The 70% Absinth I have is Czech but the flavour just isn't as good.

I could break out the stuff I made myself.. I call it Red Dragon.. Nobody has ever walked away sobre from that stuff. I can't tell you what's in it, but I promise it'll mess with your mind.. A couple people came out scrambled eggs, that's why I still have some after only making 1 bottle 2 years ago

One of these days I'm gonna jump on my bike and ride across this country.. When I do, you have to meet me in Banff (I'm not a fan of Vancouver really). Deal?

PAX

Why not? Bring GAM along and I'll see if Graden can't show up as well...I'll make sure to plan on extra time aty the border because i always get the rectalscopy by the canadian immigration...and if it's next summer, i'll see if i can't get my g/f's VISA to include canada.


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She shouldn't need a Passport to cross the border. We're not that anal.. yet.

Getting back into the US may be a problem.



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No, she will...she's a Slovak citizen. She's got her passport, she needs her visa to cover canada as well, at least that was my understanding for her trip this summer. It shouldn't be too hard especially since she's been here before, but at the border, your freinds in Immigration will do the rectalscopy on me again, even though i'm getting my passport come october.


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Going into Canada, no... Unless there is strong suspicion of illegal doing (like drugs etc.) they'll leave you alone.

Typically, you'll get checked by a drug/explosives/blood dog quickly, and they'll check the outside of your car, but won't go anyfurther unless the dogs get something.

Unless you ask for an unsolicited colonoscopy, they won't be doing it.

US, different story... I've had a friend that brought his GF home after she toked up, attempt to cross the border, and the drug dog indicated drugs... they tore his sunfire apart quite literally, found nothing, and told him to have a nice day. Left his car quite literally in peices, this AFTER he explained what had happened.




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Um...GAM....

Crossing therough the Peace Arch, every-single-time-i-go-through i present my credentials (was d/l and birth certificate, after october will be my passport), answer their questions, and then they have me park in customs and search my vehicle. it's takes about an hour and a half.

I seriously think it's profiling, because i just look like someone that would start trouble. The last time I tried to go through i was denied, not because of something I did, but because the person travelling with me has a DUI on his record, and they wouldn't let him in (and i'm not such a rat bastard that i would have left him at the border). The previous year, my freind went through without a hitch because he was travelling in someone else's car...they had to wait for me.

But getting back into the states is cake for me. Hell, after one of the aforementioned trips, some nimrod in Surrey stole my rear license plate--the one with the tabs and everything, AND I STILL GOT INTO WASHINGTON!!!

I don't really mind at this point, because i KNOW they will never find anything, and will have to let me through. But knowing that they WILL stop me and roto-rooter me, i'd want to make sure that she has the correct credentials, because something tells me they'd be looking for ANY reason to deny me entrance.


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Actually I have always found Canadian customs agents to be a bunch of hardasses too. Except that time the US customs guy made the mistake of asking me if I've "ever been to court". My aswer was "of course I have" then they wanna know why.. I explain that I've been on school trips, and I was a witness once.. Then they say "have you convicted of an offence" and I say "I thought that's what you meant" then they say "why didn't you just answer the question" and I explain that I did answer the question that was asked, why didn't they ask the right question? Well, then I was the bad guy somehow.. Fancy that..

Anyway.. The BC border is gonna be bad because of all the pot that crosses there. No border crossing will allow a forign visitor with any criminal record in without special permission. That includes Bush, he has a DUI and needed permission to cross... I think thaqt's funny

PAX

Yeah... lol...

The guy that processed his US 197 waiver had a chuckle about that. A guy from the Secret Service that was monitoring the checks made against NCIC FREAKED.


Keeper: I really can't tell you anything... I know that here, a friend with club colours (HOG) went over @ Watertown NY, no problems. If I have any problems, I have my RCMP ID and that pretty much lets me get anywhere.



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Really, for me it's not that big of a deal--i get a sick form of amusment watching the canadian border patrol wasting their time turning out my car and me and never finding anything, even though i know they're profiling the scary looking guy with the long hair, trenchcoat, and the goatee, I plan for the extra time and am amused that they will waste their time every single time i travel up.

Almost like the old Drew Cary joke where he says he'll run stop signs in the rain just to make the officers get out of their car.

The reason why I want to make sure that everythign is kosher is because that means anyone with me will get the same treatment.

It's the same reason that i'm making damned sure this winter that i will not need a visa to go to the Czexch Republic, Slovakia, and possibly Hungary (it's easier for Miska to pick me up in Budapest than it is from Bratislava, and it's hard to find flights into Kosice), that way i'm not stopped in customs.

It's really just a CYA measure.


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When I do, you have to meet me in Banff (I'm not a fan of Vancouver really).

Banff is great fun..... was there just a couple of weeks ago just partying for the weekend. It's always great fun going out of your own city to have a good time, I know the rules actually don't change but they kinda seem to.

Let me know if a weekend is going to come together, I'd be up for it.

Sorry guys I haven't been a contributor to this wonderful Canadiana info thread but I havent been around at all. Moved locations for the business and also the personal at the end of August... life's been a little busy lately. Besides, I have to go computer shopping tomorrow so can get back online at the store, dad dropped the HP during the move. oops.

Keeper, we haven't always gotten along, over time our mutual levels of respect have developed and our own appreciation for each-others differences has grown. But now you're trying to tell me that our whisky is inferior??? It just can't be! Crown, Gibsons, Weisers..... They're like my boys. I've tried very hard to accept other whisky's but I just can't do it, it has to be RYE ! Even though I feel you're wrong on this one, I still love ya. But not like that.... you know, the other way, never-mind.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you... I've wanted to, but there's never been that opportune moment. My cousin worked the peace arch crossing for years, next time you visit you shouldn't have any trouble, he's pursued another career. No hard feelings eh?

Have a good weekend













I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, thats as good as they are going to feel all day. ~ Dean Martin

Canada smells





Girls like guys with sports cars...like a Fiero, or Probe.

Hedgehogg82 wrote:Canada smells

pretty..

I agree.. As soon as you cross the border in Ontario (out of Michigan or New York State) you notice with your nose. The garbagy-burning-tire-gunpowder smell goes away the further you get from the US. Maybe the western states don't smell but Michigan sure does.. At least Detroit sure does anyway.

Garbage, billboards, boarded up and burned out buildings.. That's the first thing I notice when I cross into the US.. Sorry to say it, but it's true.

PAX

hey, Graden, to each their own, and very funny about the border crossing. too bad if i knew that before, i would have had to lace my trunk with sulphur, or some other foul-smelling agent that is perfectly legal to be in possession of. It's all good thogh, i'd say you bring a few bottles of your boys, and I'll bring a few bottles of mine, you all bring some of your favorite beers, I'll bring some of mine (Kiltlifter, Snowcap, ol' knucklehead barley wine) and we'll just chill and have fun.

And hahaha/hedgehogg, it depends on where--the peace arch crossing, there's really not that much difference except the highway layouts and whatnot.southwestern BC looks like northwestern Washington. Lotta rain, Lotta trees, beautiful mountains, and for those that smoke it, awesome weed.


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I cross into Canada at the Vermont boarder - Derby Line. It's Quebec so they're all Frenchy @!#$s. They get out of the booth, lean on the car, get close to you, ask you how much cash you have, where you work, do you have hotel reservations blah blah blah just really invasive. I've only had to pull in once and that was because the stupid guy I was with gave the patrol dude attitude when he asked him "why a 23 year old doesn't have a license" [had non-driver ID card] the patrol guy was just being an honorary dick head but he wasn't going to put up with any @!#$ [on top of that my friend is also Puerto Rican and you can tell he's gay from a mile away] So in we go...

I'm @!#$ting bricks because even though they have nothing on me I have no idea about my friend and what secrets he may be hiding. So I'm thinking the worst is going to happen, they are going to take my car apart, hold us at the boarder, shove something up my ass and coot, you know all that jazz.

2 hours later I get escorted into this room and told to sit down. I literally swallowed my own vomit because I was afraid of the consequence of puking on the floor, I was effing terrified. A female comes in, doesn't identify herself, says "it appears that someone with your name and DOB has gotten into some trouble lately, do you have a scar on your right upper thigh?" I say no. Of course she has me pull my pants down. Nothing there. She tells me to grab my stuff from the man out front and we are free to go. I wanted to ask what would have happened if just by a fluke [the same name and DOB was already creepy enough] I did have a scar but I didn't dare. We just got the @!#$ out of there, made a couple jokes about it, tons of racism on the way to Sherbrooke that night, let me tell ya. I got so hammered I haven't even thought about until I read keeps posts.

The next time I went up with another friend, not a problem.

The CBSA or CCRA (depends on when you crossed) does grab random names, and they do have to check all non-photoIDs.

What happened was they probably queried your name against Canadian Police Information Centre's main database, and found the same name & DOB. You'd be surprised but it happens a lot... The database uses heurystics and linguistics to check names, and uses a 10 year +\- window to search DOB's.

Other than your First name (which I know) if you have a common last name and a DOB that is very close, depending on what was returned you'd be printed and detained only as long as it took for an AFIS comparison, which is 2 hours maximum, pending any inspection.

If you HAD infact had a scar, then you would have had your fingerprints processed, and if you didn't have a criminal record or PERS information on CPIC, you'd have been released.

Had your friend been arrested, you wouldn't have had to deal with much, I think your info would have been checked against NCIC in the usa, and if nothing was found that was yours, you probably would have been released after a records check.



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Actually, GAM, i checked with her...

she wouldn't need a VISA to get into canada, but one to come back into the U.S. Hence, why we didn't go this summer. This coming summer she's going to get what she needs to do an excurson there.


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Groovy!

If I'm in Vancouver (it's up in the air, there's a case ongoing there) I'll hopefully see you both there.


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I just got back from the great north. Crossing over was a joke. Getting home, the ol age profiling "open the trunk" dude shakes the subs "got anything illegal in the car?" Dummies.

GAM, good to know. But this was probably my last trip because I'll be 21 in November.

I'll be on the turlit the rest of the day. See ya.

Hey, maybe you'll make it out for Pride in T.O. or Montreal sometime.

Have a ball!


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Okay.. this will probably only make sense if you're Canuck, but I'm sure others can relate, and yes, I shamelessly ripped off Jeff Foxworthy on this one... sosumi.


If you've ever been at the business end of a pistol and begrudged a Mountie for "always getting his man"
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever heard about a "mountie always getting his man" and not thought of a gay porn,
... You might be a Canuck.

If when you Google something you see "show results only from Canada" and wished it said ",Eh?" at the end of it,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever indulged in a heated debate on whether Clearly Canadian should have the crossed Maple Leaves on the front because it might confuse Americans looking for maple syrup flavoured water,
... You might be a Canuck.

If doing 160 on the QEW/401 in the middle of the night in a snowstorm gives you no pause for thought whatsoever,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you hear about school closures and city closures in the southern USA due a Snowstorm that "dumped" 2-3" of snow on the roads and your only living thought is "pussies!"
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever been down south during one of those snow storms and been allowed on a highway because you have a provincial plate and snow tires,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've bought something from a man named Jacques, Guy, Francois, Jean, Benoit, Jean-guy, Jean-Francois, Jean-Jacques, Jean-Benoit, Maxime or Sylvain, and not questioned their sexual orientation,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever thought that racism is stupid because EVERYONE's ass is white and pasty when it's -40,
... You might be a Canuck.

If Fries, Cheese curds and Mushroom gray doesn't sound like a heartattack on a plate, but rather a pretty good treat once in a while,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've eaten beaver tail, but never a part of a rodent,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever had a $5 bill given back to you because "we dun taik them Monopoly money... Hyuk"
... You might be a Canuck.

If you use Honour and valour in your discourse, or ever had to change your computer's system language to English (Canada) from English, and had to chuckle to yourself.
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've ever had a close encounter with the Moose kind,
... You might be a Canuck.

If by Parliament hill, you mean the cliff those over paid shysters and liars sit near, jeez I'd love to push them over that thing sometime...
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've seen a guy wearing a Kilt in a snowstorm,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've worn a Kilt in a snowstorm
... You might be a Canuck.

If you think Jim Carey was the funniest man alive BEFORE he went on In Living Color,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you use your Garage as a make-do Deepfreezer,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you spend as much time digging out from a snow storm as you do digging out from the snowplow drifts,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've plotted the death of a plow driver,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you've had to remove over 2 layers of clothing before you go to bed, and still had a layer of clothing on,
... You might be a Canuck.

If buying snowmobiling mitts/gloves is an important financial decision,
... You might be a Canuck.

If you harken back to the Good ol' days when there was only 2 territories,
... You might be a Canuck.

If the phrase "In 19 and 49, when Canada joined Newfoundland," Brings an ironical smile to your face,
... You might be a Canuck.

If the posted limit is 100, and you're doing 120 and you think its no big deal,
... You might be a Canuck.

If your supermarket only carries "Back Bacon" with no mention of national origin
... You might be a Canuck.

If you own a copy of Alanis Morrissette's first 2 albums (Now is the Time, and Too Hot) or know she was a pop-diva before she became the new Sylvia Plathe
... You might be a Canuck.

If Celine Dion's been annoying to you since before 1993,
... You might be a Canuck.

If an American offers you Miller lite and you say without a hint of irony "No thanks, I have my own spring water."
... You might be a canuck

If you have ever lost a car because you were in Manitoba in spring, and a mosquito took a liking to it and made off with it,
... You might be a canuck

If you've been in church and you've heard the hockey CHARGE! organ tune,
... You might be a canuck

If you think 30 degrees is prime weather to ogle chicks with big tits in (or out of) skimpy bikinis,
... You might be a canuck

If you think tha Clube SuperSexe is a appropriate place the celebre your Anniversaire (what the hell, the wife goes on at 10:00 anyhow),
... You might be a canuck... in Sin City North.

If your work lists "National Hockey Team Jersey over Collared Shirt" as acceptable Business casual attire,
... You might be a canuck

If you think the word "Turd" denotes the place of something that comes after second and before fourth,
... You might be a canuck

If you know someone that has found out first hand why moose are called "brick walls on legs,"
... You might be a canuck

If you can sing the chorus of Sudbury Saturday Night, and keep time stomping because a guy named Tom Connors is singing,
... You might be a canuck

If you see a Dudley Doo-Right Cartoon and think: He wearing the stetson dipped to the right... that's so stupid!
... You might be a canuck

If you've contemplated going in to work, but using the Snow-mobile instead of your car,
... You might be a canuck

If you know that "sugarbush" isn't a new female hokey porn performer monniker,
... You might be a canuck

If you wonder how Bio-degradable a car is,
... You might be a canuck

If you have ever stopped to wonder why there were 2 football teams called the Rough Riders,
... You might be a canuck

If the Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques are a source of nostalgia,
... You might be a canuck

If you know who Youppie is,
... You might be a canuck

If you know who Ed the Sock! is,
... You might be a canuck

If you've contemplated what a bastard offspring between Ed and Youpie would look like,
... You might be a canuck that needs to see a head-shrinker.

If you know who the by'e of the group is,
... You might be a canuck

If you had the choice between Tommy Hunter, and the Beachcombers, and NOTHING ELSE!
... You might be a canuck

If you wonder how anyone can say "y'all" without a hint of irony,
... You might be a canuck

If you don't shave your pet beaver in winter because you don't want it to catch a cold,
... You might be a canuck

If you felt a swell of pride or the need to laugh when you saw the Molson Canadian: I AM commercials,
... You might be a canuck

If you've actually said any part of that commercial in any way shape or form anywhere,
... You might be a canuck

If you've gone from Heating to AC and back to heating your house,
... You might be a canuck

If the term "North of 60" has any meaning to you geographically,
... You might be a canuck

If the term "North of 60" has any meaning to you other than geographically,
... You might be a canuck

If the term "North of 60" makes you shiver just a liiiitle bit,
... You might be a canuck

If you have barbequed while there is still snow on the ground,
... You might be a canuck

If you've contemplated buying a "Designer" Toque,
... You might be a canuck

If paying for Gas for the week requires you to call your Mortgaging company,
... You might be a canuck




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If paying for Gas for the week requires you to call your Mortgaging company,

amen brother.







I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, thats as good as they are going to feel all day. ~ Dean Martin

....and no mention of Don Cherry


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Dude I saw an advertisement for Canadian Tire while I was there, they sell pots and pans and @!#$ haha I thought it was just a tire place!

You @!#$s advertise everything www.eggs.ca haha WTF. Back to the turlit.

[quote=Keeper of the Light™]....and no mention of Don Cherry

He's barely worth mentioning but,

If someone asks you what kind of person someone is, and you answer "He's a Good Guy..." regardless of gender
... You might be a Canuck.

If Toronto is "Going to the finals" EVERY YEAR for the last 38 years and you will still believe they might this year in spite of all else,
You might be a Canuck... with a serious mental issue.




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I was thinking more along the lines of...

"If some america robbed your entire mall under broad daylight because he put a tape of Don Cherry's "Rock'em Sock'em 13" into the video store so it was playing on every TV...


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