On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:29:58 GMT, Ignoramus5275
wrote:

A house not too far from us is so located near a bend in the road,
that its mailbox was destroyed regularly. They finally installed
mailbox post made of a 10" or so pipe, filled with concrete.

Yeah, but making it overtly and obviously bomb-proof just invites
the little *******s to get a stick of dynamite or some plastique and
test it...

The whole idea of a stealth steel mailbox is to fool them into
taking a whack at it. Or try running it over. That's payback time.

Besides, if it's by a curve in the road, most of the hits were
probably accidental. Planting a few sections of concrete K-rail or
Armco steel barrier there would be a better choice, because one of
these days the drunk/sleepy/speeding person won't stop at the mailbox,
they'll end up with a TransAm in the middle of their Living Room...

Did you see my "Thanks to Bruce Bergman" post about fixing most leaks
in my air compressor?

Yup. You are most welcome. There's always a fix for every problem,
and sometimes it's a very cheap and/or simple one, but sometimes you
really have to search for it.

Some days I'll spend 45 minutes figuring out exactly what the
problem is, five minutes fixing it, and 10 minutes packing everything
back in the truck to go to the next call. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

-- Bruce --
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Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
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