa cards. I think anyone could set up a wallet and accept payment in bitcoin, but afaik you need a bank account to convert bitcoin to dollars. Will be interesting to see how it changes things.
[QUOTE=BBFreak;2530951]No, apparently the policy changes haven't gone into effect yet. I just spoke to someone who posted an ad on BP today with their Visa card.[/QUOTE]Yeah there are lots of articles about it, but none of then mention a date.
[QUOTE=PaulGlenlivet;2530918]Is it just me or are lot of the pics on BP suddenly showing magnified, so that you can only see a small portion of the intended subject?[/QUOTE]Yeah it's not just you: I see it too in a couple of different browsers, but only on the gallery listing page. The ads themselves are ok, and if you mouse over the exploded pic on the gallery, it cycles through the ad pics at normal size.
Backpage rakes in a lot of money. Every post in the escort section is 7 and in bodyrubs it's 3, and most of the advertisers repost several times a day. Obviously they aren't investing that money in site design and usability. I'd suggest that they hire some good web programmers, but since they are about to be killed by the financial industry.... .
[QUOTE=WhenInVegas;2528721]A friend I am seeing got arrested for solicitation. I know this is the other side of the coin but was hoping someone has some suggestions. This is what happened:
She gets into an under cover car in broad day light and the cop asks if she likes to suck dick. She says, no do you?
He says: What if I gave you $100. She say's it will take a million dollars.
He says: You are the nicest person I've arrested today and takes her in.
She was released the next morning as this is her first arrest, has a family and a job.
Any thoughts on what will happen next and how she can clear her record?
Thanks.
Vegas.[/QUOTE]Odds are the report will be drastically different than her side of the story.
Meaning the cop's report won't reflect her "no" reply and her sense of sarcasm when she stated $1 M.
If she's broke with no prior, a public defender could get her AR.
She could fight it with her version if her lawyer could strike a deal with the prosecution. Slim and slimmer if a judge hears the case.
[QUOTE=BigMacDaddy;2531545]Odds are the report will be drastically different than her side of the story.
Meaning the cop's report won't reflect her "no" reply and her sense of sarcasm when she stated $1 M.
If she's broke with no prior, a public defender could get her AR.
She could fight it with her version if her lawyer could strike a deal with the prosecution. Slim and slimmer if a judge hears the case.[/QUOTE]They have to have everything recorded. So if there is a recording, and no record of prostitution, the case would mostly likely get dropped. But now they have stupid assignation to commit laws which are a crock of shit. So if they charge that then it's up the wind.
[QUOTE=Furrber;2531689]They have to have everything recorded. So if there is a recording, and no record of prostitution, the case would mostly likely get dropped. But now they have stupid assignation to commit laws which are a crock of shit. So if they charge that then it's up the wind.[/QUOTE]A recording is not necessary for arrests nor convictions. Having a wire to communicate with other cops is sufficient.
Their testimony alone can convict along with whatever you say prior to the arrest for their written report.
True. But if Bitcoin catches on more and more then more sellers will start accepting Bitcoin and that reduces the need to convert Bitcoin to dollars. However, that's not likely to happen anytime soon, if it ever does happen.
[QUOTE=WannaBeBad;2531385]A lot of these girls don't even have bank accounts and post with prepaid visa cards. I think anyone could set up a wallet and accept payment in bitcoin, but afaik you need a bank account to convert bitcoin to dollars. Will be interesting to see how it changes things.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the confirmation and additional insights. The pic issues seem to be fixed now. Let's hope it stays this way, especially given the recent setbacks.
[QUOTE=WannaBeBad;2531398]Yeah it's not just you: I see it too in a couple of different browsers, but only on the gallery listing page. The ads themselves are ok, and if you mouse over the exploded pic on the gallery, it cycles through the ad pics at normal size.
Backpage rakes in a lot of money. Every post in the escort section is 7 and in bodyrubs it's 3, and most of the advertisers repost several times a day. Obviously they aren't investing that money in site design and usability. I'd suggest that they hire some good web programmers, but since they are about to be killed by the financial industry.... .[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Bringer;2531348]It's not just you. The gallery view is broken. They are showing the upper left corner of images instead of a thumbnail. You can hover your cursor over a mystery image to see the real picture if you want. It's almost like a game to guess who the picture is. .[/QUOTE]