My U.S. passport is going to expire next month. In New York State, you can get an Enhanced Driver's License (EDL) that serves as proof of Citizenship for the U.S./Canadian border so you don't need a passport. So I figured what the hell, I'll get an EDL.
Yesterday, the Lovely Lettuce ((e:leetee)) and I went to the Erie Auto Bureau on George Urban. And believe it or not, it was a damn skippy time!!
We were in and out of there in under 20 minutes.
It was very organised. The "maze" that made me feel like I was a cow being led to the slaughter was gone.
People were issued numbers and could sit until their numbers were called. My number was called before I could sit down.
The clerks were pleasant, professional and efficient. It was a huge contrast to the horrific nightmare that was the DMV in lower Manhattan in the 1980s. (At the time, there were people would hire themselves out to wait in line for you and call/page you when it was almost your turn. It was worse than it sounds. 'nuff said.)
Good work, Kathy Hochul. I hear that she's running for something and I don't want anyone to think that this is some sort of political endorsement. For all I know, I may hate her politics but she made my time at the Auto Bureau damn skippy.
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04/27/2011 22:21 #54162
Damn Skippy at the Auto BureauCategory: buffalo
04/21/2011 14:32 #54110
Ogg Not AllowedThis is the error message that I get when I try to upload an ogg file using drag and drop. Also, I don't think that ogg is recognised file type for the "upload files" button method.
uncutsaniflush - 04/22/11 14:14
I reckoned that it was you, (e:paul) and not (e:terry). Terry has many talents but I'm fairly certain that coding (e:estrip) isn't one of them.
I reckoned that it was you, (e:paul) and not (e:terry). Terry has many talents but I'm fairly certain that coding (e:estrip) isn't one of them.
uncutsaniflush - 04/22/11 09:24
Thanks for taking care of this so fast. Hopefully it didn't take you away from other stuff that you needed to do. Thanks again.
Thanks for taking care of this so fast. Hopefully it didn't take you away from other stuff that you needed to do. Thanks again.
terry - 04/22/11 02:21
It should be allowed now. Its using the HTML 5 audio tag, not sure what the support for that will be. Either way it adds a download link.
It should be allowed now. Its using the HTML 5 audio tag, not sure what the support for that will be. Either way it adds a download link.
paul - 04/21/11 20:07
I will add it tonight.
I will add it tonight.
04/19/2011 22:51 #54100
The Teaches of PeachesCategory: music
Miss Piggy and "Fuck the Pain Away"!!! The teaches of Peaches, indeed.
04/17/2011 22:56 #54077
Krucha Blondynka (Tender Blonde)Category: polish songs
04/17/2011 22:36 #54076
The Doctor Says NoCategory: dr. who
A reminder about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. 
"But you have no weapons, no defenses, no plan!"
"Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?"
'nuff said.
"But you have no weapons, no defenses, no plan!"
"Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death?"
'nuff said.
(e:metalpeter) - for air travel to Canada (and every other country) you need a passport. The Enhanced Driver's License and the passport card are good for land and sea travel in North America and some Carribean counties.
I have no Passport and Have no enhanced ID so this may be incorrect the form you got is good for land travel only not flights To Canada and Mexico ? It gets confusing cause there is also what they call a passport card......
Yeah, they are very efficient. My non-driver NYS ID took less than 10 minutes last year.