Rare boards Posted September 22, 2004 #51 Share Posted September 22, 2004 This could get very ugly, so I would like to just say that there problems on both sides of the borders that need to be addressed to correct them. So like I said Rev., I hope you have a great cruise and will be looking forward to meeting you Nov. 2005 and but not to discuss this problem though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted September 22, 2004 #52 Share Posted September 22, 2004 This could get very ugly, so I would like to just say that there problems on both sides of the borders that need to be addressed to correct them. So like I said Rev., I hope you have a great cruise and will be looking forward to meeting you Nov. 2005 and but not to discuss this problem though. Agreed ... absolutely agreed. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted September 22, 2004 #53 Share Posted September 22, 2004 :)But it was your Canadian Customs/Immigration people that let them into Canada, from whence they can cross over into the US along our VERY long and mostly unwatched boarder. If they have felony convictions on their record then they don't get into Canada. Without a felony conviction, they can come directly from Saudi into the US. -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merryecho Posted September 22, 2004 #54 Share Posted September 22, 2004 You mean they will not be admitted to Canada if they ADMIT to felony convictions, (by the way, a first DUI is not a felony in most US states) or if they have a record that can be easily tracked by computer, both of which are not probable unless they have a very serious record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted September 22, 2004 #55 Share Posted September 22, 2004 (by the way, a first DUI is not a felony in most US states) Yep, just one more thing to hold against incumbent legislators..... -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merryecho Posted September 22, 2004 #56 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Speaking of incumbent legislators, I read on the gocanada website that, because of his DUI, George W Bush had to get a special dispensation from the Canadian government before he could visit Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcl4cs_gal Posted September 22, 2004 #57 Share Posted September 22, 2004 If they have felony convictions on their record then they don't get into Canada. Without a felony conviction, they can come directly from Saudi into the US. -dave And we all know how cozy DC is with the Saudis... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnees Posted September 23, 2004 #58 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I will be curious to see what happens if/when Quebec decides to withdraw from the Canadian Union and form an independent nation. Will the rest of Canada -- particularly the Western Provinces -- petition for statehood in the USA? I've heard lots of discussion about this, but am curious as to what some Canadians here have to say. I can guarantee you that the rest of Canada has absolutely no interest in joining the U.S. That one comes out once in a while but it's usually started in the U.S. Never going to happen. Mind you, Quebec is never going to leave Canada either. It can't do without the money it gets from the rest of Canada. They just bleat a lot. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnees Posted September 23, 2004 #59 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Hmmmm. If Canada is so vigilant and strict about DUI's on U.S. tourists' drivers licenses let's hope their enthusiasm for law and order carries over to keeping the terrorists from coming over their border into the United States. As much as I don't want to see terrorists in this or any other country, I would just like to point out that it's U.S. Customs that allow terrorists or anyone else in the U.S. Canada has no say in who goes into the State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekerr19 Posted September 23, 2004 #60 Share Posted September 23, 2004 It's been much longer, though, that a 30-year old felony has kept visitors out of the US. Reciprocity has a lot to answer for! -dave dave- You are so right. Let's not blast our neighbors to the North... I have found them to be alot more lenient, open and forward thinking... JMOI :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted September 23, 2004 #61 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I can guarantee you that the rest of Canada has absolutely no interest in joining the U.S. That one comes out once in a while but it's usually started in the U.S. Never going to happen. Well ... it was brought up during dinner by a couple of Albertans on a HAL cruise about 10 years ago. They were quizzing me about US laws governing admission of new states. Based upon the totality of the discussion it was entirely hypothetical ... not really serious, but curious as to the broadest range of options that MIGHT be available. Mind you, Quebec is never going to leave Canada either. It can't do without the money it gets from the rest of Canada. They just bleat a lot. Can the rest of Canada survive, as Canada, with the 7.5 million people of its second most-populous Province? I would imagine you could, but my friends from Alberta were speculating what might happen if Quebec's leaving were to occasion other Provinces to leave. Utterly, totally, and completely hypothetical ... about like California withdrawing from the USA to form an independent nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekerr19 Posted September 23, 2004 #62 Share Posted September 23, 2004 And we all know how cozy DC is with the Saudis... ;) Alison- You are so right there... it's all about oil, and oh yes, Halliburton.. but I will refrain from politics on these boards.... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spcl4cs_gal Posted September 23, 2004 #63 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Alison- You are so right there... it's all about oil, and oh yes, Halliburton.. but I will refrain from politics on these boards.... :) Kinda scary though isn't it, Ekerr? It's getting so you don't know who your friends are anymore. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankerjo2 Posted September 23, 2004 #64 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Alison- You are so right there... it's all about oil, and oh yes, Halliburton.. but I will refrain from politics on these boards.... :) Yep, who needs all that nasty oil? Heck HAL can just start issuing all the passengers a pair of oars when they embark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted September 23, 2004 #65 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Heck HAL can just start issuing all the passengers a pair of oars when they embark. ;) What do you mean "start"? All you "suite" passengers may not realize this, but they've been handing out oars to all us inside-cabin passengers for years now!!!!! ;) :D hehehe ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovebirds Posted September 23, 2004 #66 Share Posted September 23, 2004 about like California withdrawing from the USA to form an independent nation. I thought they already did. Their laws and customs don't bear any resemblance to those in the rest of the country:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovebirds Posted September 23, 2004 #67 Share Posted September 23, 2004 ;) What do you mean "start"? All you "suite" passengers may not realize this, but they've been handing out oars to all us inside-cabin passengers for years now!!!!! ;) :D hehehe ;) i thought it looked like the lower row of portholes could be removed and fitted with oarlocks. Stroke....Stroke....Stroke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druke I Posted September 23, 2004 #68 Share Posted September 23, 2004 California as independent nation might be going a bit far - but I do support the movement to split the state into two parts: Superior California (Northern) and Inferior California (the remains). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNeal Posted September 23, 2004 #69 Share Posted September 23, 2004 i thought it looked like the lower row of portholes could be removed and fitted with oarlocks. Stroke....Stroke....Stroke Remember Ben Hur? "Battle Speed!" WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP "Ramming Speed!" whumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhump! That's us! And you only thought that vibration came from the engines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovebirds Posted September 23, 2004 #70 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Remember Ben Hur? "Battle Speed!" WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP "Ramming Speed!" whumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhumpwhump! That's us! And you only thought that vibration came from the engines! Hope you've been working out on the rowing machine in the gym. You're gonna have a lot of rowing to do, not to mention manually pumping the water in/out of the locks. Have a great cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovetheSea Posted September 24, 2004 #71 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Simple solution.. Get a Passport! Use that for I.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x lindsay x Posted September 24, 2004 #72 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Simple solution.. Get a Passport! Use that for I.D. an even simpler solution... don't drink and drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrewser Posted September 24, 2004 #73 Share Posted September 24, 2004 an even simpler solution... don't drink and drive. YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2cruise123 Posted September 24, 2004 #74 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Do you HAVE to have a passport to cruise to Canada? I'm assuming not from the few posts I've read prior to this. I THOUGHT they had started REQUIRING passports?????????????? I have one myself, but was wondering about friends who will be traveling/cruising there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2cruise99 Posted September 25, 2004 #75 Share Posted September 25, 2004 I say GOOD FOR CANADA! It's nice to see they take drunk driving so seriously. I wish the U.S. could find a way to KICK drunk drivers out of the country! But I don't understand how the Canadian immigration would ever know you have a drunk driving conviction if you are simply leaving the ship temporarily in port and not permanently disembarking. It has been a couple of years since I've been on a cruise that stopped in Canada, but the last time I was, I don't remember being asked for a driver's license just to leave the ship for the day in port. And couldn't those with a conviction simply use a passport, or even a State issued I.D. card as identification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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