Customs Tricks (was: Re: Whoohoo! Fortune Telling...

From: Stan Pietkiewicz <stanp_at_storm.ca>
Date: Mon Nov 15 21:23:38 1999

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> >
> >>In Canada they move the agents A LOT! They make sure you won't get someone
> >>you know everytime... plus a lot of summer students.

When I used to live in the Sault (Ontario), I used to regularly run into a guy I
knew from high school at customs......


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> >Oh, and don't think the fact your car/truck is nice and shiny and clean and
> >tuned will that keep you from getting stopped. Luck has everything to do
> >with it, and if the officer you pull up to got lucky the night before, it's
> >a breeze. If not... :-(
>
> Agreed.
>

The one time I got asked more than 2 questions on the way into the U.S. really
got the customs officer's attention: He asked if I had ever been fingerprinted,
and when I answered "yes", part 2 of the question was: "Why?'... He was more
than relieved when I told him it was a condition of employment for Canada
Post......

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Stan
Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 21:23:38 GMT