just an update ,
applied at Post Office Friday Morning the 5th ,
it was processed and sent the 10th (at least thats what date on passport says)
Sent priority mail , so it arrived in just over a week

this was standard processing , I turned in my old expired one year ago passport as i had lost my new passport,

So overall VERY GOOD service , no need to pay extra for fast service or next day post.

Have NOT recieved my passport "card" yet , but really do not need it anyway, and I assume they have my expired passort and birth certificate for the card processing,

Happy Camper here

Rally