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Hello EXLEFTSEAT,

I remember our first sight of a PAA B747 was in 1969, watching as it flew very low and slow over Biscayne Bay in Miami during a visit to show off the aircraft to the area. Were you at the controls?

Back on topic....I love the Strubs dill pickles. Got a large jar in the fridge right now. Suggestion, check the label when you go to buy the jar. It should say "Barrel Cured" in yellow if you're going for the dills. Added flavour, IMO. Don't know if you'll be able to get them through the CATSA checkpoint though. You just may have to finish them all before you leave Canada. :D

bj-21.

Exleftseat, the world is a small place. As I grew up in Manitoba Strubs dills were always found in the family fridge. What you could do is to buy a jar or 2 and wrap them in bubble wrap and "popcorn" and put them in a separate box as part of your checked luggage! I have had to do the same as posted above to Japan (post 2006).....Hand carry would be confiscated by CATSA!

Oh, I sure wish I had been. But I was only driving small trucks, my little
727 was all they let me handle:)

That is an excellent idea and since AC has quite a generous luggage allowance, compared to let's say QF where I can only take 20 kgs,
I might follow your suggestion. Anything for Strubs Pickles and Freybe
Wieners and Back Bacon. And Snyders sourdough pretzels. But that's another story.

You do know where to get Freybe meats cheap? (If you don't just head to Hastings/Victoria W-Sa. Hours are limited though).

Maybe I don't get this. Is the store name "Hastings"? and the city is "Victoria"? Sorry for being unfamiliar with this, but I can look up directions.
I can find a "Hastings" street in Vancouver, am I close?

Another possibility for your Strubs pickles travel. If you're planning on getting more then just a couple of bottles, what about shipping them carefully packed via Fedex, DHL, or Purolator. Cost may be high and I'm not sure if the customs people at the arrival end would let them in, but it may be worth looking into.

Are the Snyders pretzels you mentioned the ones made in Pennsylvania? We get them here in Ontario, but I've never tried the sourdough variety.

bj-21.

Sure, Fedexing or something similar always would be an option. I'd rather take them with me personally, though. And you know, the jars are not
lightweight. Thanks for the suggestions.
And, yes, it's Snyder's of Hanover from Pennsylvania. They are now available all over the world, but I think the sourdough variety is only available in the U.S. They even carry some varieties here in Japan. Sinfully expensive for the tiniest packages, so an added incentive to bring some back bought at reasonable prices. Maybe I'll find some other Canadian branded sourdoughs.

Head up to the NE corner of Hastings and Victoria in Vancouver. Factory outlet. I thin it's open at least between 9 and 2 W-Sa (definitely closed the other days) and possibly until 5 or Fr and Sa.

I am on my way. Thank you so very, very much.

Just to finish the pickle thread, I just arrived back in Tokyo with 2 glasses
of Strub's. They were well padded and in my checked baggage. Carry on would not have worked, the geniuses at the checkpoint confiscated the most dangerous of dangerous items one can try to take onto an aircraft, a jar of NUTELLA. I was hopelessly overweight and grabbed the jar by mistake to put it in my carry on. I didn't even think. Thank heaven it wasn't the Maple Syrup or the Acacia Honey. So thanks to them we arrived safely!!!