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04-23-2007, 08:50 PM
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Brick mailbox: $25.00
http://austin.craigslist.org/mat/317169104.html
They would have to pay me a hundred to haul it away, although I guess it would be a good thing for the industry just to destroy it, hunt down whoever did it and take his 3 dollar Home Depot trowel away.
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04-23-2007, 08:51 PM
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It might not be pretty, but I'm sure it keeps the hood thugs from smacking it outta the park with a baseball bat.
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04-23-2007, 08:54 PM
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How much to Fed Ex Overnite 
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04-23-2007, 11:08 PM
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mason contractor
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No thanks,I get fill for free. 
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04-24-2007, 01:11 PM
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I don't know if I should laugh or cry   I just don't know.
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04-24-2007, 04:25 PM
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sweet job
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04-24-2007, 07:36 PM
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I think there might be a few....
....beer cans in there! 
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04-24-2007, 08:37 PM
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Hammered dog sh!t! But still......Looks like one my first side jobs. Beer cans,You think!? That's called Drunken bond mailbox.
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04-24-2007, 09:14 PM
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My current mailbox took a 5 degree list within a year, most likely from all the beer cans inside of it. Crush protection, like a safer barrier for neighborhood drunks.
(Actually the county retrenched the ditch behind it and it eroded into it). I dug it out, straightened it with a come-a-long and some spread footings and it has been fine ever since.
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04-24-2007, 09:23 PM
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if not miter, at least stack 3 halves on the corners
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04-24-2007, 09:25 PM
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Just speechless
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04-24-2007, 09:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by laybrick
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was going to say that LAYBRICK but you beat me to it lol
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05-15-2007, 06:33 PM
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There was a guy that started building this mailbox yesterday down the street where I was woking. Not sure if it is going to turn out much better.
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05-15-2007, 06:38 PM
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Kinda looks like the guy started went to lunch and forgot to come back
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05-15-2007, 06:45 PM
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I'm kinda anxious to see how it is going to turn out when they come back and finish it.
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05-15-2007, 06:55 PM
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Do him a favor and run over it tonight.
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05-15-2007, 06:55 PM
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Bunny by Malco - NY
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Don't hold your breath, the more I look I wonder if they were building a light pillar, went to lunch, then the post office came by (during lunch) and said hey lets put two mailboxes here!! See there is an explanation for everything.
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05-15-2007, 06:59 PM
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"Building" is a bit of a stretch. I might go so far as "piling up", but would certainly say they are wasting good stone and mortar.
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05-15-2007, 07:04 PM
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Bunny by Malco - NY
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The sad part is we all sit here and some pour bloak paid something to some contractor for this, it makes us all look bad, even though I am not a mason, TSCAR said in another post most people won't notice the stuff we see, but someone needs to police this type of work going on. I know we all hate HOA's, but they catch most of this stuff
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05-15-2007, 07:05 PM
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They will notice that, trust me.
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