Canada/US Border still shut...
https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/300336/Prime-Minister-extends-non-essential-cross-border-travel#300336 Gary Haupt
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That's really interesting.
I had a slightly different mental experience. They asked me about guns in so many different ways and I had honestly answered "no" every time. By the time they got to the end and said "pepper spray", I reflexively said "no", even though there was a little canister poking out of my dashboard. It never occurred to me that it wasn't allowed in CA, but I secured it after that exchange.
It's funny though that their questioning had mentally preprogrammed me to keep saying "no" because I believed I didn't have anything objectionable with me. Usually you know in advance which side of the line of truth you'll be standing on and you prepare yourself accordingly. I thought that I was on the good side of the line until the line moved.
Anyway, the agents up there were very good to us. Same on the U.S. side, although they made me get ride of a little firewood. Fair enough.
The question that stuck me as odd on the U.S. side was about liquor. We were asked about that every time we crossed and I pointed to the cooler with some beer in it in the bed of the pickup right behind me. I still don't get it though. Liquor was so much more expensive up in Ontario. Who would buy the expensive stuff up there and try to smuggle it back across to the U.S. where it's cheaper?
I had a slightly different mental experience. They asked me about guns in so many different ways and I had honestly answered "no" every time. By the time they got to the end and said "pepper spray", I reflexively said "no", even though there was a little canister poking out of my dashboard. It never occurred to me that it wasn't allowed in CA, but I secured it after that exchange.
It's funny though that their questioning had mentally preprogrammed me to keep saying "no" because I believed I didn't have anything objectionable with me. Usually you know in advance which side of the line of truth you'll be standing on and you prepare yourself accordingly. I thought that I was on the good side of the line until the line moved.
Anyway, the agents up there were very good to us. Same on the U.S. side, although they made me get ride of a little firewood. Fair enough.
The question that stuck me as odd on the U.S. side was about liquor. We were asked about that every time we crossed and I pointed to the cooler with some beer in it in the bed of the pickup right behind me. I still don't get it though. Liquor was so much more expensive up in Ontario. Who would buy the expensive stuff up there and try to smuggle it back across to the U.S. where it's cheaper?
