Letterboxes

[atkrhome]

Do letterboxes have a cover on them so you can use it as a door knocker?

[Octavius]

To keep drafts out

[cheyenne]

some old fashion ones were used as doorknockers as well,i think they were made of cast iron?

[bernardo]

Some do.  There are loads of different types of letterboxes.  Some have two flaps; some have one flap; some flap inwards; some outwards; some have springs to shut them tightly; some have brushes in the middle to exclude the draught; some have sharp edges; some have little yappy dogs behind them waiting to bite fingers; some are vertical; some a horizontal; some are at mid-height; some are at ground level; some have extra knockers on them, and various combinations of the above.  WVNBIVDB

[Octavius]

Oh dear, the usual aconymous crap from Bernardo

[atkrhome]

Thanks Bernando but I did know that!

I asked to settle an argument between me and my other half. He says that letterboxes are there to be used as knockers but I say its normal to rap at the door with your knuckles in the absence of a knocker or a bell.

[bernardo]

Oh!  In that case, no it isn't.  If there isn't a doorbell, just knock.  Some people use the letterbox-flap as a door-knocker, but they do so incorrectly.  WVNBIVDB

 

P.S. What does "aconymous" mean?

[Octavius]

FK