Comments on: Just Try and Knock This Over, Buddy http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html Renovating an 1855 home in Upstate NY Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: FindSavings http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-10731 FindSavings Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:53:47 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=2633#comment-10731 I never knew there were so many mailbox issues. I bet we could create a website just dedicated to mailboxes. I lost mine to a drunk driver. Had to put a new one up. I never knew there were so many mailbox issues. I bet we could create a website just dedicated to mailboxes. I lost mine to a drunk driver. Had to put a new one up.

]]> By: Renee http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-10730 Renee Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:02:05 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=2633#comment-10730 Every time we have gotten a new mailbox, someone feels the need to smash it *accidentally*. A few years ago after getting a new mailbox, a few kids were driving down the road, throwing darts out of the car at the mailbox, and then driving back to pick them up! No kidding! It seems that we need to replace our mailbox every few years. Every time we have gotten a new mailbox, someone feels the need to smash it *accidentally*. A few years ago after getting a new mailbox, a few kids were driving down the road, throwing darts out of the car at the mailbox, and then driving back to pick them up! No kidding! It seems that we need to replace our mailbox every few years.

]]> By: Mrs. Mecomber http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-10723 Mrs. Mecomber Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:40:14 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=2633#comment-10723 LOL, RE!! I love your solution. Wowsa, you guys take your mailboxes seriously! :D LOL, RE!! I love your solution. Wowsa, you guys take your mailboxes seriously! :D

]]> By: RE - Entrepod http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-10719 RE - Entrepod Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:15:14 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=2633#comment-10719 here's a suggestion that worked for me when I lived in a rural area and had mailbox issues. put concrete in the hole where you plan to mount the mailbox. put concrete cinderblocks ontop of the hole after the concrete has been poured as a reinforcement to the pole holding the mailbox. sink your mailbox pole into the center of the brick housing making it more like a column instead of a pole. mount the mailbox ontop of the pole after it's totally dry. mount it with metal spikes sticking out of the concrete; by drilling holes and placing the spikes on the side facing the road. that made folks avoid that box totally. only the mail carrier used it - carefully. btw, its still standing and the neighbors all talked smack about it; until they continued to replace theirs year after year. mine is still there with the present owners. if he hits that, he will tear up the plow and everybody will know how stupid he really is. also, my sister uses old tires around hers and it's made of some kind of rubbermaid material. she did it after hers got knocked down by the who knows who's. as we call them. it works better because no body wants to drive into a huge pile of tires, with concrete in the middle. it's lethal to a car. here’s a suggestion that worked for me when I lived in a rural area and had mailbox issues. put concrete in the hole where you plan to mount the mailbox. put concrete cinderblocks ontop of the hole after the concrete has been poured as a reinforcement to the pole holding the mailbox. sink your mailbox pole into the center of the brick housing making it more like a column instead of a pole. mount the mailbox ontop of the pole after it’s totally dry. mount it with metal spikes sticking out of the concrete; by drilling holes and placing the spikes on the side facing the road. that made folks avoid that box totally. only the mail carrier used it – carefully. btw, its still standing and the neighbors all talked smack about it; until they continued to replace theirs year after year. mine is still there with the present owners.

if he hits that, he will tear up the plow and everybody will know how stupid he really is.

also, my sister uses old tires around hers and it’s made of some kind of rubbermaid material. she did it after hers got knocked down by the who knows who’s. as we call them. it works better because no body wants to drive into a huge pile of tires, with concrete in the middle. it’s lethal to a car.

]]> By: Karen http://newyorkrenovator.com/2010/01/just-try-and-knock-this-over-buddy.html/comment-page-1#comment-10713 Karen Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:10:10 +0000 http://newyorkrenovator.com/?p=2633#comment-10713 Every time we hear a thud we run to look out the front window to see if someone hit our mailbox. Over and over it happens. Ugh. Every time we hear a thud we run to look out the front window to see if someone hit our mailbox. Over and over it happens. Ugh.

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