When I got my CHL, I set an appointment in Outlook to remind me to renew it on 3 Mar 2016. That day came, and I filled out the online forms. By 7 Mar, it was in the mail, including my DD214 this time so I could get the reduced cost renewal.
I've checked several times on the DPS website, hoping to receive some indication that it was in processing, but no joy. I started to think that perhaps they had not yet received my documents. As of yesterday, there was nothing on the site to indicate they were working on it.
Then, today, I checked the mail and found it had arrived - and there was much celebration.
Now that I have my new LTC in, I guess it's time to retire my old CHL to that folder in my safe where I keep all my expired & full passports, etc. That old card served me well, and still had a few good months left on it; but it has earned its retirement in CHL Valhalla: inside my safe, next to the guns that it empowered me to carry (and a few others as well).
Next step: renew my wife's card this month so her old card can enjoy retirement alongside mine.
CHL Valhalla...Where the old & expired cards go to rest
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Re: CHL Valhalla...Where the old & expired cards go to rest
Good post Vol Texan! I kept my expired license as well. I've thought about framing it & putting it in an out of the way place where very few people but me see it(like the wall of my closet)....kind of like when people frame a dollar bill & caption it "my first dollar bill".
But you all could frame BOTH of them & do a side by side labeling it "Our First CHL"
But you all could frame BOTH of them & do a side by side labeling it "Our First CHL"
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Re: CHL Valhalla...Where the old & expired cards go to rest
I wish I had kept my first license. Not only was it my first, it was a two-year license.
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