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As you can see, our Grand Canyon of a roadside ditch has sprouted some grass. And at the end of this section by the driveway?
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My husband was hard at work installing a new mailbox post so we could finally do away with the temporary trash can rig.
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This involved a lot of sledgehammer swinging so I stayed well out of range.
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There isn’t much real estate left in that area so placement was tricky.
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But post beats trash can any old day.
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Though the first sinking left it too high for USPS regulations…
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And more swinging was required.
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Emptying the temporary trash can was not fun as it was full of rainwater saturated dirt and growing a garden of weeds.
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But it was used as soggy backfill and will hopefully hold the post in place when it dries.
Next step? Affixing the new mailbox. Which, because it said nothing on the outside of the package, proved more difficult than it should have been.
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This box wasn’t made for a traditional wooden post and modifications were necessary.
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Wood had to be cut so my husband grabbed his not so trusty and quite ancient saw.
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The one he forgot he couldn’t switch the blades on because everything is rusted and frozen.
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Enter a saw from this century and work progressed.
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A mounting board was cut…
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And the new box was installed.
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Freshly numbered and decorated, we called it a day.
And since this was a frustrating, hot and sweaty all afternoon affair, I thought it prudent not to mention the mailbox wasn’t exactly evenly mounted.
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He did have easy access to a sledgehammer after all…
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River's world..... 
Pic3 looks like he’s about to post a cross.
I had a good laugh at the off center mounting!!
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Ha! It does, but he didn’t.
The off center thing doesn’t bother him at all…
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If you move slightly to your left it will look even🤔😀
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I’ll have to because he’s not going to fix it…
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“Perfect is the enemy of good” Thank you, Mr. Voltaire and good job all around.
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There’s never any fear of things being perfect around here…
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That’s my kind of place. My house was built in 1935 and nothing in it is square, plumb or level. It’s beautiful.
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Our house was built in 1974 with an addition added in 1994. Nothing is plumb or level and it causes us all kinds of problems. Doors that don’t close, cracks in wall corners and a sagging beam. Nothing beautiful about that…
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I have those problems. There is one positively working door and it’s not the bathroom. There’s a post in here somewhere.
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Good thing he got the mailbox on there, crooked or not. People might have mistaken Casa River for a church!
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There’s a very slim chance of that!
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Happy Days!
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If “the first sinking left it too high for USPS regulations”, wouldn’t it have been simpler to saw the post shorter rather than sink the hole deeper (or am I missing something?)
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I think what’s missing is logic.
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This just proves that nothing Is Ever Easy.
Also, you’ve learned to bite your tongue when necessary. 😜😳
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When sledgehammers are present, it seems wise. 😉
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Never thought about Post Regulations but I guess it makes sense.
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Our mailman gets stinky if boxes are too high or too low.
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Just imagine if he retires and you get a different Mailman. They should make Mailbox Posts adjustable.
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That kind of tiny thing tends to stay with me, as well, so I feel ya.
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He worked so hard, I don’t have the heart to tell him. Even if he’s not holding a deadly tool.
😉
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