"jim rozen" wrote in message
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And then there was one famous poster here who made the one out of
RR track and well casing, with a look-a-like mailbox welded up out
of heavy steel plate.

I seem to recall the town road grader hit it while plowing snow.

The mailbox busted all the shear bolts off the grader blade.

The town was *not* happy. The poor guy had to pay to repair the
grader, and take out the mailbox.

But I bet the driver never did that again!

Why would the mailbox owner have to pay to repair the grader? If anything,
the town should be paying the owner for scratching his mailbox (with the
appropriate deductions for the grader repair and the homeown compensation
taken from the grader driver's salary).