4 Sep
2015
4 Sep
'15
3:24 p.m.
On 9/4/2015 1:46 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
They're lonely - just want somebody to talk to. (Really, that is a JOKE
I am making.)
But....
One time (just barely pre 9/11/2001, IIRC) we were headed South to
Montana after a couple of weeks in Canada, and crossed the border at a
relatively quiet border crossing. The Canadian side folks talked to us
a pretty long time - we really did wonder if they just wanted someone to
talk to. Took, maybe, 15 minutes
The US side - maybe 20 *seconds*.
JRJ
Last year, I
made a 10 hour round-trip from Canada to the US to pick up a Northstar Horizon. Upon
returning to Canada with it, I had a long conversation with Canada Customs about why I
would make a 10-hour day-trip to the US to pick up a ?piece of obsolete junk? unless it
had some real value, and if it had real value, Her Majesty wanted taxes on that value. He
suggested that next time I bring with me printed copies of any paper trail, such as emails
offering the ?junk? for free or cheap, examples of eBay listings showing the actual value,
etc.
And the Canadian side is the nice side!
--
Will