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Date:         Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:04:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: What do you say to the customs guys when heading South??
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu>
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> I'd also add - from experience - never volunteer information they didn't > ask for. It can't help, and it might hurt. > > > > Joy > > American Customs aren't such nice people to deal with sometimes. Think about it: You sit there day after day and watch other people go through your border station on their way to an adventure or coming home...Or in a place like Algodones, BC....limping or groping blindly or holding an ice pack to their jaw after a visit to the only health care they can afford.. And you get the same lame jokes from the same type person, day after day.... Gotta be a pretty depressing job... Anything out of the ordinary from anyone going through, it gains the attention of the agent....so


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