WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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Beautiful pics @mclaincausey
My wife and I hiked the Dipsea trail yesterday Dow to Stinson Beach just outside San Francisco. It was a pretty grueling 7.5 mile hike up and over Mt. Tam.
The Dipsea is a fun race, though.
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@mclaincausey Great outdoor pics
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Like the Muir Woods photos. @jordanscollected I have been to Red Woods NP.
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cheers @twin and @jordanscollected ; Muir Woods is so special. Such a wonderful namesake and such beauty so close to one of the world's great cities. I really love that region.
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Congrats
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Congratulations bud.
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Became a US citizen today…
Congratulations. Did you hold a French passport up until now?
I could take Norwegian citizenship, but until recently I didn’t really see the point as I’d have to swap my UK citizenship, the law making it impossible to hold both. That is about to change now with Norway going for a Swedish model that allows one to hold naturalised citizenship alongside that of your country of birth.
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Congratulations. Did you hold a French passport up until now?
I could take Norwegian citizenship, but until recently I didn’t really see the point as I’d have to swap my UK citizenship, the law making it impossible to hold both. That is about to change now with Norway going for a Swedish model that allows one to hold naturalised citizenship alongside that of your country of birth.
I did and I still do. How does the UK "know" if you get another passport? AFAIK, countries do not crosscheck like that. I certainly am glad I don't have to renounce my French passport, even if just for convenience's sake.
I could have done it much earlier as I got my green card in '08. It's just making official what has been de facto true for a while. My life is in the US, most of my friends are here, most of my family is here, it's my home. I'm also somewhat of a politics junkie, so it grated me not to be able to vote (though living in WA state, my vote will not matter much in Federal elections).
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The UK wouldn’t know, but Norway wouldn’t give me full citizenship unless while I’m still a citizen of the UK.
I can vote locally, but not nationally in Norway, and that is my main motivation, not least because my right to vote in the UK is now limited. I do not have a permanent address there, and have not held one for twenty years. This meant voting in the Brexit referendum was prohibited.
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The UK wouldn’t know, but Norway wouldn’t give me full citizenship unless while I’m still a citizen of the UK.
Interesting. So they require that one renounce their previous nationality? And the applicant has to prove it themselves? That's screwed up. As I understand it, some (many?) countries don't have a path for that.
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The UK wouldn’t know, but Norway wouldn’t give me full citizenship unless while I’m still a citizen of the UK.
Interesting. So they require that one renounce their previous nationality?
Correct. As I say, they’ve passed a las ditching that, but have yet to implement it. When they do I’ll sort it out. Tbh, since Brexit was confirmed I’d been considering swapping British for Norwegian anyway. As a practical document, the Norwegian passport will now have more use.
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^ Great shot!
Hope you all have a blast and get round to solving the murder in between drinks . . . . obvs
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Between me and you @den1mhead I picked the murderer card so can sit back, enjoy the beer and try to throw them off the scent
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Last night the missus and I had a charity auction themed “Mad for Plaid”. Compared to past years, this outfit was a natural.
Today we took Mia out for a bike ride and some kite flying
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