Text 12390, 33 rader
Skriven 2010-11-20 06:40:32 av Bob Ackley (1:300/3)
  Kommentar till text 12360 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Mailboxes
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Replying to a message of mark lewis to Robert Bashe:

 DS>>>> That is exactly what I am assuming.  All such boxes I have seen do
 DS>>>> not have a lock on them.

 ml>>> there's no way to have a lock on them...

 RB>>> On a mailbox? Of course there is, I even have one in Germany. Don't
 RB>>> confuse a lock to _remove_ mail with one to _add_ mail.

 ml>> and don't confuse a stand alone mailbox on a post at the end of one's
 ml>> driveway with those multi-box mail repositories that do have locks
 ml>> ;)

 RB>> You have no idea of the situation in Germany, and my impression of
 RB>> that in the States is still based on the last visit to my sister in
 RB>> Cincinnati in 2003. The fact is quite simply that you can lock a
 RB>> mailbox quite easily (Germany or USA), while leaving a slit open for
 RB>> incoming mail.

 RB>> I have no idea why you try to dispute that.

 ml> i'm NOT trying to dispute that... i'm trying to point out that the
 ml> standard plain old single house mailbox that one mounts on a post
 ml> does not have any locking mechanism on them... do you need a picture
 ml> of those i'm speaking of??

The old metal post mailboxes have a hole in the latch that could take a
padlock - of course the carrier would have to have a key for it.  The newer
boxes, at least the plastic ones, don't.

--- FleetStreet 1.19+
 * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)