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[desinor at sympatico.ca (Jean-Claude Désinor)]

  You are not picking at Canadians, you are picking at "Customs"
  I flew to Dallas last week. I tried not to chuckle too hard, when I 
had to take off my shoes at US Customs, as if I was entering a Mosque 
... Someone somewhere must be laughing real hard at the irony.
  And yes, I did not go there for work, but for training.
  Oh well ...
  Scirocco content? It is snowing now. I will have to wait for a lull to 
drive the Roc about 1 km to its winter quarters, I want the road to be 
dry so I do not pick up salt on my way.
  If the slow does not slack up, I'll have to use AAA and get it taken 
there on a flatbed ...

    Jean-Claude
    84 8v (Stranded but not Salted)

Chris Bennett a ?crit :
> Well we could start picking on the Canadians.  That usually brings out the
> liveliness in us all.  (J/K)
>
> I stopped saying things like the "w" word to Canadian Customs.  "Work" is
> the worst possible thing to say other than "I am coming up to steal jobs
> from the locals."  (That's always been a joke since the one customs guy
> started yelling at me telling me that every time I come up there I was
> stealing jobs.)
>
> What is your business in Canada Sir?
>
> I am here to provide training and provide a warranty inspection...  Customer
> XYZ paid for my services and I am here under the NAFTA agreement.
>
> No Ma'am/Sir I am not transporting goods they are already here and a
> Canadian Electrian has already installed it all.  I am just here to check it
> out and leave  Just a couple hours.
>
> No Ma'am/Sir I do not know why there isn't someone in Canada that can do
> this.  I am a factory rep simply here to inspect.  No I do not know why my
> company doesn't have a Canadian Technician.  If you would like the number to
> my personnel dept they may have the answers to those questions.
>
> Yes I have been in custody once.  I wasn't exactly arrested I turned myself
> in to the US Marshals.  What did I do?  Well it's a long story but basically
> I had a broken taillight.  Oh you have all day... well it was like this
> see...  (two hours later)  ...the judge immediately dismissed it.  That's no
> kidding.  I really did have to turn myself into the US Marshals over a
> broken tailllight.  I spent hours alone in a cell with convicted felons
> wearing my Navy Dress Blue Uniform--the Cracker Jack uniform.  There was a
> steal toilet in the center of the room and I had 13 buttons to undo to take
> a leak.  My ass was clenched so tight Moses couldn't have parted my
> cheeks.
> All kidding aside I am not picking on Canada (again) I need someplace to go
> where they won't throw rocks at me.
>
> :)
>
> Wake up people.
>