Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Weren't we all little bastards once? John On 2012-01-13, at 1:17 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information