The_Kitchen_Guy
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From yesterday and today: Inclement weather : (
From last February: Repent! Repent! The white death is coming!
From last February: Repent! Repent! The white death is coming!
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Kitchen Diva said:TKG, they do the same thing here in MN... thank God we live in a suburb that has those wonderful silver government errected mail boxes that house 6 homes per box. The only issue with that is we have a whimp for a mail lady, and if she has to fully extend her arm to put mail in the boxes she won't deliver our mail. The people who's property lines share that mail box are both too lazy to fully shovel or plow out a spot so her mail truck can get close enough to the boxes...so last year, we didn't get our mail every time it snowed. I ended up going 2 houses down to the mailbox with my snow plow, and then let my dogs pee in each of their yards as a thank you for being too lazy to shovel out a path so our mail lady wouldn't have to stick her entire arm out of her mail truck window.
By the way, I'm teasing about letting my dogs pee in their yards... I'm more of a voodoo retribution kind of gal.
Kitchen Diva said:TKG, they do the same thing here in MN... thank God we live in a suburb that has those wonderful silver government errected mail boxes that house 6 homes per box. The only issue with that is we have a whimp for a mail lady, and if she has to fully extend her arm to put mail in the boxes she won't deliver our mail. The people who's property lines share that mail box are both too lazy to fully shovel or plow out a spot so her mail truck can get close enough to the boxes...so last year, we didn't get our mail every time it snowed. I ended up going 2 houses down to the mailbox with my snow plow, and then let my dogs pee in each of their yards as a thank you for being too lazy to shovel out a path so our mail lady wouldn't have to stick her entire arm out of her mail truck window.
By the way, I'm teasing about letting my dogs pee in their yards... I'm more of a voodoo retribution kind of gal.
JackieBozeman said:As compared to going to the beach, having a year-round tan, growing flowers all seasons, seeing the sun 95% of the time, not having to shovel heavy, wet, white muck, riding with the top down in our convertibles?????
Jackie
The_Kitchen_Guy said:The mailbox, and the neighbor's mailbox, are both back in their proper places today.
Either DPW came out and quietly repaired them or the mailbox fairy came overnight.
Maybe I should go look and see if I have a quarter under my pillow.
That's pretty funny, because I almost posted yesterday that I always pictured a Mailbox Gnome. A Mailbox Fairy would make one's mail a little sparkly.The_Kitchen_Guy said:I dunno. I'd ask Jason if he was around.
You have mailbox fairies? Lucky... anything happens to our box it's up to us to replace/fix it.The_Kitchen_Guy said:The mailbox, and the neighbor's mailbox, are both back in their proper places today.
Either DPW came out and quietly repaired them or the mailbox fairy came overnight.
Maybe I should go look and see if I have a quarter under my pillow.
I'd gladly give either a good gnome.chefann said:That's pretty funny, because I almost posted yesterday that I always pictured a Mailbox Gnome. A Mailbox Fairy would make one's mail a little sparkly.
Then I deleted it, thinking it might offend someone.
Debala715 said:I would be calling the Postmaster General of the branch every single time that mail lady failed to deliver mail. Enough complaints, she will be reassigned or fired. I would also ask the other 5 houses file complaints also.
The_Kitchen_Guy said:The mailbox, and the neighbor's mailbox, are both back in their proper places today.
Either DPW came out and quietly repaired them or the mailbox fairy came overnight.
Maybe I should go look and see if I have a quarter under my pillow.
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