Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Traveling to Canada from US...
From: "Bill Grimwood" <bill@grimwood.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:59:04 -0500
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJCELACEAB.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

Good for you Austin.  I did the same thing with some oranges when going out
of the state of Arizona back in the 60's.


Bill Grimwood


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From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT - Traveling to Canada from US...


>
> > On numerous trips back and forth I have always found the law
> > enforcement people
> > on both sides of the border efficient and polite.
>
> My one incident with Canadian border crossing was coming from Montreal
into
> the US via car.  Well, Montreal is known for having wonderful pastry...and
> we bought a nice cake...and it was a very nice cake mind you.  They saw
the
> box in the back of the car, and asked what that was...we told them a cake
> and they demanded to see it.  They asked what kind it was, one of them
> commenting on how good it looked etc. then they said we had to turn it
over,
> we could not enter the US with that cake.  There was NO way I was turning
> that cake over to them.  I simply didn't understand what the difference
was
> whether it was in my stomach or in a box. So, I stood there and ate the
> whole damn cake right in front of them.
>
> Austin
>
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