Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message

Seems strange that no one mentioned that numbers on the curb are useless.
Emergency people aren't looking at the curb, and any numbers will be
dirty, covered up, or cars parked where you can't read them.


Not always. In many big cities there is no parking allowed on one side or
small streets. Having been employed in my teenaged years delivering
groceries, it was common to use the curb numbers. They were in a consistent
place, unlike some house numbers on doors, next to doors, over door, on mail
boxes, on light fixtures, etc.

In the summer, it was a way for the derelicts of making a few bucks. They
would paint the numbers and ask for donations.


Nothing is "always." Numbers on the curb is still
mostly a scam. But, at least here, the emergency
people just don't give a damn about looking for
house numbers on the curb. Besides, they aren't
that flexible. They have maps, and GPS, and all
sorts of stuff. They should since they get money
from a telephone assessment and about 3 different
real estate tax, still they still get lost and
can't find places that are clearly marked. Like I
said, not very flexible, reading the actual street
signs apparently isn't part of the training.
Doesn't have much to do with smarts, because those
FBI agents (mostly lawyers) seems to have a
problem with mixing up addresses also.