It just occurred to me, we don’t really use mailboxes here, no?! I mean that thing that sits in front of your house where the mailman (do we still have those? because I don’t see many of them anymore) will drop your letters. Maybe in progressive, sprawling residential areas? I dunno, I think mail boxes provide a nice touch to the whole facade.

I only noticed this because I’ve been watching several TV series and they almost always prominently feature a mailbox in front of a house. I wrote in my previous post that I used a site, in 2006, that allowed me to send a letter to myself that arrived yesterday. That’s actually from the official site of the movie The Lake House (Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock). If you’ll think about it, how many people still use snail mail today? E-mail is usually the way to go. It’s fast and instant. Well, unless your Sandra and Keanu and you exchange letters through the same mail box due to some time warp or reality bending phenomenon. Anyway, if I see one of those boxes anytime soon, I’ll snap a picture and post it here.