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Good deal there muh man...

I bet there's an envelope waiting for you Monday afternoon in yer mailbox...

There better be...

Let us know when you do actually get it...That will help us better know how long it takes for them to lick a stamp...

But wouldn't it be cool to get it tomorrow...Wishful thinkun', I know...

Bad Steve! Baaddd Steve!!!

John,

When I last renewed, I really think they were just getting around to doing this whole online thing with the PIN numbers and application status online...

I was interested in the advance in the process, but at that time it really didn't matter to me what and how they did it...Call me old fashioned...

This next time I am thinking I am not going to have it so good...I think I was lucky that last time...

So if I do the things I believe will give them no reason to place a red flag on anything, I think I'll still beat a month on the next renewal...

Everything I send them that I can make a copy of, I do it and retain that info in a "safe" place...

I take my licenses and certifications seriously, and retain that documentation for reference (if needed) later...

When we evacuated for Rita...All I grabbed was the file folder with this info, and insurance papers, ID, Passports, etc etc...

I intend on making another copy of this information, and storing it where we would normally evacuate to in the future...

I know this is off on a tangent, but I figure the less crap you have to grab the better...And the less time you spend wondering if you got what you really needed...

Just food for thought...

As far as renewals go...This is what I do...And this is only a guideline...

Lets say if my license expires on my birthday in 2011, I back up 3 months from that month, to set the date that I want to get my "package" sent to Austin...

That means I will have already taken the course and have all the fingerprints, pictures (signed) and all the other affidavits completed, signed, notorized, whatever, ready to git in the mail by the first week in May...

I know I said three months, but I have padded that time, just to make sure that if there is a problem (if they have a problem, not me) we can correct that and not have a lapse after the current license expires...

My last renewal took 17 days...Mailbox to mailbox...I don't think they had time to issue me a "pin" number...