That's a good one! On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Max <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> We're not happy until you're not happy! > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '95 E300, '87 300TD > > WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Have you ever seen any bureaucrat more unreasonable than a government > bureaucrat? > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:48 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Shameless self-promotion > > > > > > Works the other way too. A fellow I know has acquired a vacation home in > > Phoenix. He has a very nice Buick Grand National and decided to take it > > down to AZ and leave it at his winter place so it would getmore use. > > The US border people asked him if he intended to sell it. He quite > > honestly answered that he would if the right offer came along. They were > > not pleased with that answer and held him up for hours . He was > ultimately > > told in no uncertain terms that he would not be selling it in the USA, no > > matter what and that if he ever intended to sell it, it had better be > > taken back to Canada. It seemed a bit ureasonable to get so uptight about > > an old car that was likely made in the USA in the first place. > > > > Randy > > > > On 17/10/2011 8:27 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > >> I made the mistake once of answering "yes" at the TO airport if I was > >> there to work (dressed in a suit, carrying a briefcase, etc.), well, > duh. > >> The girl tells me to wait over there, then some other dude shows up and > >> tells me to come with him, so I follow him to some other place. He asks > >> if I am there to work, and I say, well, yeah, I'm not here on vacation. > >> He asks me what kind of work. This is about the tenth time I had been > >> there in a few months, so I tell him meetings and such. So then he tells > >> me to say, "Meetings and such" when the girls out there ask me, as they > >> are programmed to react to a "yes" to "are you here for work?" and then > >> he has to come deal with guys like me who don't need to be hassled. So I > >> say thank you and am on my way. > >> > >> Coming back I would get a bottle of liquor as it was cheaper there for > >> some reasons unclear (and cheaper yet in Montreal but I seldom went > >> there). The US customs guys in TO would always ask if I was bringing > >> back anything, I would say yeah, some booze, they would say OK then ask > >> if I had any cubanos to go with it. No, I don't smoke, so don't fool > >> with them I say. They would always sorta look at me like, "dumbass, you > >> should get some cubanos to go with your scotch." > >> > >> --R > >> > >> On 10/17/11 8:26 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: > >>> It was my experience that the toughest border to cross was the Canadian > >>> border. > >>> > >>> They were especially nasty about your crossing over for any sort of > >>> work. I got detailed in Toronto one time on my way to Halifax because > >>> the Immigration guy wanted to know why I was working in Canada and > where > >>> was my work permit. > >>> > >>> I was going up to do a service training class for a Canadian > >>> distributor, but that didn't seem to matter. > >>> > >>> They wouldn't let me go on, nor would they let me leave. I got a hold > of > >>> the RSO at the US consulate and had him explain the situation to the > >>> Immigration guy and they let me go. > >>> > >>> After that, any time I entered the country I was on holiday. > >>> > >>> Dan, eh > >>> > >> > >>_____________________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > >_____________________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _____________________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
