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Hover Dam & Pianos

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Tackbtch

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Homeland security?? Long story short, we drove down to Kingman AZ to my sisters wedding...she gave us an upright piano to bring back to MT. We drive across the Hover dam, we are stoped at the check station where we are pulled over. Understandable as we have this piano in the back of our Dodge pu. doulble wraped in tarps, they got not a clue as to what it is. The officer askes me about the package, I told him it is a piano, he wants to know if there is a hole in the tarp that he could look into. No I said but I would unwrap it if he wanted. ....."Nope get going" was all he said???? They never asked for I.D. ...Sure I got the wifey and her dog with me but I coulda had who knows what under that tarp, my point is I think they failed that stop bad. Dino
 
Thank your lucky stars it was that fast, it could have been a all day thing!
 
Dont encourage the dipchits ! That is a huge waste of taxpayer money to even have that check point ! Every time I want to say F off! This is America ! Go eat a donut! I mean what are the chances the idiot patrol would stop them IF they wanted to blow up the dam !100000/1 Maybe!What a joke !
 
If it makes you feel better, we were riding up to the Peace Gardens on the border of Canada. Buzzed the border patrol offices at about 40mph in the ditch right next to it, IMPOSSIBLE to miss. Got out, took pictures of the sleds at the entrance, turned around on the US side of the road (didn't even enter Canada...), and stopped at the office becuase of a sign that said anyopne past this point must stop on the way back. Only person who saw us, the guy shoveling snow outside, not one of the 6 guys inside saw us.

Go inside, didn't even take the helmet off (could have had a diper wwrapped around my head under there), and they said they didn't see us come across, and that we wereable to go on our way. No check of ID's, didn't look at our faces, NOTHING!!!


That is what is keeping our borders safe...
 
Came back from Australia last week through LAX. It took longer to get my luggage off the plane than to go through customs. Never openned a bag.
 
So the security guy pulls you over and says, "What's under the tarp?", you reply "A piano" and he says go ahead? Seems like the logical thing to do. If you said "Ummmm. . . . uhhhhh a piano. . . ?" You would probably still be there. That guy probably checks 200 cars a day. He's seen it all, so if yer hidin somethin the influx in your voice, marrerisms, posture, eye contact all give it away in seconds. Nobody comin up with a good excuse for the question "What's under the tarp?" figured "Hey, lets tell this ignoramus it's a piano!!" Cuz if he wants to check yer screwed.
 
Tackbtch said:
Homeland security?? Long story short, we drove down to Kingman AZ to my sisters wedding...she gave us an upright piano to bring back to MT. We drive across the Hover dam, we are stoped at the check station where we are pulled over. Understandable as we have this piano in the back of our Dodge pu. doulble wraped in tarps, they got not a clue as to what it is. The officer askes me about the package, I told him it is a piano, he wants to know if there is a hole in the tarp that he could look into. No I said but I would unwrap it if he wanted. ....."Nope get going" was all he said???? They never asked for I.D. ...Sure I got the wifey and her dog with me but I coulda had who knows what under that tarp, my point is I think they failed that stop bad. Dino
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No offense, but what are you complaining about? How did they fail the stop? He asked if he could see it, you offered to unwrap it for him. Right there is an officer with enough common sense to know you're not up to anything illegal and sent you on your way as quickly as possible. I'd be happy.

A truck full of camel jockeys on the other hand.... ;)
 
BigAl said:
Came back from Australia last week through LAX. It took longer to get my luggage off the plane than to go through customs. Never openned a bag.
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Been back and forth from the United Arab Emirates several times and I have never had a single bag opened by customs going in either direction. But I don't for a minute think they didn't have a look inside without me - either manually or by x-ray.
 
Throw on some shoe polish, wrap your head and rent a yellow Penske van and try and get across with your piano.

These guys are trained to spot suspicious people and suspicious circumstances . You never gave any signals that required attention. Besides, how many people would try to get something like a bomb or a rocket concealed under a tarp across the dam?
 
Theirs not much that would fit in a PU that could hurt Hoover Dam, you could blow that road clear to Iowa and that big block of concrete would just laugh at ya:D and that's all I can say about that:rolleyes:
 
That would be your racial profiling in action right there
in the interest of good Political correctness you should call your congressman and complain that you were not treated like a potential terrorist
 
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