[78-L] ARSC

[David Lennick]

We don't NEED passports but they're better to have. Actually, my wife and I 
were advised back in the 90s that boarding international flights would go much 
more smoothly if we carried passports (still not required at that time) but we 
didn't apply for them till after 9/11..which, oddly enough, had been a day we'd 
been planning to go into the States. Border crossings are reasonably easy these 
days, except for the fact that with the Loonie (Canadian dollar) now above 
$1.05 US, Canuckistanians by the carloads are going over to shop in the US and 
jam up the bridges, and even with duties they're still saving money on a lot of 
things.

dl

On 5/4/2011 12:27 AM, DanKj wrote:
>   I should be joining you at those, except that: a) I always work until at least 1pm on Sundays,  and b) I am not allowed
> back into my own country of birth, because I haven't shelled-out for a passport or "enhanced" driver license. Odd that the
> government doesn't trust its OWN identification process and license, but an extra $30 or $130 somehow means that I am not a
> terrorist - if I'm on the ground. In a plane, now I need a passport.  I still don't know what they do with Americans who had
> the nerve to go to Canada for lunch (which we used to do, all the time) and then try to get across the bridge again.   Last
> time I went, I took a pocketful of cash for Jeff Healey but had forgotten my wallet ... on the home crossing, the border guy
> at Buffalo just looked up my Social Security number&  license plate on his 'puter, scolded me about having no ID, and waived
> me through.
>
>
> ps - Do Canucks need a passport?  I thought we had treaties which said Merricans and Canucks don't need passports to cross
> ...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>> Toronto actually plays host to a large group of record and phonograph
>> collectors via CAPS (Canadian Antique Phonograph Society) which meets every 5
>> or 6 weeks. We also have the Canadian Collectors Congress (annual shindig was
>> this past weekend) and other groups like the Mississauga Muddies (both are jazz
>> oriented).
>>
>> dl
>
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