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Re: [OM] OT: American Oddities

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: American Oddities
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019 18:57:14 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     There are numerous places along the Mississippi River where the inside of 
an elbow belongs to the state on the opposite bank.

>
>Search out "Point Roberts, Washington, USA" on Google maps / earth. 
>Another USA / Canada oddity, this time south of Vancouver, BC. Back 
>yard fences on the Canadian side comprise the border with the USA. 
>Intrepid Canadian homeowners throw their garden refuse over their 
>fences into the USA. Climb over the fence to retrieve anything and 
>get caught by Trump's goons you might spend five years in a US 
>Federal lockup. Been to Point Roberts several times. Its only pros 
>are cheap gas and restaurant meals ! 
>
>> 
>>  Or Molson smugglers.
>> 
>> >
>> >Great place to build a wall. We certainly don't want any illegal, 
>> >criminally minded deer crossing over from Canada.
>> >
>> >
>> >> Saw this story on the BBC this morning:
>> >>
>> >>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46741175
>> >>
>> >>and it immediately reminded me of Moosylvania:
>> >>
>> >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosylvania
>> >>
>> >
>> 
>

Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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