Regarding the folks at Customs' booths. You bet they've got attitude. (most of them) I read an interesting article a couple of years ago that implied that a lot of those folks first tried to get into various police forces (and couldn't make it). Sometimes they act like the staffs in music stores...except with uniforms. They can be quite surly.

Love American jam sessions! Course they play a lot of old-time and bluegrass, which I love...and often they play it well, which I love even more.

Rick