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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 586 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	U.S. Post Office Accountability Sep 27^th, 2024 at 12:32pm	Print Post
	Substitute Postal Worker delivered our mail, hit the mail box and left it in the street. They drove off as I watched through my window. Not Single Shot specific but I thought you might get a laugh out of this. Meanwhile, I have to locate my fence post digger.


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Old Soldier Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 280 Location: North Pole, Alaska Joined: Oct 17^th, 2015	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #1 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 1:47pm	Print Post
	Hard to get good help, now a days.

	"White man have very strong Medicine. Shoot today maybeso kill you tomorrow." Esa-Tai Commanche warrior
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silver Full Member Offline Posts: 201 Location: Central wi, Joined: Sep 20^th, 2016	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #2 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 3:28pm	Print Post
	Lucky he didn’t pick it up and take it with him


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dave j Participating Member Offline Posts: 31 Joined: Jul 28^th, 2022	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #3 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 8:02pm	Print Post
	wait a minute, do you expect a government employee to exert that much energy


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cpace Participating Member Offline Posts: 11 Joined: May 26^th, 2015	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #4 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 8:36pm	Print Post
	When I was working at the county road dept. in Steamboat Springs, CO. I had a rancher call and said that the grader operator had knocked his mailbox over, then backed up to clear the snow out of the drive. The rancher said he was not mad until he backed up and took off with the mailbox under the mold board. When the operator got in I told him what happened he did not realise what had happened. The county bought a new mailbox and the operator installed the new mailbox. When spring came the ranchers wife brought the shop a platter of home made cookies.


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yamoon Oldtimer Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 885 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #5 - Sep 27^th, 2024 at 11:59pm	Print Post
	The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. My post man is one of the good, he goes the extra mile, he brings packages to the door even though he could just leave them at the box, if I am working in the yard he always speaks and smiles. I leave a gift card from Target every Christmas for him, but I don’t think that is why he goes the extra mile, he is just that type of person you meet occasionally. Mike


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condorsc Full Member Offline NRA Life/Benefactor, ASSRA, SCV Life Posts: 152 Location: Beaufort, S.C. Joined: Nov 13^th, 2021	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2024 at 8:00pm	Print Post
	Joe Do... wrote on Sep 27^th, 2024 at 12:32pm: Substitute Postal Worker delivered our mail, hit the mail box and left it in the street. They drove off as I watched through my window. Not Single Shot specific but I thought you might get a laugh out of this. Meanwhile, I have to locate my fence post digger. A new hire delivering to my RFD route in S.C. was fired for knocking down numerous mailboxes. You need to report this to the USPS branch he/she drives for, it could be the final straw.


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1Hawkeye Junior Member Offline Posts: 73 Location: South end of Northern Virginia Joined: Jun 29^th, 2019	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #7 - Sep 29^th, 2024 at 12:43pm	Print Post
	From the looks of the wood on the bottom of the post I'd say that the driver just gave it the cou de gra. That 4x4 was rotted almost clear through.


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steveu Junior Member Offline Posts: 58 Joined: Aug 21^st, 2023	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 9:59am	Print Post
	You need to file a police report. I came home from a match on Sunday to see a wrecker backed up by my neighbors driveway hooking up a postal vehicle that had hit their stone mailbox. Looks like the truck is totaled. Wrecker driver waited about 45 min for a trooper to show up to do the report. In Texas, cops are required by law to fill out a report. We had a similar issue with our mailbox, a 18 wheeler backed into it. We had it on camera and when the trooper showed up he tried to BS my wife saying he did not have to fill one out. She told him what the law said, he responded, are you a cop? She said yes!


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burntwater Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 402 Location: Michigan Joined: Feb 5^th, 2018	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #9 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 8:19pm	Print Post
	Hawke is correct the base of that 4x4 is completely rotted to a degree that a person could push it over. Not fungal rot but what appears to be freeze-thaw deterioration. Exposed end grain at the butt end sucking up water, freezing and breaking down grain structure of the wood. After years of this cycle the post just breaks down. When living in NH years ago the smaller towns in big snow events couldn’t handle the loads with their truck plows. The state roads could run enough teams to keep their roads clear but small towns had to bring in the graders most of which were privately owned contractor machines. Nothing stops a grader, but running one as I did one bad Winter was a headache with mail boxes. An Austin Western 200 six wheel drive grader can clip off mail boxes without even knowing it. Postal inspectors would come out after the storm to make sure your box was legally 41-45” off the edge of the road. Not sure how they figured gravel roads ? Rick


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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7550 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #10 - Oct 1^st, 2024 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	Was not going to say anything but looks rotten to me too. I had a mail box that rotted out PO gave me notice must replace . Sisters mail box same thing rotten. Ended up going to two bullet proof boxes. 3 inch steel pipe with a box shaped steel bracket big enough to hold the rolled newspaper. Mailbox on top typical style but extra heavy duty sheet steel. Car hits it they will come out the looser Truck could cause damage. Brother in law asked how much his was going to cost. Told him “don’t know but your paying for both installed “ didn’t use concrete want it to push over if hit. Boats


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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 536 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #11 - Oct 9^th, 2024 at 12:15am	Print Post
	10/09/2024 World Post Day: An annual celebration that recognizes the importance of postal services Forgive Them.


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portside Full Member Offline Posts: 122 Location: kokomo IN Joined: Jul 8^th, 2009	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #12 - Oct 9^th, 2024 at 10:55am	Print Post
	My Wife and I went to the local UPS office to ship a package this morning. They have now closed their receiving / pick-up counter and had a sign in the front window saying to drop off packages at the local Staples Office Supply Store. Also in the front window was a sign saying, no guns allowed also, NO GUNS SHIPPED. ALSO, NO GUN PARTS SHIPPED. I am not saying this necessarily means they are speaking for all UPS offices but, that's the way it is in Kokomo Indiana anyway.


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 908 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: U.S. Post Office Accountability Reply #13 - Oct 9^th, 2024 at 11:47am	Print Post
	Last week I had a Stevens model 41 pocket pistol shipped to me using my C&R ffl via FedEx, since I wasn't going to be home I wanted them to hold the package for me to be picked up at Walgreens,since the Walgreens is nearby. I received a call from FedEx that Walgreens could not accept the package due to being a hazmat package, then I was asked if the package contained hazardous materials. I simply said no and I didn't say the package contained a firearm, I was able to sign and pick up the package at Walgreens then.


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