Post AX2BeMDCu61C5iBtzM by birnim@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AX288V5264rASxU9VQ by jbqueru@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-24T23:46:24Z
       
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       Back home from a trip to San Francisco (where I applied for a new French passport as my previous one had expired). 2100 miles, 43 hours of driving, 95 gallons of gas (my car is comfortable but not efficient).
       
 (DIR) Post #AX288YzVYYoWayvnRw by shacker@zirk.us
       2023-06-25T00:42:36Z
       
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       @jbqueru Hell of a footprint for something that could have been done online.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX2BeMDCu61C5iBtzM by birnim@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-25T01:22:01Z
       
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       @shacker @jbqueru even better when you drive that much to an embassy to put a stamp on a document and they tell you there's no signup for the next two months and when you ask why isn't the website warning about that, they shrug and answer it's because they forgot to update it :blobcatfacepalm: jackasses
       
 (DIR) Post #AX2CvyrGZUwkpKtaiW by kboyd@phpc.social
       2023-06-25T01:36:25Z
       
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       @shacker @jbqueru One of the youtube channels I follow has an even more convoluted and soul-destroying story of these kafkaesque situations. In their case, it really really sucks to be stuck with a Haitian passport.
       
 (DIR) Post #AX2E8ha6DZ3uxjUngG by jbqueru@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-25T01:49:56Z
       
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       @shacker At least they'll FedEx me the passport back so I won't have to pick it up in person. But, yeah, it's wasteful.And we'll have to get to the Bay Area again before we move, to do the customs paperwork (which also must be done in person, which is even less understandable).