[Elecraft] Expecting a delivery ... but didn't happen

[Fred Jensen]

We have to tell visitors to ignore the numbers on the mail boxes, they 
appear psuedo-random [they're not, but it's a long story]. We've had new 
visitors looking for "670" [us] give up and backtrack when they got to 
"680"[1/4 mi before us], and then do it again when some of the boxes on 
the road across from our gravel driveway [including ours] are in the 700's.

After some "Couldn't find address" situations with the carriers, I wrote 
to UPS, FedEx, and our local Postmaster and explained the problem and 
apparently it worked because we haven't had a non-delivered "delivery" 
in years.  I also put in some barbed wire on the outside fences 
guaranteed to "keep elephants out."  Must have worked also, we have 
never had an elephant in the pastures ... that I know of.

73,

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA

On 6/9/2014 9:56 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> Google Maps, MapQuest, and most GPS programs shows my address as a 
> vacant lot 1/4 mile up the street on the other side. On my side of the 
> street the numbers are in the 75xx series - on the other side they are 
> in the 94xx series. The regular drivers know about this but the 
> weekend drivers do not.