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| From | "Robert Mootz" <thinkzinc@msn.com> |
| Subject | Over the borderline.. |
| Date | Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:39:44 -0700 |
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> Jaime Hoover, eeerrrrrrrrr.... uuummmmm..... I mean Vernon typed:
> though I'm sure Mr. Hoover
> would be thrilled to tag along if only to hear my stories about those
> infamous mysterians Klaatu :-)
CRIMINY!! Just because Coupons, Questions & Comments was spinning at the time in no way justifies revealing publically just how far over 40 I am in front of God and everybody...
> Border Guard: "Got anything to declare?"
Being a regular traveler of the 100+ miles to Vancouver BC, I get to participate in the power of my tax dollars at work regularly. Yup, cavity search driving from Winnipeg to Chicago via North Dakota once. The trigger apparently (asside from looking like a long-haired hippy radical) was when I was asked to declare how much cash I was carrying, I was under by $50 dollars having forgotten that I stashed an emergency note in the secret wallet compartment. An obvious drug dealer flag right there smuggling in large amounts of hidden cash. Last month I brought back the legal limit of a favorite Canadian microbrew and after a solid 2 hours of intermittent questions and waiting (in addition to the 90 minute wait in line to get to the border) I became the laughing stock of a whole bunch of agents when they looked at the receipt and announced to each other how much I paid. Of course when one of the older codgers reminded the others that the receipt was probably in Canadian dollars and might not be all that outrageous the guffaws diminished.
You have no idea how safe we feel being protected from all you violent guitar-toten Canadians. Fortunately they only roll their eyes skyward when they see they bags and bags of CDs from A&B Sound...
Bob Thorne.... uuuhhh.... I mean Mootz
Hoping that forgiveness and a mysterian tale might be plied from Mr. (ummmm just a sec, yeah) Vernon in exchange for a cold and malty in LA....
PS: Lets see, border guards, mail carriers, border guards, mail carriers.. Shipping Airborne Express, right?
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