Diver Deported in Canada, Beware

[OldNSalty]

I'm pretty sure Canada won't shed any tears if you stay home.

I am steadfast in my believe that they will in fact.

I am pretty sure Salty can't handle the cold...

True-not Canada cold anyway.

No sane person, at any rate.
That is why I am invading your state in November, OldNSalty.

Beer is on me. I have to warn you, November might require 5 mils of protection-it can be brutal so you might want to head further south.

 

[koozemani]

I am steadfast in my believe that they will in fact.



True-not Canada cold anyway.



LOL, that may be true. If you ever make it up to my igloo, first rounds on me!

 

[cruiser]

What makes you think this? If that is the case then it went over my head as well.

I thought he was referring to Driving Under the Influence also...

 

[DandyDon]

I cross over to the American side from Rockport to dive the Keystorm and America with a Canadian charter have done it many times, check in with the US customs at Boldt Castle never a problem other than it can take up to an hour.

know of one person that travels with us who has a DUI about 20 plus years old again never a problem, got to love the American border guards.

I met up with a group in Rockport ONT some years ago and we crossed to the US side to dive two days. The group leader made a big deal about bringing passports, then forgot hers and got left at the dock.* She did some shore dives with others she met.

One Canadian ran into a little hassle on the Island check point. I overheard the Immigration agent say: "I'm going to put you in that holding cell until you answer truthfully. Now have you ever been convicted of a crime?" Suddenly he remembered the trouble he'd been in many years earlier, a Driving Under Influence maybe, and he was good to go.

*The group leader remembered her passport the second day, but I started to wonder about all that as she got awfully nervous when asked why she was born in Tripoli? Her dad was in the USAF, or so went her story that I'd heard before. I had to wonder why she got so nervous, as well as why she actually forgot her passport the first day, as she was never one for full honesty - but who knows?

They got to me and just stamped me ok. I don't think Texas releases much info, or at least used to not. Maybe they're better now, but 20 years ago - I would not have been able to rent a car if rental agencies were privy to my record from before I straightened up. This crossing was sometime around 5 years ago tho and nothing came up then? Glad I survived those stupid days without hurting anyone else, but that was over 20 years back. I have to wonder if I'd have a problem today?

 

[parzdiver]

Seriously, who vacations in Canada?

:joke:

It wasn't a vacation, it was a dive trip. Big difference.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

What makes you think this? If that is the case then it went over my head as well.

Speaking of going over my head, I have a cap that says "DUI Test Diver" on it.

Should've seen the look I got from a state trooper who pulled me over one day while wearing it.

I had to explain that DUI stood for Diving Unlimited International, and that they make scuba diving gear ... and that the last word was diver, and not driver.

He was not amused ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[DCBC]

...Glad I survived those stupid days without hurting anyone else, but that was over 20 years back. I have to wonder if I'd have a problem today?

Don, I always thought that you walked a bit on the wild side; now the truth comes out...

I only had one time that I was refused entry into the U.S. (Buffalo, N.Y.). A Border Agent made a big deal about my military training and the danger that I apparently presented to the security of the U.S. Although I was trained in explosives and some elements of special operations (some of these training courses were taken in the U.S.), I couldn't see why they would consider me a threat (no criminal record, etc.). Does the U.S. monitor members of their military that receive certain types of training and enter them onto a computer database? I never did understand how they even knew...

 

[DandyDon]

Don, I always thought that you walked a bit on the wild side; now the truth comes out...

Yeah, and I can understand why some wouldn't want to dive with me. I work at safety, but it's not part of my nature - and I've screwed up a few times.

 

[B Lo]

I don't mean to be a jerk but I'd rather not dive with someone who has ever had a DUI.

did you ever get into a playground fight in school?? if so i don't want to dive with you... You probably not have changed or learned your lesson either, and you might start a fight on the boat based on your history.

I wouldn't want to dive with someone who doesn't appreciate, or who willfully neglects to appreciate, the difference between a little child and an adult.

There is a world of difference between what one does as a young child when they are in grade school and what one does as an adult. If one gets into a fight as an adult, that would go towards a propensity for violence. Whether it occurred when they were 20 or 40 makes little difference to me.

Would you want your mother or sister or daughter to dive with a known substance abuser – even if it has been several years since they got caught? Most folks that get DUI’s don’t get caught the first time they drink and drive. They get away with it and do so again and again.

One of my relatives was hit by a drunk driver and I have no tolerance for it. I don’t think anyone in civilized society should view it as a mere mistake or silly error. Nobody puts a gun to someone’s head and forces them to drink and subsequently drive.

I dive, drive, and fly responsibly. I never dive, drive, or fly when there is any chance that I am under the influence.

Moreover, to those folks who suggested that I have something against DUI drysuits: I have never so much as looked at one. I have nothing to say about them because not only have I never worn one, but I’ve never even seen another diver wearing one. Alternatively, if I did see another diver in one, I never noticed.

 

[Crush]

I am steadfast in my believe that they will in fact.

So very true.

Beer is on me. I have to warn you, November might require 5 mils of protection-it can be brutal so you might want to head further south.

You crack me up. I will be diving around Juno. I have a 3 mil two-piece and a 7 mil two-piece. Which would be better? I also have a trilam drysuit - might be the most flexible with different undergarments.

Suggestions?