Oh I wasn't being derogatory and as I said "we appreciate the opportunity to spend time in foreign countries", I was referencing why they wouldn't have the IRS and immigration rules on days tied into each other - would just have made more sense to us, but what do we know? With all the proof, utility bills, drivers licenses, income statements, proof of employment, pensions, banking etc we provide at the border of our close connection to Canada, I just can't see what the benefit to them is to completing another piece of paper based on the difference of 122 days versus 182 days.
Not meaning to go off topic but just trying to respond to why we feel more and more things are weird to us: Also as another example that we can't get our heads around, and believe me this is just one of many strange things we've encountered: we had two whole tomatoes to make some sandwiches, were made to pull over and take inside. They just threw in their garbage, then said, if they were sliced we could have kept them - well thanks for telling us after you confiscated them. If we had known we'd have sliced the darn things, though what that changes about them I don't know?
A handful of grapes we were healthily chomping on going down the road another time, asked us to show them, then tipped these half dozen grapes into their garbage can at the open window, when we queried why very sheepishly were told because they come from Chile and they might have a fly on them from Chile. Hmmmm, Canada doesn't vet it's produce before hitting the supermarkets? We just assumed these global travelling flies "if" present were hyper intelligent ones, to know that they mustn't jump out of his garbage can and fly any further south, as that was the border crossing.
Like I said, we heartily accept different countries have different rules and regs and we are great believers in when in Rome do as the Romans do, something we unfortunately don't always see followed in our own countries, however, that doesn't mean we don't find some way of doing things a little strange/weird by officialdoms in any country. Like I said this is just a couple of many weird and wonderful things we've experienced when it comes to dealing with officaldoms, and we continue to shake our heads as do many others.
