[Leica] IMG: Cuban Cigar

[Jean-Michel Mertz]

Interesting story, Sonny! I've always wondered why the US has been so stern on applying the "Cuban-cigar-ban"... The Cuban immigrants' lobby maybe? 
Cheers,
JM


Jean-Michel Mertz
68750 - Bergheim

 
> From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:54:55 -0600
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Cuban Cigar
> 
> When I returned from Cuba during Mariel in 1980, I brought a box of Cuban cigars with no problem.  I was arrested briefly for "trading with the enemy," but since I was a working journalist, they unarrested me. I also brought back a liter of Wolf's Head, a very black and delicious rum.  
> 
> However the rules are that you can bring them back from Cuba. I don't know if that applies to coming from Canada.  My son brought Cuban cigars from Paris with no problem.
> 
> I don't know about smoking them on the spot.  I had some Spanish ham confiscated coming out of Germany, and they wouldn't let me eat it!
> 
> from my iPad
> 
> Sonny Carter
> 
> > On Nov 25, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Great pic. I am also remained of an incident. After going on a couple of horseback trips in the Canadian Rockies, we decided to bring our own saddle to replace the supplied ones, which were just impossibly oversize. These were “western” saddles and we were used to what people in the U.S. call “English" saddles. Well, we rented a couple of saddles that were good fits, took them with us on the ride, and, in the course of returning, bought a couple of Cuban cigars.
> > 
> > At the Canada/Wyoming border, they gave us a very hard time, accusing us of importing a saddle. It took a while to convince them that we had procured the saddle in the U.S. At that time, I decided that if they discovered the damn cigars, I would destroy them by smoking them on the spot.
> > 
> > Herbert Kanner
> > kanner at acm.org
> > 
> > Question Authority and the authorities will question you.
> > 
> >> On Nov 24, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> PESO:
> >> 
> >> We just got back from a very quick trip to Charleston to meet our new
> >> grandson.  Thomas Frederick Manley (Red) is still in the hospital and won't
> >> get to come home until Sunday, but he's doing really well and all tubes are
> >> out. His mom is staying with him.  Our son Tim enjoyed a Cuban cigar that
> >> his dad brought back for him:
> >> 
> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/PESO/G0000XpGI0ZlvTdI/I0000plhcgeXj5uw
> >> 
> >> Leica M240, 50/1.4
> >> 
> >> I have lots of photos of the baby that I'll post later ;-)
> >> 
> >> My new Leica SL is supposed to get here today!
> >> 
> >> Tina
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
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