Which one was that again?
Mar. 20th, 2007 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysHouse numbers have been on my mind this morning. Specifically my house number. For your reference it is 169. I don't think divulging that will make me vulnerable to all those potential stalkers out there. :-)
I have decided to put up some supplementary numbers for my place. The number is clearly displayed on the letterbox out the front, but I share a driveway from that point with the neighbours and it isn't uncommon for people to go to them when they mean to come to me. I thought I'd put numbers where the path to my place diverges from the driveway. I was going to Lower Hutt today, so I thought I'd get the numbers. The first place had numbers but they were all 0s. Well there was one 8 but that was it. The second place had more choice in the size I need - they not only had 0s but also 6s, 7s and 9s - but no 1,2,3,4,5 or 8s - most importantly no 1s. I wasn't worried - I had four more places to try. Except it turns out that none of them stock house numbers any more. I guess I will have to make a trip to the big hardware megastore - I know they have numbers. Probably so many different ones that I won't be able to choose what style I want.
After all that I got home and checked my mail. I quite often get mail for somebody else. It isn't uncommon to get an envelope addressed to 167, 168 or 171. Easy enough to explain - the postie just being sloppy taking the letters off the sorted stack. I also get post for 196 - also easy enough to explain. Actually sometimes I get parcels for 196 that have been addressed to 169 - same sort of problem but not the postie this time. I also get mail for number 169 on different streets in the area - there are only three streets that go up that high. But today I got a letter for number 209. It was very clearly addressed - no chance of misreading it. How do you explain that one then? Ah well, time to go for a walk and do the postie's job again..
I have decided to put up some supplementary numbers for my place. The number is clearly displayed on the letterbox out the front, but I share a driveway from that point with the neighbours and it isn't uncommon for people to go to them when they mean to come to me. I thought I'd put numbers where the path to my place diverges from the driveway. I was going to Lower Hutt today, so I thought I'd get the numbers. The first place had numbers but they were all 0s. Well there was one 8 but that was it. The second place had more choice in the size I need - they not only had 0s but also 6s, 7s and 9s - but no 1,2,3,4,5 or 8s - most importantly no 1s. I wasn't worried - I had four more places to try. Except it turns out that none of them stock house numbers any more. I guess I will have to make a trip to the big hardware megastore - I know they have numbers. Probably so many different ones that I won't be able to choose what style I want.
After all that I got home and checked my mail. I quite often get mail for somebody else. It isn't uncommon to get an envelope addressed to 167, 168 or 171. Easy enough to explain - the postie just being sloppy taking the letters off the sorted stack. I also get post for 196 - also easy enough to explain. Actually sometimes I get parcels for 196 that have been addressed to 169 - same sort of problem but not the postie this time. I also get mail for number 169 on different streets in the area - there are only three streets that go up that high. But today I got a letter for number 209. It was very clearly addressed - no chance of misreading it. How do you explain that one then? Ah well, time to go for a walk and do the postie's job again..