Subj : Oh, Canada
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Wed Mar 31 2021 05:50:54

   Mike wrote--

> Prolly figured you were trying to smuggle prescription drugs, or mary-jane, into the country.  :D

  Could be.  :)
  One time Groucho Marx, before he was well known, was passing through
customs and listed his occupation as "jewel smuggler".  
  What I don't understand is with all the wide open border between Canada
and the US (and Mexico for a lot) why smugglers would pass through a customs
area when there is plenty of open territory elsewhere?
  Oh sure, it may not be near some town or anything but with a 4WD it
shouldn't be that difficult.
  Oh, I forget to mention yesterday till I sent my post.
  I was stopped by border agents between Del Rio and Houston.  They were
using an old weigh station and funneled all traffic into it.
  I was asked if I were carrying any contraband.  (If I were I would of
course told them yes since I'm a honest person).
  I was so tempted to say "No, except for the three Mexican midgets in the
trunk" but for once wisely kept my mouth shut.
  They just checked my ID, looking around inside the car (standing outside)
and let me go.
   Joe




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