Today we are going to go to the neighborhood and look at two different things. We are being catered by Con Todo of Austin. Our entertainment is Patsy Cline.
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We are ready
This is a mailbox in the neighborhood. This photo was pulled from Google by The Producer. It is what is considered a ‘before’ photo.
Here is the after. Looks like someone got too friendly with VooDoo Rangers.
Here is the interim view. Need to continue to get mail.
Now for the cement block first phase of construction.
The next phase of stucco work is complete.
Finished product.
Here is a culvert with brickwork.
Here is a culvert with brickwork of another kind. (Go figure, right?)
I hope you enjoyed the different things. Relax and enjoy the food and music. I hope you have a terrific week.
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Hi John, our postal service has collapsed and we no longer get mail. Lots of useless post boxes still around though. I prefer the electronic mail. The snails don’t eat them 😂
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Gives new meaning to snail mail. 😊
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Hi, John! Sorry, for another delay. It’s a great rebuilt of the mailbox. I am considering the same, also needful for parcels. Enjoy a nice rest of the weekend! xx Michael
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Thank you, Michael. Yes you need a big box for packages. They do make them.
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I love love Patsy Cline! Great job in rebuilding the mailbox.
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Thanks, Darlene. Glad you liked it.
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Hope the new postbox can take down the next challenger. Imagining there being a solid, immovable pole hidden inside.
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That would be the best way to trap the idiot. Thanks, Charles.
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Sorry, but I had to chuckle when I saw he mailbox on the ground.
Thanks for having Patsy Cline. The range of her was outstanding.
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I agree, GP. She was amazing.
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That’s the perfect song to accompany your photos, John. My mom and I love Patsy! Wishing the Howell household a peaceful Sunday.
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Thank yu, JIll. Wishing you the same. 🤗
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The culvert with the red bricks made me wonder if someone either had gone over that edge, or watched someone else put a wheel off the road. It’s actually a rather good idea: the bricks, not inattentive driving.
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I can’t tell you about the bricks but I think you are close to the reason for them. To get stuck in the culvert would not be a good thing.The bricks that are just laying around have been that way for the last three years. The house is also falling apart, so I suspect it is a rental.
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Great musical segue from “I Fall ToPieces” to the culvert brick rubble…you are such a clever fellow.🐳
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Thank you, Big Tuna. 😁
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Quite the idea on redoing the mailbox, and a nice finish. I’ve thought about putting a low wall at our driveway culvert, but decided against it because of winter snow conditions. Patsy Cline sounds nice and brings back memories of listening to her in my ’64 Chevy.
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I had a 64 Chevy too. It was the first new car after marriage.
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I bought mine in ’66 for $650 from a guy who got drafted. I sold it to a guy for $650 when I joined the Army in ’68. 🙂
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Mine was an Impala and I think it was around $2000. I think you got a great price.
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I love Patsy Cline! My husband is her distant cousin, kinda cool.
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That is cool. 😊
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Yup. We used to live just off the highway in Nevada. Our mailbox had to be along the highway. I must have bought a dozen, because kids think it’s funny to drive by with baseball bats and destroy them. My brother and I built new ones with I-beams, 10 inch iron pipe, and built a butterfly valve out of the same quality materials so the mailman could access them. After setting them in four feet of concrete we never had another problem. They’re still there to this day. Those things would stop a snowplow.
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Sounds like the way to handle it. We lived in a rural area and the kids would do the same or hit the box with a shotgun. Hard to prevent the shotgun damage.
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No food today – I am full of lobster. Nice job on redoing the mailbox but it still looks monolithic. Culverts are always ugly – we have a HUGE one next to our property that the construction company finally surrounded with plantings in an attempt to hide it – only partially successful
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I agree on the ugly culvert situation, Noelle. Nothing worse.
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I loves me some Patsy! When I was a kid, we had a teenage neighbor who thought it was great fun to run down our mailbox. So not cool.
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That is when you want a pole set in concrete. Thanks, Kymber.
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My mailbox is still right up the porch steps, outside my front door attached to the house. Several years ago, the city changed it so all new residents had to have their mailbox on the street. You can drive down the street and see who are the newbies and who are the old timers. And I use ‘old-timers’ very loosely…
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You could say ‘vintage.’ 😁
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I think I’ll stick with old-timer. 😆 Thanks, though, John.
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Anytime. 🤣
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Not surprisingly, the great Patsy Cline stole the show!
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Yes she did. There are very few ‘Live’ performances.
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What a shame about the messed-up mailboxes! More than a few neighborhoods have had similar problems, usually via vandalism from kids. Those stucco and cement block varieties look pretty sturdy though.
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The do go down though. We have had several hit.
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My guess is that new mailbox isn’t going anywhere, LOL!
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I think you are right. Thanks, Mae.
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Haha! Perfect song for the post, John!
I’m thinking the new and improved no. 503 will be harder to destroy…
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I think so too.
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LOL! This is funny, John!
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Patsy’s song at the end is perfect.
Have a fab Sunday, and remember -“Nothing echoes like an empty mailbox.” – Charles M. Schulz
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Thank you Resa. Have a fab Sunday as well. Always fun playing with you. 🤣X 🤣X 🤣X 🤣X
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I see…… hmph
It’s time to up the ante!
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It’s the bomb!!!!!
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You win!
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You are too kind. 🍩X
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Takes one to know one! 🍩X
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John to the rescue! Mailbox looks great now:). And I’m all in on that squash taco–sounds too interesting to pass up . . .
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Thanks, Christine.
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I guess it was a hit and run for that mailbox, but it looks even better than before. The second culvert could use some repair work too. I’ll take the squash taco – thanks!
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It does look good. Thanks, Jo.
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I love Patsy Cline, John. Good choice for these pictures. They did a good job rebuilding the mailbox.
The menu was a little hard to read, but I think I saw “Beef, bacon and grilled onions?” Oh yeah.
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I think they did a good job, Dan. What is not to like about Bacon, beef, and grilled onions
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That poor mailbox took quite a hit, but looks good as new now. Love Patsy Cline! Great song choice!
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503 seems like an unlucky number. The bricks on the culvert look like fun building blocks.
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They do. 😁
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Hmm, people usually worry about stolen mail, not stolen mailboxes. 😊
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Yes, indeed. Thanks, Pete
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The new post box looks like it will stand up to anything.
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At least a car. Truck I’m not so sure.
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My dad used to have problems with people knocking over his mailbox with a baseball bat. He finally built something similar to the one above, and it gave me a bit of happiness thinking about that same guy getting a big surprise when he tried it again.
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I would love to have a photo of that guy coming to a stop on your dad’s mailbox. 😁
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What a bummer about that mailbox! The menu for our tour today looks really yummy!
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Thank you, Deborah. Glad you liked both. 😊
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Mailboxes should really have a union.
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They sure should.
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Haha!
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That mailbox murder seems to suggest how some Coloradans think of when they see Texas plates in the state. 😆 📭
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I can imagine. When I see a Colorado plate I always think they are visiting cause they sure wouldn’t want to leave such a beautiful area.
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Looking better now than before. Nice work. 🙂
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