Re: [talk-au] Tagging a house name

2022-02-04 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 22:18, Michael Collinson wrote: > in Ireland a "descriptive" address "The blue house called Bob, on the > other side of the stream in the village of Inverkeith" is also formally > acceptable - this is rare globally though. > Way back in Telecom days, so ~ early 80s, I

Re: [talk-au] Tagging a house name

2022-02-04 Thread Michael Collinson
> If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house? An interesting question which begs another question, what is an address? (warning: a bit of a philosophical ramble on a Friday night). My global analysis so

Re: [talk-au] Tagging a house name

2022-02-04 Thread stevea
On Feb 4, 2022, at 12:48 AM, Dian Ågesson wrote: > Genuine question: > > If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and put it > on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house? I would think this is an EXCEEDINGLY "locally variable" question (and answer). To

Re: [talk-au] Tagging a house name

2022-02-04 Thread Warin
On 4/2/22 19:48, Dian Ågesson wrote: Genuine question: If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house? Traditionally the name went on the house. The post man delivered the letters to the householder,

Re: [talk-au] Tagging a house name

2022-02-04 Thread Dian Ågesson
Genuine question: If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house? On 2022-02-04 06:31, Warin wrote: On 4/2/22 17:25, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: I've always listed the name of units & so on just as