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Subject: [OM] Re: OT Me and FedEx incompetence
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:42:27 -0700
> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I've never understood how murkins have such huge address numbers.
> Is there some numbering protocol that I don't understand?

It's called the "grid system."

Numbers increase steadily out from the center. This way, it's easy to  
approximate where something is by its number. One might expect (for  
example) "2965 Wendy Lane" to be some 30 blocks from city centre.


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