Re: Overheard on the scanner

On  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:25:04 GMT djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J
Heydt) carved the following into the hard stone of rec.arts.sf.fandom 
>In article <fv9so2$p0u$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Paul Ciszek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>In article <4l0g14hdk7ocp73067sivhot5trbhrut2o@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>Joy Beeson  <jbeeson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>"I think I'm twenty-three at the correct house, but I'm not sure --
>>>there's only one house with a number on it."  
>>>
>>>Now how would you like to be the one lying on the kitchen floor near
>>>the phone that's fallen out of your hand while the dispatcher consults
>>>his notes for clues?    Put a &%*# number on your &%*# house!
>>
>>Don't some neighborhoods have covenants forbidding that?
>>It conforms to the general principle of "Let's be as uninviting as
>>possible" and "If you don't already know your destination, you 
>>shouldn't be here".
>
>But what do they do if they want to phone out for pizza delivery?

Even better, what if they have an early flight and the airport shuttle
driver (me) is trying to find their house at 4:30 AM? 

The number needs to be legible from the street, in a contrasting color
or shade, and either lit or in a position where the street lights
illuminate it.
--

Douglas E. Berry  Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail

"Where is the prince who can afford so to cover
his country with troops for its defense, as that
ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might 
not,in many places, do an infinite deal of mischief
before a force could be brought together to repel 
them?" - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-1784