re: #93 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Last spring, we were supposed to renew Mrs. Fish’s license. That didn’t happen in a timely fashion, for obvious reasons. Eventually we decided to be brave adults and head down to the DMV, only to find that the state had closed all the branches and passed legislation allowing for online renewal, which we went home and did. But it was a good 2 to 2.5 months that her license went expired, which, to your point, shows how often these things are checked and verified.

when I last went to get an ID, my old one had been expired for so long it was like starting from scratch. I had to present:

birth certificate
social security card
utility bill
bank statement
college transcript
proprietary lease at my co-op

It was a time-consuming, expensive ordeal, and required the assistance of people who 98% of don’t-have-an-ID folks just don’t have in their lives to help them.

Yeah, poll tax.