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Apr. 2nd, 2022 08:17 amSo, I did the ITIL training on Monday and Tuesday and that went OK. Did some test exams and they were OK. Booked onto do the real exam and... It's online, so they're super careful about ID. I get that. They want to make sure the person doing the exam is the person they say they are. They provide a list of 'suitable' ID types, including birth certificate, but also say the ID must include a photo and match the name on the exam application. Now, no birth certificate includes a photo, right? And, of course, I'm now married, so I have a different name. I wrote to them asking if my birth certificate plus marriage certificate would do. No, they needed something with my photo. I sent a picture of my work badge and... I didn't quite understand the reply but I think what it boiled down to was - use your passport.
Which means renewing my passport. Which is at most a nuisance. And is probably a good idea because I ran into similar issues with my DBS. But why list documents if you won't accept them?!
I've discovered that there is such a thing as a UK ID card but I don't think it's government issued (although it claims to be RECOGNISED by the Home Office), which is cheaper - but has to be renewed every 3 years rather than every 10. And... Well, it's probably just a lot easier to renew my passport. So, that is now a Thing To Do.
Otherwise, I had a good two days off. The sun was out but it's still a bit chilly.
I recently reread 'The Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet', which I think I last read 10+ years ago :O It felt a bit dated (the 'Tao of Pooh' is 40 years old and has worn better than 'The Te of Piglet', which is 30 years old and felt VERY 90s), but it reminded me how much I love the Pooh books. So, I'm now rereading those - I'm about half way through 'The House at Pooh Corner'. When I read them to the kids, I used different voices for all the characters and they loved them. The only voice I couldn't really settle was for Tigger.
I had a vague memory of hearing that the 'real' Christopher Robin wasn't very keen on the books, so I looked it up. He suffered years of bullying at school because of them. And it wasn't even 'really' him in the stories - more his father's imagined son who had the same name. He made peace with it all by writing his autobiography - but the reality was quite a looong way from the stories. It might have been better if Milne had waited to publish them until his son was grown up.
It adds a certain poignancy to the stories, but I shall continue to read and enjoy them.
Anyway, it's Saturday, so I have Stuff To Do. See you next week, DW!
Which means renewing my passport. Which is at most a nuisance. And is probably a good idea because I ran into similar issues with my DBS. But why list documents if you won't accept them?!
I've discovered that there is such a thing as a UK ID card but I don't think it's government issued (although it claims to be RECOGNISED by the Home Office), which is cheaper - but has to be renewed every 3 years rather than every 10. And... Well, it's probably just a lot easier to renew my passport. So, that is now a Thing To Do.
Otherwise, I had a good two days off. The sun was out but it's still a bit chilly.
I recently reread 'The Tao of Pooh and Te of Piglet', which I think I last read 10+ years ago :O It felt a bit dated (the 'Tao of Pooh' is 40 years old and has worn better than 'The Te of Piglet', which is 30 years old and felt VERY 90s), but it reminded me how much I love the Pooh books. So, I'm now rereading those - I'm about half way through 'The House at Pooh Corner'. When I read them to the kids, I used different voices for all the characters and they loved them. The only voice I couldn't really settle was for Tigger.
I had a vague memory of hearing that the 'real' Christopher Robin wasn't very keen on the books, so I looked it up. He suffered years of bullying at school because of them. And it wasn't even 'really' him in the stories - more his father's imagined son who had the same name. He made peace with it all by writing his autobiography - but the reality was quite a looong way from the stories. It might have been better if Milne had waited to publish them until his son was grown up.
It adds a certain poignancy to the stories, but I shall continue to read and enjoy them.
Anyway, it's Saturday, so I have Stuff To Do. See you next week, DW!
