border crossings

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 13:50 6/4/2005, you wrote:
>Thanks to the insanity of the Patriot Act(sic) a they will start
>requiring a passport to re-enter the US this summer (not sure of the
>exact date). This will effectively close the longest "open" border in
>the world. Papers, please.
>
>
>Dean


Depends what you call close.   Last July, as I came back into Maine, when 
the border guard asked me for a picture ID,I flashed my passport.  He was 
visibly pleased that I did so, and the less-than-a-minute which I spent in 
the "gate" was more pleasant small talk than anything else.



Conrad Hoffsommer
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