tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post2867303176897268546..comments2023-10-21T11:35:09.795-03:00Comments on hearing/loss: A series of (un)fortunate events - Days 6 & 7ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-33097539346388518662010-01-13T22:45:16.134-04:002010-01-13T22:45:16.134-04:00Thanks to everyone for the interesting thread!
Ha...Thanks to everyone for the interesting thread!<br /><br />Hank - I have no doubt that's a key motive behind the collection of this data. What else they'll do with it...?? I don't care. I just don't want them to HAVE IT.<br /><br />Interestingly, I'm pretty sure our first trip to Cuba, from Fredericton direct to Holguin, did not literally pass over the US at any point. But we ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-20119131903203385442010-01-11T18:42:11.989-04:002010-01-11T18:42:11.989-04:00Oddly, i just learned some things about my parents...Oddly, i just learned some things about my parents that i never knew, one of which is that my dad has been to Cuba. Only, in 1938, at age 11, when his doctor father took the family to a medical conference. What does he remember? Nothing -nice beach. Any photos?! None! But i envy you, and all who could enjoy a trip there back when it was allowed. This law appalls me.Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-5538307420353020182010-01-11T17:31:33.112-04:002010-01-11T17:31:33.112-04:00Ronnie,
My guess is that the U.S. government is m...Ronnie,<br /><br />My guess is that the U.S. government is more interested in finding U.S. citizens who are trying to get around the U.S. prohibition of traveling to Cuba or finding people from other countries of interest who are traveling to Cuba (or both).<br /><br />I doubt they would be that interested in law-abiding Canadian citizens who traveled to Cuba as tourists. Of course, I could be Hank Gillettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17328364486555780403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-63113914951017515882010-01-07T20:00:11.341-04:002010-01-07T20:00:11.341-04:00BLOGGERS' TOUR OF CUBA...YES!!!! c'mon...i...BLOGGERS' TOUR OF CUBA...YES!!!! c'mon...it'd be great fun. mr. flush terlit, the cartoonist (hey, he could draw pitchers of the whole thing), you and husbunt an the kidz/catz, whoever else, an me. if nowt else, we could share a jail cell!!!!Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-43782787355528511192010-01-07T03:39:48.689-04:002010-01-07T03:39:48.689-04:00Thanks for the very clear response to my question,...Thanks for the very clear response to my question, ronnie -- I can be pretty dense sometimes, and miss what may be obvious to others.<br /><br />What a damned sad state we've let a few criminal freaks get us into.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-46901938804332852782010-01-06T21:28:29.403-04:002010-01-06T21:28:29.403-04:00Oh - one final note on the Cuba/US thing.
When yo...Oh - one final note on the Cuba/US thing.<br /><br />When you clear Immigration in Cuba, they don't stamp your passport. They give you a visa card, but don't stamp your passport.<br /><br />This is because they know that visiting Cuba can be problematic for people who must also travel to the US.<br /><br />So, in spite of the fact that we've been to Cuba 5 times now, a check of our ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-26970130868073776072010-01-06T19:58:34.901-04:002010-01-06T19:58:34.901-04:00M.E., many Americans just fly to Mexico and book a...M.E., many Americans just fly to Mexico and book a flight from there. Others go via Canada. The fines, if you are caught, can be hefty though, and a couple of years ago the Bush administration was aggressively hunting down people who went this route and fining them. I remember a scuba diving tour group who all got hit with big ($10,000+) fines. <br /><br />With the Obama administration, buzz has ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-7594666597208631672010-01-06T19:53:02.433-04:002010-01-06T19:53:02.433-04:00Hi Sherwood -
I don't want to go to the US bec...Hi Sherwood -<br />I don't want to go to the US because anyone checking our passports there, from a border guard to a cop if we have a traffic accident, now potentially has access to the information that we have been in Cuba - a country the US just recently reiterated that it considers a state sponsor of terrorism and singled out for special transportation screening - at least once. They may ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-2416957804435092972010-01-06T19:29:18.764-04:002010-01-06T19:29:18.764-04:00hey...i think you and husband should offer TOURS o...hey...i think you and husband should offer TOURS of cuba!!! i'd sure as hell sign up. my ex-husband has been to cuba at least THREE times! i wanna go, but i have no idea how to get there or wot to do or.....c'mon. a bloggers' tour of cuba!! wet's do it!!!Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-88848156182082304072010-01-06T17:32:07.654-04:002010-01-06T17:32:07.654-04:00Interestingly, I'm currently afraid to go to C...Interestingly, I'm currently afraid to go to Canada, since your provinces are now licensing naturopaths ("Not Actually Doctors") to prescribe. If I'm hospitalized here, I'll pay way too much money, but at least I won't get treated by quacks. <br /><br />http://blog.nitpicking.com/2009/04/stay-out-of-british-columbia.htmlCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674198657010416085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-79036808145516755562010-01-06T04:56:23.695-04:002010-01-06T04:56:23.695-04:00I have loved this series and this entry in particu...I have loved this series and this entry in particular -- great photos, great stories.<br /><br />But why are you denying yourself a short trip to Maine?<br /><br />I can absolutely understand your indignation with my country's behavior around your trip. Next summer, I'll be flying over part of Canada on my way to a country with a <i>real</i> recent history of terrorism -- but I'd be Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.com