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                                 Fun with Zip+4
                                        
Hmm … I could have sworn I wrote about this before, but since I can't find an
entry about it, I guess not. Anyway … a few months ago I was playing around
with zip codes, and I found out that the zip+4 code for Casa New Jersey only
has one address—ours! Sure, it's meant for houses within a certain address
range on our side of the street, but as far as I can tell, we're the only
house within that range on our side of the street.

I made a comment about this to a few people (Hoade among them) and wanted to
do an experiement where I addressed I postcard to:

> Occupant
>  Florida, 33461-XXXX
> 

And see if it gets to us.

Well, when I was in Las Vegas last week, I did just that.

I sent four postcards, addressed as:

  1. Occupant
      Florida, 33461-XXXX
     
  2. To the Happy Family That Lives There
      Lake Worth, Florida 33461-XXXX
     
  3. Spring Dew Conner Stenbock Schmidt
      [street address] 33461-XXXX
     
  4. Frau Dew
      [street address]
      Lake Worth, Florida 33461-XXXX
     

#2 and #4 were mailed from Rachel, Nevada [1]. #1 and #3 from the Hôtel San
Rémo [2].

So far, two have arrived, #3 and #4.

Sadly, the one mailed from Rachel came with a Las Vegas postmark (Rachel
doesn't have a postoffice, unless you count a blue US (United States) Postal
Service mailbox a “postoffice”). And the one mailed from Las Vegas came with
two postmarks—one from Las Vegas on the 18^th, and one from West Palm Beach
on the 23^rd.

We are still expecting two more.

[1] http://www.ufomind.com/area51/place/rachel/history/
[2] http://www.sanremolasvegas.com/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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