On Apr 16, 5:53*pm, aemeijers wrote:
On 4/16/2011 5:04 PM, Evan wrote:



On Apr 16, 9:03 am, "Stormin Mormon"
*wrote:
I'd have been tempted to go break some glass on the lawyer's
office, trip and fall, and then sue for damages.

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wrote in ...

Unfortunately there are lawyers.

My friend also a "gentleman farmer" got tired of his mailbox
being destroyed so he erected a more substantial version.
Some kids got hurt while damaging the personal property
of others and some lawyer with his picture on billboards
rushed to their aid and sued my friend. His homeowners
insurance paid out ~ $100,000.

Ah, but you see Stormin, the glass you would have broken
was not designed and installed with the intention to injure
you when you broke it... *These redneck reinforced mailboxes
are designed and installed with the specific intent to cause
harm to anyone who vandalizes them after they are installed...

That is an actionable tort... *He/his insurers got off easy with
$100,000 worth of payoff, that would be $33,000-ish for the
lawyer and $67,000 left to pay for medical bills... *It wasn't
a "lottery-sweepstakes" winning by any means...

People who are bat-**** crazy about protecting their mailboxes
from being batted away by passing carloads of vandals should
locate those mailboxes far enough away from the side of the
road so that they can not be reached with a baseball bat out
of a vehicle's window -- problem solved...

~~ Evan

You do that, you won't get your mail. It has to be within arm's length
of the edge of the paved or graveled/maintained road shoulder, so the
USPS person can reach it.

Look up the old threads- there are all sorts of solutions. I kinda like
the box on a pivoting arm. It can be dirt simple- cantilever the box 3-4
feet in front of the post. Post is a big pipe over a little pipe, with a
breakaway wood dowel pin to keep the wind from spinning it. But if a kid
or snowplow tags the box, the wood pin breaks, and the box swings out of
the way. I'd probably still have the welder that makes the post put a
couple of decorative roll bars around the mounting point for the box
itself- modern metal boxes are so flimsy you can dent them by leaning on
them.

--
aem sends...


I really wish that people here would be able to read and understand
administrative law... Within the same set of standards which describe
where curbside boxes must be located is described a standard for
door slot dimensions and locations such slots can be installed...

Gee, I guess that means that WOW! curbside boxes are not absolutely
required and there is a way in which you can apply for door slot
service
or to have your external mailbox located adjacent to your door... :-O

Imagine that...

~~ Evan