Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Around here, its teenagers who smash them. They drive by and a kid with a baseball bat swings it out an open window and smashes the mailbox. Just for fun! Little bastards. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 1/13/12 2:59 PM, "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> My grandpa lived out in the country too, and his mailbox got smashed >> numerous times. He finally quit replacing it and strapped It to the post >> with bungee cords! >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=65 >> >> As you can see, his neighbor did the same thing! > >In the 28 years that I've lived on Mequon Road >I've replaced the mailbox a half dozen times. > >It was never vandalism that destroyed the boxes. >Once by the snow plow >Four times by drunk drivers > >I tried setting in concrete >I tried using hinges and springs >The last time a drunk destroyed it >I put a bolder in front of it big enough to stop most vehicles >(the police said, "no can do.") > >The first three were fairly pricey cedar posts complete with cedar paper >boxes. >The next two I just replaced the broken parts >The last - I finally just picked up an old rusted mailbox on a rusted pipe >set in 3 inch thick concrete disk that I found in a junk yard. >I figured the plow would just knock it over >and the drunks would lose the bottom of their cars >That was ten years ago - no one's hit the damn old piece of junk yet. >The bottom of the mail box is rusting out and will need replacement soon >due to natural oxidation - instead of intoxication. > >Regards, >George Lottermoser >george at imagist.com >http://www.imagist.com >http://www.imagist.com/blog >http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information