Rascal
February 16, 2007, 9:01am
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Second mystery for today:
I see some small plastic boxes attached to some mailboxes, say where you have an apartment building with many units and a common mailbox area. Some of them have a little box attached to them, whereas some boxes have a pad lock, others don’t.
Did the peope loose the keys to the “real” mailbox or what are they used for?
Milk perhaps ? Goats milk to be more precise. Do they have a picture of a goat on ?
Rascal
February 16, 2007, 9:36am
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Don’t think so, or better I haven’t noticed. Will check later tonight - maybe I just open one up and take a look what’s inside?
syringe disposal receptacles?
Maybe for rooftop units that have been added on after the main boxes had been installed.
Milk and goats milk … in the morning they deliver the milk, I’ve seen them deliver many times around where I live … they come early in the morning …
Rascal
February 16, 2007, 2:47pm
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I had a closer look, one box has indeed a sticker with a goat on it.
Thanks for the help!
Infidel
February 16, 2007, 3:59pm
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What’s the attraction of goat milk? Is it because it contains less lactose than cow milk, or is it the taste? Or both?
That’s what people believe, but read following quote …
Most of the minerals in goat and cow milk are significantly higher than in human milk. This, coupled with the higher protein of cow and goat milks (more than 3% compared to about 1.3%), make dilution necessary so as to avoid hypertonic dehydration (a result of high solutes in urine). But, after dilution, carbohydrate should be added to cow or goat milk because human milk contains 7.0 g/100g lactose compared to about 4.5 g/100g lactose found in cow and goat milks.
“Distinguishing between allergies and lactose intolerance:
Allergies and lactose intolerance are different things. An allergic reaction is the body’s response to a foreign body (antigen), typically proteins. Goat milk proteins have a slightly different amino acid structure than cow milk proteins. Thus, a person who produces antibodies to cow milk proteins, may not produce antibodies to goat milk proteins.
However, there is no guarantee that a person who is allergic to cow milk will not be allergic to goat milk, because the milks are similar. Lactose intolerance results from a person’s inability to digest lactose. Lactose is present in all milks. Thus, goat milk can not successfully be substituted for cow milk in cases of lactose intolerance.”
A note about goat milk digestibility:
Goat milk’s tendency to be more easily digested than cow milk is due to its protein make-up. Goat milk has low levels of the protein alpha s1-casein, a protein that is involved in curd formation. Cow milk has higher quantities of alpha s1-casein
wisher
February 17, 2007, 6:06am
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I have one for goat milk.
Kahna
February 18, 2007, 2:28am
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It puts off scavenging vultures and raccoons.
Our mailboxes are in an underground car park 20 floors away from home. Lots of mailboxes have the little boxes – sure people aren’t going down to the basement every day to pick up their goat’s milk?