When they do road projects around here, and they have to tear out the mailboxes, the county gives you a flimsy little post and a cheapy mailbox. The snowplows usually damage them extensively on the first big snow. Then you complain, they give you another one, it lasts until the next big snow, gets wiped out, etc... its almost a ritual on some of the busier county roads around her. Seems if they would use a 4x4 and a little heavier box, it would last several years and still be able to snap off if a car hit it.
Back to the subject... On the way to a state park last weekend, we came upon several combines, tractors, haywagons, etc... as it is harvest time. We went past a blind T intersection and I saw the farmer that use to rent my land. He was sitting on a tractor with his arms folded across the steering wheel and his head down. He had a bailer and a half loaded wagon. I wasn't sure why he was stopped there, but turned around and went back to make sure he wasn't ill or anything. Turned out he was waiting for one of his sons to check a field to see if it was dry enough to bail. Anyway, it would have been hard to stop in time if someone had pulled around the corner and not been paying attention.
