tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post238488460435989423..comments2023-03-15T12:29:40.112+00:00Comments on Punch It Chewie!: Bastards!Inchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-24273522282230330742008-08-16T20:08:00.000+01:002008-08-16T20:08:00.000+01:00Not so much my inner geek as my inner paranoid ......Not so much my inner geek as my inner paranoid ... I'm reading all the wrong books. Can you believe I'm starting to feel like I'm being watched and monitored? How ridiculous, eh? ;^)JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602149715098601478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-4868100325360392662008-08-16T09:10:00.000+01:002008-08-16T09:10:00.000+01:00Steve and Lost Jimmy have summed it up for me. I h...Steve and Lost Jimmy have summed it up for me. I had to get a renewal in Feb 2007 and it cost me about £66.<BR/><BR/>I genuinely thought you would have had to pay a nominal renewal fee, but the full whack was a bit a cheek. Anyway, how that fuck does it rise to £72 in the space of about 18 months?<BR/><BR/>The government/passport office employees are probably away having the holidaysof their respective lives on the proceedings. Gets.Sky Clearbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296943089129847043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-11742242622740145232008-08-15T18:08:00.000+01:002008-08-15T18:08:00.000+01:00Jaggy - Pot/Kettle.Zen - My last passport photo is...Jaggy - Pot/Kettle.<BR/><BR/>Zen - My last passport photo is of me 17 years ago, back when I had hair, and I've been refused entry to the Czech Republic and Denmark because it looked fuck all like me. It's good to know though that a girfiend that's prepared to vouch for you will get you in.<BR/><BR/>Steve - I believe they are made by one-armed leper orphans in a converted pig sty in southern Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>Helga - Thanks for making me feel better.<BR/><BR/>Jim - I think a letter from my mum guaranteeing that I am who I say I am is probably a lot more factually accurate than the passport that's just expired.<BR/><BR/>Ro - At last, your inner geek springs forth!Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-34516065600391188612008-08-15T17:51:00.000+01:002008-08-15T17:51:00.000+01:00Someone has to pay for the RFID chip embedded in t...Someone has to pay for the RFID chip embedded in there so people can keep a closer eye on you :)JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602149715098601478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-81879985837142380752008-08-15T17:46:00.000+01:002008-08-15T17:46:00.000+01:00Inchy, what gets me is the cost of the renewal is ...Inchy, what gets me is the cost of the renewal is the same as a first passport, you would think that a renewal is less work right i.e. cheaper?<BR/>Anyway, its a closed market, not as though you are going to be able to go to another cheaper supplier like eBay haha so they'll charge what they like effectively.Löst Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907139441842698894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-5829195405076313022008-08-15T17:16:00.000+01:002008-08-15T17:16:00.000+01:00I guess it won't thrill you to learn that I would ...I guess it won't thrill you to learn that I would pay £40 for a passport, issued by the Norwegian Embassy in London, and collected by me in person from a consulate office close to where I live. All I have to do to prove who I am is fill out a form, provide them with my National ID number, enclose my old passport (which is returned to me) and turn up in person to collect.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I did say £40...Helga Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722048845460400184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-70060444464712577372008-08-15T08:34:00.000+01:002008-08-15T08:34:00.000+01:00Totally agree. Where exactly is the £72 going? Doe...Totally agree. Where exactly is the £72 going? Does the passport have a calf-skin cover with gold embossed lettering? A hand stitched spine and pages hand painted by monks at a monastery in Lindisfarne? Or am I being ripped off by a rogue secret agent called Bourne who is using a copy of my details to bomb CIA agents in NY? Now that I'd pay £72 for.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-10892059012475707342008-08-14T23:24:00.000+01:002008-08-14T23:24:00.000+01:00In the US you pay $100 unless you need "Expedited"...In the US you pay $100 unless you need "Expedited" then I am getting it would be about $160.<BR/><BR/>If you want your photo to look like something other than the Crypt Keeper, you don't get it at the Post Office--I don't know how they do it but somehow they could make even Angelina Jolie look like a skag on that camera they have in the Post Office.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea what all goes into it--do they search your background for warrants and $H!T, or do they just paste the picture of your mug in a book and watermark it?<BR/><BR/>I have no idea...Zen Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932736559039078183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4614686743514266947.post-88826686050411689142008-08-14T22:25:00.000+01:002008-08-14T22:25:00.000+01:00No.You're not a cynic, you'll believe anything.No.<BR/><BR/>You're not a cynic, you'll believe anything.Jaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507081440144941729noreply@blogger.com