[SGVLUG] interesting, border inspection issues

[Chris Louden]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Tom Emerson <osnut at pacbell.net> wrote:
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> Well, I'm back in the states with my laptop intact :)
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> Turns out this trip didn't even raise an eyebrow for the computer (though I
> did have to open my bag and unwrap my camera enough to verify it was a
> camera)  thinking back on it, I think I know why: I first flew from Berlin
> to Frankfurt, then to the U.S.  As such, the "outbound" customs/security
> inspection was the only time my bag was opened, and this was in Berlin.
> Since this was not an international flight, the restrictions were not as
> severe (I didn't have to take off my shoes, for example)
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> Inbound customs was looking at the fact there were hundreds of people in
> line, mostly foreign visitors (by the time I got through, 5 of the 6
> "queues" were designated "visitor" queues, and only 1 as "u.s. citizen") so
> with nothing significant to declare, I was in and out in under a minute.

Good to hear.

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> I *do* have some very interesting pictures to share -- most notably, the
> price of gasoline -- 1.40+ EURO per LITRE -- at the exchange rate we got
> (something slightly worse than $1.60 per euro), this works out to about
> $9/gallon ...

So basically you are confirming that the price of gas really isn't
high, but that the US dollar has lost its value.
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