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Expidite the expidited

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I am headed to the passport office this AM to get a new passport. I didn't have time to do the expidited renewal after getting back from Japan. So I made an special expiditing appointment with the passport folks in Atlanta. I am glad I only have to drive into Atlanta, not fly up to NY or Washington DC. It seems I have had to do some expiditing everytime I have renewed my passport. Passports are good for 10 years. When you get a new passport it is a time to ponder where you will be and what the passport will look like in 10 years. The pic belows shows the wear on my now cancelled passport. it was a 50 page book (the extra pages version) and 46 pages are fully used. Many countries require 3 empty pages to enter their country. So, I got full use of the larger size passport. If you need more pages, you send the passport in and they will "sew-in" more pages. The thickest passport I ever saw was at the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan border. A truck driver I saw had a Uzbekistan passpo...
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There has been a lot of activity lately. Spring gets that way every year. I need to get up in the air this week. I took possession of my Mom's rocking chair. The story goes that the rocker has been in the family and my ancestors brought it over on the Mayflower. Anyway, It is very old and has had lots or repairs over the years. It is an interesting design and looking at it makes me feel comfortable. Sometimes "stuff" can do that. Although, "stuff" doesn't often do it for me anymore.
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The blog is in transition. It will be a few more days for an update.
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My time management skills will really being put to the test soon. There is so much to do on so many fronts. We had a good great Easter. We have had some great hikes and I have been flying solo. It is a profound experience flying around in the heavens by yourself. It puts everything in such a different perspective. Having the time to fly during the day has been a real blessing. The following pic describes "Dowdell's new first rule of advertising," which is, "Someone has to wear the chicken suit." And no. It wasn't me.
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