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Aristus

(72,249 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:59 PM 18 hrs ago

I got my new passport today! Mrs. Aristus's new one is on the way.

At last! Soon, I can get out of this wretched country for a while. Weekends in Canada. Vacations in Europe. Anywhere but here.

My passport lapsed a year ago. It was the first time since 1993 that I hadn’t had a valid passport. Worst time to be stuck in this crumbling, once-great nation.

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I got my new passport today! Mrs. Aristus's new one is on the way. (Original Post) Aristus 18 hrs ago OP

I renewed mine about two months ago flying rabbit 18 hrs ago #1

Indeed! Aristus 18 hrs ago #2

Yay... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #3

I renewed mine last December. mnhtnbb 10 hrs ago #4

My mother has traced our family's ancestry back to 1640. Aristus 7 hrs ago #6

Mine is out of date. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #5

flying rabbit

(4,977 posts)

1. I renewed mine about two months ago

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:03 PM

18 hrs ago

Seems like a good time to have one.

Aristus

(72,249 posts)

2. Indeed!

Reply to flying rabbit (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:04 PM

18 hrs ago

2naSalit

(103,044 posts)

3. Yay...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:07 PM

18 hrs ago

Congrats! Renewed mine a few years ago.

mnhtnbb

(33,401 posts)

4. I renewed mine last December.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:16 AM

10 hrs ago

Last October I went to Scotland, where I'd never been. Had a wonderful time. But, I have no immediate plans for another international trip.
We are acquiring documents to apply for citizenship by descent to Canada. My great grandfather --one of 8 siblings--was born there. There's a family plot in a church graveyard in Ontario: my father's brother is buried there because he returned to Canada in the late '60's. One of my sons and his partner have been joking about " when they move to Canada." So, maybe a trip there before long?

Aristus

(72,249 posts)

6. My mother has traced our family's ancestry back to 1640.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:36 AM

7 hrs ago

Don’t think there are any Canadians in the bunch. I can ask her, though.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,212 posts)

5. Mine is out of date.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:08 AM

9 hrs ago

But, after the absolute debacle that was trying to get my Real ID, I am pretty much done with the entire shit show.

I don't do very well when people and procedures are as idiotic as these processes are.

There is only one way I am leaving anything. Whether I like it or not.

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