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Country Mailbox

March 8th, 2008 Geaked Leave a comment Go to comments

The scene: Semi-rural Michigan.  Home of late night mailbox baseball.

We recently backed out of our driveway only to realize we had no mailbox AND no post.  No one else down the road had been afflicted so it didn’t appear to be a round of shenanigans.
But with inches of snow covering frozen ground how does one re-post the post?  The mail keeps coming and we had to appease the mail carrier.  That’s where the wife got creative and resurrected an old Black and Decker Workmate.

Workmate

If you don’t remember this beauty, it’s a bit like a saw horse on steroids.  It’s also the perfect hight to anchor both our mailbox and newspaper box.  With some rope and our finest blue tarp (to protect and disguise), we now have a non-government approved mail and newspaper receptacle!  Now we wait for a good spring thaw in order to do it right.

Country Mailbox

We also hope that spring comes before some smart-acre has a folly with our blue tarp.

That’s why they make these.

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  • 1. Love the new mailbox setup!
    2. Your wife is very creative.
    3. Has spring come yet in your neck of the woods?
    4. Did you ever figure out how it got knocked down? A snow plow, maybe?
    5. I miss your 5-point comments at The Junk Drawer!
  • Hi Kathy! That 5-point comment format you're using looks great on you!
    Spring is juuust starting to eek its way into the forecast. 60's the last two days. Finally. As for the mailbox, haven't a clue. It's a regular occurrence in these parts. I need to get a real post put up or the mail lady might stop delivering our bills. Shoot!
  • Oh, by the way, disqus.com - the site that hosts my comments IS working on Gravatar incorporation. So anyone who has a gravatar will see their picture instead of the square-head non smiley face thing.
  • Glad you're getting good weather. We haven't really seen many 60-something days. Soon enough, though. So, yeah. It'll be nice to be known over here as a face instead of a box head. But, for now, it's hip to be square!
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