You might think that the mailbox has been a standard part of houses forever, but actually, it was only in 1915 that the basic round top/flat bottom/little red flag design we know was adopted.
OK, I didn’t know that either until I looked it up. And it turns out that mailboxes or mail slots weren’t mandatory until 1923.
What prompted this post is that my buddy Tim told me last week that he and his wife were going shopping for a new mailbox after too many hits to their old post from a snowplow this winter. They’re replacing a small ancient weathered box with something much bigger and durable. Hopefully more protected than the old one was by the previous homeowners.
We hear constantly it seems about less mail, delivery delays, and rate increases. Cluster mailboxes have become required in developments in recent years to save carriers some time. After all, the number of delivery points keeps growing. Logistics tighten up to optimize delivery.
So buying a new mailbox might seem like a small act, a way to be contrary in our digital age.
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