― KeithW (kmw), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Seattle held the G8 conference in 2000. Maybe the Customs officer thought Alex looked like an Anti-Globalization protestor.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
however most likely on comment card: scruffy rocker needs to smarten up ;-)
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-02-27%2016.45.31%20-0800/Image-7DF5421E891F11D9.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-02-27%2016.45.31%20-0800/Image-7DF656B1891F11D9.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-02-27%2016.45.31%20-0800/Image-7DFC6804891F11D9.jpg
That's a fellow Gatherer, my absolute not sober self, and Raven after the show on Friday night. Hooray for alcohol.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 March 2005 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link
About the customs thing, my opinion is don't bother. If they really had something on you I can't imagine why they would have left you up to your own devices to contact whoever anyway. And the way you tell the story you make it sound like they only told you to contact someone for an answer to your question, not because THEY specifically wanted you to contact someone. The way you tell the story, it just sounds like a lot of scare tactics to me.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Thursday, 3 March 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link
actually jars of food like that are the perfect thing to get caught at customs for, as they're commonly used to smuggle drugs (masking scent for the dogs, icky stuff for the customs agent's hand). don't ask me how i know.
i'd bet, given your last name, there's somebody on the big "no flight list" with the same or a similar name. good thing your flight didn't get turned around. but don't worry, ted kennedy's on it too!
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 3 March 2005 06:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 3 March 2005 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 March 2005 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― don weiner, Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Thursday, 3 March 2005 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― you will be shot (you will be shot), Thursday, 3 March 2005 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link