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jerryrosa

jerryrosa

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Hi All,

I hope you're all well and enjoying the summer. I haven't been around in a bit. Been cooking on my boss' boat for 2 months, but now I'm home and I've been driving my B,...even though I'm still swaying from being offshore for so long /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif (I'm sooo not a boat guy)

Anyway,..some of you may remember the flurry of defective gas tanks I endured in the winter. 4 was the total,..well now it's 5. Air leaks from inside of the tank's delivery tubes. Eek.

Well,..tank #5 I purchased off of ebay,..it's one of those galvanized, Canadian jobbies,..so I have renewed faith /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I've spoken with my mechanic about it, and he's been having the same trouble with the current stock of British tanks on a few of his cars.

Do any of you have a source for the Canadian tanks?

Any help would be appreciated /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


Cheers!
Jerry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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The Canadiese have military tanks????? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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YES..

They are to help us protect our oil... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
hehe,

Well I guess that's Ok,..I know how tight border security is.

I was made "an example of" for crossing the border with a box of undeclared snack cakes last trip to Montreal.

The border nazis didn't believe me when I said I didn't even know they were there, must've fallen out of a grocery bag from when I was food shopping earlier in the week.

They did not take kindly to my asking, "Well fine then,..what's the duty on a box of Ho-hos"

I love people who take there jobs too seriously :p

LOL
 
LoL, a story for the ages.
 
I get my tanks through Team Triumph - they're the Canadian ones...& I've not had any problems with them.
 
I wonder... if you grabbed the ho-ho's from them, and ran back across the border and gobbled them up - would they shoot at you? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jester.gif Would they then be allowed to tax you for them?
 
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The border nazis didn't believe me...

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How many horror stories do you want about them? I crossed the border numerous times on my long RV trip & was hassled every time....some of the questions were just dumb ("Do you have any guns with you?" "No." "Well, do you own any guns?" "Yes, but what's that got to do with entering your country?" "Did you leave them back in Alabama?"" No, I tossed them out on the side of the highway just before stopping for your inspection.")
 
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Did they tear your car apart? A few weeks ago I went up to Winnipeg for the afternoon and I must of done something wrong as I spent the next half hour in a shed watching them go through my truck which had a freshly detailed and completely empty interior with a fine tooth comb. But unlike La Migra they were very polite and pleasent about the whole thing.

Coming back to the states was a quick show of ID and off you go which was odd as every time I've come back its been lets play 20 questions by some guy that's looking for any excuse to boot you back to Canada.
 
LOL guys!

No,..they didn't tear the car apart,..they just opened the hatch, made me step back, and inspected the ho-ho's in question.

It was too funny,..I think they got mad cause I had the people near me laughing (who were also being questioned).

I couldn't help it,..it was just so stupid....and they knew it.

In their defense, I drive to Montreal 5 - 6 times a year, and they're usually nice, polite and reasonable with me.

Of course,..God help ya if ya fail to mention the snack cakes,...then it's anybody's guess what may happen,...I'm thinking gulag.

LOL
 
At least ya didn't have any Bling Bling with them Ho Ho's. Then they really get upset in More a all. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
LOL Paul,

Even funnier was that they didn't notice the case of wine in the back seat. 10 bottles more than you're allowed.

When they asked if I had any booze, I just said "Yes, I have some wine"

heeheehee
 
ah! they must have profiled ya as a trouble maker of sorts... ya got wine? look out for them ding dongs that stuff'll make a man down right mean! Wine+hohos = sick ... can't have people spewin' on the road side! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
They like to wander through an RV looking in drawers & cabinets (" Sir, that's a safe isn't it?" "Why, yes, officer it is." "Would you open it for me, please?" "No, I don't think I will." "Well, what's in it?" "My auto insurance papers, travelers checks, cash, jewelry." "Is there more than $10,000 in cash in it?" "No." "Have a nice day and enjoy your stay.")
 
You should hear their reaction when they ask if your carrying any weapons and say yes. Gets even better when they ask is it loaded and you say yes. Took a little bit after that to get my Canadian customs number as they wanted more info about where exactly I was going (Fairbanks)but within a few minutes I was able to hang up the phone fire up the plane and taxi over the FBO to get the super cruiser topped off. I miss the good ole days. And to think that was less than ten years ago.
 
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