[Rick Lee]

My grandfather was the kind of guy who was always trying to build a better mousetrap. When some kids played mailbox baseball on his street, he boobytrapped his and it worked. He put the mailbox on a pole, but installed a bearing so the mailbox would spin very freely if nudged. He then put angle iron on three sides of the mount, facing left right and back toward the house, but not toward the road. Next time a kid hit his mailbox, yes, the mailbox was smashed it, but the kid's car definitely got some serious scratches, if not the kid himself.