Tom Sutherland wrote in a message to Joe Nicholson:
JN> Hell, they used to stop at my home to ask where a
  > street was.  I had been monitoring about 20 years
  > and knew the location of just about lane, street,
  > avenue, blvd., court, camino, caminito in town.
TS>     Once upon a time, in a land far away, I had a job sending     me
TS> all over the place. An old veteran told me to stop at     the Fire
TS> Department for the best directions when arriving     in unknown
TS> towns. He said basically it was the their job to know     where
TS> EVERYTHING was. He was right - they never failed me... 
The new FedEx driver was a day late delivering a package
because he couldn't find the address.  The next day he
found me and was telling me how he had stopped by the FD
the day before and the guys there had no clue as to where
I was located...  I hope I never need them in a hurry!
Why can't FedEx carry Thomas guides !?!  And you would
think that there might be one or two of them laying around
the fire station .  Perhaps the FD (and FedEx) should
get licensed as HAMs so they can call for help finding an
address when needed ... 
I also tried to explain to the FedEx guy about the internet
'Map Finder' engines, but he didn't seem to get the idea.
(note: actually there are a few HAMs in the FD here locally,
       too bad they weren't on duty at the time :)
Sincerely,
           Bruce - kb6lwn - ck1@pacbell.net
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