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Subject:Re: US Customs From:"Misti Tucker USAET(UTC -04:00)" <mtucker2 -at- E-MAIL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 2 May 1997 16:16:57 EDT
> Getting into through US customs at the Canadian/New York State border took >
the most time
In my (formerly extensive) travel experience, the fastest way through US
Customs is to carry a squalling baby. (Two is even better.) I used to travel
overseas twice a year with my (non US citizen) husband. Before we had children
getting through customs was always very involved and slow. (They even shaved a
bar of soap we were carrying into shreds looking for contraband!) After er had
children, especially if they were cranky and unpleasant, we mostly just got
waived through. I stopped traveling them when the children were 2 and 3
years old and it still worked up to that age, but I can't say how much
longer it would work.
Misti Tucker
Technical Communication mta -at- cyberspace -dot- org (h)
& Help System Design mtucker2 -at- e-mail -dot- com (w)
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