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Squaredeal

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15. The HOA where my now wife once lived was told newspaper boxes weren't allowed.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:12 PM
Mar 2026

As a young woman, she worked for a taxi cab company and drove one of the secondhand vehicles to and from work, which the firm would buy at auction to convert into cabs. She had one of the shop employees bolt her box onto the car’s trunk and she parked it at the end of her driveway, which wasn’t against the rules, and she then drove another future cab between home and work. She wasn’t about to let her daily paper get wet whenever it rained.

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Nice adaptation. We had some that were cylindrical. For the paper I eventually went to work for us an adult. Walleye Mar 2026 #1
Great Beringia Mar 2026 #2
Now *that's* how you recycle! Deuxcents Mar 2026 #3
How cool is that??? I remember back in the day, the mailbox and newspaper box under it. niyad Mar 2026 #4
I still have that combo..but the local newspaper is no more,alas. BattleRow Mar 2026 #6
Alas, the daily fishwrap here is still extant. niyad Mar 2026 #10
Yep! Those boxes used to be everywhere. Diamond_Dog Mar 2026 #5
what a great use for that paper tube! RainCaster Mar 2026 #7
I hadn't thought of those in years Auggie Mar 2026 #8
Our paperboy would drop it inside the screen/storm door. BidenRocks Mar 2026 #9
I hope that your parents gave him a tip Squaredeal Mar 2026 #16
Have one next to my mailbox. Still gets used occasionally for larger envelopes orders Cheezoholic Mar 2026 #11
We had the paperboy on a bike hurling the paper up to the porch... Beartracks Mar 2026 #12
I hope your paperboy's aim was good enough for close enough! I had a route growing up. George McGovern Mar 2026 #17
I recall it was almost always on the sidewalk. Not bad at all. Beartracks Mar 2026 #20
Ha Ha! Well, if it was I didn't know at the time. But I suppose I learned responsibility. Thank You! George McGovern Mar 2026 #21
cool! Kali Mar 2026 #13
Love the remodeling into a bird condo! debsy Mar 2026 #14
The HOA where my now wife once lived was told newspaper boxes weren't allowed. Squaredeal Mar 2026 #15
OMG, a woman after my heart HAB911 Mar 2026 #19
Excellent job HAB911. Nowadays your project would be called "repurposing and rehoming". But you fixed it up nicely. George McGovern Mar 2026 #18
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