I must be missing somrthing really obvious, but why is it illegal to
ship water?
Steven A. Ellis
Kennesaw, GA
At 05:33 PM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>When I ship fish, I first have to drive south, and cross the border.
>I've never tried with natives, as a result, but I send and receive
>African killies a few times per year. So first, the border crowd get
>excited about CITES. I tell them the latin name of the fish, sometimes
>they ask ME if it's listed. They held me once until I pointed out that
>if I were smuggling illegal fish, I'd lie about the latin name anyway.
>It took half an hour for that to sink in, but they were keen summer
>student types on that trip across.
>
>After Customs, I go to the US post office. In Canada, it's illegal to
>ship water, which cuts the fish possibilities a lot. I always say my
>fish are plants, and pack the box so it'd take a bullet hole to make it
>leak (and we have nominal gun control)and so the swishing is muffled.
>When I ship in the US, it's hard to write 'live fish' on a box. It's too
>honest.
>
>The last time I tried, the woman at the counter picked up the box and
>said "hey, these are fish!"
>I confessed.
>She said "Well dear, please write it on the box so we'll know to care of
>them. They're living things."
>She pulled out a marker and covered the whole thing with "Live fish",
>then drew a fish on the side.
>
>So gang, it's not all bad out there.
>-Gary
>
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