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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 11:58 PM
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Our U.S. Customs Dept. sucks ***. I've been sitting aboard a ship about 15 miles outside of Pascagoula, MS since 1am on Monday morning. Waiting on U.S. Customs to let us come into the port. The port has a couple tug boats that pull ships into the channel, and they only operate during daylight hours. So, its about 3 days now of just sitting here. Customs won't let any helicopters or smaller boats come out and pick us up off of this ship, they are being asses, and do not want anyone to leave any boats early.

We *might* get to come in tomorrow. Might not. Depends on how lazy they feel I suppose.

US Customs Sucks
Pascagoula, MS Sucks

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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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Think of it as a 3 day vacation?
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:09 AM
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Tony are you saying the C6 is home alone by itself; and you probably wont be there tomorrow either...... ?!?!?!?!! J/J
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:12 AM
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what are you doing out there?
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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i thought you were going to be out there for like 3 weeks or something?
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon
i thought you were going to be out there for like 3 weeks or something?
I didnt know that you finally left.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by stang killer
I didnt know that you finally left.
us black people are always on the out side loop
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowTA
us black people are always on the out side loop
The customs dept doesnt care about black people either.....

PS. Tony are you on a cruise ship? We had to wait a few hours but not days!
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK #07
Tony are you saying the C6 is home alone by itself; and you probably wont be there tomorrow either...... ?!?!?!?!! J/J
HELL YESSS!!! you know where to pick me up at!!!!
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 10:50 AM
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Just don't let any members of the crew look you directly into your eyes. HaHa...My brother tells me the same stories about U.S. Customs. He is an agent for Stolt.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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That sucks, atleast your not like a refugee stuck on a raft for 3 days
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 11:13 AM
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I have to deal with customs all the time, they are quite ****. I work for a shipping company and we ship a lot of heavy equipment. They make everyones jobs and lives a pain in the ***, but if we didnt have them the US would be a much different place.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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Our Customs Dept here is SOOO **** compared to how they were when we got off the plane in London. We were in and out in about 45 minutes over there. When we came back, it was THREE HOURS at the Minnesota airport..and some old guy confiscated my cell phone because he'd never seen a slider phone...so it was "suspicious". IDIOTS!
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 04:17 PM
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You have a darker than normal complection, and facial hair. YOU COULD BE A TERRORIST!

Good luck. Sitting around with nothing to do sucks.
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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I used to clear crew off of ships with customs-INS, i know what asses they can be. Most of them are on some holier than thou powertrip. I have had those lazy asses ruin my night several times. I know how you feel buddy.
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