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Kali

(56,779 posts)

13. cool!

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:42 PM

21 hrs ago

we still have one up at the end of our road. I have been using it to leave things for people to pick up when I don't have time to actually meet them up there.

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How many are old enough to remember [View all] HAB911 Yesterday OP

Nice adaptation. We had some that were cylindrical. For the paper I eventually went to work for us an adult. Walleye Yesterday #1

Great Beringia Yesterday #2

Now *that's* how you recycle! Deuxcents Yesterday #3

How cool is that??? I remember back in the day, the mailbox and newspaper box under it. niyad 23 hrs ago #4

I still have that combo..but the local newspaper is no more,alas. BattleRow 23 hrs ago #6

Alas, the daily fishwrap here is still extant. niyad 22 hrs ago #10

Yep! Those boxes used to be everywhere. Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #5

what a great use for that paper tube! RainCaster 23 hrs ago #7

I hadn't thought of those in years Auggie 22 hrs ago #8

Our paperboy would drop it inside the screen/storm door. BidenRocks 22 hrs ago #9

I hope that your parents gave him a tip Squaredeal 21 hrs ago #16

Have one next to my mailbox. Still gets used occasionally for larger envelopes orders Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #11

We had the paperboy on a bike hurling the paper up to the porch... Beartracks 21 hrs ago #12

I hope your paperboy's aim was good enough for close enough! I had a route growing up. George McGovern 20 hrs ago #17

cool! Kali 21 hrs ago #13

Love the remodeling into a bird condo! debsy 21 hrs ago #14

The HOA where my now wife once lived was told newspaper boxes weren't allowed. Squaredeal 21 hrs ago #15

OMG, a woman after my heart HAB911 13 hrs ago #19

Excellent job HAB911. Nowadays your project would be called "repurposing and rehoming". But you fixed it up nicely. George McGovern 20 hrs ago #18