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- From: atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (Andreas Tovornik)
- Subject: Re: How to explain?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.221859.19558@sol.UVic.CA>
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
- References: <1992Nov17.050113.5875@sfu.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 22:18:59 GMT
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- >>Just tell them that you're going to visit friends. Have you been across the
- >>border lately? It's not very difficult.
-
- Not usually. Had no trouble sneaking Old Ezra from
- Albany,NY to Montreal,Qc on several occasions behind
- the plastic panels in the hatchback of my Firebird!
-
- >that's what you think. last time i tried to cross the border in a car [volvo],
- >this guard, who bore a disturbing resemblance to harry dean stanton, asked
- >me the question "have you ever been arrested, detained, etc., for anything?"
- >THREE TIMES, and when i answered "no" the third time, looked at me and
- >said "for *anything*?". such distrust.
-
- Once we were in my friend's LADA(like a Fiat 128
- but built in what used to be the Soviet Union.)
-
- At the NY/QC interface, Canada Customs asked him
- if he had anything to declare. He said,"Errr, not really."
- Forgive the man...He was foolish enough to buy a RussianCar!
-
- (Good thing my other friend went to the toilet when they
- searched the car. He had 3 Grams of HASH in his shoe!!!)
-
- >that was getting out of canada. getting out of the u.s. was even more
- >seriously weird. it was midnight [same crossing: Winnipeg/Grand Forks, n.d. -
- >looks like an outhouse 15 miles from the back door], and after the guard
- >carefully explained that he was there to "interdict drugs and guns", we
- >thought it only fair to explain that we "hadn't been able to find any".
- >which was true. he sort of glared at us, and muttered "well, good". we left.
-
- The Windsor/Detroit crossing(American side of tha Ambassador Bridge)
- has to be the toughest crossing for a Canadian in a Red Sports Car
- with all his Personal Belongings along for the ride!!
-
- Been there, done that.
-
- dreas
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