November 22, 2005:

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Today I was finally able to get my first “real” service done at MINI Peabody (I did a “halfway” one back in July).
The distance-to-service counted down ever more slowly - so today after the service I passed 12,345 miles on the way home!
As well as the oil & filter change, I got new wiper blades (the old ones were streaky almost from new!) and - hopefully - had one small dash rattle eliminated. I think GBMINI was washed too, but with rain all day today it was hard to tell!

While GBMINI was having its service, we headed in to Boston for Margarets Citizenship swearing in - so she is now American! Congratulations to her (pics and more on MargaretAndIan)

Posted by GBMINI at 08:59 pm | Uncategorized
Comments: 9 (post new comment)

  1. Theo (2005/11/22 @ 10:00 pm)

    Ian,

    Please send my congratulations to Margaret!

    Theo

  2. Rick Broshears (2005/11/22 @ 11:08 pm)

    Congratulations to you both!!!

  3. Giacomo (2005/11/23 @ 12:00 am)

    Wow……very kool! Can you have duel citizenships? My daughter is US & Dutch but she tells me it’s only OK with the Dutch, of course, and not US, I think.

    Margaret looked happy. Must be kind of an odd feeling in some ways.

    What a beautiful place. Out here in LA LA Land it’s stand next to Pinks or a taco stand and hope you don’t get shot. May be exaggerating a bit but not as pretty as that place, for sure.

    http://www.pinkshollywood.com/

  4. Giacomo (2005/11/23 @ 12:02 am)

    Welcome to the Colonies!!!!! Your now YANKS.

  5. j/c (2005/11/23 @ 3:02 am)

    Hey, that’s cool! I remember attending my mom’s swearing-in ceremony down here at the L.A. Convention Center. (so many people from so many countries gathering for a single idea- U.S. Citizenship!)

    Southern California is truly a remarkable region, what with all the ethnicities striving to make a life and more than co-exist amongst ourselves.

  6. Ian C. (2005/11/23 @ 9:20 am)

    The USA does not allow dual citizenship; you must renounce your (birth) citizenship to become an American.

    (BTW, I have not yet switched to American citizenship)

  7. Randy (2005/11/23 @ 10:35 am)

    Ian -

    I have never quite understood the require to renounce your birth citzenship to become an American.

    Congratulations to your wife. She now has a firmer grasp on American history than most Americans have.
    =)
    -Randy

  8. ukpylot (2005/11/23 @ 10:54 am)

    Yes, you are required to renounce your citizenship but the UK doesn’t recognise such swearing unless it is done before a High Court Judge in England. So even if America thinks you’re no longer British, the British won’t accept it.

    Can I ask why you chose to become citizens? I’ve pretty much decided I’ll never do it although I do see a few jobs that I’d love to have that require it.

  9. Ian C. (2005/11/24 @ 1:06 pm)

    Margaret says she became a US citizen because “I can vote; and I feel more secure and belong now”

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