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    I may have to go to Canada just for beer

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    41 minutes ago, Poleshifter said:

    Did you ever have the Canadian border agents take your car apart? I was driving my Corvair to Canada with a few friends, and we were suspicious teenagers I guess.

     

    It went from "Open up the boot and the bonnet please" to taking out the seats and everything. There was nothing to be found, so they said OK you can go. Of course, you had to put your own car back together.

     

    I nearly had that happen with a rental car. I was living in California at the time but was back in Buffalo visiting my parents. I went to the drug store to pick up a few bottles of Acetaminophen with Codeine as my then wife had torn her rotator cuff and it was before surgery. Like a dolt, I claimed all 3 bottles. I was immediately instructed to pull in a garage, and dogs and mirrors came out and the border agents when through the car bumper to bumper. End result, I had to pour two bottles in the toilet and away I went with the one bottle. Of course, a couple of days later we went to another crossing near the 1000 Islands, didn't say a thing, and had 3 extra bottles. 

    I may have to go to Canada just for beer

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    36 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

     

     

    Understood, but I am living in Knoxville now. Went to Niagara U and we used to walk across the whirlpool bridge to buy beer and carry it back. The border guys laughed at us. They would “threaten” to confiscate our “illegal” or improper import when we came back across. They really did have fun with us. When you go across now there is much more of a negative vibe in the demeanor. It’s sad really sad.

     

    Granted that the "vibe" is much more serious. Sometimes that can work to our benefit. I had just received my Nexus card, and went through the Nexus lane with 2 cases of beer. The border officer let me have it for carrying alcohol in the Nexus lane. Said I would be paying hundreds of dollars in Duty. So I went to secondary inspection, and I paid $6. When my wife and I went to the Whirlpool Bridge for her Nexus card, I casually mentioned my situation. The commanding officer questioned me hard about it. After we were done, he went into his cubical, called the Peace Bridge (where this happened), and shouted at the top of his voice to the commanding officer at the Peace Bridge to "get your s**t together". I have never had an issue since then (before lockdown of course. Haven't been to Canada since February 2020.)

    I may have to go to Canada just for beer

    in Off the Wall

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    6 minutes ago, DD4Bills said:

    Went to college in Vermont a long time ago and made regular trips across the border just to buy beer. Always liked when the boarder agent asked how long we would be in Canada and we answered "about 15 minutes."

     

    Border officer: Where are you going?
    Me: Beer Store and Duty Free

    Border officer: What's your brand?
    Me: Alexander Keiths

    Border officer: Nice choice. Enjoy your brief visit to Canada

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    I may have to go to Canada just for beer

    in Off the Wall

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    8 hours ago, Augie said:

    Some of my most fond teenage memories are going up to the beer stores in Canada, buying a couple cases and all meeting up at the quarries. Amazing times! I wonder where those girls are today….and hope they guys are OK too. 

     

    I made many a trip to Ft. Erie for Brador before concerts. Now (before the border lockdown) I would got to the Beer Store to return empties and the Duty Free for the new beer purchase.

    So that's who we named our dog after

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    Riley Cooper Hoffman

     

    I knew the name was familiar when we decided on Riley Cooper, but couldn't remember where. It took a Google search to remember he wasn't that bad of a receiver for the Eagles. Racial slurs when trying to get backstage at a concert somewhat drunk not-with-standing.

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    The "Right Josh" is no longer available; signed by the Falcons.

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    4 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said:

    Feel sorry for Rosen. I may be in the minority but I believe that he still doesn’t get a fair shake. He has been supplanted by the #1 overall pick, #4 overall pick and #3 overall pick in successive seasons. No organization picking that high is ever going to give Rosen a fair shake above their top 5 pick. 
     

    And in both Miami and SF, there has been an established veteran at #1 on the depth chart making him number 3. He needs reps to show what he has got or not got.

     

     

     

    He had all the reps in Arizona. You saw the result. 

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