With your funny accent they probably figured you were from Cape Breton, Newfoundland or some place like that.
:-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> Sent: February 20, 2012 2/20/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Canadian photographer denied entry to USA knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >I believe you, Steve. In the mid-seventies a friend and I were bored one >Sunday afternoon so we decided to hitch-hike to Niagara Falls and spend a few >hours on the American side just for the hell of it. > >The border guard was incredulous, could not understand why we'd want to just >spend a couple of hours in Niagara Falls, New York because we were bored. We >were wearing t-shirts, cut off jeans and had about $5 in our pockets. We did >have ID (drivers licences) but we were walking across, so I'm sure we raised >lots of red flags. > >But they let us across. > >And we got back. > >And hitch-hiked home safe and sound. > >Such foolish kids we were. :-) > >So I believe your story. But things aren't what they were back then. I've run the Casino Niagara Marathon, which starts in Buffalo, crosses the Peace Bridge into Canada and ends in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Even post-9/11 it was remarkably little hassle (even for a green card-holder like me): Just show your ID when picking up your race packet at registration and off you go. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.