Why I hate this site

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Why I hate this site

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Because whenever I come here I feel the need to go check my status even though there is no possible way it can be close to ready yet. ;)

I just can't help it.

I wasn't even that excited about it before I came here.

Ah well....thanks for the support everyone.
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dalto wrote:Because whenever I come here I feel the need to go check my status even though there is no possible way it can be close to ready yet. ;)

I just can't help it.

I wasn't even that excited about it before I came here.

Ah well....thanks for the support everyone.
Just because it wasn't issued as of 3 minutes ago doesn't mean that the status couldn't have changed since then........ :lol:
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Excaliber wrote:
dalto wrote:Because whenever I come here I feel the need to go check my status even though there is no possible way it can be close to ready yet. ;)

I just can't help it.

I wasn't even that excited about it before I came here.

Ah well....thanks for the support everyone.
Just because it wasn't issued as of 3 minutes ago doesn't mean that the status couldn't have changed since then........ :lol:

Aw, c'mon Excaliber - that is just throwing gasoline on the fire. :nono:

I have to admit that I was guilty of checking my status way too often. I figured that I was squeaky clean enough that my turnaround would happen in 31 days....NOT! Those extra 20 days (to get me to the actual 51 day result) seemed to go on forever. I promise you that signing on twice a day to see my background check still pending didn't make it go faster. If I hadn't been on the site and seen other people (LOTS of other people) go to mailed or received status, I wouldn't have been as disappointed. In this matter, ignorance is truly bliss.
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Yep, 90-something days here. Just try to think of other things. :roll:
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If it's been more than 20 days since you mailed your application, then it lost. You're going to have to start all over.

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chasfm11 wrote:
Excaliber wrote:
dalto wrote:Because whenever I come here I feel the need to go check my status even though there is no possible way it can be close to ready yet. ;)

I just can't help it.

I wasn't even that excited about it before I came here.

Ah well....thanks for the support everyone.
Just because it wasn't issued as of 3 minutes ago doesn't mean that the status couldn't have changed since then........ :lol:

Aw, c'mon Excaliber - that is just throwing gasoline on the fire. :nono:

I have to admit that I was guilty of checking my status way too often. I figured that I was squeaky clean enough that my turnaround would happen in 31 days....NOT! Those extra 20 days (to get me to the actual 51 day result) seemed to go on forever. I promise you that signing on twice a day to see my background check still pending didn't make it go faster. If I hadn't been on the site and seen other people (LOTS of other people) go to mailed or received status, I wouldn't have been as disappointed. In this matter, ignorance is truly bliss.
I know waiting isn't any fun at all, and some folks actually do check several times a day for changes. I was just trying to inject a little humor there. I apologize if my post came across as anything other than gentle kidding.
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I thought both of you were just being funny. :headscratch
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Pawpaw wrote:I thought both of you were just being funny. :headscratch
Hopefully this is all in jest. I know my post was. :lol:
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That is so cruel. "rlol"
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Reason to hate this site...Makes you spend a lot of money after seeing all the way cool 1911's
Reason to love this site...You end up with a way cool 1911

See what I mean? ;-)
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Excaliber wrote: I know waiting isn't any fun at all, and some folks actually do check several times a day for changes. I was just trying to inject a little humor there. I apologize if my post came across as anything other than gentle kidding.
I was kidding, too. I knew that you were kidding when I replied and was simply needling you back. Please don't think anything else.

There is no way that I put smiles in my really serious posts. If you see a smile from me, you can probably expect me to be laughing at the screen.
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Excaliber wrote:
chasfm11 wrote:
Excaliber wrote:
dalto wrote:Because whenever I come here I feel the need to go check my status even though there is no possible way it can be close to ready yet. ;)

I just can't help it.

I wasn't even that excited about it before I came here.

Ah well....thanks for the support everyone.
Just because it wasn't issued as of 3 minutes ago doesn't mean that the status couldn't have changed since then........ :lol:

Aw, c'mon Excaliber - that is just throwing gasoline on the fire. :nono:

I have to admit that I was guilty of checking my status way too often. I figured that I was squeaky clean enough that my turnaround would happen in 31 days....NOT! Those extra 20 days (to get me to the actual 51 day result) seemed to go on forever. I promise you that signing on twice a day to see my background check still pending didn't make it go faster. If I hadn't been on the site and seen other people (LOTS of other people) go to mailed or received status, I wouldn't have been as disappointed. In this matter, ignorance is truly bliss.
I know waiting isn't any fun at all, and some folks actually do check several times a day for changes. I was just trying to inject a little humor there. I apologize if my post came across as anything other than gentle kidding.
I was kidding too! I didn't think anyone would buy the 20 day stuff.

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Re: Why I hate this site

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dalto wrote:
Pawpaw wrote:I thought both of you were just being funny. :headscratch
Hopefully this is all in jest. I know my post was. :lol:
It is in jest!!!

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Re: Why I hate this site

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It's funny I've been back in Texas for 14 years and never got around to getting my CHL but now that I sent off my app I bet I check that status site at least 4 to 5 times a day. I wish they almost didn't have it and it would just show up one day. :)
10/02/10 - CHL Class Taken
10/04/10 - Package mailed to DPS
10/06/10 - Package received by DPS
10/13/10 - Information put in DPS system
10/22/10 - Fingerprints updated
10/31/10 - Background Check updated
11/06/10 - Plastic mailed
11/12/10 - Plastic in hand
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