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mn9driver

(4,756 posts)

11. I miss the pre-911 days.

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:09 PM

Feb 2025

Crossing the border between Windsor and Detroit for lunch, or a night out, or just shopping was nothing. The border people would ask where we were born, why we were crossing and how long we were staying and that was it. 10 seconds, no documents needed.

I wish it was still that easy.

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Paying for every meal in packed Canadian restaurant, U.S, couple apologizes for Trump politics [View all] Spazito Feb 2025 OP

That is wonderful act of kindness and solidarity with the Canadian patrons bdamomma Feb 2025 #1

American people like Canadian people and vice versa. Goobermints, ... not so much. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #2

For you Lulu KC Feb 2025 #3

That is hilarious. niyad Feb 2025 #4

LOL! Spazito Feb 2025 #7

Hahaha! That's so funny! I want Canadian accent lessons! Sign me up! BComplex Feb 2025 #14

First laugh of the day award NJCher Feb 2025 #25

KNR niyad Feb 2025 #5

Such a kind rambler_american Feb 2025 #6

🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵 live love laugh Feb 2025 #8

I love this news story and so appreciate what that couple did.... and liberalla Feb 2025 #9

A beatiful gesture, to be sure. NNadir Feb 2025 #10

I miss the pre-911 days. mn9driver Feb 2025 #11

I remember when the southern border was the same. Kali Feb 2025 #13

Me, too, Kali. As a senior in high school, we used to cross the Mexican border for lunch! BComplex Feb 2025 #15

We used to cross all the time. sdfernando Feb 2025 #16

I'm sorry, but that sounds like a rather empty gesture to me. Martin68 Feb 2025 #12

Not empty at all KT2000 Feb 2025 #21

Well hot damn NJCher Feb 2025 #26

Just strikes me as a wealthy American showing off. But that's just me. Martin68 Feb 2025 #27

so for you every silver lining has a cloud eh? NoRethugFriends Feb 2025 #28

No, I just think there would ,must be a better way to support Canada as a whole than to throw money around in random Martin68 Feb 2025 #29

These people were in a situation to do something nice and they did it. Perfect is the enemy of good. NoRethugFriends Feb 2025 #30

If the dictatorship takes hold jayschool2013 Feb 2025 #17

and Hartfourd & Westpourt CT ... how about New Yourk NY ?? Dock_Yard Feb 2025 #22

trump is making it hard to be an American right now LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #18

I vaguely remember a Nostradamus quatrain that mentions 'Invaders from the North'. Aussie105 Feb 2025 #19

Ann Arbour Cirsium Feb 2025 #20

all i can say is wow. dawn5651 Feb 2025 #23

Who spells "Ann Arbour"? SouthBayDem Feb 2025 #24