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   Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago

   Mornings lost some of their charm the morning after I learned what birds were actually singing. According to my teachers, at best they were singing, “Hey BABY…WHOEVER you are…I have a nest and I’m the best…let’s make eggs!!!”
   and at the worst-
   “I’m the biggest meanest wickedest songbird in this tree and if you don’t stay away from my nest I’ll peck your eyes out.”
   Let’s all sing like the birdys sing, expletive expletive expletive.
   /sigh
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   Zero-Gabriel said, 7 months ago

   Well…
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   coolhand000 said, 7 months ago

   Well, just treat her as you would a car windshield . . .That’ll teach her . .!!
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   FrankenAaronStein said, 7 months ago

   Yes but she talked pleasantly to YOU little guy. I’d take that over being fed. _{As long as I get fed once in a while.}
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   dfowensby said, 7 months ago

   whoa. she still uses real treeware snail mail
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   phritzg said, 7 months ago

   Freestanding neighborhood mailboxes like that are about as common as dial phones these days.
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   Gokie5 said, 7 months ago

   In the closest town from here (pop. c. 1600), they have a mailbox in the Walmart parking lot, in the parking lot in front of a shopping center, and in front of the P. O. Probably a couple of others I don’t know about . . .Granted, these aren’t neighborhood mailboxes.
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   Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago

   @phritzg

   The mailboxes in my neighborhood were for public use when I first moved here in the ‘70s. The mailboxes are still there, but are now used to store the mailbag for that immediate area. The public, (teens or young adults) also use it for artistic expression. This has also proven the need for more art classes. Our graffiti artists just don’t put out quality material.
   C.
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   CrypticWizard said, 7 months ago

   Is it just me, or does Rose like kind of displeased in the third panel?
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    water_moon said, 7 months ago

    @phritzg

    “Freestanding neighborhood mailboxes like that are about as common as dial phones these days.”
    .
    I have one about half a block away. And there are at least 6 in random places down town. When I lived in a neighborhood with cluster boxes, each cluster had a box designed to accept letters to mail.
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    jim murph said, 7 months ago

    We had free standing and pole mounted boxs, two with walking distance. We use to excerise and not know it.
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    jim murph said, 7 months ago

    @jim murph

    need a edit opition, (within)walking distance.
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    phritzg said, 7 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    As a retired carrier, I can tell you that those are called relay boxes. In my office, all the routes were either park and loop or mounted (curbside boxes) or a combination of both. You took all your mail for the day with you. When I was a kid the postmen in our city used the relay box system; they had to take a city bus to get to their starting points. If they missed the first bus, they would be at least 20 minutes late starting the route, leading to overtime. Also, the manager would often forget to buy bus passes when they were needed. He was too laid back, and could usually be seen practicing his golf swing (without a club, of course).
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    emjaycee said, 7 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Male Mockingbirds like to screech/sing/tweet about their badazzery at 2 am, usually just outside my window and just as I am about to sleep.
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    scaredkat said, 7 months ago

    Looking out my office window, I once saw two little boys in front of a mailbox. One was holding the other up. He was the one peeing in the open flap.
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