tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post112732385433576667..comments2023-11-05T03:43:25.425-05:00Comments on It's all good: Chicken and EggAlicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200513597599114189noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1128195987298532832005-10-01T15:46:00.000-04:002005-10-01T15:46:00.000-04:00I now considered myself incredibly blessed. My boy...I now considered myself incredibly blessed. My boyfriend, a librarian, issued me my new library card before I'd even moved here, as a welcoming gift. No proof of address, or anything like it...he also reserved the new Sue Monk Kidd for me!<BR/><BR/>I just did the DMV dance to get a CA license. I was born in Saudi Arabia. My birth certifcate was issued by the State Department as a "Certificate of Live Birth Abroad to American Parents". Four supervisors at the CA DMV had to examine it and my PA license closely . I didn't think they would ever stop on the supervisory chain. I wondered if they would call the State Department. But they finally accepted me, took my photo, and then I took the test and passed. They invalidated my PA license, and gave me a slip of paper as a "temporary ID". I wonder if any library assistant would accept it?<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I passed the background check required by my soon-to-be-employer. I want something in writing, with photo!lislemckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809421758615140994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1127422232120534282005-09-22T16:50:00.000-04:002005-09-22T16:50:00.000-04:00Actually it IS that hard (sometimes) to get a libr...Actually it IS that hard (sometimes) to get a library card.<BR/><BR/>After recently relocating to a different state (where I grew up), I tried to get a local public library card, but found that I needed a new drivers license and proof of address. <BR/><BR/>Then I faced the nightmare of getting a new driver's license in these days of Homeland Security, taking two visits to the DMV, my old drivers' license, passport, proof of address, PLUS my marriage certificate (since I was still in the system under my maiden name 25 years after leaving the state). <BR/><BR/>Finally, shiny new drivers lic. in hand, I get to the library , and they had just closed for the day.... ARGGHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054198.post-1127335182485262152005-09-21T16:39:00.000-04:002005-09-21T16:39:00.000-04:00I do have an incident like that to report also. A...I do have an incident like that to report also. Although it isn't quite as extreme as yours, but just as confounding. My mother-in-law wanted to purchase an item at Kohl's and wanted to write a check for it. She's not the credit card-type of person. Because she chose to use a check, she was asked for TWO picture id's. How many of us have two forms of picture ID with us? After digging in her purse for what seemed like forever when the whole checkout line is staring at you, my husband finally used his card to pay for the goods. Ugly!! Susie @Denver Public LibraryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com