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Date: Monday, August
06, 2001 10:29:55 AM
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[BoundaryPoint] Re: borders in roads
Sorry to keep questioning these statements, but the
part about the fire department being unable to respond to a fire in
the Haskell Library sounds like a belief tale. I think there
are a pair of towns in Maine that actually share a volunteer fire
department. Unforntunately I cannot substantiate this yet but
I will do some more looking. In the mean time, take a look at
this link from the Limestone Maine Fire Department. It talks
about mutual aid from surrounding towns including Grand Falls, which
is in New Brunswick.
http://www.limestonemaine.com/~fire_dept/
Regards, BJB
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In BoundaryPoint@y..., Dallen Timothy <dtimothy@a...>
wrote: > Hi Jesper, > Yes, the border officials are still
pretty strict with this regulation. > Anyone who doesn't
report and immigration/customs risks huge fines and/or >
imprisonment. There are (were in 1996 at least) video cameras
along the > street to monitor any illegal
crossings. > > There is an interesting story
(hopefully I haven't told it before) about the > Haskell
Library and the video cameras. Several years ago, the
librarian, > who lived in the Canadian side of town, took a
small space heater into work > with her because it was extra
cold that day and she wanted to keep her feet > warm. She
parked her car in Canada, but the front door of the library is
in > the United States, so she had to walk through a small piece
of the US to get > to work. Within five minutes of
arriving at work, there was a knock at the > door (she hadn't
unlocked it yet)--it was a US Customs official. He
said > "what did you carry into work with you". Of course
she explained it was the > small heater and that she was
planning to take it back home with her. Her > answer was
satisfactory to the officer. > > The other story is
that the small black line that's painted on the floor of > the
Haskell building is marked not for tourists, but for insurance
and > regulatory purposes. Many years ago a fire broke
out in on the Canadian > side of the library. The
librarian unintentionally called the fire > department of the US
community, who were not permitted to put out the fire >
because it was on the other side of the room. So, more damage was
done > before the Quebec fire department could arrive to put
out the fire. Now, > with the black line in place,
they'll know which side of the border to call. > This is the
story that is told of the Haskell building--not sure how
much > truth there is to it, but it sounds feasible given the
other conditions I've > seen along the border in that area.
> > Cheers, > Dallen
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