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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:32 PM
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Poll question: What Kind Of Mailbox Do You Have At Home?
(Yeah... pretty lame poll, I know. Still, it *might* be interesting, maybe.)


Wall mounted

Door mounted


Residential/Apartment multi-box


Post Office multi-box


Outdoor (pedistal mounted) multi-box


Rural delivery style
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:33 PM
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1. Old slot in the front door for me
Like 99% of people in Britain. :hi:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:35 PM
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2. Same here.
Mini YAYS for the Royal Mail and not having to tramp to the end of the drive to pick up the post (albeit it arrives after I've left for work anyway :eyes: ).

Though there are loads of letter boxes at the ends of drives round here on the houses with automatic gates.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:38 PM
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3. Wallbox
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:41 PM
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4. I voted wrong
Didn't see the residential multi-box. :blush:

It's about 100 yards away. Some days, the walk is the only exercise I get, so it's a good thing. :thumbsup:
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:45 PM
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5. Heh-heh... I Know What You Mean...
Yep! Sometimes that's the full extent of my daily walk too! :hi: It's about a 60-yard walk down our driveway to get to our RFD style mailbox.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 03:58 PM
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6. It'll be a great walk today
"Good Night, and Good Luck" is due to arrive. :woohoo: :bounce:
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:16 PM
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7. Slot in the door
Very civilized. And trash collection in the alley behind. As God intended.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:17 PM
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8. Whicker Basket
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 07:21 PM
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14. But... What if it rains?
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 08:09 PM
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15. It's under an "awning" of sorts.
The rain never hits it.
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Ron Mexico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:19 PM
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9. Multi-box, which is not good...
...practically any resident's key can open any other box.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:23 PM
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10. Rural (nt)
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 06:39 PM
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11. Rural box mounted
On our front porch.

The mail people like it and wish everybody had one as it is easy to load and unload.

180
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 07:04 PM
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12. We have rural delivery style.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 07:05 PM
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13. Residential/Apartment one
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 08:45 PM
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16. Rural route box
At the end of the drive with several other boxes. About an eighth of a mile through the redwoods - nice walk.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 11:34 PM
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17. Oooo.... sounds nice!
:hi:
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-18-06 11:41 PM
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18. I need a
residential, rural, outdoor multi-box choice. LOL!
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tibbir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:10 AM
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19. I live in a condo so it's a residential multibox for me.
Luckily it's not too far from my place.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 01:11 AM
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20. White rural box. nt
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wain Donating Member (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 06:18 AM
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21. Indestructible, cast iron rural mailbox
Ripped a side mirror off a drunk driver's SUV late one night!:hi:
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 06:26 AM
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22. Door slot.
But usually the mailman just opens the storm door and puts it on the counter for me.
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-19-06 04:11 PM
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23. Until less than a year ago when I lived in the country, we had the
traditional rural mailbox. The only problem was we had to cross a fairly busy two-line highway to get to the box, as the USPS delivered on only one side of the highway (the right side coming out of town).

Now that I live in a new subidivision in town, I have to walk to a multibox thing on a pedestal about 15 yards away. Talk about homogenization. I wish I could just get the mail delivered to my door. Who decides these things?

I do miss the rural-style mailbox -- that's a real mailbox.
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