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[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Old Bud Vaugn, (RIP) told me that when he worked in a navy metal shop 
and had a similar problem,.....well, he had his official work wrapped up 
ahead of everyone else most days ....so he worked on fabbing up a 
perfect copy of the old box in 1/4" plate. When he put it up, all 
painted in official colors, it looked just like the old one for about a 
month. He went outside one morning.....paint on the box a little 
chipped, skid marks on the road leading to a fair ding in a power 
pole.....and a cracked bat in 2 very seperate pieces. No problems after 
that, he said.............Pete F

Mark A. Pesetsky wrote:

>Well, my mailbox took a hit again last night.  This happens about once every
>two months.  I think it's a neighbor that I had a run in with.  I wish I
>could catch him but my house is 500' off the road and hidden from that area.
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>Mine gets whacked when they plow snow....
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>I want to sink a pole in the ground say 3'deep/fill it with cement. Then I
>would like to fabricate one from stock...say 3/8"thick!! Ha...I am sure
>it'll never happen, but it would be nice...
>
>Mark
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