PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. — Roger Buchko insists he isn’t angry about receiving too much junk mail.
And the Phillipsburg, New Jersey, native isn’t trying to scare anybody off his front lawn. Nor does he say he’s trying to send a message — intimidating, political or otherwise.
The only thing Buchko hoped to accomplish by erecting a massive, scale-model .44 Magnum on his front lawn as a mailbox was to drum up business.
And that business of course is … cabinet making?
“If I can show folks I’m capable of this type of craftsmanship,” Buchko said, “then I can certainly build them a fancy box.”
...As for the person who has to stare down the barrel of that gun day in and day out? “My mail lady thinks it’s great!”
Found a couple of images from a decade go while cleaning up an old HD. Cell phones were a nuisance then, too.
I was working for the opera company back then. I guess we were doing Tosca. Anyone who has seen the DVD of Maria Callas & Tito Gobbi in this will know that she meant business
Mine still is plugged into the wall, nothing indicating who's calling and no answering machine. Did go modern a couple years ago and updated from rotary to push button.