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Debra Davidson
Citizen
Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 130
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 5:50 pm: | 
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Please I was just wondering how you all felt about mail slots in the front door of your home? Please let me explain why I'm asking this. My friend that lives in an other town told me her nabghior had a stink bomb put through the mail slot in his front door. My friend said her nabghior thinks it was done by a boy in the nabghior hood that wanted to date his daughter. Her nabghior would not let his daughter date this boy, because he though he was truble. Her nabghior thinks the boy did it for reveng, but has no pruff. After hearing this story I would not want a mail slot in my front door. In these post 9/11 times you never know what's going on in peoples minds. Someone could light a match and put in your front door mail slot, they could pump a poisonous gas into you house through it, they could put a small bomb through it, they could even take your garden hose and pump water into you house. For these reason and more I would never want a mail slot in my front door. |
Sheena Collum SHU
Citizen
Username: Sheena_collum
Post Number: 588
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:05 pm: |
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Debra,
In my opinion, deciding not to get a mail slot is not going to deter weirdos, from any of your aforementioned scenarios, from achieving their goals. If someone wants to put a bomb in your house, I don't really think the first thing on their mind is "does she have a mail slot".
It's a shame that someone put a stink bomb in your neighbors slot but had it not been the mail slot, it would have been another form of vandalism or the person would have found another opening to the house at some point.
Those are just some thoughts... |
Josh Holtz
Citizen
Username: Jholtz
Post Number: 291
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:44 pm: |
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Debra: You might get more response to your thread if it was in Soapbox. |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1616
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:27 pm: |
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What's a nabghior? |
Jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 252
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 8:49 pm: |
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I've got one, and what I'd really like is for the mail carrier to use it.
I have to open the door and there's a bunch of mail on my stoop.
Also, I can't figure out how to put mail out to be picked up! Net flicks won't fit in the slot!
This should be in Soapbox. I'm mad as hell about mail slots and I didn't even realize it.
J.B. |
HOMMELL
Citizen
Username: Hommell
Post Number: 38
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:09 pm: |
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He was right. That kid was trouble.
However, if someone wanted to do something to you, they would find a way. A mail slot is not the be all and end all. |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 761
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:18 pm: |
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Stink bombs in the mail slot are #2 only to pumped-in poisonous gas for convincing skeptical parents of your worthiness to date their beloved daughter. Why, if it wasn't for stink bombs in the mail slot (it took several), I daresay there would be no Mrs. Smythe today.
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extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 616
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:22 pm: |
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Oh my! I hope nobody finds out about my Mystic Milk and Package Receiver!
-John |
Spitz
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Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1460
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:24 pm: |
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JB - Here's the secret. You have to train your mail carrier. If you're not around to ask him/her to put your mail through the slot, stop by the post office early on a Saturday and ask for the carrier on your route, or speak to the postmaster.
I also use one of those oldtime milk delivery boxes for larger parcels which won't fit through the slot. If you can find one, put the net flick and other outgoing mail peeking out from the lid of the milk box.
When I'm going to be away, I take the milk box in so that all my mail is put through the slot. It's a lot easier than stopping the mail for a few days.
Hope this helps. And good luck finding a milk box.
p.s. This system breaks down when there's a substitute, unless it's the "regular" substitute.
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Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1619
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:13 am: |
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We have a mail slot, and my major problem is that the postal carrier likes the challenge of stuffing as much mail through the slot at one time as is humanly possible.
That means ordinarily that half the material comes through looking as though the dog was at it, torn, partly chewed, etc, not by the dog, but by the force of so much material being pushed in at once.
Big question: how might we "unsubscribe" from the 10 lbs of catalogs and unsolicited printed matter that get through that slot each week and that go straight, and unread, into the recycling bin? |
Spitz
Supporter
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1463
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |
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Innisowen - That's the reason I use the milkbox. The carrier usually puts all the periodicals, newspapers, etc. in the milkbox, and the regular size stuff through the slot.
To unsuscribe, I do the following:
-Write on the unopened envelope "return to sender"
-If there's a telephone no., call and ask to be removed from the mailing list.
This seems to have cut down on a lot of the unsolicited stuff.
I do think that a mail slot is a lot more secure than an outside mailbox as far as identity theft is concerned. I have a good friend whose identity was stolen by someone who came up to the house, made sure no one was home, and took the contents out of the mailbox. |
tom vilardi
Citizen
Username: Tlv350
Post Number: 39
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:19 pm: |
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Spitz, You have just solved a postal mystery. I have a milk box on my porch that I use for milk, eggs, muffins, which are delivered by the Milkman.
Every once in a while when we have a substitute Mailman, the whole pile of mail gets thrown into the milk box. Which has always perplexed me.
This generally isn't a problem, but can be on those hot Summer mornings when the Milk was delivered along with some crushed ice to keep everything cool until I get up. On those days if a substitute is on and they think a milkbox is a mailbox I get wet mail.
I'd suggest perhaps a proper mailbox be placed on your porch or hung from the side of the houseby the door (the ones that say "Mail") if you don't want the slot being used. And if you don't want to schlep to the store for your milk, you can contact Morning Dew Farms and have all sorts of nice things delivered to your milk box.
Tom |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2433
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 1:40 pm: |
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If you get lots of mail from reputable companies, and you'd like it to stop, you can contact the Direct Marketing Assn (http://www.the-dma.org/) and they can get much of it stopped. Keep in mind this is more like a sledgehammer, though, since it might mean all your "junk" mail is cut off, including catalogs you want to keep. |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 293
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 2:06 pm: |
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thats why you have an inner and an outer ddoor....they could just as easily steal your mail from an outboard mailbox |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 204
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 5:44 pm: |
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our mailslot is like a little half size one. I've been looking at the ones that are longer, like a legal size (better for putting smoke bombs in, i guess). i asked my mailman what kind of mailslot or box they prefer (since he was kneeling on my icy concrete porch trying to stuff in a ton of junk catalogs). He said he likes the really huge freestanding mailbox that a neighbor of mine has. The mailbox is on a post on the porch. That's not going to happen! |
Spitz
Supporter
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 1469
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 8:12 pm: |
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tom v. - That hysterical laughing you might have just heard was my wife's reaction when I told her about your soggy mail post.  |
tom vilardi
Citizen
Username: Tlv350
Post Number: 40
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 8:17 pm: |
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Spitz, I swear it's true, you've programmed one of the replacements to use the milkbox.
Glad it wasn't the cat-box.
Tom |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1768
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 9:19 pm: |
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I'm still savoring the first post of this thread.
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Jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 258
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 9:31 pm: |
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MOL spouse match made:
Cmontyburns and Debra Davidson.
You're welcome.
J.B. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4135
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 10:58 pm: |
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Just make sure you can't reach your inside doorknob by sticking your arm in the mail slot. Several times the kids of friends of mine showed me this great way to get into their houses when they forgot their keys! I have several friends with the mail slot in the wall of their attached garage. |
Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 80
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:01 pm: |
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Now how am I supposed to sleep with the image in my head of a terrorist pumping water with my own garden hose through my mail slot? |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4136
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 11:59 pm: |
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Tom N
With a lifejacket maybe? |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 764
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 12:00 am: |
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Another good thing to do is to put large plywood sheets up over all of your windows. Did you know glass is much easier to break than a sheet of plywood? Someone could toss a rock through your window then stuff small woodland creatures and bat guano through the hole!
The trick is to fasten the sheets of plywood from the inside (unless you don't trust yourself, in which case they should be fastened from the outside so as to prevent yourself from pumping poison gas or raw sewage or whatever out of your house and into the nagmaborgshood).
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Joe Krause
Citizen
Username: Wkrause3
Post Number: 16
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 9:41 pm: |
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In Post 9-11 world i know there is a need for terrorists to attack America specifically South Orange to finish carrying out their raw sewage pumping master plan. After reading this post I have ripped out my mail slop and hired a full-time security guard on sewage patrol. Thank you MOL for pointing out this serious threat to me and my family.
I don’t want to watch American Idol and all of a sudden have a stink bomb, sewage, AND poison gas pumped into my living room.
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AntoninaKC
Citizen
Username: Antoninakc
Post Number: 184
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 9:42 pm: |
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argon- HAHAHAHAHAHha....... I have been laughing for a few minutes now over your post.. thanks
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Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 563
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 9:49 pm: |
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argon - omg, I'm actually crying - you are a funny argon!    |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 564
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 9:51 pm: |
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(I just read it again, and )
Thanks! |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4158
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 10:33 pm: |
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Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 82
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 10:48 pm: |
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If I was watching American Idol I would consider that the worst possible thing that could be pumped into my living room!
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ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1255
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 12:52 am: |
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Argon - you just articulated my greatest fear: bat guano being stuffed into my house. That is why I have been on a mission to seal up all my windows. In this post-9/11 world, we really should be worrying about rodent fecal matter. It's high on my list. |
Debra Davidson
Citizen
Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 131
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 7:50 am: |
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Please can someone explain to me what the soapbox is and what blogs are? Please I do not understand what they are. Thank you so very much. I greatly appreciate everything. |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 773
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 10:23 am: |
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Deb, just go here http://www.southorangevillage.com/forum/ and scroll down the list of forums, down near the bottom are "Soapbox" and "Soapbox: All Politics"
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SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3047
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 10:49 am: |
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Debra - the "Soapbox" is where people go to complain or alert people to a problem. Years and years and years ago, people used to stand on a soapbox on the sidewalk and voice their complaints - I think that's why Dave name this section Soapbox.
"Soapbox:All Politics" is where people go to be mean to each other over their political views.. stay away from there.
"Blogs" can be a variety of things. A blog belongs to the person who starts it (and according to Dave's rules, it must include that person's MOL name). If you click on Little Dutch Girl, you will learn about a Maplewood resident's relocation and how she is adjusting to life in a new country. Greenetree's Mom began as the story of mom's lung cancer, but Greenetree welcomed anyone who needed a place to talk. Some people just post funny stuff or photos in their Blogs.
I hope this information helps you understand MOL a little better Debra. |
meluga
Citizen
Username: Meluga
Post Number: 75
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 12:56 pm: |
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Debra I think you should worry more about your spelling and less about mail slots in your front door. |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 208
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 1:33 pm: |
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Back off meluga, we like Debra. Do a little research before you keep going down that road! |
Debra Davidson
Citizen
Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 132
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 7:00 pm: |
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Thank you so very much for sticking up for me Crazy_Quilter. I greatly appreciate you sticking up for me. You are so very sweet and kind. Again thank you so very much. |
Crazy_quilter
Citizen
Username: Crazy_quilter
Post Number: 209
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 7:46 pm: |
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you're welcome, Debra. I'm glad you are here posting. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 4175
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 8:00 pm: |
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meluga
You shouldn't be so quick to judge someone. Hope you're proud of yourself. Perhaps English isn't her first language. Maybe she's deaf. Maybe she has a disability. Deb might have trouble with her spelling, but she gets her point across. We all shine in different ways. A few weeks ago Deb shared with us her art work will be displayed in the Arts Abound Program (I think that's the name of it). Her art work is great. I stink in art, plus I can't spell myself. So what. If you don't like her posts, don't read them!
I think you owe Deb an apology. |
vermontgolfer
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Username: Vermontgolfer
Post Number: 351
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 2, 2006 - 8:48 pm: |
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JTA,
Ditto from me to meluga, back off and use common sense. |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1169
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 8:52 am: |
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I don't agree with calling people out for their spelling, but for those who are interested, the Google Toolbar has a very easy-to-use Spellchecker that works with any webpage. I'm sure it's been mentioned here before, but it's worth mentioning again. |
Pdg
Citizen
Username: Pdg
Post Number: 577
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 10:31 am: |
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Well, D**N! Thanks SOSully!!! Here I've been copying my text into Word, running a spell check and then copying and pasting it BACK into the posting page! And I already have the Google toolbar! I just never looked beyond the search box and the popup blocker box!
Learn something new everyday!
And to those who tromped on meluga - s/he's kinda new. And unless you've read a lot of past posts, it's hard to "know" that there might be someone out there who needs indulgent kindness for reasons that aren't at all obvious like they might be if you met face-to-face.
It seems to me these message boards can get a little mean-spirited but still in the name of good fun. I'm sure meluga gets the message now, but I bet s/he just had no idea. I know I didn't at first and although I don't remember slamming her posts, I remember thinking some unfair things until the little light finally went off in my head. Now I think twice before being instantly critical of other posters cuz you never know.
Debra has certainly taught me a lot about online courtesy! Thank you Debra!
(I just used the spell-checker for this post - Weeeee!) |
Debra Davidson
Citizen
Username: Peanutslady
Post Number: 133
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, March 4, 2006 - 12:07 am: |
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First I want to say thank you so very much for sticking up for me Just The Aunt, Vermontgolfer and Pdg. I great appreciate you sticking up for me. It really means a lot to me that you did this for me. Please I right all my posts in my Email, so I can use the spell check then I copy and past it into the place were we put posts. Please one thing I have discovered about spell check is that if you misspell a word and it turns out to be a real word, but not the one you wonted to spell the spell check will not see it as being miss spelled. Please I know I'm not good at spelling, but I do my very best. Again thank you so very much. I greatly appreciate everything. |
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