Emery Lapinski

In March, 2005 while travelling from Bangkok to Auckland I was
detained by the Customs Service at the Auckland Airport for over 2
hours. I was interrogated, had every article in my bags gone through,
and finally strip searched before being released. The 3 most important
factors resulting in their mistaken suspicions were that I was 1) an
American 2) coming from Thailand 3) without a pre-arranged hotel
booking. So do yourself a favor and book your hotel before you leave.
Or just skip New Zealand altogether -- you're not really missing
anything.

texan.usenet...

On 7 Apr 2005 23:24:37 -0700, [email protected] (Emery Lapinski) wrote:

    >In March, 2005 while travelling from Bangkok to Auckland I was
    >detained by the Customs Service at the Auckland Airport for over 2
    >hours. I was interrogated, had every article in my bags gone through,
    >and finally strip searched before being released. The 3 most important
    >factors resulting in their mistaken suspicions were that I was 1) an
    >American 2) coming from Thailand 3) without a pre-arranged hotel
    >booking. So do yourself a favor and book your hotel before you leave.
    >Or just skip New Zealand altogether -- you're not really missing
    >anything.


Interesting:
Posting ip comes up as:

Server Used: [ whois.apnic.net ]

219.88.94.165 = [ 219-88-94-165.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ]
inetnum: 219.88.0.0 - 219.88.127.255
netname: TIS-NZ
descr: Telecom Internet Services
descr: Auckland
country: NZ
admin-c: IA4-AP
tech-c: IA4-AP
notify: [email protected]


Cath

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"Emery Lapinski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] om...
    > In March, 2005 while travelling from Bangkok to Auckland I was
    > detained by the Customs Service at the Auckland Airport for over 2
    > hours. I was interrogated, had every article in my bags gone through,
    > and finally strip searched before being released. The 3 most important
    > factors resulting in their mistaken suspicions were that I was 1) an
    > American 2) coming from Thailand 3) without a pre-arranged hotel
    > booking. So do yourself a favor and book your hotel before you leave.
    > Or just skip New Zealand altogether -- you're not really missing
    > anything.


This has happend to me twice in Brisbane airport. Thay stoped me search my
bags and thourt i come to work on a holiday visa. Thay locked me in a room
for a few hours video me interviewed me. In the end thay let me stay. Why
would i wana work had anuff money and was only in Australia for 3 months
this time round. I come in on NZ airlines via LA from the UK.



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Interesting:
    > Posting ip comes up as:
    > Server Used: [ whois.apnic.net ]
    > 219.88.94.165 = [ 219-88-94-165.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ]
    > inetnum: 219.88.0.0 - 219.88.127.255
    > netname: TIS-NZ
    > descr: Telecom Internet Services
    > descr: Auckland
    > country: NZ
    > admin-c: IA4-AP
    > tech-c: IA4-AP
    > notify: [email protected]
    > Cath

yes just another useless Troll, he will go away some day.

ewl

    > > 219.88.94.165 = [ 219-88-94-165.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ]
    > > inetnum: 219.88.0.0 - 219.88.127.255
    > > netname: TIS-NZ
    > > descr: Telecom Internet Services
    > > descr: Auckland
    > > country: NZ
    > yes just another useless Troll, he will go away some day.

Sherlock and Dr. Cath,

What do you find so interesting about me posting about my very bad
customs experience arriving at the *Auckland* airport from a computer
in *New Zealand*? And how does that make me a troll? Perhaps you'll
find that this post comes from a computer in Thailand. Guess what? I
had planned on a month in NZ but that experience spoiled my trip so
badly that I changed my return ticket and flew back just today. I
couldn't get away from that wretched country soon enough!

-Em

David Bennetts

"Emery Lapinski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] om...
    > In March, 2005 while travelling from Bangkok to Auckland I was
    > detained by the Customs Service at the Auckland Airport for over 2
    > hours. I was interrogated, had every article in my bags gone through,
    > and finally strip searched before being released. The 3 most important
    > factors resulting in their mistaken suspicions were that I was 1) an
    > American 2) coming from Thailand 3) without a pre-arranged hotel
    > booking. So do yourself a favor and book your hotel before you leave.
    > Or just skip New Zealand altogether -- you're not really missing
    > anything.

So you think you were badly treated, here's what Americans do - far worse
than your alleged treatment.

http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=8&id=6131

So I'd suggest Australians and New Zealanders skip the USA, you're not
really missing anything.

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

Ken Pisichko

David Bennetts wrote:

    > So you think you were badly treated, here's what Americans do - far worse
    > than your alleged treatment.
    > http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=8&id=6131
    > So I'd suggest Australians and New Zealanders skip the USA, you're not
    > really missing anything.
    > Regards
    > David Bennetts
    > Australia

Yes David this certainly shows there are morons in the USA who are on the
extreme left hand side of the Bell Curve as far as civility and common sense
and intelligence is concerned.

However, I travel to the USA often and have always been treated
professionally by the border control types. In addition, I am sorry to say
that I have noted than even on Canada there is quite a number of such morons
too! The recent "explosive" testimony about Liberal Party of Canada "allies"
and "workers" "picking the pockets" of taxpayers like myself who funded the
"Adscam" project show that such knuckle-heads live here too. When I lived in
OZ and travelled in NZ there seemed to be those sorts of "dumbo" officials
and political types too. Scandals, and plain dumb treatment of the citizenry!
I don't know about now however, but if there is no particular bone-headed
scandal, then perhaps the "dumbos", in your nation, are temporarily in
hiding. In Canada and the USA the media seems to always find them.

No rest for the wicked, perhaps????

Seems like no nation - not even mine - has a monopoly on such bone-heads.

Ken
Winnipeg, Canada

texan.usenet...

On 9 Apr 2005 12:29:34 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

    >> > 219.88.94.165 = [ 219-88-94-165.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ]
    >> > inetnum: 219.88.0.0 - 219.88.127.255
    >> > netname: TIS-NZ
    >> > descr: Telecom Internet Services
    >> > descr: Auckland
    >> > country: NZ
    >> yes just another useless Troll, he will go away some day.
    >Sherlock and Dr. Cath,
    >What do you find so interesting about me posting about my very bad
    >customs experience arriving at the *Auckland* airport from a computer
    >in *New Zealand*? And how does that make me a troll? Perhaps you'll
    >find that this post comes from a computer in Thailand. Guess what? I
    >had planned on a month in NZ but that experience spoiled my trip so
    >badly that I changed my return ticket and flew back just today. I
    >couldn't get away from that wretched country soon enough!
    >-Em


Read your own words laddie.

There would be far more than meets the eye *if* you had flown in from
BKK and were so searched. Not having a hotel booking
is neither here nor there.

So what was your reason in the first place to visit NZ?
YOu call it wretched just because the authorities were doing their
job. Tut tut, how unfortunate. Are you aware that the NZ
authorities have personnel stationed in Thailand for a specific
purpose. Maybe they had wind of something eh.

BTW, thanks for the promo to Dr - but it doesn't take a PhD to figure
out a header.

Cath

Jeff

wretched country LOL
i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
tut tut
this just confirms why americans are disliked!

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On 9 Apr 2005 12:29:34 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
    >>> > 219.88.94.165 = [ 219-88-94-165.jetstream.xtra.co.nz ]
    >>> > inetnum: 219.88.0.0 - 219.88.127.255
    >>> > netname: TIS-NZ
    >>> > descr: Telecom Internet Services
    >>> > descr: Auckland
    >>> > country: NZ
    >>> yes just another useless Troll, he will go away some day.
    >>Sherlock and Dr. Cath,
    >>What do you find so interesting about me posting about my very bad
    >>customs experience arriving at the *Auckland* airport from a computer
    >>in *New Zealand*? And how does that make me a troll? Perhaps you'll
    >>find that this post comes from a computer in Thailand. Guess what? I
    >>had planned on a month in NZ but that experience spoiled my trip so
    >>badly that I changed my return ticket and flew back just today. I
    >>couldn't get away from that wretched country soon enough!
    >>-Em
    > Read your own words laddie.
    > There would be far more than meets the eye *if* you had flown in from
    > BKK and were so searched. Not having a hotel booking
    > is neither here nor there.
    > So what was your reason in the first place to visit NZ?
    > YOu call it wretched just because the authorities were doing their
    > job. Tut tut, how unfortunate. Are you aware that the NZ
    > authorities have personnel stationed in Thailand for a specific
    > purpose. Maybe they had wind of something eh.
    > BTW, thanks for the promo to Dr - but it doesn't take a PhD to figure
    > out a header.
    > Cath
    >

Ken Pisichko

Jeff wrote:

    > wretched country LOL
    > i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
    > tut tut

Amen to that!

    > this just confirms why americans are disliked!

In all honesty, ONLY some US nationals are disliked. Some are hated. Some
are loved.

Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......

Richard

Ken Pisichko <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    > Jeff wrote:
    >
    >> wretched country LOL
    >> i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
    >> tut tut
    >
    > Amen to that!
    >
    >> this just confirms why americans are disliked!
    >
    > In all honesty, ONLY some US nationals are disliked. Some are hated.
Some
    > are loved.
    >
    > Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......

Really? Name just one 'hated' Canadian. (This is asked only for non-
Canadians - we have our own list, mostly of politicians.)

Richard

jbk

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:19:18 GMT, Richard <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Ken Pisichko <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
    >> Jeff wrote:
    >>
    >>> wretched country LOL
    >>> i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
    >>> tut tut
    >>
    >> Amen to that!
    >>
    >>> this just confirms why americans are disliked!
    >>
    >> In all honesty, ONLY some US nationals are disliked. Some are hated.
    >Some
    >> are loved.
    >>
    >> Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......
    >Really? Name just one 'hated' Canadian. (This is asked only for non-
    >Canadians - we have our own list, mostly of politicians.)
    >Richard

That;s completely unfair. If you eliminate politicians you would find
it hard to find hated people in ANY country. Which ought to tell you
something btw.

Ken Pisichko

Richard wrote:

    > Ken Pisichko <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
    > > Jeff wrote:
    > >
    > >> wretched country LOL
    > >> i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
    > >> tut tut
    > >
    > > Amen to that!
    > >
    > >> this just confirms why americans are disliked!
    > >
    > > In all honesty, ONLY some US nationals are disliked. Some are hated.
    > Some
    > > are loved.
    > >
    > > Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......
    > Really? Name just one 'hated' Canadian. (This is asked only for non-
    > Canadians - we have our own list, mostly of politicians.)
    > Richard

I will take the bait - sort of. Due to the possibility of libel, I
naturally cannot in all honesty put any names in writing. However, yes
some Canadian politicians are hated, 'hated', or "hated". With the latest
revelations in the Gomery Inquiry, I surmise the numbers of those
politicians has increased.....

By the way, Richard, why would you want me to name these despicable
Canadians? Can you not take my word for it? After all, I am not selling
you used cars or anything else. Oh, and reminiscent of the old TV show
"Family Feud" some of the Canadian families I know have relatives who hate
each other. Same with some Canadian children: the little girl who cannot
have some toy sez to her parent "I HATE you! You Looser!" I wonder what
the unanticipated consequences for THAT outburst were.....

So much for "affection" :-)

AlmostBob

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:19:18 GMT, Richard <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    > >Ken Pisichko <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
    > >
    > >> Jeff wrote:
    > >>
    > >>> wretched country LOL
    > >>> i think NZ can do without your type oh and OZ too.
    > >>> tut tut
    > >>
    > >> Amen to that!
    > >>
    > >>> this just confirms why americans are disliked!
    > >>
    > >> In all honesty, ONLY some US nationals are disliked. Some are hated.
    > >Some
    > >> are loved.
    > >>
    > >> Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......
    > >
    > >Really? Name just one 'hated' Canadian. (This is asked only for non-
    > >Canadians - we have our own list, mostly of politicians.)
    > >
    > >Richard
    > That;s completely unfair. If you eliminate politicians you would find
    > it hard to find hated people in ANY country. Which ought to tell you
    > something btw.

Americans, in general, hated everywhere

Citizen Ted

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:19:18 GMT, Richard <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Ken Pisichko <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    >> Same is true IMHO for Canadians, Iraqis, Australians, ......
    >Really? Name just one 'hated' Canadian. (This is asked only for non-
    >Canadians - we have our own list, mostly of politicians.)

Celine Dion.
Bryan Adams.

Har!

But seriously folks, as an American who lives smack dab on the
Canadian border, I can attest to the fact that Canada has a far
smaller per-capita population of complete assholes. America continues
to lead the way in producing newer, better assholes. Each year sees a
steady rise in our assholiness, and we remain determined to continue
our legacy as the world's #1 producer of selfish, unread assholes.

For me, crossing into Canada often affords a genuine sense of relief.
The roads, bridges and utilities are modern, well-maintained and
attractive. The merchants tend to be accomodating and capable and the
average Joe (or, in Canada's case, average Cheng), is courteous,
educated and fun to talk with. People drive sanely and carefully, for
the most part. You can chat with people and not have to use small
words or steer the subject to pop culture and TV.

Eventually, it's back to America. I flash 'em my passport and get on
the bumpy, poorly maintained highway with its bent ugly signage,
unkempt shrubbery and sad, empty interchanges. I smoothly pass jackass
after jackass, left-lane squatters with huge SUV's and SUPPORT OUR
TROOPS ribbons on them.

*sigh*

Eventually, I make it home and spend the next hour cruising Vancouver
personals. I've gone out with a few, but none yet that clicked with
me.

What do you say, ladies?

Who wants to snap up a smart, funny American guy? I can offer you
laughs, loyalty and the occasional surprise.

- TR
- a European trapped in an American's body.