I hired a mailbox in Batemans Bay after I began to suspect that the local mailman knew more about my personal friends and financial affairs and political affiliations and medical problems than even Padma did. Then the mailbox hire was under fifty dollars a year.
That was years ago. Now the number of letters I receive in a year can be counted on one hand, and yet they charge me $170 for saving them money by not having to drive all the way out to "Riverbend" to deliver them to my gate. Still, it's better than sharing my life with the mailman.
Of course, all this is just a veiled attempt to coax you into writing me a real letter — even a postcard would do! — to justify the cost of this expensive mailbox. Address it to PO Box 233, Batemans Bay, 2536.
