They're an equal-opportunity annoyance, John. My California tags haven't
spared me.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 06:16, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Back in the 1990s we were once given stiff treatment at, and inside, a
> California border inspection shed on highway 101 between Brookings, OR and
> Crescent City, CA. The CA border agent wanted a complete tally of all the
> fruit we had with us, citrus or not and hinted at a complete vehicle
> search.
> Barring only enough for a lunch snack it was made clear that any surplus
> would be impounded. Maybe out of country licence plates made the border
> goons jumpy or they saw us as those to be toyed with :-) We had been warned
> ahead of time only to take an orange apiece for lunch and no more .......!
> The inspection shed was large enough to house a 30m swimming pool ! We were
> the only vehicle inside for a shakedown !
>
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