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In message <cj9kvddl4kjgpnaes1ungigguq2k8gjp0o@4ax.com>, micky 
<NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> writes:
>A tale calculated to keep you in suspense
[]
>**The street is shaped like a square, and google seems to have started
>numbering at the SW corner and gone counterclockwise, when in fact the
>numbers start at the NW corner and go clockwise.   So 2 or 3 houses
>somewhere in the middle are probably correct.    Is it worth trying to
>write Google for them to correct this, or is it better this way so my
>enemies can't find me as quickly?

All hail mighty google, just renumber all the houses so they match what 
Google says, you can't fight them (-: ...

Seriously, it looks like you are moderately lucky - in most cases where 
things go to the wrong house, I think the error would be reciprocal (if 
no. 200 is getting no. 35's mail, then no. 35 should be getting no. 
200's, so the two of you could get to know each other. And possibly but 
a prominent sign in the window saying "this is not number XX".

I'm puzzled: do US houses not generally have a prominent number on the 
door/wall/gate/whatever, or, if they do, do US carriers not pay any 
attention to them? There's a round 5 or 6 inch diameter plaque on the 
front of mine with the number in it (some floral decoration around it 
which I wouldn't have chosen [it was there when I bought] but don't 
mind, but the number is clear and IMO unmissable).
-- 
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A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-24 23:59 -0500
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense Bob Henson <robert.h.henson@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 09:36 +0000
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 15:30 -0500
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-25 14:17 +0100
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-25 14:18 +0000
      Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-25 11:03 -0500
      Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-25 14:59 -0500
        Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-25 20:43 +0000
          Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 19:37 -0500
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-11-25 16:11 +0000
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-25 17:56 +0000
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-11-25 11:33 -0700
      Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 11:17 -0800
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-25 20:17 +0000
      Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 14:41 -0800
        Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 20:37 -0500
          Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-27 05:25 +0000
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 20:33 -0500
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 20:11 -0800
    Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "NY" <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-26 11:55 +0000
      Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 20:08 -0500
        Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 20:14 -0500
        Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-27 05:38 +0000
  Re: A tale calculated to keep you in suspense Frank Markgraf <hauwech@nurfuerspam.de> - 2018-11-26 13:27 +0100
  Phone only rings some of the time? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-26 15:28 -0500
    Re: Phone only rings some of the time? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-27 00:18 +0100
      Re: Phone only rings some of the time? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-27 03:21 -0500
        Re: Phone only rings some of the time? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-27 16:52 +0000
          Re: Phone only rings some of the time? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-29 15:27 +0100
        Re: Phone only rings some of the time? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-27 14:38 -0500
          Re: Phone only rings some of the time? David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2018-11-27 21:12 +0000
            Re: Phone only rings some of the time? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-28 09:49 -0500
              Re: Phone only rings some of the time? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-11-28 10:15 -0500
                Re: Phone only rings some of the time? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-28 10:52 -0500

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