no food by mail?

It's worse. I am firmly convinced that Dubya believes *he* has been given this power by his God at this point in history *for a reason*.

Celine

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:21:02 -0500, Marissa Undercofler wrote (in message ):

In our town, you have to both go in person to town hall to apply for the license, and one of you has to go in person to fetch the license (and pay the $5) three days later. (You do need a blood test, and Bob fainted during his, but that's a whole 'nother story)

When we went, we spent most of the time laughing. First of all, the clerks were scandalized that I didn't take Bob's last name. First, they tried to tell me it was illegal, and when that didn't work, they told me that Bob would resent me forever. (If he does, I haven't noticed) They finally gave up, and let me have my chosen name.

We had brought our birth certificates, but it turned out we didn't need them. The marriage license office is the same as the birth certificate office, so they got the birth certificates out of their own file cabinet. If we had been so inclined, we could have gotten hunting licenses and dog licenses at the same time -- it's a multi-purpose office.

Three days later, we went together to pick up the license (the day before the wedding). The ladies at town hall gave us our paperwork, and a small box wrapped in silver wedding bell paper. They told us it was a "wedding gift from the town of X."

Naturally, the second we were out of town hall, I ripped open the paper to see what we got. Bob practically had to peel me off the sidewalk because I was laughing so hard. Our wonderful gift was a box of Tide clothes detergent. Kathy N-V

Until the late 1970s, it was *required* in Tennessee that a woman legally change her name upon marriage in order to continue voting. I still remember the lawsuit which changed that.

Celine

Theoretically.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

It's strictly an agricultural thing. They are even called agricultural stations, and not called border control.

Tina

I scaredly agree.

Tina

What Pete and I did was to have his Reiki Master get a one ceremony permit and have her marry us. We didn't want someone from a church, but we did want someone who was spiritually significant to us.

Tina

There's the same thing in the Riverina District in SE Australia. It's to prevent the spread of fruit fly to the area.

They usually have a "cute" TV advertising campaign during the harvest season....can't remember the slogan....

Aveeda = cosmetics? If so, that's not a problem at all.

It's seeds for noxious weeds and plant matter that may contain fungii/bacteria/virii and the like that they're worried about.

During the foot & mouth epidemic in the UK they even made people coming in from the UK present their shoes for inspection, and rinse them in antiseptic baths, because we don't have foot & mouth disease in Australia, and it would devastate our livestock industry.

I used to *love* the Sharwoods Indian dried herb mix packets for curries, but they stopped selling those in supermarkets. I put it down to customs not allowing "uncooked" plant matter in from the UK (it disappeared around the same time as the foot & mouth epidemic). Now they have these jars of paste preserved in mustard seed oil which while being quite nice, are nowhere near the same...

I checked with USPS, they thought the potpourri should not be a problem but of course no guarantees. No doubt those little beagles sniffed out my box!

And of course they're right to worry.

I firmly believe that he thinks it's his privilege and due.

Hah! A rose by any other name, and all that.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

But there is a difference. You aren't asked for ID, checked for guns, or anything else. Just asked if you have produce with you.

Tina

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :

]But there is a difference. You aren't asked for ID, checked for guns, or ]anything else. Just asked if you have produce with you.

true. but woe be unto you if they think you're lying! especially with out-of-state plates.

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