Owen ([info]zootalures) wrote,
@ 2009-03-27 11:05:00
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House letterbox
One of the most annoying things about our new house is the flapping letterbox, we are quite high up (175ft anyway) on a relatively exposed spot and the wind makes it flap continuously.

Fortunately I ordered a big box of Neodymium-Iron-Boron supermagnets a while ago from wondermagnet :
Photo 0100.

I was able to affect a successful repair by supergluing two connecting magnets to the flap and the letterbox respectively:

Photo 0099

Prompt snubbing of those people who claimed that owning 100 assorted supermagnets would never be of any use for anything.


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[info]hellie79
2009-03-27 12:10 pm UTC (link)
They were pretty good for holding on L-plates too.

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[info]minus10
2009-03-27 12:32 pm UTC (link)
I assume the postman now needs a crowbar to get the letterbox open?

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[info]561
2009-03-27 12:58 pm UTC (link)
This is my concern on reading the above... since I wasn't there when this was fixed I will have to report back ;)

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[info]kittensofdoom
2009-03-27 03:00 pm UTC (link)
on first reading i had this as your letterbox was 175ft up from the floor... which made it one tall house, and a pretty pissed off postman even before he tries to put stuff int he letterbox.

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