freethefly 6 #1 July 25, 2007 It gets the louisville slugger treatment several times a year. I should swap it out with a box filled with cement every night. Let the bastard bat that at 40mph. Drunks at 1:00am must have better things to do than play mailbox baseball. I guess this is karma for all of the mail boxes that I batted as a teenager"...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #2 July 25, 2007 QuoteI should swap it out with a box filled with cement every night. Better yet, make a new one out of 1/2" steel plate and mount it on a concrete filled pipe. Then look for wood splinters and blood on the street every morning on the way to work. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TShearer 0 #3 July 25, 2007 Did you hunt the person down and break both their kneecaps? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #4 July 25, 2007 be happy you're not here.. we dont bat the boxes, we just get some fireworks and blow the shit up.. one time in my village, the wall behind the mailbox collapsed.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluepill 0 #5 July 25, 2007 Bastards.When I was little I built a snowman in my garden one winter. One boy in our street would run through the garden and kick it down. I rebuilt it several times and he kept doing it. My dad finally helped me rebuild it with a Concrete block inside. The boy hurt his foot bad. The boy's dad came down to have a go at me about it...but my dad was bigger than his dad. Here is my suggestion of what to do. 1. If you can, try and make the Mailbox really stand out. E.g. Make it bigger and/or paint it yellow or red or somat. You want it to really stand out and attract "attention". This will be Mailbox 1 and will be a decoy. 2. Now place a more discreet smaller mailbox near by, This is Mailbox 2 and will be the real mailbox that you receive your mail in. 3. OK now with the decoy mailbox 1 you want to ensure that you have a note in small writing to ensure that the mailman knows not to deliver into the decoy. Now comes the good bit... It will take a little experimenting, and maybe someone in here might be able to help with the engineering. Inside Mailbox 1 you want to create "Client server" mechanism whereby when the mailbox is struck (by a client) a projectile (of your choosing) is fired (served) at the client. A blow-pipe type of effect. As I said this will take a little experimenting to ensure that the projectile is fired in the appropriate direction and velocity. Im not saying you should use anything lethal, but something good enough to give the culprits a good kick up the arse or damage their vehicle. Just an idea. BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phildthedildo 0 #6 July 25, 2007 construct one out of c4 plastic explosive or something. blow the little mother fuckers up. end of problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #7 July 25, 2007 Quoteconstruct one out of c4 plastic explosive or something. blow the little mother fuckers up. end of problem. Great idea. Make it out of Tannerite, an impact sensitive explosive. You can buy it without restriction in the US. A bullet will set it off, but a bat might not. Here is 7 pounds of it getting hit with a rifle bullet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li0KSIzROEc&mode=related&search= http://www.tannerite.com/ "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dunesurfer 0 #8 July 25, 2007 Here is a link to a home made "Bat Proof" mailbox idea: http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=141531 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharimcm 0 #9 July 25, 2007 Quote Here is a link to a home made "Bat Proof" mailbox idea: http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=141531 A friend of mine actually did the exact thing after she had her mailbox destroyed... Small mailbox inside a large mailbox then filled with cement. She waited nightly to see if anything would happen, and then it came... A car starts coming down the road slow enough to peek her interest, then a blood curdling scream followed with a "SON OF A BITCH!" The morning after, one of her neighbors came by to tell her their son had a broken arm with deep wood splinters from trying to smack her mailbox with a wooden bat (it broke). All she could do was laugh. The neighbor promptly gave her money for the previous mailbox along with the money to 'make' the new one. "I had a dude tip his black cowboy hat to me after I provided him with a condom outside my hotel room at 3-something in the morning." -myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #10 July 25, 2007 now, thats what i call a responsible parent!! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 July 25, 2007 Quote Quote Here is a link to a home made "Bat Proof" mailbox idea: http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=141531 A friend of mine actually did the exact thing after she had her mailbox destroyed... Small mailbox inside a large mailbox then filled with cement. She waited nightly to see if anything would happen, and then it came... A car starts coming down the road slow enough to peek her interest, then a blood curdling scream followed with a "SON OF A BITCH!" The morning after, one of her neighbors came by to tell her their son had a broken arm with deep wood splinters from trying to smack her mailbox with a wooden bat (it broke). All she could do was laugh. The neighbor promptly gave her money for the previous mailbox along with the money to 'make' the new one. This is America. The mother didn't sue? "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharimcm 0 #12 July 25, 2007 It was his father that paid her for it. I suppose he was showing his son some 'tough love.' Oh, and to this day, not one person has tried to bat her mailbox again... "I had a dude tip his black cowboy hat to me after I provided him with a condom outside my hotel room at 3-something in the morning." -myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #13 July 25, 2007 setup a game camera like the ones for scouting deer. When it happens again call the postal inspectors, when the idiots get out of prison they will be spending a fortune on depends. It is a federal offense to mess with anything related the the US MAIL. once that mailbox is put up it is no longer yours, is belongs to the US Postal Service. You are to maintain and replace it when neccessary. We had some "Gangstas" threaten a Postman (My friend and former resident of the base at Khe Sahn) The idiots were not too happy when the postal inspectors arrived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 July 25, 2007 I made a concrete filled mailbox after having 3 mailboxes battered before. Bought a large metal mailbox, bag of concrete mix, small bag of cement (the fine grain stuff), and some tin duct piping. I wanted a smaller mailbox but there wasn't much room in between for the concrete. So, I fashioned the tin piping to have a mostly flat bottom and arching top, then cut and folded sections for the back end to close it up as well as provide somewhat of an anchor for the cement to set in. Then I mixed the concrete in the wheelbarrow, shoveled it in the gaps (it has rocks and gravel mixed in). When I had enough concrete shoveled in there to within a couple of inches from the mailbox opening, I took the remaining concrete mix down to the hole I had dug for the new post that I bought, set the post up with a nice big concrete ball and let that set. Got the cement mix and filled that in the mailbox to create a nice smooth finish from the edges of the tin piping to the edges of the outer mailbox. Also, because the large mailbox was too wide for the post, I cut short lengths of 2 x 8s to fit in cross wise on the bottom of the mail box, and cut a channel through them so they would fit right on the horizontal post. Bunch of screws later, it's mounted solid. But man, that concrete/cement filled mailbox was fucking heavy! Took most of my strength to lift it up to chest high and mount it on the post. After 2 or 3 years with that mailbox, there's not a scratch on it, and I'm really disappointed! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #15 July 25, 2007 I'm getting some tannerite and finding your joint and blowin that sum bitch up!!! mwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha There won't be a scratch on it, I promise. Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #16 July 25, 2007 What about positioning a piece of fishing wire vertically from the ground to a tree branch or lampost top or something a few feet out from your mailbox. Then when they swing to hit your mailbox... voila... no arms! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #17 July 25, 2007 Quote What about positioning a piece of fishing wire vertically from the ground to a tree branch or lampost top or something a few feet out from your mailbox. Then when they swing to hit your mailbox... voila... no arms! That would be booby-trapping with great bodily harm intended... Quite illegal. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #18 July 25, 2007 u can still claim: "it waddnt' me!" “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #19 July 25, 2007 the way the post office is insisting on centralized mail boxes these days, this will become a thing of the past eventually...not to mention...who gets snail mail these days??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #20 July 25, 2007 I do, I get bills and your junk mail. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #21 July 25, 2007 Friend of mine used to go snowman killing with friends when they'd get drunk… drive in the pickup truck and dive out and tackle snowmen close enough to hit from the bed of the truck. "supposedly", one neighbour got sick of it and built a snowman around a fire hydrant. That's the apparent explanation for how said friend broke his collarbone and several ribs cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #22 July 25, 2007 Quote Friend of mine used to go snowman killing with friends when they'd get drunk… drive in the pickup truck and dive out and tackle snowmen close enough to hit from the bed of the truck. "supposedly", one neighbour got sick of it and built a snowman around a fire hydrant. That's the apparent explanation for how said friend broke his collarbone and several ribs I would SO do that if I lived in a snowy climate!!!!"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #23 July 25, 2007 tee hee! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #24 July 25, 2007 Quote Quote Friend of mine used to go snowman killing with friends when they'd get drunk… drive in the pickup truck and dive out and tackle snowmen close enough to hit from the bed of the truck. "supposedly", one neighbour got sick of it and built a snowman around a fire hydrant. That's the apparent explanation for how said friend broke his collarbone and several ribs I would SO do that if I lived in a snowy climate!!!! But hope you don't get busted by the cops for hiding a fire hydrant."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #25 July 25, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Friend of mine used to go snowman killing with friends when they'd get drunk… drive in the pickup truck and dive out and tackle snowmen close enough to hit from the bed of the truck. "supposedly", one neighbour got sick of it and built a snowman around a fire hydrant. That's the apparent explanation for how said friend broke his collarbone and several ribs I would SO do that if I lived in a snowy climate!!!! But hope you don't get busted by the cops for hiding a fire hydrant. How about a tree stump or big rock that you can just roll away after? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
