Diabetes Talking

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Most people know more than you think I had jury duty two years ago – I loaded up with meters, lancets, syringes – enough crap for a summer vacation (hoping to be turned away) I got to Courthouse security and dumped all of this stuff out – knowing that they ever confiscate nail files. The guard handed  the stuff back to me, waved me in,  and said – if you need it, the clerk keeps glucose tablets at the front desk! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –    SHould there be any problem?? No there SHOULD not be any problem, Most of the guards understand insulin however one can never be sure there won’t be a new hire on duty.    Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming    back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the    Canadian ones are. Quite the opposite, the only time I’ve ever been given even the slightest hassle (And I assure you it was very slight indeed) was going into Canada. In this specific case the request to report around back for a search gave me a chance to do a bit of maintenance that was needed while awaiting the officer. By the way… I work about 1/2 the way between the Tunnel and the Ambassador bridge "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business" It’s 10:00 pm, Do you know where your back up is? Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 – Registered

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By the way… I work about 1/2 the way between the Tunnel and the Ambassador bridge

John, Did you get a good look at the tall ships? Note: They had 24 of them on the Detroit river this weekend to celebrate Detroit’s 300th birthday. — Bob Visit my information & link page at http://twilight.webbernet.net/~gooteebob/index_html.htm news.newusers.questions Moderation Team Worker

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

Don, The only thing you have to watch is to *not* video tape going through Canadian customs. Port Huron is a nice place to cross, if you have time, have kids and need to stop for the night, go on to Chatham and check out the Wheels Inn. It is something else. http://www.wheelsinn.com/ Be very careful on 401 between Windsor and London, they get some horrendous multicar accidents there. Have a nice trip. — Bob Visit my information & link page at http://twilight.webbernet.net/~gooteebob/index_html.htm news.newusers.questions Moderation Team Worker

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fodder.  I wonder who has the largest volume of posters in their killfiles anyway.  The attackers or the attacked?  My guess would be the attackers.  I

Judging by the quantity of responses to people in my killfile, …… — Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau

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Chuck, Careful or you might end up in their killfile unless they consider you good fodder.  I wonder who has the largest volume of posters in their killfiles anyway.  The attackers or the attacked?  My guess would be the attackers.  I bet I’ve made it into someone’s with this post.  What do ya think? Jim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tsk tsk  Wrong on all counts. Regards Chuck Chuck – how do you say "chauvinist?" you obviously don’t know much about Canada -you sound JUST like a those two monkeys "hear no evil and see no evil" I get a picture of you in New Brunswick greeting the guy who is flying the Union Jack with  "bon jour"

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   SHould there be any problem?? No there SHOULD not be any problem, Most of the guards understand insulin however one can never be sure there won’t be a new hire on duty.    Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming    back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the    Canadian ones are. Quite the opposite, the only time I’ve ever been given even the slightest hassle (And I assure you it was very slight indeed) was going into Canada. In this specific case the request to report around back for a search gave me a chance to do a bit of maintenance that was needed while awaiting the officer. By the way… I work about 1/2 the way between the Tunnel and the Ambassador bridge "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business" It’s 10:00 pm, Do you know where your back up is? Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 – Registered

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Tsk tsk  Wrong on all counts. Regards Chuck

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Chuck – how do you say "chauvinist?" you obviously don’t know much about Canada -you sound JUST like a those two monkeys "hear no evil and see no evil" I get a picture of you in New Brunswick greeting the guy who is flying the Union Jack with  "bon jour" Michel; I find your PS post to be totally erroneous, not to say moronic.  The French population in Quebec very much appreciates any attempt to speak the language no matter how badly mangled.  Your racist comment with respect to your reception by English speaking Canadians reveals much more about how you view yourself than how others see you.  It may surprise you but not all people of colour from this country and immigrants from other countries have trouble speaking educated English. You didn’t ax, but I thought I’d tell you anyway. Regards Chuck Some years ago, my father went to Toronto to Shouldice Hospital for a hernia operation (very successful, I might add).  Naturally, I wanted to go with him, but as a US Army Colonel, he decided that it was strategic that I stay on our end to be able to pick him as he returned home on the airplane. He went by the book (how else?).  He told me that the Canadian Customs authorities simply wisked everyone by.  But coming back, it was the Americans who gave everyone the third degree.  Living here on the US-Mexican border in San Diego, this did not surprise us. Back when my father was younger, and when he objected to such treatment from the US people, they informed us that while it was our Constitutional right to leave the United States, we had no such right to return. Such is and has always been their thinking.  So, beware. Michel Martin PS  With a name like Michel Martin (of Continental French origin) I would never relish stepping foot in Canada.  For one thing, the Quebecois wouldn’t like the way I speak French (it sounds to them like the BBC does to an American) and the English-speaking Canadians would welcome me like a Black American showing up at a white Rotarian picnic, thinking that my English is too good for someone supposedly like myself.  So I simply stay the hell out of there. Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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Chuck – how do you say "chauvinist?" you obviously don’t know much about Canada -you sound JUST like a those two monkeys "hear no evil and see no evil" I get a picture of you in New Brunswick greeting the guy who is flying the Union Jack with  "bon jour" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Michel; I find your PS post to be totally erroneous, not to say moronic.  The French population in Quebec very much appreciates any attempt to speak the language no matter how badly mangled.  Your racist comment with respect to your reception by English speaking Canadians reveals much more about how you view yourself than how others see you.  It may surprise you but not all people of colour from this country and immigrants from other countries have trouble speaking educated English. You didn’t ax, but I thought I’d tell you anyway. Regards Chuck Some years ago, my father went to Toronto to Shouldice Hospital for a hernia operation (very successful, I might add).  Naturally, I wanted to go with him, but as a US Army Colonel, he decided that it was strategic that I stay on our end to be able to pick him as he returned home on the airplane. He went by the book (how else?).  He told me that the Canadian Customs authorities simply wisked everyone by.  But coming back, it was the Americans who gave everyone the third degree.  Living here on the US-Mexican border in San Diego, this did not surprise us. Back when my father was younger, and when he objected to such treatment from the US people, they informed us that while it was our Constitutional right to leave the United States, we had no such right to return. Such is and has always been their thinking.  So, beware. Michel Martin PS  With a name like Michel Martin (of Continental French origin) I would never relish stepping foot in Canada.  For one thing, the Quebecois wouldn’t like the way I speak French (it sounds to them like the BBC does to an American) and the English-speaking Canadians would welcome me like a Black American showing up at a white Rotarian picnic, thinking that my English is too good for someone supposedly like myself.  So I simply stay the hell out of there. Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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Michel; I find your PS post to be totally erroneous, not to say moronic.  The French population in Quebec very much appreciates any attempt to speak the language no matter how badly mangled.  Your racist comment with respect to your reception by English speaking Canadians reveals much more about how you view yourself than how others see you.  It may surprise you but not all people of colour from this country and immigrants from other countries have trouble speaking educated English. You didn’t ax, but I thought I’d tell you anyway. Regards Chuck

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some years ago, my father went to Toronto to Shouldice Hospital for a hernia operation (very successful, I might add).  Naturally, I wanted to go with him, but as a US Army Colonel, he decided that it was strategic that I stay on our end to be able to pick him as he returned home on the airplane. He went by the book (how else?).  He told me that the Canadian Customs authorities simply wisked everyone by.  But coming back, it was the Americans who gave everyone the third degree.  Living here on the US-Mexican border in San Diego, this did not surprise us. Back when my father was younger, and when he objected to such treatment from the US people, they informed us that while it was our Constitutional right to leave the United States, we had no such right to return. Such is and has always been their thinking.  So, beware. Michel Martin PS  With a name like Michel Martin (of Continental French origin) I would never relish stepping foot in Canada.  For one thing, the Quebecois wouldn’t like the way I speak French (it sounds to them like the BBC does to an American) and the English-speaking Canadians would welcome me like a Black American showing up at a white Rotarian picnic, thinking that my English is too good for someone supposedly like myself.  So I simply stay the hell out of there. Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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  Hello Don,   You shouldn’t have any problems at the border.  I’ve driven and flown into Canada several times and they’ve never taken much notice.  It does help that people know a lot more about diabetes than years ago.   The USA Imigration does tend to check things much more carefully. Food will be a bit suspicious right now since there is such an emphasis on keeping mad cow disease out of the USA.   Have fun,   FLAE – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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Some years ago, my father went to Toronto to Shouldice Hospital for a hernia operation (very successful, I might add).  Naturally, I wanted to go with him, but as a US Army Colonel, he decided that it was strategic that I stay on our end to be able to pick him as he returned home on the airplane. He went by the book (how else?).  He told me that the Canadian Customs authorities simply wisked everyone by.  But coming back, it was the Americans who gave everyone the third degree.  Living here on the US-Mexican border in San Diego, this did not surprise us. Back when my father was younger, and when he objected to such treatment from the US people, they informed us that while it was our Constitutional right to leave the United States, we had no such right to return. Such is and has always been their thinking.  So, beware. Michel Martin PS  With a name like Michel Martin (of Continental French origin) I would never relish stepping foot in Canada.  For one thing, the Quebecois wouldn’t like the way I speak French (it sounds to them like the BBC does to an American) and the English-speaking Canadians would welcome me like a Black American showing up at a white Rotarian picnic, thinking that my English is too good for someone supposedly like myself.  So I simply stay the hell out of there. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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The Tunnel is friendlier than the Bluewater or Ambassador Bridge. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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You will have zero problem coming into Canada with insulin.  It is NOT a controlled drug and is usually prescribed by an MD only so that our private drug plans will pay for them.  As for your guys when you go back Chuck

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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Just a quick question …we are leaving for Buffalo in 2 weeks from Michigan….so the most expeditious route is through Canada (via Sarnia and on through to Niagra Falls) This is my first time going over the border with insulin. I have the Humalog Pens. I plan to keep them in the box with the script on them. SHould there be any problem?? Also, has anyone else had the experience, that the guards coming back into the US are nastier/meaner/perhaps more stringent than the Canadian ones are. I have crossed probably more than 50 time in my life and once we almost had to throw our Kentucky Fried Chicken away because we purchased in Canada and another night my wife and I played BINGO and we got the 3rd degree as we stopped to get a bite to eat .We are not young or particularly dangerous looking….very typical 50ish folks. Thanks Don

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