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My mailbox is a LARGE brick enclosure. It is very well built. One the kids visiting my across the street neighbors smacked it hard, and crumpled up his car, and crushed in the metal mailbox surrounded by the bricks. The kid came to the door, and confessed and said he would pay for the damage.
I had to hire a brick layer to take apart the top of the brick structure just to get the old metal mail box out. It was not built to be easily replaced. I cut the back of the metal mailbox off and then we placed the new mailbox in place and used caulk to seal up the cut. He had to rebuild mailbox top.
Finding a brick layer to do a little job is a pain. The kid came back and I gave him the bill, and he paid me back with check #0100. His mom opened an checking account just for him to write checks. It was the first check he ever wrote. At least his parents taught him to take responsibility for his actions. I shook his hand and told him I appreciate his honesty.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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