Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec hasafran

2021-07-21 Thread Sally Stieglitz via Hasafran
What a great story On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 4:00 AM Rebecca Landau via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > My husband and I actually wandered into that library. We were driving on > the highway. We passed through customs into Canada and went off the > main highway to find something to

[ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec hasafran

2021-07-21 Thread Rebecca Landau via Hasafran
My husband and I actually wandered into that library. We were driving on the highway. We passed through customs into Canada and went off the main highway to find something to eat. As we entered the nearest town to the border town we noticed there were speed limit signs in miles instead of kil

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec [But Only 6 Rcichler Books!]

2021-07-15 Thread Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran
Oops! I must've forgotten basic arithmetic! Or was lured by the number 7, the number of illegal lawn crossers! There are only 6 listings for Mordecai Richler in the online catalog of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Sorry for the error. Elliot *Elliot H. Gertel* *עלע־הערש גערטל / א

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

2021-07-15 Thread Elliot H. Gertel via Hasafran
According to the Haskell (Stanstead) Library on the border online catalog, they have 7 titles by Richler (the duplicated title is actually in two formats, book and DVD): *Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country* by Richler, Mordecai, 1931- Format Books Publication Date 1992. *Hom

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

2021-07-15 Thread Steven BERGSON via Hasafran
Marjorie, This library was the answer to one of the last questions on Trivia night during the most recent AJL conference. SMB Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 14, 2021, at 18:08, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran > wrote: > >  > Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story. Never thought of using a li

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

2021-07-15 Thread Marjorie Gann via Hasafran
I hope people didn't mind the repetition. I'm Canadian, and only just received that story from a US librarian friend of a friend. I found it awfully funny! There really are a lot of shared spaces along the border, from east to west, but who would've imagined a shared library! I'd love to see if t

Re: [ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

2021-07-15 Thread Anna Skorupsky via Hasafran
Bravo, Marjorie! Thank you for interesting info! On Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 06:08:18 p.m. EDT, Marjorie Gann via Hasafran wrote: Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story. Never thought of using a library to dodge immigration rules! https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://montreal.ctvn

[ha-Safran] 7 sent back to Canada after using library lawn to enter US from Quebec

2021-07-14 Thread Marjorie Gann via Hasafran
Thought the Safranim would enjoy this story . Never thought of us