GL: Can one avoid Canada?

[fred]

RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Sometimes they are mounted on boats.
And they wear those cute red outfits.

It's Canada's federal equivalent of
our state cops.

Fred

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From:
Henry Quigley <quigley at consolidated.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 4:17
PM
To: Michael Eedy <meedy at sympatico.ca>, "'Grand Loop'"
<great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
RCMP? Whazzat?

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:34:44
-0400
>From: "Michael Eedy"   
>Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
>To: "'Grand Loop'" 
>
>Good morning,
>
>It's possible to run across some
puffed up popinjay in a position of minor
>authority who does their best to
ruin your day anywhere.  Wasn't that long
>ago, we were having a long
discussion about everyone's favourite Florida
>water cop.
>
>Problem is
that too few people take the time to complain to their
>tormentor's
supervisors. Once it starts to go downhill, it's best to pull
>out a piece of
paper and start recording facts - name, date, time, etc.
>Remain polite, but
don't get pushed around. Interesting to see the reaction
>when you insist
they call in the RCMP. Had to do that more than once when
>travelling on
military business and some Customs fool at the airport decided
>he was going
to look inside the sealed container I was couriering.
>
>CHeers
>
>Mike
Eedy
>North Bay ON
>
>Subject: Re: GL: Can one avoid Canada?
>
>I would
be extremely interested to hear from others if this is their
>experience.  I
have a friend who did this very thing two weeks ago
>and was rewarded with a
very intense inspection.  He was berated for
>filling out the paperwork
beforehand (for a shotgun).  If any others
>have firsthand experience I'd
like to hear it, as I may bypass Canada
>as well.
>
>Matt Mattson
>
>On
Aug 22, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Michael Eedy wrote:
>
>> If you show up and hand
the Customs guy or gal a sheaf of completed
>> paperwork, they'll likely
thank you for doing all their work.
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