RE: Is Declaring Smuggling?

No, Ohio has had Sunday sales for years. Occasionally they check the boreder crossing between Kentuck and Ohio but usually that's for cigarettes where they are watching a couple of large tobacco outlets on the border for people loading up with cases of cigarettes. Bi!!

Just to be balanced Ian, it's the same in reverse when travelling to Europe as an American especially to France or Italy. I guess by nature these folks are intimidating or unnerving. I was once asked a series of questions by a French Immigration official in French and when I answered in French he became agitated and insisted that I respond in English. The Irish on the otherhand are the most affable officials I've ever dealt with and I had one ask me if I knew any of his relatives in Ohio and seemed surprised that I didn't know any of the Ohio O'Connell's!

Bi!!

Salut/Hi RV WRLee,

le/on 17 Feb 2004 17:26:31 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

I'm not surprised, Bill.

French and when I answered in French he became

ROFL... I hope that's not a comment on your French accent! ;-)))

Was on a cruise last March and the info officer said for all passengers to use the rule of "five fingers". Take 5 bottles(26-40oz.) back with you (per couple and declare all. There is a slight chance you might get asked to pay duty (and if so it's not too high considering the booze was cheap) but chances are if you declare they will wave you through.

We did and they let us through.

Larry Southern Ontario

It all depends. I would not, actually.

I see, thank you.

M.

transit, (we didn't therefore

Ive been to Miami airport once on transit out to Peru (my folks were posted out there on Diplomatic status) the immigration hall was enormous with hundreds of desks for US nationals every single one manned and no queing then four desks for foreigners with only two of them manned by people obviously rejected by the Nazi's for being too inhuman. Talk about anal-retentives. I had to fill in my brothers form again because he hadnt filled in the transit address in block capitols. Then he wanted to search through my brothers bag just out of spite, but my brother being a minor at the time was afforded diplomatic immunity as a dependant of an officer of HM Govmt. So the bastard searched my bag, as I wasnt a minor and therefor wasnt covered with the immunity. After finding nothing more than my reading books, some sweets and a couple of cans of coke (which he confiscated) we were eventually allowed to pass. My dad later made a formal complaint and recieved an apology via the american embassy in Lima. Not a welcome experience though. Ive been to america a few times since and had much better treatment and welcomes from US officials but I suppose they have different issues in minneapolis and seattle.

grazz