Monday, November 2, 2009

Post Mortem



Our neighborhood is neither as safe nor as savory as we once believed!

Oh, who are we kidding? This is the third time this has happened in eleven years -- definitely the most dramatic, though.*

Still, in our calculus, we have to add this to last week's petty theft of our neighbor's hay tarp and tractor fuel cans -- it's a veritable crime spree -- a spree, I tell you!

Now the question is, do we simply replace it with an identical box, or make . . . improvements -- Reinforcements? Bumpers? Booby traps? Or just let it be and think of it as the little fuse that separates us from local spikes of adolescent male energy . . . hmmmm.

*Honestly, it looks as though they'd gotten out of the car to give it an especially sound flogging -- backed up and gave it a second helping at the very least.

2 comments:

Kristina said...

My parents had this happen several times. Finally, their neighbor, a welder, converted all their mailboxes (there are three in a row) to steel. They look normal, but they're extremely heavy duty. I don't know if the hoodlums have attempted the destruction again, but they definitely haven't been successful!

dogette said...

Omg she's blogging!