Great Lakes Ice Update.

Creekwood said:
We did a few Bills game road trips over the years
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I did a few of those…. Those NY’ers are frickn crazy….. and that stadium. I think it was designed to catch that cold wind and funnel it to the stands…. Phuck it was cold
 
There was one time we were going up to Lake Nippising. Trunk full of fireworks and guns. HOOOLLLLYYYY SHIT! It was then we learned that importing guns, fireworks, and the word Canada do not mesh.
Those green block wall rooms you see on Chicago PD? They exist.
Dam we were crazy, would not have missed those days for anything!
 
Blueone said:
I did a few of those…. Those NY’ers are frickn crazy….. and that stadium. I think it was designed to catch that cold wind and funnel it to the stands…. Phuck it was cold
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They are nuts. One trip we went with our most obnoxious loudmouth friend. He weighed about 135lbs soaking wet. And a Doplhins fanatic. We are in the cheap/rowdy seats and he is wearing is Dolphins jersey and toque to match. And the Dolphins are trouncing the Bills after the half. And he is chirping to probably 5,000 Bills fans within fightin' distance and he won't shut up. We had to leave.
 
Blueone said:
I had to denounce Canada during my swearing in as a US citizen ….. support where you live

funny story …. Not really. My wife was driving back to Canada and the bridge asked her for her citizenship after she gave them her passport…. She said US citizen. Border guy said pardon me… she said American …. He said you were born in Canada you are a Canadian citizen. He then said he wasn’t allowing her thru until she said she was a Canadian citizen. She said it and he opened the gate…
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What I wouldn't give to be in the passenger seat (fly on the wall) of that story if it were you instead of your wife on that journey! Can only imagine the drinks/beers after you set them straight.

Unless I said. Hey, you can't talk to my buddy like that,... especially when he's been drinkin!
 
techmitch said:
What I wouldn't give to be in the passenger seat (fly on the wall) of that story if it were you instead of your wife on that journey! Can only imagine the drinks/beers after you set them straight.

Unless I said. Hey, you can't talk to my buddy like that,... especially when he's been drinkin!
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Oh I have my stories…. Been held twice and interrogated twice…. They don’t have a sense of humor but it sure is fun trying to make them laugh. I got set free each time and I am sure they busted out laughing when I was gone

one interrogation this guy had mirrored aviator sun glasses…. Funniest shit you have ever seen acting tough yelling….Just like in the movies… I could not hold back I burst twice…. He got more pissed and took his glasses off…made me sit there for an hour and let me go
 
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Oh you got the memories going. one time we were coming back from a week living in the bush (fishing), living in tents in 40 degree weather, living off canned Franco American spaghetti and spam, no shower in a week, shitting like the bears do. Tired, cold, miserable. Didn’t catch a damn fish between 4 guys.
We were in no mood to pack our stuff so we crammed it in the trunk (1976 Olds Cutlass, my first new car by the way), and had to sit on the trunk to close it.
So we get to the American border and the guard says open the trunk. ARE YOU FKN KIDDING! That trunk lid sprung open BAM! Guard gives me this look and I give him a look back that said “Ain’t in the mood for this shit and if you ask me to empty this trunk I will kill you, rape your wife, and eat your children”.
He let us close the trunk and go through. Swear to god. Can’t make up this stuff.
Somewhere in a box under the bed I have pictures of that trip.
 
That trip was to Faquier Ontario, 17 hour drive north from Cleveland up Rt 11 til the roads go no further north, then a bush plane another hour or two north.
It’s waaaaaayyyy up there, snows on memorial weekend. Good times.
 
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Back in the 1970’s my Dad and I(I was 10) were in Detroit. We decided to go to Canada for lunch. As we were going thru the border the guards asked us where we lived. Citizenship. My dad answered. Then he asked me. My dad answered. I remember the guard got really serious and told my dad to shut up. Let the boy answer.
 
Ice thread turned into border crossing stories....We took our 1 year old into Canada for lunch from Detroit in 2002. No problem going across. Coming back to US we didn't have baby's birth certificate (didn't know we needed it) and US guard pulled us out of car, into facility holding cell and grilled us about it. Now, my daughter is the spitting image of my wife. No dice until she finally put her head on my chest and said "Daddy, I tired"...Guard said "well, I guess she's yours" and let us go.
 
This one time I was coming back in the states without ID… when I went in to Canada they never asked for it. So get called in and yelled at for no ID…. I don’t get the yelling ….. yelling at me isn’t going to change anything.
So he pulls up the computer and he goes oh shit you have been busy. At the time I was flying back and forth to China all the time and Brazil and Mexico. I said is that all in there and he said yes and a lot more. I said what else and he said I’m not at liberty to say. It was a bit disheartening how much they know but I guess in this time there is no hiding. (Unless you are in Afghanistan..... in that country that don’t have a clue you’re there :) )
They let me go but of course a big speech about not doing it again.
 
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MattB92 said:
@Pirate Lady Good thing you didn't pursue fishing as a career;)
4 guys in Northern Ontario for a couple days without a single fish??
Man that's unheard of.
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Actually (didn’t want to interrupt the story flow), we caught fish just not the big pike & Muskie we went for, horrible weather they just weren’t biting.
 
We got yelled at in Canada the first time we went to the North Channel, a comedy of errors on our part. Two Americans in the NC for the first time and didn’t know the rules except we needed to check in and Gore Bay was a place you could do that. We pulled into the gas dock and ask for a fill up. The guy said you can not just park it and ask for gas. You need to call in and ask for permission to dock. So I ask do you want us to go back out and call in? He says no but thinks I’m messing’ with him. Then we have to get off the boat while it is fueled. So I decide to call immigration and let them know we are in the country. Big mistake. The first question is how many people are on the boat. I ask if he meant right now so I told him no one. There were two of us but the gas dock guy made us both get off so he could fuel the boat. Next question was, “you are buying gas before you check in???? You are supposed to check in “forthwith”. I asked what does that mean? Response was a very condescending, It means forthwith (you idiot was implied). Eventually we got squared away and stayed out of trouble.
 
sbw1 said:
We got yelled at in Canada the first time we went to the North Channel, a comedy of errors on our part. Two Americans in the NC for the first time and didn’t know the rules except we needed to check in and Gore Bay was a place you could do that. We pulled into the gas dock and ask for a fill up. The guy said you can not just park it and ask for gas. You need to call in and ask for permission to dock. So I ask do you want us to go back out and call in? He says no but thinks I’m messing’ with him. Then we have to get off the boat while it is fueled. So I decide to call immigration and let them know we are in the country. Big mistake. The first question is how many people are on the boat. I ask if he meant right now so I told him no one. There were two of us but the gas dock guy made us both get off so he could fuel the boat. Next question was, “you are buying gas before you check in???? You are supposed to check in “forthwith”. I asked what does that mean? Response was a very condescending, It means forthwith (you idiot was implied). Eventually we got squared away and stayed out of trouble.
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Obviously you don’t watch Blue Bloods. Everything on there is forthwith. It means as fast as you can get your ass in gear.
Now “likely” I cant get. Is he likely to live or die?
 
Pirate Lady said:
Obviously you don’t watch Blue Bloods. Everything on there is forthwith. It means as fast as you can get your ass in gear.
Now “likely” I cant get. Is he likely to live or die?
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I was getting my ass in gear at a reasonable pace. Results vary. Yep. Not a Blue Bloods watcher. Just looked it up. Never heard of the show until now.
 
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