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Posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 18:24:34
In reply to A rant from a Canadian to America...re: Chicago, posted by jay on June 2, 2005, at 18:03:15
just curious...have you ever been to the US? I have never ever heard of something like this :-0 I dont have time to read the article now, but wow thats scary if this is really going on. I'm thinking it was just isolated cases.
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 2, 2005, at 18:47:23
In reply to Re: A rant from a Canadian to America...re: Chicago, posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 18:24:34
> just curious...have you ever been to the US? I have never ever heard of something like this :-0 I dont have time to read the article now, but wow thats scary if this is really going on. I'm thinking it was just isolated cases.
Okay, I'll tell you a story about crossing into the U.S.
I drive truck (or did, until I broke my arm 17 months ago). Anyways, I was entering at Detroit, and I was presenting my import documents to the Customs and Immigration officer, and he asks for my identification. I hand him my driver's license, and his face goes quite serious. His hand goes to the handle of his pistol, and he tells me to pull up my shirt. A little stunned, I say "Huh?", and he tells me louder, to pull up my shirt. As if on cue, four other officers move into a semi-circle around me. I still don't know what I'm being asked to do, when the guy asks me to show him "my ink". He wants to see my "tatts". Well, I don't have any (and it took me a minute to figure out what he wanted), and as I'm sputtering in shock, one of the other guys just about pulls my shirt up over my head.
Turns out there's some Chicago gangster named Larry Hoover, and this guy is telling me I exactly meet the description of this dude, a cop killer (with a reward for apprehension).
They run my ID in the computer, though, and it checks out, so they end up letting me go.
I go home later, and hit Google, and there *is* such a guy. Only thing is, he's black (I'm a redhead). And he's in Joliet State Prison (near Chicago).
I've been crossing the border for over twenty years, hundreds of times, and never had a problem before.
The very next time I enter at Detroit, another guy starts doing this "alert" thing. I calmly tell the guy that I checked it out on Google, and it's a black man by that name......Wrong! It is not proper to correct a man with a gun. Off I go to a little room with 2-way mirrors, to sit and stew for a couple of hours, after they strip-searched me and left with my ID.
When the guy came back to let me go, all he said was, "Don't go anywhere, ever, without your photo ID. Not to the motel pool, nowhere."
Now, what do you think that was all about? I haven't tried to get on a plane since then. I'm afraid to.
Lar
Posted by Susan47 on June 2, 2005, at 19:09:36
In reply to Re: Thank you! I'm sorry you guys who can't make it » JenStar, posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 15:32:23
Get one of those police shots, with the dark in front, and you-all just silhouetted in blue back-lighting.
Posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 19:10:53
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian » rainbowbrite, posted by Larry Hoover on June 2, 2005, at 18:47:23
That sounds awful!! I have had a couple odd experiences going back and forth to differnet countries but I just assume I was lucky # ??? on their list to interogate.
But WOW that would really suck having the problem with the name. And scary is an understatement.
I guess my take on the US/Canda border thingy is that (I know nothing and claim to know nothing btw) millions of people go through all day and get through.... but mental illness restrictions sounds harsh....I dont know??
Posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 19:12:16
In reply to Re: Thank you! I'm sorry you guys who can't make it, posted by Susan47 on June 2, 2005, at 19:09:36
OK will do!! Actually i like gg's suggestion...feet...oh actually maybe Ill expose both my legs ;-) and feet!
Posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 19:15:16
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian » Larry Hoover, posted by rainbowbrite on June 2, 2005, at 19:10:53
Actually Larry I dont know what Im talking about, I have no true knowledge about that stuff...but I will say that I know border expereices are scary if they dont go over smoothly :-0 in any country you are in.
Posted by TamaraJ on June 2, 2005, at 19:16:32
In reply to Re: Thank you! I'm sorry you guys who can't make it, posted by gardenergirl on June 2, 2005, at 16:33:15
Paper bags also work, as long as we cut out holes to see and breathe! :)
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LOL, kinda like the "Unknown Comic", but instead you all will be "The Unknown Babblers" :-)
Posted by Phil on June 2, 2005, at 19:23:11
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian » rainbowbrite, posted by Larry Hoover on June 2, 2005, at 18:47:23
Someone remind me why I live in this country.
Posted by Jai Narayan on June 2, 2005, at 20:04:19
In reply to Re: Thank you! I'm sorry you guys who can't make it » Jai Narayan, posted by partlycloudy on June 2, 2005, at 10:28:25
everybody got there safely?
I am such a worrier.I am so excited....and okay a heavy dose of envy.
I would love to be adventurous enough to travel and meet everybody.
not this lifetime...
bummmer
Jai
Posted by henrietta on June 2, 2005, at 20:51:14
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian, posted by Phil on June 2, 2005, at 19:23:11
I'm coming up blank.
Posted by octopusprime on June 2, 2005, at 22:32:10
In reply to A rant from a Canadian to America...re: Chicago, posted by jay on June 2, 2005, at 18:03:15
jay:
i'm a crazy canucklehead that has moved to the USA for work. I've crossed the border with my meds approximately once every two weeks for the last five months.
I have NEVER, NEVER been questioned about my meds. I have had my vehicle searched at the car crossing, and had my bag searched at the airport, and they did NOT question me about my medications in either case. I watched the guy at the airport search my bag. He saw the prescription drugs but did not even look at the label or open the container.
Now I am not schizophrenic or psychotic. I'm cyclothymic (mild bipolar). However, the US government saw fit to issue me a visa. A US company saw fit to hire me. And a background check did not turn up my diagnosis.
Your mileage may vary. But I say, go ahead, party on, cross that border. I've done it before and I'll do it again. Stories like this are quite frequently just hype to sell papers.
ps - I don't have a passport and I have never been fingerprinted by the US government
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2005, at 6:42:59
In reply to Have fun in Chicago, travelling Babblers!, posted by JenStar on June 1, 2005, at 17:04:32
> hi all,
> I'm sorry I won't be able to attend the Babble party in Chicago. It would be cool to meet you all. Hopefully I can do the one next year!
>
> I hope you all who go have a fantastic time. I'm jealous!
>
> JenStarNow, y'all do as she says, and have a fantastic time.
I do hope someone gets a group photo. Nobody knows what anybody looks like, or who you really are, 'cept for His Bobness. I'd just like to see you together (if possible).
If not, see y'all next year, in Toronto. We shall call it the Butter Tart Reunion Festival.
Lar
Posted by anastasia56 on June 3, 2005, at 14:49:55
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian » rainbowbrite, posted by Larry Hoover on June 2, 2005, at 18:47:23
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2005, at 16:54:39
In reply to maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? (nm) » Larry Hoover, posted by anastasia56 on June 3, 2005, at 14:49:55
But I get mine on the open market, from legal and proper suppliers. No black market butter tarts for me. I don't need another reason to feel guilty.
Lar
Posted by Deneb on June 3, 2005, at 19:30:21
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? » anastasia56, posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2005, at 16:54:39
Hehe...I find this amusing...it would be funny to talk about butter tarts again when we see each other in real life maybe next year
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2005, at 19:47:13
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist?, posted by Deneb on June 3, 2005, at 19:30:21
> Hehe...I find this amusing...it would be funny to talk about butter tarts again when we see each other in real life maybe next year
This year's theme is the pixie t-shirt. Next year's theme will be butter tarts. But, we don't have to wait until then to talk about them. For example, the farmer's market is on again in the morning.
Shall I go back, or shan't I? Shall I risk it? What if there are magic butter tarts, once again? If there are, how many do I buy? Plain? With raisins? Pecan?
These are the toughest questions I have faced in a very long time.
Lar
Posted by KaraS on June 4, 2005, at 0:00:05
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian, posted by Phil on June 2, 2005, at 19:23:11
> Someone remind me why I live in this country.
You were born here. :-)
Posted by anastasia56 on June 4, 2005, at 1:33:10
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? » Deneb, posted by Larry Hoover on June 3, 2005, at 19:47:13
i vote you visit the market in the morning and scarf up two plain, two raisin and two pecan.
the two plain you can have, the two pecan i can have and the two raisin we can sell to the highest bidder (notice how this has become a 'we' transaction. With me getting a cut of the profits.) heh heh heh.
Posted by Phil on June 4, 2005, at 4:33:14
In reply to Re: Another rant from a Canadian » Phil, posted by KaraS on June 4, 2005, at 0:00:05
D'oh!! Right you are. : )
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 10:07:35
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist?, posted by anastasia56 on June 4, 2005, at 1:33:10
> i vote you visit the market in the morning and scarf up two plain, two raisin and two pecan.
>
> the two plain you can have, the two pecan i can have and the two raisin we can sell to the highest bidder (notice how this has become a 'we' transaction. With me getting a cut of the profits.) heh heh heh.And just how do you propose to get your lips 'round those magic pecan morsels? Hmmm?
Yes, I went out to the market this morning. And yes, there were heaps of tarts sending beacons straight into my brain. It wasn't pretty, even from a distance.
I purchased the minimum allotment, six tarts (in one of those really durable clear trays with the fold-over lids). They come in sixs. Six for $6. If you don't get here soon, your two will already be my two. And the two for auction....well.....what two? <wink>
I had a little conversation with the vendor.
I thought the tarts too tender to travel. But I am labouring under a misapprehension.
I am not the first to ponder the transport of these delicate but magic morsels.
The process is to freeze the little beggars solid, and to ship them overnight express. Apparently, successful shipments to the U.S. are being done. Large shipments go out with some regularity. Or so I am told.
I didn't know you could ship prepared foods across the border. Maybe they're not declared? Maybe you don't have to declare anything special?
So, perhaps, with the appropriate begging strategy, I can be convinced to cooperate?
Lar
Posted by Deneb on June 4, 2005, at 11:02:15
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? » anastasia56, posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 10:07:35
Posted by anastasia56 on June 4, 2005, at 11:53:01
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? » anastasia56, posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 10:07:35
Posted by anastasia56 on June 4, 2005, at 11:54:01
In reply to Re: maybe something to do with a butter tart heist? » anastasia56, posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 10:07:35
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 13:16:30
In reply to now we need a butter tart spokesperson like BK ??? (nm) » Larry Hoover, posted by anastasia56 on June 4, 2005, at 11:54:01
...what the LD50 of butter tarts is?
And, do you calculate it on the your weight before you ate them, or on your weight after you ate them?
Lar
Posted by Deneb on June 4, 2005, at 13:50:19
In reply to Anybody know....., posted by Larry Hoover on June 4, 2005, at 13:16:30
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