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From: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: house numbers
Message-ID: <8556@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 15:18:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  7 15:18:20 1984
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> In Japan, the houses are numbered in the order that they're built and
> registered at the ward office.  It's quite possible for two buildings
> on the same street to have the same number if they're in different
> wards. 

A freind of mine, who lived in Japan for a couple of years, was advised
to send himself a postcard every day until he started receiving them.
This would signal that the postman had found him, and from then on
should expect to get his mail.

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  Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo.  (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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