THE RULES OF RURAL NEW BRUNSWICK ARE AS FOLLOWS

E-mail ^ | May 30, 2009 | NA

[jay1949]

I live at the opposite end of the Appalachians, in Southwest Virginia, and we have pretty much the same rules. I’ve been to New Brunswick several times - - great place; I remember at St. Andrews there’s an old post-Revolutionary War fort with the cannons still trained on the U.S. NB may need those yet, eh?

[Squawk 8888]

I remember at St. Andrews there’s an old post-Revolutionary War fort with the cannons still trained on the U.S.

There are a lot of 19th-century forts on both sides of the border, primarily because post-1812 there was a LOT of distrust. There are forts on opposite sides of the Niagara with cannon facing each other. About halfway between Toronto and Montreal there's Fort Henry, built by the British shortly after the War of 1812 as a deterrent to American mischief on Lake Ontario.

[jay1949]

“American mischief on Lake Ontario.” Boy, those were the good old days.

[Travis T. OJustice]

I DO like it, and thanks for the ping. It very well describes my life in Vermont. Except there’s a boatload more liberal sissies (and less hockey players and hookers)per capita in Vermont.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Another New Brunswick delicacy...fiddleheads.

I'll never see another fiddlehead without thinking of Nelson Plourde, a guy I worked with who came from the logging territory of Maine. I never thought of ferns as a food until he shared some fiddleheads with me. Great guy, I hope he's well, considering he had a snickers and a coke for coffee break every day.

[fanfan]

LOL!

[The Flying Dutchman]

NHL and Minor Hockey is as important here as the Leafs and Habs

Words to live by!

[fanfan]

You’ll love it!

:-)

[buccaneer81]

Nelson Plourde,

Now that's a true Northern Maine, Western NB name if there ever was one.

[The Flying Dutchman]

Now THAT’S a true back-woodsman if I ever heard of one!