Letter Boxes & Numbers
Street Numbering – Win!
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You would think that some houses were owned by secret agents as there are no traces of a street number. I have heard that ambulance drivers sometimes have difficulty finding there patients due to the lack of numbers. You couldn’t…
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Letter Boxes – Is Bigger Better?
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One of the big signs to potential burglars that there is no one at home is a letter box stuffed with post and junk mail after its gone dark in the evening. In a post about letter boxes I talked…
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Your letter box
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I know that a lot of communications come via Email and Facebook now but I still like to receive mail. A nice card means a lot more to me than a Happy Birthday tweet. If you are like me and…
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Chinese Lucky, and Unlucky, Numbers
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I see from the papers that a significant number of properties are bought by Chinese Investors. Also I have noticed many visits to my web site are referred from Australian based Chinese language website oursteps.com.au So for all my fellow Gweilos’ (Ghost…
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Post Boxes & Security
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Do you think the people at this house are away? Is this overflowing post box telling a thief that they are unlikely to be disturbed? It used to be easier when I was young as we knew our neighbours and we could…
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Junk Mail Lover
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How much Junk Mail do you need? Well judging from this mail box one delivery is nowhere near enough! It certainly makes a change from the ‘No Junk Mail’ signs! For more Unusual House Photos, Wins, and…
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The Castle – Win
Hydrant Letter Box – Fail
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Another one of those houses where I walked up and down the street 2-3 times before I realised the owner had used a hydrant cover as a letter box. Don’t people want to get any post? . ….
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Letter Box Fail
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Can you see the mail box? Do you think the people in this house don’t like to get post?………or do they like to give their postie a challenge? The only way to deliver a letter is to push the bush…
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