just venting
 

fucking county employees.

the plow truck guy just took out my mailbox for the second time. not being thrown down by the force of snow hitting it, no, he clipped it with a plow. twice now.

just got back from the county office, of course they'll "talk to him."

i can fill out a form and they'll replace it it with a cheap $12 aluminum box "when they have time." great, what do i do until then? oh, i can fix it myself and they'll send me a check for $12.

i hate the government.

"I hate the government" is a perfectly normal reaction. We are brothers in arms!

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be

Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battles raged higher

And though we were hurt so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die

But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

i bought that album new on vinyl when it came out. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/cheesy.gif

Get an W8x48 I beam and incase it 60" below grade in concrete with about 3' of concrete above.

If he hits it after this upgrade, the driver will remember where that post is next time.

Oh and add like 100 of those little reflectors up and down your road along with a 8'x10' sign that reads "chad's mailbox is here" with a blinking arrow pointing towards the mailbox.

tell the post office of the wanton disrespect and destruction of postal property!...let the government fight the government sit by and watch the fireworks.

Of course we don't have snowplows around here, but rural mailboxes get plowed nonetheless by drunks. I've seen some fine examples out in the country of "Ok, try this one on for size" which would total an automobile if hit.

Attach an IED to it.

Hahaa!... this reminded me of this cartoon:


http://www.ajokes.com/images/picture.../didntwash.jpg

Had a friend years ago, that worked in the same fab shop I did, at the time and he got tired of his mailbox getting whacked, so he took an 8" I beam and boxed it with 1/4' plate. Then sunk it deep and used a lot of concrete, 8-10 bags, if I remember right, (helped him build it) to fill the hole and also then fill the boxed I beam. Then he used brick to encase it all and imbed his battle ship tough, mailbox in the mix.

Oh did I mention, he built his own mailbox out of 1/4" steel and welded it to the I beam? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/grin.gif

He died a few years ago, but that mailbox has been hit several times over the years and it is still standing proud, tho with slightly battered bricks!

I think that dam thing will outlive the house on the property.

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the really evil part of me want to find out who the driver is, then go over to his house tonight and take out his mailbox.

ground is frozen solid as well, so i don't know how i'm going to pound a new stake in. i guess i'm going to have to quick crete a post in a 5 gallon bucket or something.

If you screwed a mailbox to the roof of an old car and parked it at the end of your drive...would it be postal property?

There's a novel idea. Twice in my life I have planted a mailbox only to have the USPS tell me to "move it over a few inches". A garbage can full of concrete should be enough to keep anyone from stealing it.

Now that is a dam fine question!

wondering if you placed a complaint after the first incidence...? Payback?

This is a lil OT but in the same vein. My uncle was having his mail box vandalized/destroyed by some kids driving down the road and wacking it with an aluminum baseball bat. Obviously he got tired of fixing or replacing it, which was regularly after he had repaired it. The last time he filled the box with cement, raised the flag and watched and waited. At some point in the night here they came, the kid with the bat hanging out the backseat window, cocked and ready to swing...well ...recoil's a bitch and the bat snapped back and nailed the dude in the head...nighty night w/ a concussion. They stopped to collect their friend and met my uncle who got the kid conscious and told them to take him to the hospital. Then in the middle of the night he replaced the concreted version with a shiny brand new one, disposed of the old one and never had a problem again.

Do you like Government when they clean snow off your street for free, and dont damage your property?

they don't clean it off for free. i have a snow assessment and a $3,200 property tax bill.

No. You own the mailbox. The INSIDE is the only federally "protected" part.