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Some asswipe just batted my mailbox

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You could just get 3 large round granite rocks in ascending order of size..... and paint them white

Have them drilled for a steel bar thru their centers so they stay stacked one on top of another.


Place eyes and hat and scarf as needed

Just think of all the looks you will get with a snowman in your front yard... in Alabama.... in July

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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 :D



:D:D:D:D 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? :P


Or a captured Mailbox bashing bandit, conveniently sedated, concealed within the snowman and positioned for a right good PHWACKING. :ph34r::ph34r:

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:D


How about a tree stump or big rock that you can just roll away after? :P


Or a captured Mailbox bashing bandit, conveniently sedated, concealed within the snowman and positioned for a right good PHWACKING. :ph34r::ph34r:

BP

Now THAT's frontier justice in its finest form! :D:D:D
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That would be booby-trapping with great bodily harm intended... Quite illegal. [:/]



Quite illegal but highly amusing


Yeah, especially if you're a huge Monty Python fan!

:D:D:D:D:D
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After going a couple rounds on this same issue, the only advice I would have is that if you do any kind of funky mailbox, make sure you have a regulation-sized mailbox inside it for the mailman to deliver to. I've heard that they're real sticklers about having an "approved" box to put the mail in. You can do pretty much anything you want to around the outside of the box, as long as the regulation box is intact.

The whole "why didn't they sue when they fucked themselves up" thing is a good point. It's a litigation age, as any skydiver knows. One thing that would help would be to make it obvious that it isn't just a normal mailbox. Doing the "normal looking bigger mailbox filled with concrete with a smaller mailbox inside, " could be considered "setting a trap" in a court case, but if it was a welded steel box with a normal mailbox inside then you'd have a better chance of fighting 'em off.

The e-mail thing is a good point. In a decade or so this'll all be moot, no more mailboxes. As it is, I only check mine about once a week.

But, in the meantime, crank up the MIG welder and have at it!

Elvisio "never did this when I was young, but surely guilty of similar stupidness" Rodriguez

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I've seen two impressive solutions. As mentioned above, an iron worker installed his regulation mail box inside a heavy wall steel box beam. He then put a flag of the outside like a standard box would have. There is no way his setup could be mistaken for anything else then an armored mail box. Unless of course you are drunk and stupid. His said the first and only time that sucker got nailed (by an aluminum bat) the sound could be heard for blocks.B|:D Only left a scratch in the paint.

Second guy got sick and tired of having his mailbox/post taken out by the snow plow. He ended up mounting it on a long arm attatched to a self centering pivot. If the plow hits it, it swings away and comes right back to center. The plow guys now know about it and just leave it alone.

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All great ideas. Some highly illegalB| but, great just the same.
I live on a country lane that has only a few houses on it. The folks off the side of me no longer have a mailbox and use a PO box due to having so many boxes destroyed by teenagers having a little fun.
It was fun batting boxes when I was a teen. Guess, now I know what all the people felt when we batted their boxes[:/]
It does suck but, no real harm done.
Just kids being kids.

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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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I replaced my old one with an armored one and its bolted onto a beam that is sunk 6 ft into the ground.

The box itself is a large rural type.. that is 3/8 steel.... no dents in it yet:D



I thought this was yours.:D

If only you could make a working model.
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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I replaced my old one with an armored one and its bolted onto a beam that is sunk 6 ft into the ground.

The box itself is a large rural type.. that is 3/8 steel.... no dents in it yet:D



I thought this was yours.:D

If only you could make a working model.


Niiiiiiice!!! :D:D:D
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Personally, I'd wire it up so that two things could happen. One, you put a minor explosive charge with non-penetrating projectiles inside so it just scares them silly - Like maybe some cans of shaving cream. Or two, you can wire it so that floodlights come on and either stay on or just flicker a couple times to make them think you setup a photo-capture of their license plate.

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Personally, I'd wire it up so that two things could happen. One, you put a minor explosive charge with non-penetrating projectiles inside so it just scares them silly - Like maybe some cans of shaving cream. Or two, you can wire it so that floodlights come on and either stay on or just flicker a couple times to make them think you setup a photo-capture of their license plate.



Find a supply of dye like they use in the bank for theft and rig up a small charge that will detonate on impact . . .
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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Find a supply of dye like they use in the bank for theft and rig up a small charge that will detonate on impact . . .



PERFECT!! :D:D I'd do it too if I lived in a neighborhood like that. Living in the suburbs, my mailbox is fastened to my house. *sigh*

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Find a supply of dye like they use in the bank for theft and rig up a small charge that will detonate on impact . . .



PERFECT!! :D:D I'd do it too if I lived in a neighborhood like that. Living in the suburbs, my mailbox is fastened to my house. *sigh*


Can you see the little fucker getting arrested looking like he just came from a "Black Face" festival (in this case I would reccomend blue)?:D

Or even better, when the explanation had to be given to the parents . . . "Son, why are you Blue?":D:D

Or arrested . . . "What are you in for - bank robbery?", "No, I just played some mailbox baseball.[:/]"

All over the car and the driver.:ph34r: It really wouldn't be that hard to track . . .
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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I talked to the mail lady this afternoon. Several other boxes down the road got batted also last night.
She told me, last summer, several guys got caught batting boxes. They were in their 30's. Not teenagers. They were made to replace the boxes and pay each owner $75.00.
The best thing would be to put a guard around the box. Yet, one should not need to do such.
The idea of putting a game-cam in a position to capture a plate number and the act being committed is the best idea. No one gets hurt, I get compensated and they, hopefully, learn their lesson.
"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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I talked to the mail lady this afternoon. Several other boxes down the road got batted also last night.
She told me, last summer, several guys got caught batting boxes. They were in their 30's. Not teenagers. They were made to replace the boxes and pay each owner $75.00.
The best thing would be to put a guard around the box. Yet, one should not need to do such.
The idea of putting a game-cam in a position to capture a plate number and the act being committed is the best idea. No one gets hurt, I get compensated and they, hopefully, learn their lesson.



But . . . But . . . We WANT CARNAGE DAMMIT!!!
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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I talked to the mail lady this afternoon. Several other boxes down the road got batted also last night.
She told me, last summer, several guys got caught batting boxes. They were in their 30's. Not teenagers. They were made to replace the boxes and pay each owner $75.00.
The best thing would be to put a guard around the box. Yet, one should not need to do such.
The idea of putting a game-cam in a position to capture a plate number and the act being committed is the best idea. No one gets hurt, I get compensated and they, hopefully, learn their lesson.



have you thought about putting in a metal pole on either side so that one wouldn't be able to strike the mailbox without slowing down a lot or getting out of the vehicle? Put them about 6 inches or so from the sides of the mailbox and flush with the front edge so that it can't be done from a moving vehicle. Be sure and put reflectors on it so that there will be no way of being accused for intentionally injuring someone. That way, you're taking measures to protect the mailbox and to make sure people can see the poles at night with the reflective tape or some other form of reflective material.
Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

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why dont you guys place your boxes a couple of feet away from the road? that way i'm pretty sure, they wont get batted.. or behind a tree or sumthin'..



Because then the postal workers will have to get out of their vehicles
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why dont you guys place your boxes a couple of feet away from the road? that way i'm pretty sure, they wont get batted.. or behind a tree or sumthin'..



Postal service requires a certian distance from the road when the mail is delivered from a vehicle.
I need to buy a game cam. They're sure to strike again>:(
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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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why dont you guys place your boxes a couple of feet away from the road? that way i'm pretty sure, they wont get batted.. or behind a tree or sumthin'..



Because then the postal workers will have to get out of their vehicles



in certain areas, such as where my grandparents live, postal workers still walk their routes. They'll park their truck in a certain location, fill their bag and walk a few blocks. Then, they'll do the same with the next block, etc. They did the same thing when I lived in La Crosse, WI.

When I lived in Mission Viejo, they had to get out and walk literally 2 feet to get to the mailbox. Where I live now, they don't even get out of the vehicle.
Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

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Yeah, Karma'll get ya.

My house got egged last year while I was standing in the back yard. I had to laugh, if I get egged 50 more times then I'll have gotten what I deserve from growing up.

A steel reinforced mailbox with a concrete filled post will straighten them out. We had one as a kid we hit a few times a year, till they got the indestructable box.

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