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Congrats Ricky!!!

TexCalhoun wrote:Checked during Obama's inaugural speech and my status had changed!

How in the world did you find the willpower to tear yourself away from THE SPEECH long enough to check?

Congratulations!

Well this is great fun.

I never got a reply from my State Rep, so I thought I'd ping his office with a fax. We'll see if that merits so much as a "why do you want one of those?", since my elected officials are a little less excited about Heller than most of us...

While feeling frisky, I sent a fax to Rep. Driver's office in Austin. His district is WAY outside Houston , but he is the Chair of the Law Enforcement committee, and they have DPS oversight. And he's a Republican I made it clear that I know he's got other Texans to look after first, but if his office gets a chance to help, I'd sure appreciate it. I also put in a plug for DPS, as I know they are understaffed (ONE background checker in Harris County?!? ) Perhaps he can use his influence to get those folks the help they need, and we'll see a higher level of service for our $140.

Mrs. KingOfDirk applied on the same day, and is WAY less enthusiastic about getting the plastic (funny, she's enthusiastic about every other kind of plastic in her purse... ). This virtually guarantees she'll get hers months before I ever see mine.

Hang in there, everyone,
KoD

Maybe they could start sending them in one of those musical greeting cards...."The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You"

Better yet, the Aggie War Hymn...

gomowdude, Broncrider, what counties are you in? I'm just a few days ahead of you on the "received in Austin" date, but I get to deal with a Harris County address...

Good luck, y'all - hang in there!

I've got a question for you guys: I plan to email/call my State Senator (Rodney Ellis) and State Rep (Garnet Coleman) at day 61, would you recommend any others (i.e. Governor's office, US House Rep, Cornyn/Kay Bailey in the Senate)?

I'm finding I'm about as impatient as my wife always says I am. I hate it when she's right...

Hey fellas (and ladies, tho' I've seen no evidence...)

Just checking in from Harris county. Congrats to Morgan!

Still waiting over here - status is still "processing", so I guess all this Ike damage (heavy sarcasm) is slowing down the gumshoes...

Oh well, I'm not at (or near) 60 days yet, but you gotta know the holidays will slow things down a bit (and rightfully so, I might add).

-J

Spoke too soon! PIN issued today. Got a quick and courteous reply from TXCHL Customer Service, God bless 'em!

Morgan wrote:I wonder if they do things in batches, actually. I noticed someone else had sent and been received almost 3 weeks before mine was received by the state, but they only went to "processing" 3 days before I did. I don't know what that means.

I did the online application, did you, KingofDirk?

Naw, I was uninformed and just did the regular old paper method - now I kinda wish I had done some homework first! Oh well...

Okay, well, Morgan's post was a big help - USPS' little green certified mail card came back yesterday, so I know DPS got the docs on 7 NOV. Since Morgan's was received 4 NOV, hopefully I'm just a couple days away from status changing to Processing Application!!

October Class Taken
11/5 Packet Mailed to State
11/7 Packet received by State
??? Status changed to Processing Application

Happy to say good ol' usps.com says they received my packet in Austin on 7 NOV. Of course, when I email them to ask for a PIN, they tell me the application hasn't been entered yet...

So is it 60 days from receipt, or 60 from "application entered"?

...this could be a long 60 days...

Glad to meet y'all!