Re: My Love-Hate Affair with the Mailbox -- The Lonely Canadian Writer

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Date Posted: 22:03:03 03/18/05 Fri GMT-5
Author: Liz
Author Host/IP: edtntnt6-port-80.dial.telus.net / 161.184.194.80
Subject: Re: My Love-Hate Affair with the Mailbox
In reply to: DianeG 's message, "My Love-Hate Affair with the Mailbox" on 20:22:12 03/17/05 Thu GMT-5

My mailbox has a lonely vigil to keep at the side of the highway. Twice a week, except for holidays weeks, when the service is only once, the rural route person comes to visit. He/she always leaves a bundle. If nothing else there are the Flyers aka Paper leaves from unwitting trees. The snow plow and the occasional vehicle have bumped, knocked it over and even rendered it unusable. It started on a post, moved to t-braced tire; it started bigger than a bread box, was remodeled to a much smaller version salvaged from the scraps.
My only emotion towards my mailbox is a little worry that between delivery at 11:30ish and our driving the two miles around 12:30ish is that some enterprizing thief will discover the cache of unprotected mail. Human nature being what it is.
Now my E-mail box can evoke real passion!
Onward,
Liz

>I have a love-hate relationship with my mailbox.
>Lately, the mailbox has been ignoring me completely.
>It does not even cough out a bill - because it's the
>wrong time of the month.
>
>Often, there is no mail and therefore the possibility
>that there will be good mail tomorrow, or the next
>day, or some day in the far future comforts me when
>the mail box spurns me.
>
>But sometimes, there's an envelope with my handwriting
>on it. It's hard to forgive the mailbox for spitting
>those envelopes back at me. Because I always treat the
>mailbox with respect.
>
>Still, I'm faithful to my mailbox with the hope that
>sometime it will return my affection with an
>acceptance notice.
>
>I'm trying to think of an appropriate bribe.
>
>DianeG

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Re: My Love-Hate Affair with the Mailbox -- Roger, 01:26:06 03/19/05 Sat GMT-5

Re: My Love-Hate Affair with the Mailbox -- DianeG, 10:42:10 03/19/05 Sat GMT-5