Our mail is delivered to a rural mailbox - the kind with the flip-up red flag - down along Pine Log Road, just off of the U.S. highway, maybe a quarter-mile from our house.
It's on a rack with six or seven other such boxes. We've been told we can't get delivery to a box in front of our house unless and until our little subdivision's gravel road network gets officially incorporated into the county road system and until it gets paved.
None of our mail has been stolen, so far as we know, but we all know that economic downturns can give rise to more crime and that includes identity theft.
I asked our postmistress if mail theft is a problem and she allowed as how there has been some in the area and agreed it would be a good idea to rent a post office box.
So when we took today's batch of CDs and DVDs to the post office for shipping, we filled out the paperwork and rented a box. Those of you who have occasion to need our mailing address will likely get an email soon with the new post office box address. If you don't get the email and want the info, let me know.
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