I'm a New Mexican...
...albeit a temporary New Mexican. I was told my license will arrive via a uniformed representative of the Federal Gubmint sometime in the next 45 days. Or so.
Speakin' o' driver's licenses... I've carried this old Kally-forhn-ee-ya license in my wallet for nearly 40 years now:
107 E Apache
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First One was a resident of a little spot called Flora Vista on the highway to Aztec. Got that one in 1976. Got rid of it in 1982 for a Washington one that I kept until I retired and went back to The Treasure State......Then Kansas and now I have a Not So Golden State license......DMV in Ridgecrest is a snap!!!!!!!
Welcome to the club, Buck. We'll have ya over soon to raise a toast!
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I would have worn an Apache bandana and a stub cigar hanging out the right side of the mouth.
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I think I like the CA photo the best - you look so serious.
ReplyDeleteA rather buxom blonde friend wore a low cut blouse when she went to get her NM driver's license. I swear they took a photo of her boobs and cut off part of her face.
vw: jitiess - similar to titties...
Interesting. I've never been allowed to hang onto a driver's license; had to surrender my MA license in order to get my CT one.
ReplyDeleteDamn, Buck. 5'8" and 125? I'm about 5'10" these days and 185. If I dropped 50 or 60 pounds, I think I'd blow away. What do you tether yourself to the ground with?
ReplyDeleteNo, never mind that question. Too many answers would involve visuals I do not wish to keep in my head.
Actually, that's quite a feat to maintain the same physique as you had that long ago, genes or no genes.
Glenn: I kept that CA license until I retired from the AF. Since then I've carried OK, MI, NY, and TX licenses. This license will be my last...
ReplyDeleteBrad & Jane: Thank you both!
Anon: I like the way ya think.
Lou: "Serious" was about the furthest thing in life I was at that point in time.
Kris: Well, you live in the Nanny-State capital of the US. What did ya expect?
Jim: My peers in the AF used to joke about making me carry my tool box everywhere I went so I wouldn't get blown away... or mebbe they weren't joking.
I noticed that weight thing too!
ReplyDeleteWish I could say the same about me. :-)
Interesting system y'all have there in NM. When I got my LA license, they let me keep my old AR one, but they used a hole punch to blot out the number.
ReplyDeleteWas the CA license printed on paper that you laminated? I remember paper licenses! Really easy to alter.
We shan't be discussing weight today, thank you very much.
ss: You're SO kind!
ReplyDeleteMoogie: NM gives you your license back with a hole in it, too. That CA license IS a paper license and I've never laminated it. The poor thing's falling apart now.
Wow... a long time ago in a land far, far away. The address no longer exists (literally.)
ReplyDeleteMy tia's house was torn down and an apartment complex put up in its place. The addresses are 315 A through F.
How'd you get a beard while on active duty? Was it from working in a remote station?
ReplyDeleteI still have my first California License, from December 28 1977... I weighed 125, too.
Sam: Yeah, you were just a wee lad then.
ReplyDeleteDarryl: That pic was taken towards the end of a 30-day leave.