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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.

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:12 PM

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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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How many are old enough to remember [View all] HAB911 Tuesday OP

Nice adaptation. We had some that were cylindrical. For the paper I eventually went to work for us an adult. Walleye Tuesday #1

Great Beringia Tuesday #2

Now *that's* how you recycle! Deuxcents Tuesday #3

How cool is that??? I remember back in the day, the mailbox and newspaper box under it. niyad Tuesday #4

I still have that combo..but the local newspaper is no more,alas. BattleRow Tuesday #6

Alas, the daily fishwrap here is still extant. niyad Tuesday #10

Yep! Those boxes used to be everywhere. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #5

what a great use for that paper tube! RainCaster Tuesday #7

I hadn't thought of those in years Auggie Tuesday #8

Our paperboy would drop it inside the screen/storm door. BidenRocks Tuesday #9

I hope that your parents gave him a tip Squaredeal Tuesday #16

Have one next to my mailbox. Still gets used occasionally for larger envelopes orders Cheezoholic Tuesday #11

We had the paperboy on a bike hurling the paper up to the porch... Beartracks Tuesday #12

I hope your paperboy's aim was good enough for close enough! I had a route growing up. George McGovern Tuesday #17

I recall it was almost always on the sidewalk. Not bad at all. Beartracks 21 hrs ago #20

Ha Ha! Well, if it was I didn't know at the time. But I suppose I learned responsibility. Thank You! George McGovern 21 hrs ago #21

cool! Kali Tuesday #13

Love the remodeling into a bird condo! debsy Tuesday #14

The HOA where my now wife once lived was told newspaper boxes weren't allowed. Squaredeal Tuesday #15

OMG, a woman after my heart HAB911 Yesterday #19

Excellent job HAB911. Nowadays your project would be called "repurposing and rehoming". But you fixed it up nicely. George McGovern Tuesday #18