[or-roots] That and this

[Cecil Houk]

Let's talk aboute  Zeros.

There are house numbers in Portland that start with "0"  I know where they are; do you?

Cecil

hint: look in SW Portland.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:50 PM
Subject: [or-roots] That and this


> Well, I was aware of the convention of giving 1/2 to a second dwelling on
> one lot, but I have only seen that apply to dwellings behind the primary
> building on the lot. My next door neighbor is an apartment and the dividing
> line between north and south is the street the other side of them, my
> address is 175, but the "powers that be" gave the apartments numbers 323 -
> 328 or some such, so when UPS or anybody else tries to deliver, they take
> our stuff to the plumber on North sixth.
> 
> Okay, now this is really going to make all of you laugh, I went back to
> Yahoo, typed in 7 1/2 MLK (spelled out fully) and up pops a map with a
> location and the note that it couldn't find the address 7 1/2, so naturally
> it put me as far from where I needed to be and still be one guess what??
> Union Avenue.
> 
> Long story short with Cecil's understanding of where the zeros (no offense
> to your folks, I jsut meant where North Meets south) is I can say with a
> fairly high degree of certainty that the house they lived in there is no
> longer there, it is either a parking lot or a multistory dwelling now.
> 
> Dan M;