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  • Gorn Captain
    Invincible Ironing Man
    • Feb 28, 2008
    • 10549

    My new mail box, aka The Humongous

    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!
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    "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."
  • SUP-Ronin
    Stuck in a laundry shoot.
    • Oct 8, 2007
    • 3146

    #2
    What no pic? What a rip off.
    "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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    • Gorn Captain
      Invincible Ironing Man
      • Feb 28, 2008
      • 10549

      #3
      Originally posted by MegoRonin
      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!!!!
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      "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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      • Mikey
        Verbose Member
        • Aug 9, 2001
        • 47258

        #4
        That's going to stump the mailbox baseball crowd

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        • Gorn Captain
          Invincible Ironing Man
          • Feb 28, 2008
          • 10549

          #5
          Originally posted by type1kirk
          That's going to stump the mailbox baseball crowd
          Yeah, this baby hits back!
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          "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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          • raider5gt
            Museum Tree Cutter
            • Nov 25, 2007
            • 1911

            #6
            Has it got an Oompa lumpa inside with a base ball bat

            Never stand behind a cow when it sneezes.

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            • toys2cool
              Ultimate Mego Warrior
              • Nov 27, 2006
              • 28605

              #7
              awesome,Looks like something Kramer or George Costanza would do
              "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

              http://ultimatewarriorcollection.webs.com/
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              • MegoMark71
                Permanent Member
                • Dec 18, 2008
                • 3383

                #8
                I still don't see a pic? where are you looking toys2cool?

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                • cjefferys
                  Duke of Gloat
                  • Apr 23, 2006
                  • 10180

                  #9
                  Originally posted by MegoMark71
                  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.

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                  • MegoMark71
                    Permanent Member
                    • Dec 18, 2008
                    • 3383

                    #10
                    yeah i was short bus late on that one.

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                    • Meule
                      Verbose Member
                      • Nov 14, 2004
                      • 28720

                      #11
                      Sounds like the kind of mailbox I need
                      "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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                      • SlipperyLilSuckers
                        MeGoing
                        • May 14, 2003
                        • 9031

                        #12
                        Haha. Sounds like a great idea :D I too, look forward to pictures.

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                        • Gorn Captain
                          Invincible Ironing Man
                          • Feb 28, 2008
                          • 10549

                          #13
                          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....
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                          "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                          • Mikey
                            Verbose Member
                            • Aug 9, 2001
                            • 47258

                            #14
                            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.

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                            • Meule
                              Verbose Member
                              • Nov 14, 2004
                              • 28720

                              #15
                              Originally posted by type1kirk
                              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
                              "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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