Irritations

[jhetley]

Due to various and sundry attitudes on the part of our government, we are applying for passports.  And discovered that we need assorted information which we did not have with us, and which some people of our age might not have available in any case.  Like, birthdates for parents long deceased . . .

On the other hand, coming from generations of pack-rats has its benefits.  Managed to dig birth certificates for both my parents out of our attic.  Of course, the one for Dad is conjectural -- filed a year after his birth, with no physician in attendance.  Go back over a hundred years and that thing was more common than not.

So we head back to the post office in a day or so to complete the process.  Just so we can drive over to Canada on a whim, or to attend a funeral.

Grump.

Comments

[wolfette]

why do you need your parents' birth certificates?

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

I'm not certain at what age I crossed a border for the first time, but it was somewhere in the 4-8 week mark. My mother used to shop in Switzerland and I've had a passport since I can remember.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I'll be damned. The passport folks no longer accept a state-issued non-driver identification card.

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

I got my passport, what, a couple years ago now? Maybe three. With how things were even going then, I figured I was going to need one if I wanted to even just take a stroll to Canada. I figured it was better to get it and have that over with.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I know I'm going to have to do this too, what with most of my dad's family living in Canada. Maybe someday I'll just decide to stay there.

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Just so we can drive over to Canada on a whim, or to attend a funeral.

"Or both," remarks Pernicious the Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat, glaring significantly at his faithful amanuensis and general factotum....

[hairmonger.livejournal.com]

It's good thing my late mother never needed a birth certificate for anything, because when she was born Alabama had not started registering births. Her father applied for her first driver's license and sent it to her while she was away at college.

Mary Anne in Kentucky