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No - a basement is now a 'garden flat'!

I've wondered what made 'town houses' thanks! I was brought up in not just a 'town house' but a 'compact' town house - a back to back terrace :-) They make a lot of environmental sense.

Renting mailboxes???

I don't understand ... genuinely.

Mary

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Mary

gives one a "legitimate looking" street address, but it's essentially like renting a USPS box.http://www.usps.com/receive/businesssolutions/poboxesonline.htmNo one "lives there" or "works there". Beverly

Juno hahahahhah An aunt of mine , wore a knitted Dicki , under her jacket , and during dinner was very hot and took off her jacket , forgeting she had only the dicki !!!! mirjam

Ah, I see, thanks. Like what we call a PO Box. Never heard them being called 'suites' though!

What IS this use of euphemisms all about? Why not call a spade a spade?

Mary

When one can list one's address as:

Widgets, Inc.

100 Main Street, Suite 562 Large City, Large State 00000 USA

it gives the *appearance* of legitimacy. In my experience, many (most?) of those who use that dodge are anything but legitimate. And the businesses who rent those boxes and assign "suite" numbers are very likely aware that a great deal of scammy/fraudulent/illegal transactions are undertaken there.

Because who wants to do business with a company listing a PO box address, but a "suite" now that sounds classy. ;-}

Beverly

.... that you can't remeber the name of? :-)

Did you lose your extra "m"? Or did you just forget it...

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Beverly

Should we remeber to invite him to the next meeting of the Old Timer's Disease Club?

I can't remember, when is the meeting?

Beverly

What meeting?

People who need mail boxes can't always get them from the post office

-- when we thought we were going to move to Florida, we would have needed to send out change-of-address notices *long* before we would have had an address, but the local post office was sold out, so we rented a box from a commercial provider. Which is when I found out what "suite" in an address means.

We never used the box; I sometimes wonder whether it got any junk mail.

I believe that at least some mailbox firms also offer other services. The name of one prominent chain of mailbox stores strongly suggests it: "Mailboxes Etc."

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I've always believed that the Post Office was backward. They deliver to the house free, but charge extra if you come to the office and pick it up!

Joy Beeson

that's even funnier. Juno

There's any number of genuine reasons for renting a mailbox; 1. to pick up mail near one's workplace but not have it sent there. 2. people who tour or travel a lot 3. it's one recommendation for ppl with vindictive ex-spouses &c 4. parcel delivery without having items left in one's lobby (this is true of vs ppl I know)

Etc. There's some long-established businesses of this sort in NYC, and many newer ones.

Mary People like to `nickname` actions and happenings by names , it is probably easier on the memory, and adds some interest to life . mirjam

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What is the age that entitles one to join ??? mirjam

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Age ain't nuthin' but a number, as the Uppity Blues Women - Saffire - have sang many times. But when you find that the word you used yesterday, and perhaps this morning, refuses to present itself to current memory so that you can use it because you know it's the word you need, yes, need, at this very moment. But don't worry. You'll remember. At about three A.M. That entitles one to join. ;-)

There's a meeting?

Beverly

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Do you get extra points if you suddenly sit straight up in bed shouting "Lloyd Boehner!!!" and awakening your poor spouse out of a sound sleep?

(Long story, oft repeated, and the mere mention of that name brings on gales of laughter)

Beverly