We have our choice here of putting our box in the cluster for our neighborhood on the main road about a quarter mile away or a box at the local post office 5 miles away. But the local newspaper still delivers right to the end of your driveway
15 old house features we were wrong to abandon??
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norgeway
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Our house has the phone nook...
The first thing Donalds Dad said was.."We can take that old thing out", And Don and I both said in chorus,,Oh no you WONT!!!!
The first thing Donalds Dad said was.."We can take that old thing out", And Don and I both said in chorus,,Oh no you WONT!!!!
jerrod6
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.....Mail delivery in large eastern cities......
I don't think that will ever happen in these large cities. In mine we have mail slots in the front door, or built into the front wall of the house and no room for mail boxes at the curb. In fact it would be illegal to do so. Apartments in brown stones have individual mail boxes with with keys in the vestibule. The mail person enters the vestibule via key that is placed in a post office box outside of the structure. Large apartments and condo's have mail rooms on the ground floor again with mail boxes with keys for each unit.
Where I live every house has a transom over the front door, and I have one over the back.. and in my bedroom, but I live in an old old neighborhood so that may not matter any more.
I don't think that will ever happen in these large cities. In mine we have mail slots in the front door, or built into the front wall of the house and no room for mail boxes at the curb. In fact it would be illegal to do so. Apartments in brown stones have individual mail boxes with with keys in the vestibule. The mail person enters the vestibule via key that is placed in a post office box outside of the structure. Large apartments and condo's have mail rooms on the ground floor again with mail boxes with keys for each unit.
Where I live every house has a transom over the front door, and I have one over the back.. and in my bedroom, but I live in an old old neighborhood so that may not matter any more.
I live out in the country where most people have a mailbox at the foot of their driveway. I however do not because the mail driver will not stop at my driveway claiming it is dangerous due to the main road being on a hill. My newspaper does get delivered to the box at the end of the driveway however. Go figure - not dangerous for the newspaper delivery person but too dangerous for Canada Post. So I have to pick up my mail at the local post office. For this service I have to pay around $160 per year to rent the mail box.
Gary
Gary
The covered front porch that extends under the foyer's window... I have a stoop, which is a stupid slab!
-- Dave
-- Dave
58limited
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I have a phone nook and two other smaller built in cubbyholes in my breakfast area. I have a mail slot/interior box like Polkanut's. I have added several ceiling medallions as I've remodeled, just waiting to take down and clean two chandeliers to add two more. I wish I had the transoms.
I know the postal service is having a hard time (maybe they should cut about a third of the management - they are a top-heavy organization). They could save some money by switching neighborhoods like mine to curbside boxes so the drivers don't have to walk a route to each front door, they would get the job done faster and maybe with fewer employees. I wouldn't mind this change but I would strongly fight a neighborhood cluster at the end of the block.
In college I rented a farm house that the family hadn't lived in for 25+ years (but they maintained it somewhat so it was liveable), thus no mail box. I had to contact the post office to get an address assigned and they had a rural program that provided me with a free mailbox which they delivered. This was set at the property entrance by the paved road which was over 1/4 mile from the house.
I know the postal service is having a hard time (maybe they should cut about a third of the management - they are a top-heavy organization). They could save some money by switching neighborhoods like mine to curbside boxes so the drivers don't have to walk a route to each front door, they would get the job done faster and maybe with fewer employees. I wouldn't mind this change but I would strongly fight a neighborhood cluster at the end of the block.
In college I rented a farm house that the family hadn't lived in for 25+ years (but they maintained it somewhat so it was liveable), thus no mail box. I had to contact the post office to get an address assigned and they had a rural program that provided me with a free mailbox which they delivered. This was set at the property entrance by the paved road which was over 1/4 mile from the house.
Built-in ironing board
The house I was raised in had a built-in ironing board in the kitchen. Not that I do much ironing, but it sure was handy for quick touchups like those shirts with shriveled button holes. Dragging out the free standing ironing board is a big to-do for small tasks like that.
Ken D.
The house I was raised in had a built-in ironing board in the kitchen. Not that I do much ironing, but it sure was handy for quick touchups like those shirts with shriveled button holes. Dragging out the free standing ironing board is a big to-do for small tasks like that.
Ken D.
58limited
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My house had the built-in ironing board too, but the ironing board was removed long ago. I converted the built-in cabinet into a spice rack.
My grandmother's house (built in the mid 1940s) has a built-in ironing board.
My parents' house (built in the early 1970s) also has one.
polkanut
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DUH!
How could I forget the built-in ironing boards in my paternal grandparents, parents, and my own home? That was one of the first things my wife fell in love with when we first looked at our house. The 2nd thing she fell in love with were the built-in china cupboards on both sides of our dining room window.
How could I forget the built-in ironing boards in my paternal grandparents, parents, and my own home? That was one of the first things my wife fell in love with when we first looked at our house. The 2nd thing she fell in love with were the built-in china cupboards on both sides of our dining room window.
In which case what about the Murphy bed?! You know, that comes down out of the closet...!
-- Dave
-- Dave
