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[Sue Clemenger]

On the other hand, I hand a friend who was, I think, down in New Mexico,
or maybe TX (some place hot, and south of the Mason-Dixon line), and
tried to pay for something (by check??...or perhaps credit card?...it's
been a while since I've heard the story), and was told (emphatically)
that they didn't accept that form of payment unless it was from an
American. Further efforts to assure the salesperson that, indeed,
Montana was a state, and not a province of Canada, were futile.....
--Maire (who has east-coast relatives who think we lack indoor plumbing,
live in soddies, and fight off indians on our way to the one-room school
house, 10 miles up hill each way, and always through snow.....)

Tara Sersen wrote:
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> The sad thing is, it's not just people from other countries
> who have no concept whatsoever about US Geography.  I mean,
> at least they have a good excuse.  I read a newspaper
> article about someone from New Mexico trying to buy tickets
> to the Olympics not too many years ago.  The customer
> service person told him he'd have to call the Olympic
> committee office in his own country.  He said, "Uh, I am.  I
> live in New Mexico, which is in the United States."  She
> said, "New Mexico, Old Mexico, it doesn't matter.  You're
> going to have to call the Mexican office.  We can only help
> American ticket buyers."
>
> -Magdalena