You people that ski...you'd LOVE Banff if you haven't been.

pickings. I will never forget, nor will I ever have any respect for that police force after I was surrounded by three cop cars walking out of Bi-Lo with a case of beer because they thought I was underage.

I think it will get interesting though, there are two opposing forces at play at the moment. It's early in the game, but we'll see how it plays out. Clemson has invested a lot of money in new on campus housing, presumably with the attitude that if they build it, the students will come. I wonder if they've considered the fact that students will not live there if they can't drink, or if they're hassled much about it. Highpointe has never been at capacity due to that very reason. So who wins this battle, the university, or the over zealous police force?

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Well it is a little early to type this with any enthusiasm,

Apr 3, 2018, 6:17 AM

but I will try anyway to relay my story about Canada. Anyway, many years back I planned a trip to Whistler in Canada to go skiing. I had a buddy living in Seattle, so I caught a plane ride from Florida to Seattle and then we would drive up for the trip. I fly out to Seattle and my buddy picks me up and drive on up to the Canadian border. When we get to the Canadian border I find out that they won't let me in due to my arrest for the "wet reckless charge" which was a reduced DUI charge. I flew all the way out there, hotel was paid for, etc etc, and the trip was ruined possibly. Well, my buddy who I was with was actually Canadian. He tells me he knows a spot where I can just walk over and it's not a big deal. It sounded sketchy but I decided to give it a go. He drives to a spot at about 11pm or so and says, "See those lights way out there. That's Canada. I will meet you on the other side. Call me when you get over there and I will pick you up." I went for it. Of course we were a little stoned too, but whatever. It was pretty clear where I was going from the road, but once I took my steps off of the road and started walking through the woods on that cold February night, the direction wasn't so obvious. I was cutting through trees and bushes with branches snapping and wasn't even sure if I was on the right angle anymore. After a bit I hear some ATV's roaring towards me off in the distance. I decide to crunch down hoping not to be seen and regretting my choice to try and get over to Canada. After a bit the ATV's get closer and closer and the people/border patrol get off of their ATV's and start walking. I can hear on their radios someone guiding them. "He is more to your left and 70 yards up approx." "No, more to your left." Of course I realize that they must have me on some infrared or something of the sort. Eventually they are basically right on top of me, so I stand up with my hands raised. A few border patrol guys with their guns out aimed at me screamed, "Get your hands in the air". I say, "They're up". They say, "Get your F***ing hands up higher". I do it obviously. They say, "Where the F**k are you from?" I let them know I am from the United States. They say, "Where are the f***ng drugs?" I let them know that there are no drugs. They search for the drugs that don't exist all through the bushes. I have no luggage or bags, so they they are looking for whatever I was carrying. My bags were on the other side in Canada in my buddy's trunk waiting to go to Whistler. The border patrol are freaking out the whole time, run my name, see that I have no warrants or anything. Let me add that, I wasn't even busted by the Canadian border patrol. I didn't get past the American border patrol. They screamed at me, "Who the f**k tries to sneak into Canada?" I explain to them that I was denied at the border and I want to complete my ski trip that I planned. Eventually the lightened up and even chuckled about it. They explained that they could lock me for 90 days if they wanted. They guided me back to the road and told me there was a gas station about a mile down the road and that if they caught me again i would be going to jail for a bit. I assured them they wouldn't see or hear from again. Well, that was my almost trip to Canada. Looks like I will never have the chance to go there. It's a shame because I always wanted to go and I even have some good friends living up there. If you have a DUI or even a reduced DUI charge, they may not let you in. I am proof. Not that you likely would, but don't try and sneak in either.

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Re: You people that ski...you'd LOVE Banff if you haven't been.

You there now?

If you have had a DUI you can't go there supposedly.

Canada will turn u back at Customs for a lot of different criminal charges.

Especially if you've ever lived somewhere like Clemson

I think I was the last generation of CU students to catch

Well they still can't do that, they just go for the easy

No doubt. That's why I was off-campus for my final

They didn't get too bad until the late 2000's

I always though the cops in Clemson sucked...

The big thing in the early 90's was how quickly word

Good point.*****

You may not recall, but there was a big stir when that kid

It seems like the cops would want to not hassle....

It was a free for all until Ashley Gill took a nosedive out

There's always Mexico***

I have a good story about me trying to sneak into Canada...

Well it is a little early to type this with any enthusiasm,

So what did your buddy do???

Re: So what did your buddy do???

We wanted to check it out this year for the

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