Dear US Border Guards...

[Topper]

In2010 they took me my [b]wide[/b] and daufhter individually Into the interrogation room..

LOL, you are a brave rat.

[rats19]

In2010 they took me my [b]wide[/b] and daufhter individually Into the interrogation room..

LOL, you are a brave rat.

Yah I read that after...lol too much work to edit on the Android...

[Farhan Lalji]

Hep, Hep, Ho-ray.

My thoughts exactly.

A person like her could really aid me in having some good and wholesome fun.

.........like playing Mini-golf!

She's the hole and your club is mini?

Yes, but please keep in mind that even a Boeing 747 looks relatively diminutive when hovering around the Grand Canyon.

[BCExpat]

Just sayin'. Not everyone has a bad time crossing the border.

Anyone else notice a huge difference in your crossing experience if you're with a buddy, versus a wife or girlfriend? The difference is nightmare and day.

This is probably true. We're an older couple, so they probably don't preceive us as being a threat. I'm not sure if it helps that we have a place down there, but if Rats experience is any indication, I guess it's more important to have a permanent address in Canada.

[rats19]

A signed tenancy agreement
Copies of utility bills to that address
Letter from employer expecting you bsck by...whatever date
Proof you can sustain yourself financially while there
Copy of mortgate or titles in canada

I had none of that. Just a uhaul truck with all my belongings and a newly purchased home in Arizona

I can see why they turned me back. Since then I have all the the proof and 5yrs later.they still give me a hard time. Last year I actually said....you would yhonk I would have made my move by now....don't ya think fellas
So expatriates, its really not an I guess situation...its a must.

[Cornuck]

A signed tenancy agreement
Copies of utility bills to that address
Letter from employer expecting you bsck by...whatever date
Proof you can sustain yourself financially while there
Copy of mortgate or titles in canada

I moved down (flew down) in '97. I had a few boxes, a mountain bike and a guitar. They asked me quite few questions, but the main thing was "Can I support myself?" I had just settled with ICBC and had a very nice bank account. For some unknown reason I had printed out my bank statement and showed them that. They let me in and I was married a month later. Coming back with the rest of my stuff? Now that was a challenge!

[Strangelove]

Hey they just had a feature on CTV news about a girl being denied access into the states at Sumas.

Last name Anderson?

Was this her Doc?

Sorry was only half paying attention.

Yep, twas.

I knew it!

So they're discriminating against ethnic Swedes, eh?

Actually I sorta get where these border guards are coming from now now.

... except these are right-leaning God-loving ethnic Swedes we're talkin about!

[Topper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AWBfxsL6k&feature=related

Idiot and his wife did everything they could do wrong.

[ukcanuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-AWBfxsL6k&feature=related

Idiot and his wife did everything they could do wrong.

The guy was just begging for it from the get go, imagine mocking the the guard by repeating his questions with contempt like that?

[Topper]

Oh yeah "we don't want lowly Canucks dating our lads and perhaps one-day moving down here".

Interesting bit of hypocrisy between our two nations.

We do a fair amount of work for the Hudsons Bay chain (BC Region) which includes, until a few weeks down the road when Target takes over, the Zellers group.

After completing an emergency project at a Zellers recently I went in to do a final walk around with my Super and the manager told me she's been working at the same outlet for 35 years and at the end of July (I think it was) she, and all the other employees are out on their asses to be replaced by, wait for it, Americans.

Wtf? Says I, how does that work, as far as I know they can't just waltz in and take Canadian jobs (apparently they can when dealing with the soft Canadian politicians)? As a matter of fact pre-Olympics when we were desperate for more manpower I tired to hire a few Yanks, who were equally desperate for work at the time (probably still are and if they were any good they'd still be working at lever and sons) and the Government threw so many road blocks in front of me (you have to hire Canadian first Mr. Lever....I've got 300 resumes of shit in front of me says I, they're all lazy, useless, untrained tits and it'll be a cold day in hell before...anyway...I digress...) that I ended up going Global which was ten times easier if you can imagine that.

When we went to the Ravens game last year the border guard was a 350 lb. sack of shit who was grilling the hell out of us, my buddy in the front seat was fucking around with his phone while I was talking to the guy...wtf r u doing with your phone sir?, says the guy, chill dude, sheesh, until, after taking note of his particularily rotund frame, I asked him kindly what one would eat at Qwest field, cue eyes lighting up, Oh, you gotta have the garlic fries, they're the best, garlic fries sir, ok says I, we'll have some fries, great, enjoy the game guys he says...and off we go.

Don, there is a story today about Target getting approval for the takeover and I saw a link to this story.

As I figured, get rid of the union and old employees, dead weight and start fresh. Interesting the Brentwood employees are trying to make Target a successor company whereas what they are actually doing is taking over Zellars leases on buildings. I have noticed blowout sales advertised in the Zellars store windows as stock is liquidated.

Last thing they want is to be a successor company and inherit Zellars problems.

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Target+launches+enormous+recruitment+drive+with+video/6698149/story.html

[donlever]

Interesting, that is a complete contradiction to what the woman told me.

Talking with sour grapes in her mouth.