December 11, 2007
YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN NEW ENGLAND WHEN...:
...there's a sign up at the post office telling you that they have two different sized boxes specifically for shipping maple syrup to the flatlanders.
MORE:
OJ - So send me some syrup! (When the Other Brother was posted at Ft. Irwin in the late 1980's, your grandmother used to send us 4 or 5 jugs a year...I think I finally used up the last of it a year or 2 ago....).
Posted by: Foos at December 11, 2007 12:11 PMWe just bought our yearly 5-gallon jug from the guy up the road.
Posted by: Bryan at December 11, 2007 12:24 PMWe've got plenty of fresh home made maple syrup here in Michigan & Ohio.
Posted by: Dave W at December 11, 2007 1:41 PMI don't get it. The significance of the pine grossbeak, that is.
BTW, Canada does good syrup, too. Their best product since that Bellow fella.
Posted by: ghostcat at December 11, 2007 2:12 PMSaw a bunch at the bus stop, waiting for The Youngest.
Posted by: oj at December 11, 2007 4:31 PMNot to worry. They're vegetarians. And, in any event, their beaks aren't as large as the name suggests.
Posted by: ghostcat at December 11, 2007 4:42 PM