Driver's License renewal at the DMV (1 Viewer)

[mquinnjr]

Oh, also...guess what form of payment they DO NOT accept for a renewal? Anything with plastic here. I had to use their freaking ATM machine, meaning I had to pay their exhorbatant fees for using an out of network machine. I haven't carried a check book around since college. In fact, I don't even own a check book.

neat system.

PA is the same way, but even more constricted. Money order/cashiers check ONLY, no exceptions. That's swell.

There is a convenience store next door that will do this for you, which the one of two clerks working will point you to. Half the waiting in line is for people, who have waited in line for a few hours already, going to the next door convenience store to 1) get money out of the ATM, because cash must be used to purchase the money order, of course 2) buy the money order, make it out to the state in an exact un-rounded amount and 3) bring it back to the processor who will wait for you so you don't have to get back in line.

It was at this moment that I did a 180 on my stance to require voter ID. The above is related to a routine drivers license transfer amongst other persons completing drivers license requests/updates. Not every single 18+ American who would like to vote flooding these already under-manned centers to get ID.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I think the next time I go in for a picture I will wear a t-shirt with a haggis photo on it as an homage to Evilgrin and his buddy. Hell, if I think of it I will try to get a photo of his buddy cramming in the record setting mouthful of that Scottish delight and have that made into the t-shirt I will wear.

I'm still waiting for you to open that bar in CO so I can fly in and get an Evilgrin, neat.

When I do, in about 10 years, you will quite literally have a bar stool with your name on it and you will drink for free.

When I was in college in Madison the local tavern I would frequent actually did this for me. They put a little brass plaque on a stool with my name on it so that when I would tell someone they were on my stool and they would respond "what, is your name on it?" I could reply that it was indeed.

 

[Fennis]

Pretty sure only felons go to the DMV to renew.

DW?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Oh, I agreed to donate my old ###, over-used organs, in case someone is in desperate need of a liver as hard as a stone, lungs abused by years of smoke, or a heart that likely has only a mile or two left on it before it goes all Len Bias.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Pretty sure only felons go to the DMV to renew.

DW?

Never convicted.

 

[chet]

They don't let you do this by mail in CO? Here in FL, you can renew by mail. I'm almost 43 and the picture on my DL was taken when I was in my 20s.

For a time I believe that they did. The rules change as the legislature changes and I missed the opportunity due to my renewal date.

I have a buddy who lives in PA that puts on a tux every time he gets his license photo taken. Claims cops love it when he gets pulled over and they let him out of tickets.

I can't even imagine how much he must stick out in that DMV waiting room. He's a bit of an odd duck, always has been since he was about 12. He's also the current world record holder for haggis eating. Not kidding.

Good old Eric Livingston. Quite a character.

 

[steelerfan1]

Enjoyed story. Had a Seinfeld feel to it for me anyway.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

I went to DMV last month to get my license back (I have epilepsy) and I was astonished about how fast I got in and out. When I mentioned that to one of the people helping me out, he said look around. I did a quick look and it was almost all Hispanic folk. I actually went through quicker because I spoke English and didn't need one of the bilingual tellers.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I think the next time I go in for a picture I will wear a t-shirt with a haggis photo on it as an homage to Evilgrin and his buddy. Hell, if I think of it I will try to get a photo of his buddy cramming in the record setting mouthful of that Scottish delight and have that made into the t-shirt I will wear.

I'm still waiting for you to open that bar in CO so I can fly in and get an Evilgrin, neat.

When I do, in about 10 years, you will quite literally have a bar stool with your name on it and you will drink for free.

When I was in college in Madison the local tavern I would frequent actually did this for me. They put a little brass plaque on a stool with my name on it so that when I would tell someone they were on my stool and they would respond "what, is your name on it?" I could reply that it was indeed.

This is a dream of mine. You could make that dream come true. I might have to move to Colorado.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

They don't let you do this by mail in CO? Here in FL, you can renew by mail. I'm almost 43 and the picture on my DL was taken when I was in my 20s.

For a time I believe that they did. The rules change as the legislature changes and I missed the opportunity due to my renewal date.

I have a buddy who lives in PA that puts on a tux every time he gets his license photo taken. Claims cops love it when he gets pulled over and they let him out of tickets.

I can't even imagine how much he must stick out in that DMV waiting room. He's a bit of an odd duck, always has been since he was about 12. He's also the current world record holder for haggis eating. Not kidding.

Good old Eric Livingston. Quite a character.

That's the guy. Weird (in a good way) dude. He was the photographer for our HS yearbook and was tasked with taking photos of students at their after-school jobs. He didn't feel like actually doing it, so he'd cruise around town drinking beer and looking for classmates. When he found one, he'd have them walk into the nearest place of business and snap a photo. As a result, our yearbook is littered with photos of students in their places of employ, none of whom actually ever worked at these places. I got a nice big half-page photo of me at a bagel shop with the caption : {EG} "says : Bagels make the world go 'round!" I'd never set foot in that bagel shop prior to the day Eric literally pushed me in the door and snapped a photo of me with the shop's sign behind me.

Not long after college, he swore off booze and drugs and became a born-again Christian. Got married and had three kids in his very early 20s. A couple years later, threw the church out the window and began drinking like a pirate and became a kilt-wearing competitive eater. He was also one of the last 3 or so people considered for the "Man vs. Food" gig that ultimately went to Adam Richman. Fun guy to know. He's the kind of dude who'd write stuff like "I heard you have all the styrofoam peanuts. Give them to me. Love, Eric" on our friends' bar mitzvah sign-in boards. Or worm his way backstage at a They Might be Giants concert and pretend to be a roadie so he could get to the stage and start unplugging instruments/amps during the show. the kind of dude who would definitely be a character if they ever made a book/movie of my life.

 

[Ignoramus]

{EG} "says : Bagels make the world go 'round!"

 

[Quez]

I thought Tagalongs were a girl scout cookie. Never knew it was a language too.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

{EG} "says : Bagels make the world go 'round!"

SO stupid. He had literally rolled up on me, opened the door to the bagel shop as I was walking by, shoved me in the door, and snapped the picture. It was an ambush. The picture was great too because as he was snapping the photo, I was yelling out : "What the f--- are you doing?" I'm in the middle of the word "f---" as the picture is snapped, so you can see me making the "F" sound in addition to looking exasperated/annoyed. And the caption is : "[EG] says : bagels make the world go 'round." So ridiculous.

 

[El Floppo]

I am loving Eric so very hard right now.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

I am loving Eric so very hard right now.

If you want, you can watch him qualify for Wingbowl several years ago by eating a 2-foot Wawa hoagie, a half-gallon of lemonade and a small bag of chips in just over 3 1/2 minutes live on WIP in Philly right here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg_Aiev3dnc

 

[El Floppo]

Steakbellie

 

[Bill Brasky]

They don't let you do this by mail in CO? Here in FL, you can renew by mail. I'm almost 43 and the picture on my DL was taken when I was in my 20s.

For a time I believe that they did. The rules change as the legislature changes and I missed the opportunity due to my renewal date.

I have a buddy who lives in PA that puts on a tux every time he gets his license photo taken. Claims cops love it when he gets pulled over and they let him out of tickets.

I can't even imagine how much he must stick out in that DMV waiting room. He's a bit of an odd duck, always has been since he was about 12. He's also the current world record holder for haggis eating. Not kidding.

Good old Eric Livingston. Quite a character.

That's the guy. Weird (in a good way) dude. He was the photographer for our HS yearbook and was tasked with taking photos of students at their after-school jobs. He didn't feel like actually doing it, so he'd cruise around town drinking beer and looking for classmates. When he found one, he'd have them walk into the nearest place of business and snap a photo. As a result, our yearbook is littered with photos of students in their places of employ, none of whom actually ever worked at these places. I got a nice big half-page photo of me at a bagel shop with the caption : {EG} "says : Bagels make the world go 'round!" I'd never set foot in that bagel shop prior to the day Eric literally pushed me in the door and snapped a photo of me with the shop's sign behind me.

Not long after college, he swore off booze and drugs and became a born-again Christian. Got married and had three kids in his very early 20s. A couple years later, threw the church out the window and began drinking like a pirate and became a kilt-wearing competitive eater. He was also one of the last 3 or so people considered for the "Man vs. Food" gig that ultimately went to Adam Richman. Fun guy to know. He's the kind of dude who'd write stuff like "I heard you have all the styrofoam peanuts. Give them to me. Love, Eric" on our friends' bar mitzvah sign-in boards. Or worm his way backstage at a They Might be Giants concert and pretend to be a roadie so he could get to the stage and start unplugging instruments/amps during the show. the kind of dude who would definitely be a character if they ever made a book/movie of my life.

 

[Jack White]

If you have one of those Rapid DMV places in your market, it's worth the extra 15 or 20 bucks to avoid the official DMV.