Re: mailbox bashing was: Fwd: Price of Gas

You're right - people constantly amaze me w/ the depths of their
stupidity. And every one of these morons has a driver's license.
Frightening it is.


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From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:16:02 -0500

>Probably not thinking anything except that McD's had deep pockets. 
>Sometimes, the more you read about what people do, the more credence
>you have to give the Darwin Awards:-)
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
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>> From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>> 
>> The only problem w/ that is what if you get the same dimwits as
>were on
>> the McDonalds jury? Where they made them pay the spaz that spilled
>> coffee on herself? What were they thinking??
>> 
>> 
>> Oy.
>> 
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:40:32 -0500
>> 
>> >Love your solution, Lynda...might just be worth getting sued for 
>> >just to see one of those vandals get his just desserts:-) Not only
>> >that, but you'd nail the perpetrator and destroying mailboxes is a
>> >Federal offense...(evil grin)
>> >
>> >Have the same problem here periodically - mostly in summer. 
>Really
>> >annoying.  I always cringe when I see a new house go up with some
>> >expensive decorative mailbox as I know it's not long for this
>world.
>> >
>> >Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>> >mtalt@hort.net
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>> >> From: Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
>> >> 
>> >> Sounds like mailbox bashing is the sport of choice in your area,
>> >too.
>> >> Our local jerks have even managed to knock over mailboxes set in
>> >> mortared brick pillars. When we moved to the county we had a
>friend
>> >who
>> >> is a metal smith make us a  mailbox of 1" thick plate steel and
>> >mounted
>> >> it on a hollow steel pole set in and filled with concrete.  The
>> >vandals
>> >> can't even dent it.  Of course, we'll probably be sued one of
>these
>> >days
>> >> by the family of some kid who sustains a stress fracture in his
>arm
>> >when
>> >> he swings at it with a baseball bat while driving down the road!
>> >> 
>> >> Lynda
>> >> Zone 7 - West TN
>> >
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