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

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

And here i thought they were confused about how to raise elephants.
In maturity, such sheep only have one opposed pair of teeth in 
front and can only consume a single blade of grass at a time.
Copralites preserved in the permafrost are often over a meter long.
Getting ready to the CBA spring conference in the rainy north.
Been making a couple of buckles out of the Wagner pure iron 
sample...Sure amenable stuff to work with....pete f

Mike Spencer wrote:
>> 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)
>