mzalez
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posted on December 11, 2000 10:23:23 PM new
A while back I shipped to an address on Easy Street. Just recently I shipped to a customer on Poverty Lane (which in real life is lined with mansions).
I hope this isn't a sign of some sort!
Any other funny addresses you shipped too? I could use a chuckle about now...it's been a bit slow.
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avaloncourt
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posted on December 11, 2000 11:22:24 PM new
Could you tell me where Audit Avenue intersects with Poverty Lane?
I've had some weird ones. I think my favorite was Whisling Weasel Court. Second, for bizarre, was Pitty Pat Lane. I'd be embarrased to tell anyone where I lived. Maybe these people keep the post office in the business of PO boxes!
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labrat4gmos
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posted on December 12, 2000 04:31:14 AM new
Peep Toad Lane down in Virginia.
Someone didn't have an imagination.
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VeryModern
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posted on December 12, 2000 05:39:14 AM new
I will be shipping to a St. John and Church St. this week.
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brighid868
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posted on December 12, 2000 08:53:18 AM new
Are you ready for this one? I shipped to an address on Deeper Drive.
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Shoshanah
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:03:49 AM new
Item I paid for was addressed to person with SAME NAME as Street Address...Cannot mention name here, but as an example: Mr. Danzig....114 Danzig St...Anywhere, USA...Looks like street was named for a founding ancestor.
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virakech
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:35:14 AM new
I could come up with some, though...
Yellow Brick Road
Kangaroo Court
Memory Lane
I DID have a weird email address for one of my high bidders, it was kinda scary...I won't put all of it in here but it went something like this: satansodomy---hell666--- it creeped me out, I think he ended up being from New Jersey...I wonder if my antivirus software can do exorcisms. He didn't buy anything strange, just a collectible...
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snowydays
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:41:54 AM new
There is a tiny little town near me that has a street with 5 houses on it that is called Pig Pen Hollow. It sure fits, this is the kind of "neighborhood" where each house has 10 cars up on blocks in the yard and towers of trash everywhere. Now that would be something I would hate to use as a return address.
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katykatman
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posted on December 12, 2000 12:43:43 PM new
I just got a winner that lives on Heck St.
in New Jersey.
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RainyBear
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posted on December 12, 2000 12:51:08 PM new
I'd love a street address like any of those! It would be so much fun to live at 113 Howling Hollow Road or 3920 Tadpole Drive. Somehow I always end up with boring street addresses like "NW 8th Street," blah.
I bought one of my first eBay purchases from a town called Little Egg Harbor, NJ, which I thought was such a cute name for a town!
[ edited by RainyBear on Dec 12, 2000 12:52 PM ]
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VeryModern
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posted on December 12, 2000 12:59:03 PM new
I used to live on "Y Lightning Road". I loved it.
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waspstar
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posted on December 12, 2000 01:04:13 PM new
My subdivision recently expanded... One of the new streets is Bay Court. Or, more specifically, E. Bay Court
How'd you like to live there as a seller? "Send your payment to eBay Court."
"My possessions are causing me suspicion." - Neil Finn
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geminspector
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posted on December 12, 2000 02:32:40 PM new
Shipped a package today to 321 Old Dirt Road.
--Brought to you by MHO Productions--
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nobs
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posted on December 12, 2000 02:37:53 PM new
In NH there is a Spit Brook Road and a Spit Pond Road.
I live off of Burnt Tavern Road and we have an Easy Street about 1/2 mile down. Also in my area is a Loveladies section.
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RainyBear
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posted on December 12, 2000 02:54:39 PM new
geminspector - is there also a New Dirt Road? 
Oh wait, I guess all dirt is old dirt.
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labbie1
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posted on December 12, 2000 04:21:38 PM new
I used to live on Money St. 
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BlondeSense
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posted on December 12, 2000 05:10:18 PM new
We used to have a small ranch in central Texas we named Purgatory Ranch -located on Purgatory Road. I would explain to people it was half way between heaven and San Antonio.
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mikeylou
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posted on December 12, 2000 05:39:23 PM new
I know a woman whose families had a road going between their farms named after them. Her maiden name was one name, her married was another, the road she lives on is maiden-married road.
When I was growing up, I used to live on "Thunder Hill" road.
And on the St John street thing, that's my grandmother's maiden name.
Has anyone had to send anything to Intercourse, PA?
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cblev65252
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posted on December 12, 2000 06:37:40 PM new
Gore Orphanage Rd in Ohio is a creepy street to send something to. Also has a creepy history attached to it.
My grandparents, whose last name is McDonald used to live on Fries Avenue. Used to get a lot of crank calls.
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dejavu
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posted on December 12, 2000 06:57:36 PM new
SHOSH~ due to changes in 911 emergency response requirememnts there has been lots of legislation for *un-named* private roads to be named to decrease the response time for victims. Most states required this to be finished in 1999.
Alot of folks wanting to honor their ancestors or having no imagination beyond their family name, named the private roads after themselves.
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paulswife
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posted on December 12, 2000 07:15:18 PM new
we have an Easy Street in a city near us, but it's not a residential area. another larger city further east of us, there is an Index Drive. i thought that was so funny as i'm into web sites and html.
great thread.
my .02 worth
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Kellyrj32
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posted on December 12, 2000 07:18:50 PM new
I had to send a package to Hell, MI! I didn't even know Hell was a city in MI and I live in MI. Guess you learn something new everyday!
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shellsputer
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posted on December 12, 2000 07:29:34 PM new
RainyBair - I live about 45 minutes away from Little Egg Harbor - don't let the name fool ya, IT'S HUGE!!!!
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thedewey
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posted on December 12, 2000 07:36:00 PM new
We have a road where the majority of businesses are car dealerships ... Saturn, Pontiac, Honda, and several others.
The name of the road is Test Drive!
I did a double-take the first time I saw it. he he
We also have an "East and West Road", a "W Road" which is a steep road winding down the side of a mountain, and there's even a road a few miles from my house that's the same as my last name ... which is really weird because my last name is unusual, and my husband and I are the only people with this name in the whole city. (???)
(Was that a run-on sentence, or what?  )
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dialin4dollars
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posted on December 12, 2000 07:52:53 PM new
Bunny Rabbit Road here...
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Shoshanah
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:12:35 PM new
dejavu....Thanks!!!! I had no idea!...Makes total sense, yes!
A cute little, and I mean LITTLE town I went through, was called "Rough'N'Ready", up in the Tahoe National Park Area. Still has a (non-working) two-bits gas pump... A person on this board has been there also...
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Shoshanah
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:17:39 PM new
Oh! and up in the Mother Lode Country, I stayed for sometime in Paradise...And it was! Pines everywhere, quaint small town, clean air...LONELY!!!!Went back to San Francisco...
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cajunatpassmore
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posted on December 12, 2000 09:27:41 PM new
mailed out a package a few days ago to -Strike The Gold Drive-
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BlackCoffeeBlues
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posted on December 12, 2000 10:30:15 PM new
Well, we were almost the Berry family on BriarBerry street, until we found a better house a few streets over.. thank goodness! I did date a guy in high school who lived on Blueberry Hill, and yes, he used to sing the song all the time, insisting I would "find my thrill" if I'd just be more agreeable. <snort>
Sheri
[email protected]
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mcjane
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posted on December 13, 2000 12:15:43 AM new
There is a Pole Cat road near me, beautiful houses there too. I never mailed to Intercourse, PA, but live about 10 miles from there. Near Intercourse is Blue Ball, both towns have a large Amish population.
The place mentioned on this thread "Pity Pat Lane" is my favorite. Two uninviting places I've mailed to are Flat Swamp Road, NC & Sulphul Well Road, KY. Probably nice places too. I once lived in a town called Climax, high in the mountains in CO near Leadville.
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