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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / March 2005Mailbox Strike
<http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> A few weeks ago a driver hit out mailbox. The above is a link to a picture of what's left of it. As I've said in the photo caption, the driver didn't own up to his/her mistake, leaving us to foot the $90 bill for the new mailbox, pole, cement and extra large jumbo reflectors to prevent it happening again. I'm sure he/she did a bit of damage to their car though. The new mailbox is positioned about 1' further back from the road and has a slightly thicker pole. To hit the new one, they'd have to drive through a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be going anywhere without owning up :-) ><http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >through a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be >going anywhere without owning up :-) Phooey. Whatever's become of pot chlorate and sulphur? Back in my primary school days we'd have blown the bastard to bits. Damned sissies these modern kids -- no bloody wonder terrorists are getting the upper hand! -- John H > Phooey. Whatever's become of pot chlorate and sulphur? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > John H Come to think of it, I'm guilty of causing a couple of letterboxes to go awol in my younger years... At least I wasn't foolish enough to do it in a car, and by accident :-) are you sure it was a car, and not a hefty baseball bat form the window of a passing car? that cuases major damage. >> Phooey. Whatever's become of pot chlorate and sulphur? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > At least I wasn't foolish enough to do it in a car, and by accident :-) >are you sure it was a car, and not a hefty baseball bat form the window of a >passing car? that cuases major damage. Mailbox Baseball generally separates the box from the pole, leaving the pole still standing. A car striking the box would be expected to take out both the box and the pole.  SignatureSloth Kills! http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:42:11 -0800, Scott en Aztlán wrote: >>are you sure it was a car, and not a hefty baseball bat form the window >>of a passing car? that cuases major damage. > > Mailbox Baseball generally separates the box from the pole, leaving the > pole still standing. A car striking the box would be expected to take > out both the box and the pole. In my schooldays mailboxes were ruled by the tuppeny bunger. These awesome bungers were like small sticks of dynamite. The most popular configuration for mailbox work was a few wrapped into in a bundle, tied to a common fuse. The most popular getaway vehicle was the push bike. They were throughly more enlightened times, you could legally buy this stuff at your local news agent once a year for "Cracker Night". Many kids bought serious supplies. Phuoc > They were throughly more enlightened times, you could legally buy this > stuff at your local news agent once a year for "Cracker Night". Many kids > bought serious supplies. I have a friend who still does. Amazing what you could buy in Adelaide a couple of years back :-) >> They were throughly more enlightened times, you could legally buy this >> stuff at your local news agent once a year for "Cracker Night". Many kids >> bought serious supplies. > >I have a friend who still does. Amazing what you could buy in Adelaide a >couple of years back :-) Does anyone remember Pedro's Arsenal? SignatureBill Funk Change "g" to "a" On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:42:11 -0800, Scott en Aztlán <slothkills@NOyahooSPAM.com> wrote: >>are you sure it was a car, and not a hefty baseball bat form the window of a >>passing car? that cuases major damage. > >Mailbox Baseball generally separates the box from the pole, leaving >the pole still standing. Maybe it depends on the skill of the batter and the quality of the mailbox. It used to be relatively common to see smashed mailboxes where I grew up, but usually the mailbox just ended up badly dented. But the mailboxes evolved, or most of them did. If you drive through that neighborhood now, most of them are encased in bricks. Hit one with a baseball bat and you're going to hurt yourself more than the mailbox. Hit one with a car, and you're definitely going to do some damage to your car. > A car striking the box would be expected to >take out both the box and the pole. > are you sure it was a car, and not a hefty baseball bat form the window of a > passing car? that cuases major damage. I'm pretty sure. There was a fresh short skid mark in the gravel on the side of the road right before the mail box pole. We live on a rural highway and for some reason get drivers stopping out the front of our place on a regular basis, I'm pretty sure this driver simply didn't see the box. > Come to think of it, I'm guilty of causing a couple of letterboxes to go > awol in my younger years... > > At least I wasn't foolish enough to do it in a car, and by accident :-) We used to hang them in trees. ant >> Come to think of it, I'm guilty of causing a couple of letterboxes to go >> awol in my younger years... >> >> At least I wasn't foolish enough to do it in a car, and by accident :-) > >We used to hang them in trees. Schoolboys or letterboxes? -- John H >>The new mailbox is positioned about 1' further back from the road and >>has a slightly thicker pole. To hit the new one, they'd have to drive >>through a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be >>going anywhere without owning up :-) >Phooey. Whatever's become of pot chlorate and sulphur? He he - what about good old pool chlorine tablets in brake fluid? 8-) Can you tell at least one of us was evil in high school? lol SignatureKaren and Melanie - Bi-Sexual and Lesbian respectively. Living in Sydney .au kazmellie@lios.apana.org.au or kazmellie@gmail.com will reach us. > He he - what about good old pool chlorine tablets in brake fluid? 8-) You are missing a component. That mix is not explosive on its own. It needs to be held inside a solid container and the increase in pressure causes the container to explode. > He he - what about good old pool chlorine tablets in brake fluid? 8-) Yup tried that in the past also hydrogen balloons on a quiet night inflated with just the right mix of H and O2 from an old motorbike battery. > Can you tell at least one of us was evil in high school? lol LOL! > <http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > through a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be > going anywhere without owning up :-) I knew a plumber that used stormwater pvc pipe equiped with an "S" bend as a mailbox post outside his rural property, sort of a promotional / novelty item. After it was run down twice the third was filled with concrete ........... a week later they were awoken to the sound of a 180B getting a facelift. > I knew a plumber that used stormwater pvc pipe equiped with an "S" bend as > a > mailbox post outside his rural property, sort of a promotional / novelty > item. After it was run down twice On purpose, because the driver thought it would be fun to smash a PVC pipe letterbox. >the third was filled with concrete > ........... a week later they were awoken to the sound of a 180B getting a > facelift. because the driver didnt know it was filled with concrete this time. Just like the plastic tubes used as road side markers in NT ... vehicles would drive along demolishing all the ones they could.. until they were filled with concrete. In aus.cars Fred <brad@pitt.comn> wrote: > Just like the plastic tubes used as road side markers in NT ... > vehicles would drive along demolishing all the ones they could.. until they > were filled with concrete. Similar things have happened in NSW over the years. One I have seen was an idiot who was deliberately knocking down the plastic markers with his EH Holden and didn't notice that one of the posts was an old hardwood one until too late... My brother had a large collection of EH parts and got to sell the guy a mudguard, headlight, headlight surround and one segment of front bumper. :-) SignatureAthol <http://cust.idl.com.au/athol> Linux Registered User # 254000 The state of Australia's infrastructure is a national disgrace. I'm a Libran Engineer. I don't argue, I discuss. > I knew a plumber that used stormwater pvc pipe equiped with an "S" bend as a > mailbox post outside his rural property, sort of a promotional / novelty > item. After it was run down twice the third was filled with concrete > ........... a week later they were awoken to the sound of a 180B getting a > facelift. Somebody in the next town has mounted a V-8 engine on some welded chain for his mailbox. Haven't looked closely enough to see where the mail goes, but I doubt anybody would be willing to try to kill it with a car. SignatureCheers, Bev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (On going to war over religion:) "You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend." -- Rich Jeni > Somebody in the next town has mounted a V-8 engine on some welded chain > for his mailbox. Haven't looked closely enough to see where the mail > goes, but I doubt anybody would be willing to try to kill it with a car. I've seen some weird ones, IIRC as a kid my grandparents had a crank shaft with a mail box mounted on top. Near a friends farm ATM is an outboard engine housing used as a mail box. Mail boxen tend to cop heaps. At a friends place at Dee Why the mailbox was taken in at night to avoid damage inflicted by bogans coming back from the club. My Old man used to have that problem at least once a week with customers hitting it at his workshop. So we made one out of Checkerplate and used a piece of old railway line was the post went into the ground 2 1/2m :) It lasted about 3 years until a truck backed into it :) scott > <http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be going > anywhere without owning up :-) ><http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> > >A few weeks ago a driver hit out mailbox. The above is a link to a >picture of what's left of it. As I've said in the photo caption, the >driver didn't own up to his/her mistake He was probably too drunk to even notice. >The new mailbox is positioned about 1' further back from the road and >has a slightly thicker pole. To hit the new one, they'd have to drive >through a drainage ditch first, which means it's not likely they'd be >going anywhere without owning up :-) :) That's actually a better solution. As I suggested to another 'netter who was having some trouble with the neighborhood kids playing "mailbox baseball," choosing an exceptionally sturdy mounting for the replacement mailbox (say a 6" thick metal pole) would give anyone who tried to destory it a nice surprise... ;) SignatureSloth Kills! http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ >><http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > replacement mailbox (say a 6" thick metal pole) would give anyone who > tried to destory it a nice surprise... ;) I remember a solution some posted years ago. 4 70lb rail (railroad tracks) sunk atleast 6 feet in the ground in a square so that the mailbox fits in side them. Then brick up around the whole structure to make presentable. DYM > <http://community.webshots.com/photo/154146073/305957229QFgmue> > > A few weeks ago a driver hit out mailbox. Funny that, a few weeks ago someone hit mine too - only found out when we got back from Qld. Took it off the post and beat it back into shape until I find a new box I like the look of. http://www.ruralmailboxes.com/ |
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