Quick! Without Looking... Do You Know Your "+4" Zip Code?

arwalden

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:53 PM
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Quick! Without Looking... Do You Know Your "+4" Zip Code?

And do you use it?

I think I need to experiment by sending two identical envelopes to the same address on the same day from the same mailbox---one WITH the plus-4 and one with the old-style 5-digit zip code. Which one will arrive first? Or will it be a tie?

--Allen

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:54 PM
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1. Sure do.

60660-9254

Post #980...:-)

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:55 PM
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3. And to the second part of your question, Allen....

I only use the first 5 numbers.

Post # 981...:-)

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arwalden

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:56 PM
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5. Only 19 more to go! Then You'll Be A Man...

We can have a postmitzvah celebration for you.

-- Allen

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:57 PM
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7. Start planning it now, Allen.

Great idea! Thanks for thinking of it! I'd LOVE a postmitzvah celebration. :-)

Post # 982...:-)

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:19 PM
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11. keep going. you'll catch me eventually.

:bounce:

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:10 PM
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17. "It's tantaslizing close" :-) eom

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arwalden

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:36 PM
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21. I've Got The Party Decorations Almost Completed

Let me know when you're at 999.

-- Allen

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:49 PM
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22. Just 11 more, guy.

Wait...make that 10. :-)

I LOVE a party, hee hee!

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:22 PM
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13. be careful w/ your zip, sweetie...

Edited on Thu Dec-18-03 04:28 PM by Bertha Venation

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Be careful, bud.

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terrya

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:10 PM
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16. I will, Bertha. I don't know what I was thinking.

I should be more careful about that, my friend. Thank you for reminding me.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:33 PM
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20. Hmmmmm....

I am 60660-2403.

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TXlib

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:54 PM
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2. yes.

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soothsayer

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:55 PM
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4. and will the PO put the same zip +4 on your blank one?

cuz I occasionally get different +4 add-ons.

I do however pride myself on being able to read a barcode (it's a binary on-off thing)

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GOPisEvil

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Thu Dec-18-03 03:56 PM
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6. Yup...

Edited on Thu Dec-18-03 03:56 PM by GOPisEvil

...5220. I'd post more than that, but I found out that the +4 breaks the APARTMENT NUMBERS down for my complex. So, by sharing the whole ZIP code, it would be easier for someone to hunt me down. For some of our lovely ladies of DU that would be OK, but for the freepers...not so OK.

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Robb

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:00 PM
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8. HA!

Of course I do. But not for the reason you think!

I live in a teeny teeny town (no news there) without rural USPS delivery. Everyone has a PO box, mail won't come to the house.

But, of course, we have physical street addresses. UPS and FedEx won't go to the PO boxes, and some companies get confused. So our +4 zips are our PO box numbers, and only get used when we use the street address... with a zero in front, because we're small. ;)

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RichardRay

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:38 PM
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15. +4 in small towns

Wow, I'd love that one to work here!!

Do you know if that's a regular Post Office practice or just a smart thing someone in your local office thought up? I'm in the exact same boat here in Jackson Hole (PO's with no home delivery, and street addresses so FedEX, UPS won't go to boxes.) I'd love to just give people one address and know stuff will get delivered either way.

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Robb

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:29 PM
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19. I'm not sure

...ask your postmaster! :)

We've been here for awhile, and ordering online we just put both street and PO box. The UPS and FedEx guys know where to go, and the USPS understands which to ignore.

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goobergunch

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:04 PM
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9. Yep

But I'm not revealing what it is. ;)

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:18 PM
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10. 3127

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damnraddem

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:21 PM
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12. It has unfortunately lodged itself in my head.

But I don't use it.

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JVS

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Thu Dec-18-03 04:24 PM
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14. 15235-1806

Don't use it

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CO Liberal

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:13 PM
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18. I Have TWO +4 ZIP Codes

I rent a mailbox in a local Postnet store in Pueblo West - the +4 there is 1532.

I also rent a mailbox at the main post office in Colorado Springs. The +4 there is 8381.

I use them to make sure the mail gets there, which is why I rented the boxes in the first place.

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EmmaP

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Thu Dec-18-03 05:52 PM
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23. Ha ha ha

Mine's impossible to forget - 1313. And I use it all the time!

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5thGenDemocrat

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Thu Dec-18-03 06:19 PM
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24. Yup. -4713

It think it means, like, my house or something -- just like the street address does.
John
But I always use it, nevertheless.

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Blue-Jay

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Thu Dec-18-03 06:28 PM
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25. No idea.

The mail still gets here so I don't care to learn four more numbers. My brain is full enough; I'd hate to forget that one time with whats-her-name....

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