Roadrunner wrote:
Now this may seem a bit outside the thematic parameters of the day but the story here is indeed within PG's frame. This mailbox is in its habitat having been there for 23 years, 2 months and 3 or 4 days now after being retrieved from a shelf in the hardware store over in St-Charles.
The flag has been a daily sign of the arrival of good news and bad news and old man Gosselin would faithfully check it out daily, sometimes twice a day on weekends as the carrier didn't stop by then. In 1999 it had its post change after being hit by a honey wagon, but other than that it has stood guard, straight and faithful through all seasons. I raise my own red flag in honor of this metal box's stamina and perserverance...Amen
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