I've noticed a lot of members don't list what town/city they live in or near. Some not even the state or province. I was curious as to why not? I think it might be helpful to know who lives nearby. Don't need to know your address, just town/city and state/province. Maybe be able to meet up at a cruise or car show. Anyway, just wondering.
Higgins

 

I second the motion from the fine gentleman from Michigan.

 

X3 - Would really be interested in getting with others in the North Texas area. For the past 2 years I've had a conflicting schedule standing in the way of getting with the Olds club here. This year I'm going to make a greater attempt!!

 

I third the motion. I really can not stand the FOR SALE or PARTS WANTED threads that do not even say where the parts are or are needed.

I know that any people do not want th man or big brother watching them, but narrowing down the state or province would help greatly.

Adam

 

OK, I will start.
I live near Muskegon Michigan. I Don't however do many cruise nights and no shows. I just drive mine when I have time and enjoy every minute!

 

there is a co map post

 

I am not very computer savvy,do not know why but my virus protection went crazy when I was trying to log onto that map. Left it alone.

I am located in northwest Indiana,I visit all the cruise nights I can in the area.From Whiting(north) to Lowell(south) and from Hobart(east) to Lansing,Il (west).
I have driven up to 2 hours away for shows.

 

I'm listed on the map but find it a bit of trouble to use. Having a location on your avatar would make it simple. Easy to see. I list my town to make it more difinitive. Just saying Mid-Michigan covers a lot of territory.
Not saying anyone has to do it, but I don't see any harm in it. The nearest Olds club is 50 miles from me and my schedule makes it difficult to join and participate.
Higgins

 

Some folks want the privacy, others just want to remain anonymous. Me, I try to capitalise on Danville's American Civil War (more properly War of Northern Aggression ) connection esp with the war's Sesquicentennial going on.

I could put down as being close to VIR, but a lot of folks don't know about the track. I have made a connection with a fellow on another Olds Forum who also has a Cobra Factory Five he's going to race at VIR and needed a place to store it for a few days rather than trailer it down here, back to PA and then do it all over again the next weekend, so yes, knowing where someone lives can be beneficial. I think he was surprised to find he could store it safely less than five miles from the track as he was counting on 20-25 miles away.

 

So, when I put Edmonton AB, you guys all know that AB is Canada's way of shortening up Alberta, right?

BTW Ziff 396, when you put the 'Oldsmobile' emblem on your 442 grills, did the back pegs fit in the holes for the 442 numbers, or did you have to drill them yourself? Looks different but nice.

 

Allen--- Although I'm just an old hillbilly, even I know that ON stands for the Province of Ontario. I even know that "The Plains of Abraham" are in Montreal, QC

One time, years ago, I was crossing into Canada with my family via the Peace Bridge. When I got to Canadian Immigration, the agent asked the usual, "US Citizen?", "Where were you born?" "How long will you be visiting Canada"-- and then he asked "Who was the first President of the United States?" I said "Geo. Washington - who was the second?" He said "Enjoy your stay in Canada!"

--Don

 

Don, don't want to be a di*k but the "Plains" are in Quebec City, QC. Anyway I have a good border story. Some guys were travelling with co-workers on a business trip when they stopped at the US-Canada border (1994).

The guard said "All Canadian citizens?" All six answered yes. The guard looked into the van. "Business or pleasure?" A bit of both says my friend. The guard surveyed the occupants and asked, "Where were you born sir? "USA" says the driver, "And you?" "India" says the passenger. Pointing to the guys in the back. "Israel, Canada, Libya, Iran" came the answers.

The guard hesitated for a moment then looked in the van "You must be Canadians if you can all travel in that van together. Have a good trip."

 

It is? Man, I always though it meant you guys had good abs!

 

How did I blow that! It's a city park on the river-- I've been there.....

Another border story-- I was with a friend of mine, Harry Radloff, from Buffalo He was a TV repairman back in the day when you COULD repair a TV. Harry had some customers in Niagra Falls, ON. We were returning from Canada and the U. S Immigration guy said "Are you bringing back anything from Canada?" Harry said "Our lunch!"

I remember years ago my folks were visiting Montreal. My mom bought a beautiful fur coat and merely wore it back, right through customs, into the U. S.

I never thought that I would have to show a passport to get back into the U. S after our annual ferry boat trip visiting relatives on Pelee Island, ON in lake Erie.

--Don

 

I am trying to change mine but finding it difficult.

Ahhh, it worked!

 

Didn't you have to show it to get in to Canada too?
Knowing how wild and crazy a guy you are I'm surprised they even let you into Canada with the lengthy record you must have Don?

 

To get into Canada from the U.S. required a valid drivers license or birth certificate.This is a true story- Happened about 5 or 6 years ago.

A guy wanted to go from Sandusky, OH to Pelee Island, Canada. He didn't have a passport. The U.S. Dock Agent told him he could go to Canada, but he couldn't get back into the U.S. The guy got on the "Pelee Islander" and went to Canada. At the West Dock on Pelee, he didn't have a VALID driver's license, and they wouldn't let him off the dock. He took the next boat back to Sandusky. U S. Immigration wouldn't let him into the U.S.

This went on for several days and lot's of legal expenses for the jerk.

Hell, I went to Canada for over 60 years before I needed a passport to go.

The ARAB'S WON!

--Don
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This was my question, too. I've been to Canada on three separate occasions over the last two years, and all three times I was asked to show my U.S. passport before I was allowed into the country. But from what I understand, the Canadians want to see your U.S. passport not to enter their country but to verify that you can re-enter the U.S. when the time comes. A passport IS now required of U.S. citizens returning home from any other country and has been for a while. In the case of the Canadians, they don't want you ending up trapped in Canada because you can't get back into the U.S. for lack of a passport.

 

This reminds me of that Tom Hanks movie "The Terminal" from a few years ago. It was about an Eastern European man whose country undergoes a civil war while he is traveling to the U.S., and the U.S. government no longer recognizes his country as a sovereign nation. When he tries to go through customs at the U.S. airport, he is denied because his passport is no longer valid. But he can't go home, either, for the same reason, so he ends up trapped in the airport.

It sounds like your friend could have been trapped on that ferry boat, unable to get off in either Canada or the U.S. The point here is that, regardless of how irritating or silly the rules may seem now, they are not to be messed with or casually disregarded. Doing so could get you in some serious trouble. It sounds almost Gestapo-ish to say it, but make sure your paperwork is in order before you cross borders.

 

Wow! Pelee Island is in my back yard. I have lived in Windsor for twenty one years now, but have never been there.....

 

Nonsense. People cross the southern US border all the time without them and live in the country for years. They start families and anchor themselves with that. Some become productive members of American society while others are nothing but a drain on it.

"Passport? We don't need no steenking passport!"

Back to OT: if you're uncomfortable posting location, do as I do and alter spelling, as in Vajenya or Nawth Cackalacka. Or use a state's nickname, as in The Free State for MD (though I know some MD guys who would argue that "free" thing). It gives us a quick geography lesson on top of it, which keeps our fading brain cells sharp!

 

I SAID - HE DIDN'T HAVE A PASSPORT.
The Canadians would not let him off the dock!

When you buy a ticket for the boat to Pelee Island, you do not show the ticket seller a passport. You're supposed to know the drill.

--Don (from "Nothin' Could Be Finah Than To Be In Car....)
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... whatcha got in it- a 442!
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Hey, no need to shout. I'm standing right here.

I KNOW he didn't have a passport. You said that. You also said he didn't even have a valid driver's license. So what the hell was he thinking that day as he stepped onto the ferry? That it was 1980?

You're right, it's not the job of the seller of the ferry tickets to make sure your citizenship paperwork is in order. It's the responsibility of the person buying the ticket.

 

Sorry, but your information is woefully out of date, and your comment that this has been true "for years" indicates that you haven't checked the rules lately.

This is directly from the state department website concerning travel to and from Mexico:

Since March 1, 2010, all U.S. citizens – including children – have been required to present a valid passport or passport card for travel beyond the “border zone” into the interior of Mexico. The “border zone” is generally defined as an area within 20 to 30 kilometers of the border with the U.S., depending on the location. Regardless of the destination in Mexico; however, all U.S. citizens age 16 or older must present a valid U.S. passport book or passport card to re-enter the U.S. by land. A passport book is required to return to the United States via an international flight.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p...s/cis_970.html

Remember, the issue is often not getting into the other country, it's getting back into the U.S. As the comment above notes, Mexico doesn't care if you have a passport if you're staying within the border area, but the U.S. DOES require a passport to come back into the U.S. no matter how far into Mexico you go.

Now people who live on either the U.S. or Mexican side of the border and work in the other country and thus cross the border every day might get some kind of a work permit or work visa that permits them to move quickly back and forth across the border, but it all starts with a passport.

 

Location: Tooele (twilla) utah.

about 20 miles west of salt lake city.

 

Jaunty- bring your *** down here and look at the ever-increasing undocumented Mexican population and then tell me those State Department Mexican border crossing regulations again. We're talking about people who do not play by the rules.

And with that I close on the subject, since we're dangerously close to getting political.

 

OK. Nothing Political!

 

I'm sorry!

 

I'm talking about law-abiding citizens and what U.S. law is. I'm talking about "documented" people. I'm talking primarily about U.S citizens wanting to visit other countries, which is what started this conversation. If you want to go off on some tangent unrelated to the present conversation, enjoy yourself.

 

My first trip to Canada years ago on business, my traveling associate said I could have a little fun with the Canadian immigration guy. So when he asked where I was born, I told him (truthfully) "Lebanon". After a long pause, I finished my answer "Pennsylvania". The border guy did not think it was funny.

 

That's too far the other way! It's barely above a whisper. I can hardly hear you!!

 

The first rule of border crossing or TSA screening...never make a joke. There are signs about that all around the airport security screening areas.

You're lucky the border guy didn't detain you to check on your passport and/or order you to empty everything out of your car. They have every right to do that, and they have the right to keep you for 24 hoursor 48 hours or some number like that while they check you out.

99.9% of people they let sail through without a problem. The trick is not to stand out in any way and become that 1 in 1000 who gets the extra scrutiny.

 

I'm sorry!

 

fixed mine, I think

Lee

 

It's more fun to throw you bait and watch you take it. BTW the OT had nothing to do with US citizens visiting other countries- it was about forum members posting their location so other forum members could find them.

Get your facts straight, hoss, and in the meantime lay off the curmudgeon pills. They do nothing for either you or the forum.

 

Ziff396 how close to Muskegon are you? Holton? Whitehall? Cloverville? Don't recall ever seeing your car out and about.

 

He was being facetious about Illegal Aliens coming here illegally all the time.

But, yes you are absolutely correct that we do need US Passports to cross the border and re-enter
the United States legally now. It changed right after I went to Cancun in 2005 IIRC , not long after.

You use to be able to just leave with just your State Drivers license iirc.
US Military members never needed a passport. Their military ID suffices.

 

Illegal aliens do not have a choice about arriving illegally...

 

Just hanging out here in Newmarket which is just outside of Toronto (what we like to call the GTA - Greater Toronto Area) which is also known as the centre of civilized Canada (ok.. I know I'm going to pay for that one! LOL!).

Our biggest claim to fame is that we are Jim Carrey's & John Candy's hometown! Two great comics and screen stars from one little town!

 

Anyon ever seen the movie "Born in east LA?"