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Aristus

(72,252 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 10:59 PM Wednesday

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 Wednesday OP
I renewed mine about two months ago flying rabbit Wednesday #1
Indeed! Aristus Wednesday #2
Yay... 2naSalit Wednesday #3
I renewed mine last December. mnhtnbb 23 hrs ago #4
My mother has traced our family's ancestry back to 1640. Aristus 21 hrs ago #6
Mine is out of date. OldBaldy1701E 22 hrs ago #5
Makes it feel like the world's your oyster Marthe48 9 hrs ago #7
Very much so. Aristus 8 hrs ago #8

mnhtnbb

(33,405 posts)
4. I renewed mine last December.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:16 AM
23 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

(72,252 posts)
6. My mother has traced our family's ancestry back to 1640.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:36 AM
21 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 Mine is out of date.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 08:08 AM
22 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.

Aristus

(72,252 posts)
8. Very much so.
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:52 PM
8 hrs ago

Looking forward to getting some stamps in it. Most places just scan the passport’s bar code. But I usually ask if they will stamp it, too. They usually do.

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