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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
we just keep repeating, say as little as possible, bite your tongue before responding, and just keep smiling. |
See?? You do the rehearsal thing too. I guess I'm not so strange after all. Well....maybe just a little. 
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there's a really nice asian officer there, if he sees rods in your car or if you mention you were down there fishing, you might as well shut the
engine off!
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I have always just treated and reacted to them like people  and
everything has always been just fine.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
we just keep repeating, say as little as possible, bite your tongue before responding, and just keep smiling. |
See?? You do the rehearsal thing too. I guess I'm not so strange after all. Well....maybe just a little. |
Strange?--- well the jury may be out on that one for both of us.
We never have had a problem with them, but considering the attitude of a couple of the officers there, I think it is only because we do the rehearsal
thing. We usually have a pleasant conversation, but there is this one John Wayne want-a-be who goes out of his way to try and provoke people and one
lady who is quite snappy and appears to dislike her job a lot. That is where the say as little as possible, bite lip before responding, and just keep
smiling comes in handy.
There was another lady who was really, really very ill-tempered and practically threw our passports back at us, but she apologized and pointed to her
replacement who was headed toward the booth and complained to us that she was fed up with him ALWAYS being late. Fortunately, she just vented and did
not take it out on us --- except for the semi-flying passports.
[Edited on 3-15-2012 by DianaT]
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and don't forget to take your hat and sunglasses off
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DENNIS
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Perhaps we should set up our hidden cameras and put together a Rogues Gallery of the Good, Bad and Ugly at the gate. Include a list of triggers to
avoid with each of them.
Yeah...Yeah....I know. Cameras are a no-no, but..........these are desperate times. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by watizname
The stop in Pendleton has been there a looooooong time. Long before 9-11. I remember it taking my kids south for the Gringo Enduro in Rosarito during
the 70's. It was about 3 mins two weeks ago and got waved thru, just like days of yesteryear. No problemo. I think it serves as a break for the
people with tunnel vision doing 75 and 80 mph on the highway. RELAX,------ BREATH. 
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Your observation is partially true. We live in central Orange County and have relatives in Encinitas that we visited quite often.
My personal experience has been that there was a period of many years where this checkpoint was inactive.
That said, I couldn't begin to consider the amount of taxpayer money that is spent to pay these agents their salary and benefits, just so they might
capture a few( and I mean FEW) poor undocumented brown-skinned types from Mexico, Central and South America. A good deal? Factor in the inconvenience
for us citizens, and it becomes ludicrous.
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Crossed Tecate this morning about 10 am. about 45 min. wait . When we got to the ******* checkpiont on 94 n. there was a backup about half a mile they
were jacking everyone. 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
My personal experience has been that there was a period of many years where this checkpoint was inactive.
That said, I couldn't begin to consider the amount of taxpayer money that is spent to pay these agents their salary and benefits, just so they might
capture a few( and I mean FEW) poor undocumented brown-skinned types from Mexico, Central and South America. A good deal? Factor in the inconvenience
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I think there was a time when there were quetions of the constitutionality of it and they closed pending determination, or they just decided they
could do anything thay wanted to do.
Anyway, Howard,.....doncha think it's a deterent for more than just a few illegals? That stretch would be a wide open drug run without it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
and don't forget to take your hat and sunglasses off |
Glasses are a problem anymore. We both wear transition lens so when the window goes down, the glasses turn dark. And if we took them off, all would
be a blur---well, maybe that is not such a bad idea.
Our secret weapon is our Tommy Dog---the big friendly one. He is in the back seat and we roll down his window so that not only can the agent see in
the back, but he usually distracts them with his determination to make friends. That is of course with the exception of John Wayne and Ms. Snappy.
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crossed today without a passport (forgot it). Only a license (Arizona). NO problem. Officers were very nice.
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Really don`t understand this obsession with Tecate. Ready lane midday, midweek, at Otay usually works. Today-- 30 minutes for me (1:30 PM). Yesterday
for my friend, 2 minutes at 3PM.
And southbound why anywhere else but San Ysidro? Takes less that 10 minutes to get on the toll road, with no traffic lights or stop sighs. I doubt
you can get through Tecate in less than 10 minutes.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
My personal experience has been that there was a period of many years where this checkpoint was inactive.
That said, I couldn't begin to consider the amount of taxpayer money that is spent to pay these agents their salary and benefits, just so they might
capture a few( and I mean FEW) poor undocumented brown-skinned types from Mexico, Central and South America. A good deal? Factor in the inconvenience
for us citizens, and it becomes ludicrous. |
I think there was a time when there were quetions of the constitutionality of it and they closed pending determination, or they just decided they
could do anything thay wanted to do.
Anyway, Howard,.....doncha think it's a deterent for more than just a few illegals? That stretch would be a wide open drug run without it.
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Ya know, Dennis. I did ask about the record of that checkpoint.
Drugs? Anyone really think that folks in vehicles crossing at the border are loaded with drugs and pass?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Last Friday, we approached the Tecate gates around 3pm. Net result was a wait of one hour from start to finish. Yet, our time at the gate was probably
90 seconds.
We like returning to the US through the Tecate gate. The border check on Hwy 94 takes longer than the actual border at times.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
My personal experience has been that there was a period of many years where this checkpoint was inactive.
That said, I couldn't begin to consider the amount of taxpayer money that is spent to pay these agents their salary and benefits, just so they might
capture a few( and I mean FEW) poor undocumented brown-skinned types from Mexico, Central and South America. A good deal? Factor in the inconvenience
for us citizens, and it becomes ludicrous. |
I think there was a time when there were quetions of the constitutionality of it and they closed pending determination, or they just decided they
could do anything thay wanted to do.
Anyway, Howard,.....doncha think it's a deterent for more than just a few illegals? That stretch would be a wide open drug run without it.
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Well, you know the saying---why can't they do the job right the first time(at the border with Mexico)?
Drugs are still flowing into the US with or without the checkpoints---drug use has not declined since Reagan Admin. and all after them spent enormous
sums on the war on drugs, what a waste. Heh, besides the largest drug dealers in the US are Big Pharma---what's anyone doing about that?
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Bajahowodd
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Big Pharma, eh?
Nobody's doin' nuthin'.
Under the radar for most is the fact that with the blessing of the pentagon, our troops deployed in combat areas are being given huge amounts of pain
killers, mood enhancers and psychotropic drugs that big pharma is undoubtedly selling at "their price" to the military.
http://www.nextgov.com/health/2011/01/militarys-drug-policy-...
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