On 16/08/2010 20:11, Recliner wrote:
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In messageBydao.10092$UD.6420@hurricane, at 17:19:44 on Mon, 16
Aug 2010, remarked:
How does 'To stop the bloody IRA from putting bombs in them' sound?

If they can see what is in the box they can decide if special
action is needed without disturbing the package.

Not if it has a pile of other letters on top of it.
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It is a case of either that or no postbox at all. Organizations
that feel they are at risk from incoming mail have x-ray machines. As
for your suggestion, true but it would be suspicious if someone came
and posted large number of items, there would be rare cause to do so.

In any case letter bombs were never true, they were small parcels and
the post boxes have a limited aperture.

From memory, aren't they also quite shallow?


No, I seem to remember that they were about the same height as your
standard pillar postboxes -- perhaps slightly higher.