Re: Overheard on the scanner

Paul Ciszek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Joy Beeson <jbeeson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 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?

Not that I've ever heard of.  How would they get mail or package
delivery?  How would they call a taxi?  How would they invite guests?

Many neighborhoods have house numbers painted on the curb in addition
to on the mailbox and on the front door.

> 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".

What really bugs me are cul de sacs (culs de sac?) without pedestrian
cut-throughs.  Are pedestrians really supposed to walk miles out of
their way, on roads with heavy traffic and no sidewalks?  Or are they
expected to cut through people's back yards?  Does it matter if those
back yards have fences between them?  Does it matter if there are
holes in those fences?
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