On Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:41:54 -0800 (PST), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 9:59:10 AM UTC-6, HerHusband wrote:
Around here that would be an invitation to mail theft. Flags up, checks
are in the box.

What part of the USA is this?

Southwest Washington State, out in a rural country area.

When we first moved here we had lots of problems with mailboxes being
destroyed with drive by baseball bats. I had to replace our box 5-6 times
the first few years. I also made a pull out area for the mail carrier and
moved the box off the road a ways. That seemed to help make it not so
convenient for the drivebys.

Thankfully, whoever was doing it grew up or was finally caught. We haven't
had an issue in over 20 years.



Monkey see monkey do. Teenage boys probably saw mailboxes being destroyed in a movie. It's like everything else the young do. They see a movie/rock star covered with tattoos so they want them too. Kids took up smoking because they saw it in the movies and thought it was cool. ?(?_?)?

[8~{} Uncle Delinquent Monster

If you are having a mailbox baseball problem, get the large size, or
some other appropriate shaped "form" wrapped with rebar and with some
sticking out the bottom. Set the standard box inside it and pour this
solid with concrete. Set that on a 8x8 concrete block "post" with the
cores doweled and poured solid with concrete. Set your rebar tails
from the box in the wet concrete. My neighbor did this in Md and
totaled a corvette that veered into it. The box had a lean to it and
the block was chipped up a bit but it was still there.