3 ms·

If you've ever driven through the land crossing border in either direction at Calais, Maine (and St. Stephen, NB), they're both really tiny and sleepy places. I

If you've ever driven through the land crossing border in either direction at Calais, Maine (and St. Stephen, NB), they're both really tiny and sleepy places. It's astonishing to think that he wouldn't get caught. Like, you cripple the PCs of a place where your colleagues use them on a day to day basis and think nobody is going to notice? Real genius move there, bud.

hammock 26d ago
The border guys are there are really aggressive too. I canoed the st croix up around there and you are warned not to paddle north of the halfway line in the middle of the river… agents will literally pop out of the woods and start reproaching you
- Scoundreller 26d ago
  obviously this isn't official advice, but are they misinformed and don't like you doing legal things that bother them? > Any small pleasure vessel leaving a United States port into international or foreign waters, without a call at a foreign port, does not satisfy the foreign departure requirement. Therefore, certain fishing vessels, cruises to nowhere, or any vessel that leaves from a United States port and returns without calling a foreign port or place, has not departed the United States. Dunno how much emphasis to put on the word "port" https://www.cbp.gov/travel/pleasure-boats-private-flyers/pleasure-boat-overview https://www.cbp.gov/travel/pleasure-boats-private-flyers/ple... While it's a more inland water, Large vessels effectively can't transit through Windows/Detroit shipping channel without multiple border line crossings: https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lower-Detroit-River-scaled.jpg?resize=956%2C2048&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1...
  - snypher 26d ago
    >but are they misinformed and don't like you doing legal things that bother them This is generally law enforcement all over. Given the power imbalance people don't question it due to fear of arrest/violence.

hammock 26d ago

The border guys are there are really aggressive too. I canoed the st croix up around there and you are warned not to paddle north of the halfway line in the middle of the river… agents will literally pop out of the woods and start reproaching you

Scoundreller 26d ago
obviously this isn't official advice, but are they misinformed and don't like you doing legal things that bother them? > Any small pleasure vessel leaving a United States port into international or foreign waters, without a call at a foreign port, does not satisfy the foreign departure requirement. Therefore, certain fishing vessels, cruises to nowhere, or any vessel that leaves from a United States port and returns without calling a foreign port or place, has not departed the United States. Dunno how much emphasis to put on the word "port" https://www.cbp.gov/travel/pleasure-boats-private-flyers/pleasure-boat-overview https://www.cbp.gov/travel/pleasure-boats-private-flyers/ple... While it's a more inland water, Large vessels effectively can't transit through Windows/Detroit shipping channel without multiple border line crossings: https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lower-Detroit-River-scaled.jpg?resize=956%2C2048&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/niche-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/1...
- snypher 26d ago
  >but are they misinformed and don't like you doing legal things that bother them This is generally law enforcement all over. Given the power imbalance people don't question it due to fear of arrest/violence.