handle with care

[asakiyume]

I arrived at the post office today as a postal worker was bringing a wide, low rectangular box out to a car. The box had holes, and I could hear peeping. As we both walked into the building, I asked, "Were those chicks?" And indeed they were.

The post office was very quiet at that time of day--except for cheeping and peeping! From the back room.

"I know I can't go back there," I said, "But can you take my phone back and take pictures?"

Well, he did better than that. He brought out a box of ducklings...



and then came a box of chicks!



"I guess these are all spoken for," I said wistfully.

"No, they're mainly going to tractor supply stores," he said.

But even though B'town is a right-to-farm community, I live in a neighborhood with a homeowner's association, and sadly, poultry is not allowed. We talked about backyard chickens, the price of eggs and the cost of feed, and homeowners associations.

I love my post office and the USPS generally. [That is your veiled political commentary for the day]

Comments

Re: Thoughts

[osprey_archer]

If everyone on the board is fine with ducks, it sounds like it might be as simple as proposing the change in this case, yeah!

Re: Thoughts

[asakiyume]

You would think, but to make a chance to the covenants actually requires getting people in the neighborhood to vote in favor, and people just ... don't want to be bothered by stuff. But maybe we could get a majority to sign on. I did get a majority of people to sign on to a letter to stop having plastic-wrapped advertising circulars dropped in the driveways (so. much. litter. and wrapped in plastic. and on us, the people who live here, to throw them away).

Worth a try, anyway! Worth pushing for :-)

Re: Thoughts

[osprey_archer]

People may get excited about changing that part of the covenant real fast if Trump tanks the economy...

Re: Thoughts

[asakiyume]

As a very gloomy copy editor, may I suggest replacing the "if" with a "when" ...