My new mail box, aka The Humongous

[Gorn Captain]

I was fed up with coming home and finding a note in my mail box saying "we have a package for you". I'd go out for ten minutes, and that's when the mailman shows up, of course. I'd request to offer it a second time, and then they'd ring the bell just as I was in the shower. I've raced to the door with just a towel wrapped around me, and I thought that only happened in the movies...
We no longer have a Post Office in my village (cutbacks), so I have to take a 15 mile busride to the nearest city to get my stuff.

So I went into "A-Team mode", and made my own mailbox, big enough to handle most of my packages. Five foot high, 30 inches wide and deep. A big hatch in front, and a thick pile of bubble wrap on the bottom to provide a soft landing. A waterproof roof on top, and I'm ready for business.

And man, that baby delivered. You can easily fit a small child in there. I tried that out, and it worked like a charm. I mean, the kid had a roof over his head, plenty to read (my VISA statement is a mile long), and toys to play with. I just tossed an occasional Snickers bar in there, and presto!

Seriously, this saves me a lot of running around.
No let's hope they don't just steal the whole thing!

[SUP-Ronin]

What no pic? What a rip off.

[Gorn Captain]

What no pic? What a rip off.

Once I figure out how to get something from my new digital camera to the computer to the internet, I'll do that. But I'm hopeless with computers.
Hey, Thomas, come and take a picture of my mail box!!!!

[Mikey]

That's going to stump the mailbox baseball crowd

[Gorn Captain]

That's going to stump the mailbox baseball crowd

Yeah, this baby hits back!

[raider5gt]

Has it got an Oompa lumpa inside with a base ball bat

[toys2cool]

awesome,Looks like something Kramer or George Costanza would do

[MegoMark71]

I still don't see a pic? where are you looking toys2cool?

[cjefferys]

I still don't see a pic? where are you looking toys2cool?

I guess he's just using his vivid imagination.

It sounds cool but I'd just be worried about someone stealing stuff out of it.

[MegoMark71]

yeah i was short bus late on that one.

[Meule]

Sounds like the kind of mailbox I need

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Haha. Sounds like a great idea :D I too, look forward to pictures.

[Gorn Captain]

I'm pretty short and wiry, and even I can't fish anything out of it through the hatch. The drop down is too long. I made it especially that way, taking an "arm's length" and adding another 6 inches in height.
Only the padlocked door at the back lets you in....

I could, of course, keep a hungry badger in there, too, as a surprise for enterprising burglars....

[Mikey]

Actually, I have a great idea for extra security.

Turn it into a combination mailbox / bee hive

You get extra security, and all the honey you can eat.

[Meule]

Actually, I have a great idea for extra security.

Turn it into a combination mailbox / bee hive

You get extra security, and all the honey you can eat.

Good idea, Mike