[Leica] Smashed Mailbox

[montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)]

Nice photo, Chris.  George's story sounds typical.
I like the hinge and spring idea, should have worked.

"Weebles wobble but they don't fall down"


Montie


>>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