Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html