Permalink What am I looking at here? So the city wouldn’t let me install the mailbox without it having an engineered “break”. The idea was that if a car hit it, it should break off - versus breaking the car. I guess that makes sense :/
So we cut the mailbox post in half, and used a piece of (heavily drilled) wood. The joint is a few inches off the ground, so if a vehicle hits it, it’ll break right at this joint and the box will go flying (and the vehicle will be mostly spared, that’s the idea anyway :)
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This is probably not needed, but for good measure Need coffee anyway
Meanwhile, was having a challenging day with a loved one who wanted to go home (but wasn’t ready to) :/
