Huh, I don't remember doing that
Given that I face the prospect of moving back to the South East sometime in 2009 (depending on the housing market) I was looking up the proceedure for changing a driver's license and preferably getting a photocard license instead of the old paper one and what became clear was that the best way to go about it was to have an up to date passport, something I've been meaning to get around to for years. I haven't been out of the country since the '80s and I figured that the passport I got to go to Italy when I was 13 must have expired 20 years ago and more but what the hell, it's a full adult passport, so that means it's a renewal and I get to avoid having a passport interview, which would probably be massively inconvenient, given how far out in the back of beyond I am, as well as how bloody painful travelling is.
Imagine my surpise when I dig the old passport out and see that it had been renewed just after my 18th birthday and only properly expired in '92. I simply don't remember getting that done. The photo was pretty horrible though. Having this beard has been the making of my face ;-) Still, the form is filled out and is off to get an old friend of the family to countersign it, together with my old passport and the deed poll document from when I adopted my grandfather's surname in place of my father's. Still, with more recent developments, I may not need to update my license in the end...
Imagine my surpise when I dig the old passport out and see that it had been renewed just after my 18th birthday and only properly expired in '92. I simply don't remember getting that done. The photo was pretty horrible though. Having this beard has been the making of my face ;-) Still, the form is filled out and is off to get an old friend of the family to countersign it, together with my old passport and the deed poll document from when I adopted my grandfather's surname in place of my father's. Still, with more recent developments, I may not need to update my license in the end...