A 5 minute job

[doc henderson]

A friend of mine growing up lived in a nice part of town and people would drive up over the curb and put ruts in the yard along the curb as they drove by at night.  Eventually, his dad put artificial turf in along the curb made of a 1 x 12 with nails driven through it and painted grass green.  they were able to find a car with two flat tires a block away the day after the next time it happened.  and yes, police got a confession.

[doc henderson]

Ted, I was thinking vandalism to a USPS mailbox was a federal offence?  Maybe not if owned by the homeowner, but it does interfere with the postal "service".  My uncle was friends with a guy that threatened his mom in a letter.  he went to prison as he used an entity of the federal government to make the threat.

[barbender]

I knew some guys that got the bright idea to break into a little country store. What the fools overlooked was that it also contained the local post office. So when the Sheriff's detectives tracked them down, they obtained cooperation from the perpetrators by letting them know that they better come clean, or they could pursue the Federal charges for that Post Office. They all broke.

[SawyerTed]

Sheriff's nephew...

[SawyerTed]

Doc, same crowd different suspects "found" a couple heavy woven nylon straps with roofing nails through it.  They found it in my yard with their daddy's S10 pickup.   

Daddy had to get the truck towed since three tires had nails and the strap was wrapped around the front running gear.   They got just out of sight from my house.   Maybe 1/4 mile.  

Daddy came to see me.  When I showed him the tire tracks well up in my yard and explained that was where they ran over the strap, I suggested he pay for his problems and I'd fix my yard.  The alternative was a police report.  He didn't protest.  

[doc henderson]

My wife's aunt Judy, who was allegedly married for a day and quite mischievous, stole a goat.  They took it into the local bar and let it loose.  The barkeep called the law, and the local sheriff was quite miffed to find his goat in the bar.  never got caught.   

[beenthere]

That is a very short time to be married. 

[doc henderson]

You would of had to of known Aunt Judy! 

[SawyerTed]

I had an aunt who got divorced after 40 years of marriage.  

And said, "40 years is a long time to be married to one old man." 

[GRANITEstateMP]

Anybody remember the line from the Paul Newman, hockey movie, Slapshot when the Hansen brothers were beating on the team bus?  That's kinda what my mailbox looks like now!

The neighbor that I share a mailbox post with stopped when I was banging it back to a close proximity of its original shape.  He said what are you doing?  My reply "Makin' it look MEAN".  Man its been a while since I saw that movie.  The lid shuts tight and its waterproof, but it ain't pretty

[Hilltop366]

I have a lifetime supply of 5 minute jobs

I say no point in hurrying if it never ends.

[Magicman]

Which is why I keep saying that it is not a contest nor a race and I do not want to win.  I only want to step across the finish line. 

[cutterboy]

I recently had a mailbox problem. No idea who was responsible.

 




I'm not sure if someone hit it with a bat or someone backed into it.

[aigheadish]

I've been pretty lucky with mailboxes, but it appears as though most of the trouble my street has is with folks that don't properly mount them. Mine is between two neighbors, one has a giant brick mailbox, the other neighbor's is about to fall over at any point. There's just enough space between them that you'd really need to prepare to get mine.