Mail-Boxes at Yabberup, Western Australia
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381928)
Rockingham, Australia
January 6, 2017 12:38am CST
One of my recent posts showed a milk churn in the town of Cowaramup. Behind the churn could be seen a number of post boxes. Anna (@LadyDuck) commented that her mail was delivered to the house. This happens in our towns and cities too.
The photo shows a line-up of mail-boxes outside the hall at Yabberup, Western Australia. There is no post office or shops at Yabberup, just a number of hobby farmers on plots ranging from half an acre to perhaps 10 or 20 acres. They each have their own mail-box near the hall.
If you look carefully, you might be able to see a milk-churn; also a canister that would have once held reel-to-reel films. Old microwave ovens are also popular mail-boxes. Do you have photos of unusual mail-boxes to share with us?
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Jan 17
The only "old fashioned" mail boxes like that in the US can be found only in rural areas not cities.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
6 Jan 17
The degree of regimentation varies from place to place. I remember a classmate complaining about a letter her family got from the post office telling them their mailbox wasn't up to snuff. It didn't conform. We lived in rural Colorado at the time. The smart @ss even than, I asked her how the letter was delivered if her mailbox was so deficient.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
6 Jan 17
I had a dog mail box one time. I thought it was cute. My kids where teenagers at the time and they were embarrassed by it so I took it down. lol
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
7 Jan 17
@JudyEv lol yes especially when they are teenagers
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jan 17
Those are some very interesting mailboxes! Got to give those people credit for being creative, and for coming up with new uses for old containers!
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@moffittjc (128831)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan 17
@JudyEv I'm like you...I don't like waste! I like to see people finding new ways of using old things. It's better that a product gets re-used than to see it wind up in a landfill or garbage dump somewhere!
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@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jan 17
@moffittjc The old film canister would have to be absolutely years old. It is a long time since reel-to-reel movies were shown. And the cream churn is ancient too.
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@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Jan 17
I don't have any, but those are kind of cool.
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@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 17
@teamfreak16 That's nice and handy.
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@teamfreak16 (43579)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Jan 17
@JudyEv - We have a metal box with all 11 complex mailboxes in it. It's right outside our apartment door.
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@snowy22315 (208801)
• United States
3 Feb 17
Those mailboxes are different. Some people have interesting mailboxes and some don't. I like mine it has cardinals on it.
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@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 17
I think cardinals are lovely birds. We don't have any that are completely red like your cardinals.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Jan 17
really? people use old microwave ovens, just set them up and the mail carrier opens them and puts the mail on the turntable inside?
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Perhaps the turntables are gone but they make good letter boxes.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Jan 17
I have not seen any that unusual. Our postal service might dictate the size and shape here for efficient delivery from the vehicles they use on rural routes.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jan 17
I love this! I do have one that must be the largest in the USA but the picture from before the computer.We have to buy our own mail boxes and put them up.
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@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan 17
We do here too but you don't have to buy a commercial one.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Jan 17
I have seen some unusual ones now and then, but this collection you have here is probably the best already. Wow amazing.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
7 Jan 17
@JudyEv they do, gives ya something to look at as your drive by.
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