He he he....i remember that one.....you are a female !!!!! he he he.
I don't know what is the subject but i guess it's about crossing the
border..

For me, i live 30 minutes from it...cossing to the USA is usual stuff,
only last year wile going to Everybus (sad, but am not there this
year.....) i was stuck there for 2 hours...imigration question... go
figure?????????????

Cheers, Ben
ps.: no Larry, i am not a Everybus...last year was a blast....

Larry Chase wrote:

> Robert,
>
> I was trying to keep quiet about this little tidbit .... but here goes.
>
> Canadian Border Crossings .... "Full Disclosure"
>
> I made three crossings on the Western side .... no problems ... except
> one time I was delayed over an hour when the asked me to "Net Worth".
> The concern expressed was "we need to know if you have enough
> financial resourses to remove your vehicle from Country in case
> it brakes down. I may have jokingly said "it's a VW, they always break
> down but we work thru it. I don't think that helped. They wanted to
> see a bank statement which I didn't have, of course.  Oddly what may
> have finally helped ....  I explained that I was on a long term
> driveabout and had a web site (roadhaus.com) to document the travels.
> The agent excused himself and disappeared for 30-40 minutes and when
> he reappeared, he said "OK .. you are free to go and have a nice visit".
>
> The Eastern Passages the following year were a little different.
>
> Remember I had already crossed over 3 times in the Western Canada  and
> 3-4 times in Mexico.
>
> Anyway ,,, the first time across in the East ... as I was trying to
> nurse that sick and dying engine over to Frank's Bus Fusion Event in
> Ottawa and Ben's offer to help install a rebuilt waserboxer in
> Montreal .... I got asked a very interesting question by the Canadian
> Border agent.
>
> "Are you male or female?"
>
> Excuse me I replied.
>
> This time he rephrased the question, perhaps thinking that English
> wasn't my native tongue "Are you a man or woman".
>
> Well I'm obviously a Man, I replied somewhat confused and a little
> unsure of myself.
>
> Not according to your Drivers License the agent promptly shot back.
>
> Needless to say it took a while that day and on the return crossing
> several weeks later ... when the US Customs spotted the same thing, (
> I think it was flagged in the computer) to straighten out that mess.
>
> BTW .... the questionable drivers license was issued in AZ two years
> prior ... never once did I notice the error.
>
> Yes to anyone still following this ..... it was an error.
>
> Although I have always been strangely in touch with my feminine side.
>
> Footnote ... I still have the same AZ license ... can't bear to part
> with it till it expires in 20012.
>
> So you might not want to follow me across any borders.
>
> Larry Chase
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>
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>
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>
>
>
> - - -
>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:28:55 -0700
>
> From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
>
> Subject: Re: Coast toCoast!
>
> Clipped >>>
>
> This makes me wonder if the Canadians (Frank, Gary, Ben, etc.) that
> drive down here run into any problems, or if Larry ran into any
> problems while driving up and back. What do they look for when you're
> driving across the border? I wonder if it's more of an issue when
> you're flying versus driving?
>
> Cya,
>
> Robert
>
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