Anyone miss me

[Paul Hyland]

Hey guy's how is it going in here? Been a crazy couple weeks. Was in Nebraska for a week the sat in immigrations in Canada for two days. They wouldn't let me in . Don't mess with a female French immigration officer they have sense of hummer. Work didn't do proper paper work and there was no talking my way threw it.
They made me withdraw my papers and I had a two guard escort to plan after full body search. They even made my flight arrangements for me how nice.

Taking my back to dealer today. Don't like the way my breaks sound after they put new ones on and also going to see what service manager is going to do about rim. Called him the other day and I got "there is now way we did something like that we use a rubber pad so we don't damage anything". I said sorry you did and I showed the owner. They also dinged the heck out of my rotor, have no Idea how they managed that one. So it is going ot be interesting today when I bring it in.

Hope everyone and there significant other are doing well..

 

[TxRIIIRider]

Wow.. That's an adventure!.. lol

Good luck with the rim...

 

[snuffcityrider]

Nope

If you hadn't requested a 2nd cavity search, they probably would have let you go sooner....welcome back and have a happy Thanksgiving.

 

[TxRIIIRider]

I guess you know how a Thanksgiving turkey feels now.. .lol

If you hadn't requested a 2nd cavity search, they probably would have let you go sooner....welcome back and have a happy Thanksgiving.

 

[Sidecar Flip]

...Never screw with customs.....

Been there, done that. I used to go to Canada regularly on snowmobile trips. We crossed at Sault St. Marie into Ontario Province and then drove north into the Provincial Frontier, north of Timmons, Ontario (Timmions is where Shanaya Twain is from) and no, that's not her real name....

One trip up, I didn't drive. One the guys I used to go with is an Engineer for Norfolk Southern Railroad, lives at home and makes 80 grand a year so he has lots of toys and he just had purchased a Cadillac SUV and we had the trailer with the sleds behind. We went through the American side, got to the Canadian side and the officer in the tool booth asked him for his license number...which he forgot. We wound up in the shed, all lined up in front of a stone faced customs agent, all our paperwork laid out in front of her. Never screw with a stone faced female customs agent, they have no sense of humor, whatsoever.

Anyway, everyone checks out ok. I'm the last person. She looks at me and looks at my paperwork and then at the computer screen and off handedly asks me why I'm coming to Canada...Just to be a smart ass, I said to her...I'm coming to snowmobile... you think I'm smuggling something? Wrong answer. 4 hours later, after they went through the car, the sleds, our luggage, even our pockets and yes, a cavity search-, they found nothing.

I forgot that I'm on the Interpol computer because of my wife's position with the Fed. Needless to say, the customs agents don't put anything back after they tear everything apart. I bought a lot of meals on that trip and I've learned to keep my mouth shut when crossing the border.

Canadian women are hot. I love it when they talk French to me............

 

[goodfellow]

Paul's ok!

Hey!
glad you got past the guards on the border. those people always did give me the jitters, and I was always "legal". Keep us posted about the rim, Even though you never did tell me who it was.......


greg

 

[TonyMac]

Paul,

I hope all your woes are soon behind you.

That you get your bike sorted to your satisfaction withot any additional expense and in future you are allowed into Canada hassle free.

PS Does Canada have an "most wanted" TV show and if they do when are you on?

 

[billz]

That is something when Nebraska is the highlight of your trip. What were ya doin' in the Husker state?

I have travelled into Canada a couple times a year for the past 10-12 years, only gotten worse. It is "yes officer", "no officer"; "I am here for a sales meeting", never say the word work! Don't smile, don't joke, just look at the floor and look sad

Anymore it is just as bad coming back. Sat in the mirror room for close to an hour while they pulled everything out of the truck. When they were done, the 5 of us loaded our stuff back in the truck and left. Meanwhile, 18 wheelers were rolling both directions. Doesn't that frost your potatoes!

 

[Paul Hyland]

well I was told my name has been red flagged and every time I cross the boarder I will be interviewed by customs.
I didn't mention the word work.. long story not a funny one but I just said I was coming over to look at equipment that was not running right to help sort things out.
She told me to explane things like she was a 5 year old so I'm explaining things she say's your consulting them on how to do this, for lack of better word I said yes (bingo eye brow went up) ahh she say's looks at a list and say's consultants need work visa. No mam I'm not a consultant. So she calls the contact I was suppose to meet and he say's oh ya we are having problems with out machines and he is coming down to WORK on them and make adjustments. (the other eye brows rises) then hell breaks loose. I get the deception of entering a country is illegal I can go to jail be banned from Canada and this and that.
So any ways I was asked to leave and NO it wasn't a no close full body they didn't go that far.

 

[mjbell1]

Border

Staying in Jackman Me, we used to cross the border all the time on the sleds at all hours. If you were polite they where to, never **** with them, unless you want a major delay/search/records/SN. When asked where we going we always answered McDonald's. About 6 of us where coming back from Club 55 a strip joint around AM. As we pulled up to the border we could see into their building, they where all watching a ****o flick. Someone just raised a hand and waved us through non-stop no check.