[TheForge] [OT] Re: Rocks (Was: Steel...flint sources?)

[Mike Spencer]

> Rocks from other regions are or will shortly become 
> available and some are almost as nice as Genuine 
> Alaskan Rocks®

Rocks be a major natural resource product in Nova Scotia.  Retail
marketing of rocks is a recent development here.  Hitherto, rock sales
were bulk or wholesale and it was called "real estate".  One kind of
rock that *was* sold retail was the sort of fine, uniform sandstone
from Joggins used to make them big, old-fashioned grindstones.  This
was a very important element of agriculture as framers used them to
grind their sheep's noses to a point so that, when put out to pasture,
they could get at the grass between the stones.

But I don't think we have any flint.  Rumor has it that the Devil
swept through Nova Scotia and collected up what little flint there was
and used it to make hearts for certain prominent 19th century families
in New Brunswick and Newfoundland.  Can't even get them by grave
robbery 'cause they pass them on from generation to generation.

> When you get tired of one rock just mail it back and I'll send you
> another of your choice.

What's this about mail, Frosty?  I already sent you the suitcase
handle.  Just lash it to a rock and get on the next eastbound
Greyhound.  Or do I need to send you the twine, too?


- Mike
(Somewhere east of Alaska)

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