Driving licence
Alas, not me this tale, but a person from previous employment. They were overjoyed that they had successfully passed their driving test. Sheer excitement clearly wiped their brain, as they neglected to send off the pass certificate and other miscellany required to obtain their full licence.

Did you know that, after two years, the pass expires and you have to start again? Failing to get around to putting an envelope in a letter box meant that this person had to take both their theory and practical tests again, at a cost of however much it cost.

I learned of this a day prior to my own test and sent off the papers the same day I passed. Reasoning that, as I didn't have a driving licence at that point, I couldn't do any driving, I deemed there to be no harm in imbibing celebratory alcohol in large quantities, and did so. Hurrah.

I believe that you can just give your provisional licence to the examiner these days and they make all of the magic happen for you. What larks.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 10:21, 5 replies)

not sure about TODAY
but i only passed 4 years ago, you got a certificate which you had to send to the DVLA along with your provisional. 2 year rule applied though. then they introduced that thing about first 2 years you have a 6pt limit, goes up to 12 after 2 years without more than 3pts. someone clearly had way too much time on their hands to work all this shit out.

as for driving examiner doing it for you, never heard THAT!
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 11:24, closed)

They do
All you have to do now is hand them your provisional, and that's it.

I didn't end up doing that because it was my birthday in two days time, and I wanted some sort of ID. So I had to go through all the fuss...
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 12:51, closed)

I
gave my licence to the examiner to do his special thing.

My new one came through a few weeks later, but with bike entitlement wiped off. :( Bastards.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Fri 14 Nov 2008, 15:13, closed)

Phone them
and be persisitent. If you've earned bike entitlement, get it put back on.
(bblgoose, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 12:14, closed)

Passed my test in January
And the lovely lady examiner took my old green licence and a week or so later I got this groovy pink one :)
( snee held his breath since, Mon 17 Nov 2008, 14:10, closed)