[Leica] IMG: Cuban Cigar

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Interesting story, Sonny! I've always wondered why the US has been so stern 
on applying the "Cuban-cigar-ban"... The Cuban immigrants' lobby maybe? 
Cheers,
JM


Jean-Michel Mertz
68750 - Bergheim

 
> From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:54:55 -0600
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Cuban Cigar
> 
> When I returned from Cuba during Mariel in 1980, I brought a box of Cuban 
> cigars with no problem.  I was arrested briefly for "trading with the 
> enemy," but since I was a working journalist, they unarrested me. I also 
> brought back a liter of Wolf's Head, a very black and delicious rum.  
> 
> However the rules are that you can bring them back from Cuba. I don't know 
> if that applies to coming from Canada.  My son brought Cuban cigars from 
> Paris with no problem.
> 
> I don't know about smoking them on the spot.  I had some Spanish ham 
> confiscated coming out of Germany, and they wouldn't let me eat it!
> 
> from my iPad
> 
> Sonny Carter
> 
> > On Nov 25, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Great pic. I am also remained of an incident. After going on a couple of 
> > horseback trips in the Canadian Rockies, we decided to bring our own 
> > saddle to replace the supplied ones, which were just impossibly 
> > oversize. These were ?western? saddles and we were used to what people 
> > in the U.S. call ?English" saddles. Well, we rented a couple of saddles 
> > that were good fits, took them with us on the ride, and, in the course 
> > of returning, bought a couple of Cuban cigars.
> > 
> > At the Canada/Wyoming border, they gave us a very hard time, accusing us 
> > of importing a saddle. It took a while to convince them that we had 
> > procured the saddle in the U.S. At that time, I decided that if they 
> > discovered the damn cigars, I would destroy them by smoking them on the 
> > spot.
> > 
> > Herbert Kanner
> > kanner at acm.org
> > 
> > Question Authority and the authorities will question you.
> > 
> >> On Nov 24, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> PESO:
> >> 
> >> We just got back from a very quick trip to Charleston to meet our new
> >> grandson.  Thomas Frederick Manley (Red) is still in the hospital and 
> >> won't
> >> get to come home until Sunday, but he's doing really well and all tubes 
> >> are
> >> out. His mom is staying with him.  Our son Tim enjoyed a Cuban cigar 
> >> that
> >> his dad brought back for him:
> >> 
> >> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/PESO/G0000XpGI0ZlvTdI/I0000plhcgeXj5uw
> >> 
> >> Leica M240, 50/1.4
> >> 
> >> I have lots of photos of the baby that I'll post later ;-)
> >> 
> >> My new Leica SL is supposed to get here today!
> >> 
> >> Tina
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Tina Manley
> >> http://
> >> <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=3391e7fd-97e9-4d62-e76e-8f5deffa2238>
> >> www.tinamanley.com
> >> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/
> >> 
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