Jim, the customs agent probably thought those were spy antennas aimed at
destroying the US satellite system. LMAO

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" Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. "
"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
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I was traveling with my 80year old dad and two fly rods, they guy spent 15
minutes checking out the rods, during this time my dad leaned over to me
and
whispered, or what he thought was a whisper, what's he's looking for a
****ing fly rod bomb,. the **** hit the fan then, this was before 9-11 and
I
wanted to kick the guy's ass.


"Ad Hoc Guy" wrote in message
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Dr.Artaud, Thanks for the insight, It confirms what I always suspected
about
those military rejects working at the US borders ( because they wont hire
you unless you been in the service ).
They wear a freakin gun (* .45-Glucks,38,.357 and 9mm Beretta's) both US
imig and Customs do.
You go to Canada and those guys take time to say " HI , Welcome to Canada
"
versus the US welcome of " Wo are YOU..Where do you come from and what
is
the purpose of your visit !!!bluntly speaking ). Then they ask you if
you
have a Police record...The last time I crossed the border at Champlain NY
I
was detained for 3 hours because when the woman agent asked me if I had a
Police record I answered " YES, Synchronicity"......They have NO ****ing
sense of Humor those Lunatics. I tried to tell her it was a joke.."
Synchronicity " ..? You know the POLICE ? ha ha ha....................Ha
ha
ha was right. The emptied my two bags, I missed my bus and ended up
sleeping
in a flea bag motel until the next morning.
Now I know not to make jokes with Brainless killing machines( rejects
from
USMC ).

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" Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. "
"§ Dr. Artaud §" wrote in message
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"Ad Hoc Guy" wrote in
:

Right before 911, I had bought a new Savage Stevens single shot .22
caliber
rifle, a model designed similar to the original model of the early
1900s
(late 1800s?). Anyway, the rifle had a head spacing problem, and the
shells
would split and powder would be ejected towards my face, and an
unusually
load report was hear when this happened.

I contacted Savage, they said to return the rifle to them for repair,
which
I did. Problem is that it was sent to Canada for repair. 911 occurred,
and
it was the last I saw of the rifle. Savage acknowledged that heightened
border security flummoxed the shipment of the rifle, I guess customs
got
hold of it, and Savage willingly replaced the rifle with no problems.

Though I can understand that 911 was a horrible time, I always wondered
how
many other items disappeared in shipment during those times and
continue
to
disappear even now.

And the international situation is becoming farcical in terms of who is
allowed to own what, nation to nation. Of course Canada and England
permitted the ownership of unblocked scanners, and kudos for them for
it.
But it is my understanding that at least Canada doesn't allow digital
scanners, perhaps someone on this group can set the record straight for
me
if they can, with the irony being that the U.S. permits it.

I listen everyday to the police scanner, still largely analog in my
area,
and I can see that even though there are occasional problems with
someone
using a scanner to further illicit activity, the number of occasions
when
someone provides tips because they were listening to the scanner and
have
some insight into a particular crime or know the location of someone
being
chased by the police, easily offsets, I believe, the illicit use.

I asked the Mayor of a borough near Pittsburgh about scanners. He was a
lifetime cop in the same borough, and he felt that the contribution
that
law abiding citizens (listening to scanners) make to police work is
very
valuable.

With the borders to Canada and Mexico largely unguarded, it's a farce
to
pretend that the U.S. is actually doing anything about so called
"Homeland
Security". Neurotically opening small packages (yet inspecting only 2%
of
the train rail car size shipping containers coming into the U.S. West
Coast
from China) and confiscating single shot rifles and unblocked scanners
is
probably not having any effect, save for the enrichment of those that
invariably come into the ownership of items that they didn't pay for.


Dr. Artaud


Speaking of Ebay and shipping, It is terrible the number of complaints
I get from customers regarding the way their shipment arrive at
destination in the USA. the envelopes are opened,the boxes ripped open
, the contents damaged or missing. US Customs really do a great job
on even small 6 X 6 bubble shipping envelopes. They are ****ing
Paranoid scumbags if you ask me. I receive shipments from the states
that are literally intact yet inspected by Canada customs agents.
Years ago I use to sent clothing and food items in Russia to friends
we knew. Even they received those packages intact and they lived in a
communist block country.
So I dont think that Ebay are the only ones that think they are GOD.
The lunatics at the US border have a serious ego problem also if you
ask me.