I was out and about doing my job when I ran across this great mailbox holder. It's an old belt driven drill press. Just imagine the things that were made using this old thing when it was in service. Too bad it wouldn't fit in my little Toyota...
Seems like the quill part could be put to use...could become a kind of arbor press that with a single pull on the handle would compress your mail into a solid brick to take up less space in the recycling bag...
There you go!! I've been thinking about ways to make pellets to burn out of the junk mail I get so I can heat the house with them in the winter. This election I've got so much extraneous it's ridiculous.
When my younger daughter was about 7, I showed her how to squash cans with the 12-ton press...that REALLY compacts them. Heating is a neat idea...save and send out anything with a business reply card, and soon you'll have enough junk mail pellets to start selling!
Easy way to end destroyed boxes is to put a standard size box inside a bigger rural box and fill the void between the two with concrete. 2" of solid concrete puts the hurt on the batter, not the box. Tee-hee..
oldcarmike, You are an eeevillll person, Mike. Obviously you have become tired of the "kids" playing baseball with your mailbox. I live in the city and in our neighborhood they have the central "lockboxs" down the street for me to walk to to get my mail. They told us 6 months ago they were going to replace it with the new, "more secure" type. Still haven't seen it, naturally, because a government agency has to install it.
Actually, I've never had a mailbox destroyed, but I put in lots of miles in farm country for work. After seeing about 8 boxes in a row samshed one day the mind started to wander toward a solution. It just happened to be one of my more devious thoughts...
Was in a neighbor's garage recently. I commented on his grinder stand base. Turns out it was origonally off an old creme seperator. Recycled, & still doing a good job.
Made my mailbox out of an old compressor tank and (rusty)40 ford wheels as a stand, cemented 1-1/2 ft under ground and 4 ft sq.
OK so two things bother me about this. You drive a Toyota and you are willing to take other people's stuff.
Listen up Spartacus, I drive 500 or so miles a week to make my living. I need a reliable car to get me where I'm going. I love my Toyota and I make no apologies for it. If you don't like it, I have 2 words of advice - piss off. I don't take other people's stuff; never have, never will. It was said tongue in cheek, as a joke you know... Your avatar bothers me. Your Camaro bothers me. The fact you didn't, won't, or can't spell "Ghostrider" with the proper amount of vowels bothers me. If I had a notion to take the time, I'm sure I could find a litany of things about you that bother me. I don't care to devote that much time to the likes of you. I see you have a 2003 Ford Escape. Got news for you Sparkwad - it's mostly Mazda. Throwing stones isn't all that becoming, so go back to picking your *** and being holier than thou. Yes, there is sand in my ******. Don't like that either? Again, piss off.
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