tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post8302781424935548735..comments2024-03-22T18:15:57.909-04:00Comments on A Haven for Vee: Border SkirmishVeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-52218197882595181932013-08-11T07:21:10.964-04:002013-08-11T07:21:10.964-04:00Bed bugs have been getting a lot of press here, es...Bed bugs have been getting a lot of press here, especially in Toronto. I thought that was so cool that you live so close to the border that you travelled back and forth often. It's like being neighbour's. ValerieGardening in a Sandboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06637549836563211475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-59351665282445006022013-08-10T07:56:05.117-04:002013-08-10T07:56:05.117-04:00Oh we used to be able to take them over, but we co...Oh we used to be able to take them over, but we couldn't bring them back. I think a lot of things have changed in the decade since I was last there.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-68612142215329522752013-08-09T23:02:26.153-04:002013-08-09T23:02:26.153-04:00Vee, that is a hilarious story! Oh my! No, we do...Vee, that is a hilarious story! Oh my! No, we don't want anymore bedbugs in Canada and I can see the point of the border guards but what a canundrum for your sister and her husband. I'm glad the mattress was still there but too bad it got rained on. Don't ever try to take citrus fruit or plants either way at the border. A definite No No. The citrus fruit one is weird as they come from the US anyway. Thanks for the chuckle Vee.Pamela Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071092617682650349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-7946391095954252082013-08-09T07:06:27.613-04:002013-08-09T07:06:27.613-04:00I couldn't wait to hear the story! Unbelievabl...I couldn't wait to hear the story! Unbelievable, really! Times have definitely changed since we last crossed the border...the man at the border looked into the car through the driver's side window, barely looked at our birth certificates and motioned us through. Great story though!<br />Linda (mysewwhatblog)<br />ps I just love that tea cup you used on your home page. I was in a shop yesterday trying to find one like it...Linda Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812556446959019991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-1717819728148945952013-08-09T01:13:02.549-04:002013-08-09T01:13:02.549-04:00Great story and I like your post title. Who knew ...Great story and I like your post title. Who knew that bed bugs were such a threat!! I'm glad that all is well and the mattress was still there. <br /><br /> Cheryl @ TFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947085477739983984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-39544484826441556172013-08-08T23:07:01.844-04:002013-08-08T23:07:01.844-04:00This is CRAZY !!This is CRAZY !!bjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432398383127199206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-69264903235630911142013-08-08T22:35:36.420-04:002013-08-08T22:35:36.420-04:00They left it outside! I take it that it's well...They left it outside! I take it that it's well camouflaged. Ha!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-71852439024978674962013-08-08T22:25:07.508-04:002013-08-08T22:25:07.508-04:00Oh my - makes for a great story though. Glad Mrs. ...Oh my - makes for a great story though. Glad Mrs. Beasley was saved. I know there are similar rules about firewood being taken across the border as well. Strange rules indeed.Rosellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615262714438296920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-3356294244192952962013-08-08T22:17:58.332-04:002013-08-08T22:17:58.332-04:00This is kind of amazing. and did they get the mat...This is kind of amazing. and did they get the mattress out of the abandoned house? Wasn't sure about your ending, but then it's late and I'm tired. I had my GD all day!podsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880888514207597761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-59260296315649413582013-08-08T20:31:00.931-04:002013-08-08T20:31:00.931-04:00I never seen a bed bug maybe we don't have the...I never seen a bed bug maybe we don't have them here, we most likely do we had all the other bugs. <br />But couldn't they just spray the mattress with something to kill anything that maybe lurking in there. <br />We can't take fruit over the borders but they truck all tropical fruit over the borders all the time, it confuses me but it's a rule.<br />Merle........ Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-10059917140003977832013-08-08T18:08:31.502-04:002013-08-08T18:08:31.502-04:00Absurd! How sad to have to give a perfectly good m...Absurd! How sad to have to give a perfectly good mattress away! That one about the citrus fruit is a weird one, too. We can take citrus over, but can't bring the same fruit back. Guess they have their reasons.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-74368478973188591232013-08-08T17:25:23.911-04:002013-08-08T17:25:23.911-04:00I can believe this because the same thing happened...I can believe this because the same thing happened to our daughter only going to the U.S.A, we live in Canada but she married a fella in Michigan, when she moved her things across the border they wouldn't let her bring her mattress in the country, they had to turn around and take it to good will . So I think it must be at both sides, I do know we are not aloud to bring citrus fruit into the U.S even though it as grown there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-75326712753671034822013-08-08T16:41:38.216-04:002013-08-08T16:41:38.216-04:00Oh my goodness what a story!! But it seems to hav...Oh my goodness what a story!! But it seems to have gotten itself sorted out. <br />I like your post titles. It's so hard for me to come up with them at times.happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-81231665654518142742013-08-08T16:25:26.006-04:002013-08-08T16:25:26.006-04:00Wow, some story! Good ending, though!
I like your...Wow, some story! Good ending, though!<br />I like your photos in the previous post. My drive bys are usually a blur. I, too, never tire of gazing at Mister's distinctive profile.<br />Now to catch up on your previous, previous posts!<br />Your new to me header is lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-69641295788917405762013-08-08T15:53:53.637-04:002013-08-08T15:53:53.637-04:00Oh my! That was NOT what I expected - it was more ...Oh my! That was NOT what I expected - it was more entertaining! I've never seen a bedbug here in Canada, nor in our visits to the US, but I know they exist in both places. Your sister and her husband were most inventive. Glad that Mrs. Beasley is safely home again. Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-91891877666289147072013-08-08T15:32:59.191-04:002013-08-08T15:32:59.191-04:00Oh, I can't quit grinning! Now that was some s...Oh, I can't quit grinning! Now that was some smart thinking on your sis's part.<br />We moved to Canada in 2001 and didn't have a bit of a problem coming across the border with our whole truck load of furniture. They do have a horrendous problem with bed bugs in Toronto I know. Probably other places too.camp and cottage livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493023859271366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-10581356259813235062013-08-08T14:45:18.760-04:002013-08-08T14:45:18.760-04:00I've had a few adventures getting into Canada ...I've had a few adventures getting into Canada "with" a passport. It doesn't surprise me one bit. Ever try to bring fish back. Don't! Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136566754402476915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-74852541125460197232013-08-08T13:54:31.356-04:002013-08-08T13:54:31.356-04:00Great post - great story. Living just 20 miles so...Great post - great story. Living just 20 miles south of the British Columbia/Washington border I could tell you some stories about border crossings (but I won't). It is strange how these things get overblown in some of the agent's heads. I'm glad you got the problem solved - and nice comfy bed in the mean time.JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12621061028973446378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-69636804454310444002013-08-08T13:49:48.485-04:002013-08-08T13:49:48.485-04:00Sorry hit enter to soon. ANYWAYS-So sorry. I have ...Sorry hit enter to soon. ANYWAYS-So sorry. I have no idea on what I would of done. Prob the same thing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466115918585699329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-91639331419582987042013-08-08T13:48:35.650-04:002013-08-08T13:48:35.650-04:00Well...I can tell you when we went in to see about...Well...I can tell you when we went in to see about having our Alabama license changed over to NY, you can get a provision put on the NY license to travel back and for to Canada (since we are only 90 miles from Nigara Falls)PLUS they gave us a list on the what haves & not haves, yep..the mattress was one the not haves. How funny. lolLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466115918585699329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-40684802217100899822013-08-08T13:36:54.222-04:002013-08-08T13:36:54.222-04:00There was a time, in our not so distant past, when...There was a time, in our not so distant past, when they were unheard of. So much for progress!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-77734733475882119932013-08-08T13:26:56.370-04:002013-08-08T13:26:56.370-04:00Now that was really entertaining! I used to teach...Now that was really entertaining! I used to teach painting seminars in Canada and always worried about going through customs. I only got detained and questioned once, but they finally let me through.Catherine Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177333835151082088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-41892272419262793382013-08-08T12:40:56.846-04:002013-08-08T12:40:56.846-04:00If I didn't know you better...I'd say you ...If I didn't know you better...I'd say you 'spun a yarn'! heehee! Some things are beyond imagining! What would I have done? I'll have to get back to you on that! haha! Truth is indeed stranger than fiction! But at least you have photos! Hugs!~Lavender Dreamer~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298191144517740164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-25389735258262886532013-08-08T12:38:09.882-04:002013-08-08T12:38:09.882-04:00What an ordeal! Bed bugs are universal and have be...What an ordeal! Bed bugs are universal and have been around as long as mankind, so it seems odd to me that Canada would only now prohibit someone from transporting a mattress across the boarder. Will a check for head lice soon follow? lol! Both conditions are not ideal, but how can one judge that from circumstance?<br /><br />A dual citizenship is nice. My husband had to renounce his Italian citizenship to become a naturalized citizen back in the 70's. Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4152193618785368659.post-40611238783754972252013-08-08T12:28:35.090-04:002013-08-08T12:28:35.090-04:00That was quite a story Vee, bed bugs! Honestly, i...That was quite a story Vee, bed bugs! Honestly, if one can't transport their own mattress from one abode to another, what is this world coming to?<br />It really is an experience even going shopping to Buffalo for a few days. We were told that once we hit US ground we better buy a coffee somewhere and keep the receipt to prove what time we arrived because if you try and sneak back one minute before your 48 hours, you'll be paying duty on some stuff. Our saving grace was my daughter's iPhone that messaged her she was switching to roaming or something like that and she was able to pull up the message for our proof of time.<br />JudithJudith @ Lavender Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361061491506137380noreply@blogger.com