Sunday, May 1, 2011

Theme Day: Mailbox

What do you do if you are a bored teenager in a rural part of Bloomfield?  Why, you grab some buddies and a baseball bat (and maybe some adult beverages), pile into a car, and take batting practice on the mailboxes.

What do you do if you are a homeowner?  See above.

It is theme day again for City Daily Photo participants. For May, the theme is "mailbox."  Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.
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23 comments:

  1. JimMay 1, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Quite drastic move but necessary I guess.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  2. CindyMay 1, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    Ah, yes and age-old tradition in rural areas!

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  3. brattcatMay 1, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Here, you sneak into gardens and snip the blossoms. Mr. Brattcat caught two young intruders two nights ago doing just that to our daffodils and tulips. Ah, to wait all winter for these beauties to emerge, and then to see them broken so thoughtlessly.

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  4. Regina KMay 1, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    We have exactly the same teanagers in KC and way to many rural roads.

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  5. VirginiaMay 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    It must take a lot of adult beverages to make that seem like fun.
    V

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  6. HalcyonMay 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    I have heard of this, but never have experienced it firsthand. Hope the "armor" keeps the boxes safe. Too bad that some people find fun in destruction.

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  7. SharonMay 1, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    A strange practice. One of my sisters lives in rural Missouri and she told us about having to constantly replace mailboxes. I never could understand why it is so much fun to destroy other people's things.

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  8. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comMay 1, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    clever way to try and prevent the damage.

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  9. RedPatMay 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Strange rural hobby! It must make a tremendous amount of noise.

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  10. youth_in_asiaMay 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Nice take on the theme. Smart move by the home owner too. I would go with a concrete filled mailbox.

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  11. Genie -- Paris and BeyondMay 1, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    Must be a universal Friday/Saturday evening event as we see it in our area too! We have a brick mailbox and have avoided this problem. ugh!

    Bises,
    Genie

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  12. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.comMay 1, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Never had this problem. Growing up in St. Louis County, we kept having our mailbox knocked over, but that was from my mother trying to back down the driveway.

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  13. MargaretMay 1, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    It's an expensive proposition to replace a box a week.

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  14. VPMay 1, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    It is a shame, but I am not sure I would resist the temptation if I were younger... Good catch in any sense!

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  15. SRQMay 1, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Fortunately, I've never experienced this; however, the 'ol mailbox bashing routine has gained popularity in a friend's neighborhood in Ft. Myers. I wonder what the mailman thinks of this gerryrigged box?

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  16. brattcatMay 1, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Do you know Archer? He and I just had a little chat on Elliot Street two days ago. So funny you should mention him in your comment.

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  17. JoLynne LyonMay 1, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I'm sure we have our share of teenagers with bats, but on our street it's the snowplow that really does the mailbox in.

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  18. Oakland Daily PhotoMay 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    An inelegant but effective deterrent.

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  19. MichelleMay 1, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    We have some of those teenagers here.....I am thinking my Secret Agent Man husband was one of them. He has come a long way! LOL!

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  20. cieldequimperMay 2, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    Lol, good find!

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  21. UnknownMay 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    I've seen it in American movies but only the teenager play part, never the owner's! :-)

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  22. LeontienMay 2, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    oh is THAT why we see those things all the time!?! I thought it was for winter, snowplows not running over them or something... never could figure it out...

    thanks!
    Leontien

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  23. LynetteMay 3, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    Superb post, Jack!

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