From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:20:20 PST
To: bshantz@nwlink.com
Subject: Re: Phil Z getting through customs
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At 08:32 AM 1/15/96 +0000, Brad Shantz wrote:
> attila <attila@primenet.com> wrote:
>>     answer the questions truthfully and they can not detain you???
>
>Not true, I've been detained by Canadian customs for doing just that.
>Everything went reasonably smoothly thanks to the customs officials 
>lack of knowledge of NAFTA.  However, one of my travelling partners 
>had trouble with customs due to ...hmmm... their lack of knowledge of 
>NAFTA.
>
>> 	Rule 1:	 smile regardless of the adversity
>
>That's a good rule for things other than customs dealings.

I haven't driven to Canada for well over a decade.  But last time I did, 
when I was addressed the Canadian border guy, he asked me whether I had 
brought any firearms along.  I said to him,  "No.  I didn't think I'd be 
needing them!"

He didn't as much as crack a smile.