Mail box mystery
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True.dat. If you've never lived in a small Southern town you wouldn't get it. There's not much to do in a town like this. It gets pretty boring for kids. But it's a great place to live during the work week because of a lot of nice people and no traffic, but then when you want to go to the ATL to be entertained, you're closeby.jdarg said:
Beach Runner said:
I don't know BR sounds like not everbody in your town is nice. :shock:
Good point. Like our home invaders, one of whom was released from jail a couple of years ago.gotothebeachmom said:
Yes, the person who originally damaged the mailbox ten years ago, kept the half of the red flag in his trophy room along with all of the other mailbox flags from that night of drunkeness so long ago. The vandals often keep their trophies like that, so that their Moms and Dads can show off their kid's abilities to the people who come to visit.
The vandals, probably about 27 years old now, have just bought their first house, and began to feel guilty as they were installing their own replacement mailboxes. To get the albatross off their back, they returned your other half of the flag, hoping you would forgive them.
My question to you is, how does your US Mail Carrier know when you have mail to collect if your flag does not stick out (for TEN YEARS!)?
p.s.- If you had replaced your mailbox, would you be having this problem today? I don't think so.
The vandals, probably about 27 years old now, have just bought their first house, and began to feel guilty as they were installing their own replacement mailboxes. To get the albatross off their back, they returned your other half of the flag, hoping you would forgive them.
My question to you is, how does your US Mail Carrier know when you have mail to collect if your flag does not stick out (for TEN YEARS!)?
p.s.- If you had replaced your mailbox, would you be having this problem today? I don't think so.
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Well, the mail carrier has figured out that when the little half-of-a-flag is vertical, it means I have mail to be picked up. I haven't replaced the box because I don't want the vandals to have the satisfaction of knowing that it bothered me. Plus, quite a few people have commented to me that they admire me for being determined enough not to replace my mailbox and allow the vandals to get any satisfaction from their vandalism.Smiling JOe said:
Beach Runner said:
No wonder they didn't get your "vote for pedro" sign. :funn:
I am sure they still think about your mailbox, and get much satisfaction
from 10 years ago on a drunken night. I bet they even remember where your neighborhood is located.There is such a thing as a person being stubborn.
I don't know that I would replace my mailbox if vandals were to dent it and rip off the flag arm either, but it would be more for my own laziness than anything else.
You do have a strange little story there, but I bet if you knew the truth behind it, you would think, "Katie Blue tried to tell me, but I wouldn't believe her."
from 10 years ago on a drunken night. I bet they even remember where your neighborhood is located.There is such a thing as a person being stubborn. I don't know that I would replace my mailbox if vandals were to dent it and rip off the flag arm either, but it would be more for my own laziness than anything else.
You do have a strange little story there, but I bet if you knew the truth behind it, you would think, "Katie Blue tried to tell me, but I wouldn't believe her."
Or is this more in line with their thinking?kurt said:
http://www.bustedtees.com/shirts/pedro. Unfortunately the XXL's are on backorder.
BTW, SJ, no one could forget where I live. It's on the most prominent row of homes in town - don't mean to brag, but it validates why no one could ever forget hitting my mailbox.
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Beach Runner said:Or is this more in line with their thinking?
http://www.bustedtees.com/shirts/pedro. Unfortunately the XXL's are on backorder.
BTW, SJ, no one could forget where I live. It's on the most prominent row of homes in town - don't mean to brag, but it validates why no one could ever forget hitting my mailbox.
IMHO you always mean to brag.