Weird things on the Farm

[TheTman]

Unfortunately it's not friends that I have mailing me, it's bills, stuff for my kids, and junk mail, but there is ALWAYS something in there. I just need to watch for the mail delivery then go get it sooner.

[Planedude]

Is it not a sad commentary of our times?
We are now bombarded with soooooo much junk mail day in and day out.
If we have the (lucky) day that we get no junk and no bills our first thought is "who took my mail"??

It has happened to me...

[JFootin]

You know, you can get a mailbox alarm/notifier so you know precisely when the mailman shows up. Then, you could wait a few minutes to see if it sounds again, and if it does step out of your house and fire a shotgun up in the air!

http://www.amazon.com/Mail-Chime-Wir.../dp/B00103FDDU

[muggsy]

I had a beagle named nipper whom we at one time considered renaming Houdini. She would climb on to the roof of her dog house and chew through the plastic ties that were used to hold down the kennel shade cover and then scale a 4' chain link fence to get out. She did it all for love of running the neighborhood. After several days we would get a call from the local dog warden and would have to bail her out of jail. I think that I spent several hundred dollars reclaiming her. If you own a dog you have to be more intelligent than the dog. I failed in that regard.

[MW surveyor]

Put on the gillie suit and make like a bush nearby the mailbox?

[MikeyKahr]

We are now bombarded with soooooo much junk mail day in and day out.

Does anyone else wonder how much money would be saved if junk mail were banned!? How many trees, ink/toner, etc? But then again, USPS would be even worse off! Is it really worth the cost to these companies that mail out? Whatever comes just goes right in the recycle bin in my household without nary a look.

[TheTman]

I think the game camera with a motion detector would work well, thank for the idea Jfootin. Would be fun to boo bee trap the mail box, but I'd just end up in jail.

[wyntrout]

Get with that Rooski YouTube guy and develop a game camera/gun. That would make good YouTube videos, but you would need some way to post that didn't lead back to you!

I guess you could use some good pepper spray/CS/UV Dye-type device, too... not lethal.

Wynn

[TheTman]

LOL, if it's not lethal what fun is it? J/K I think a game camera would work well, at least get picture of whoever is snooping, and give me something to show the authorities. I'd like to get one of those old gas station bells that dinged when you ran across the hose and put the hose out there and throw a little dirt over it, so I'd know if someone was coming up the drive. I live quite aways back from the road, so it's difficult to keep watch on things and get anything done. One of those gas station dingers would be nice, specially at nightt if someone was driving up to rob the place. Or maybe some type of wireless motion detector that would set an alarm off.
Anything like that would work. I'll do some internet research and see what's available.

[cgo99]

Great news about your dog, I'm sure glad that is back safe and sound.
About that mail, I second the vote to ban junk mail.

[Haven]

Or maybe some type of wireless motion detector that would set an alarm off.
Anything like that would work. I'll do some internet research and see what's available.

Check out "Dakota Alert" That's what I use. I bought the metal detector one. That I buried under ground. I chose that one over the motion detector because to many large animals would be setting it off all the time. My driveway is over half a mile long. It's nice to have a little warning for vehicles. Now, if people are slinking around not encased in a vehicle, it does squat. They are a good company to work with. Replaced parts free of charge when I had an issue.

[yqtszhj]

Check out "Dakota Alert" That's what I use. I bought the metal detector one. That I buried under ground. I chose that one over the motion detector because to many large animals would be setting it off all the time. My driveway is over half a mile long. It's nice to have a little warning for vehicles. Now, if people are slinking around not encased in a vehicle, it does squat. They are a good company to work with. Replaced parts free of charge when I had an issue.

Now that is slick. You have time to get to battle stations before anybody arrives.

[kahrnut1]

mail box damage or theft is federal they have to write it up. make postmaster do his job. it stopped my mailbox problems

[TheTman]

Well, I'm going to talk to the post office tomorrow. And make sure the carrier is shutting the door tight. And see what other steps I need to tak.

Thanks for the tip on the Dakota Alert, Haven. I just checked that out, looks like that might be what I need, I doubt if anyone is going to park on the road and walk up the long driveway in the middle of the night. Thats the type of thing I was looking for, only hadn't had a chance to do any research yet.