Yeah, man. They kept harassing me about the box I was carrying when I went through Customs in SFO last Wednesday. I'm sure it was because the (Vanagon) Double Cab cargo door I was carrying looked like a pizza box. They probably thought I was having munchies. Damned profilers... BenT http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:01:21 -0600, Parker Beeson <parker@coreaddicts.com> wrote: > That's funny Damon as I often get profiled at the border too. A few > weeks ago I made the three biggest mistakes you can make at the border > (was driving a rusty $800 1985 Subaru at the time which didn't help) : > > Q) How long were you in Canada? Business or pleasure? > My Answer) Only 2 days. Strictly pleasure. > > Q) What do you do for a living? > My Answer) I'm in between jobs right now. > > Q) How much money do you have in the car? > My Answer) Only 5 dollars. > > All true answers, but over two hours later I was finally released from > the seaching bay after they put all the panels back on the Subby and > the dogs got tired of sniffing. :-) > > Parker > > PS - It was even worse when I went to Golden,BC with my friend, his > wife and their two daughters in their nice SUV. "So... who is that > random guy in the back seat between the two kids?" Ugh! Ironic that > Canada welcomes you with open arms and then trying to get back into my > own country I get reamed almost every time! ;-) > > PPS - Can't wait to try the border in my "new" Westy. Ha! > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:13:33 -0700 > From: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM> > Subject: Re: Friday - Johnny Law - Customs > > I cross the U.S./Canada border a lot. The formula is > terribly predictable given 4 different situations: > [snip] > |
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