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I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he launched
into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and we
have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
don't know.

When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered a
10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact a 9
slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were bigger
so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for and
put another unit in.

So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is messaging
me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...

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On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he launched
> into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
> something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and we
> have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
> don't know.
>
> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered a
> 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact a 9
> slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
> convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were bigger
> so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
> package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for and
> put another unit in.
>
> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is messaging
> me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
> thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
> were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...

I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no contract or verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable to me. If it was agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred bucks in cash when he gave me the key - preferably at the box so the key can be verified to work. Easy as pie..

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Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache!
> He started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then
> he launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox
> in. He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send
> him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>
> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy
> ordered a 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did.
> Ours was in fact a 9 slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot
> but for some reason he convinced the guy to take a 13 slot.
> Something about the slots were bigger so maybe we didn't need
> package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one package locker. Said
> if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for and put another
> unit in.
>
> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
> messaging me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got
> that. Said he thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would
> contact us when they were done. Sometime this week. He too said we
> each owe $200. Hmmm...

But without large package lockers how will you survive? You order
most of your food, remember?

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On 2020-07-06 7:30 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>


Knock me over with a feather. I predicted there would be more drama.

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Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-07-06 7:30 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a
>> headache! He started by saying very flatly. "This is not a
>> recording!" Then he launched into Shakespeare because he thought
>> I said my name was Juliette. Then something about a guy called
>> him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and we have to pay the
>> guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I don't
>> know.
>>
>
>
> Knock me over with a feather. I predicted there would be more drama.

Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
months to come.

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On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:06:46 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
> months to come.

Maybe she can install one of those tracker apps onto a cell phone and
mail it to herself. At least that way, she would know where her mail is
going.

At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.

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Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:06:46 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
>> months to come.
>
> Maybe she can install one of those tracker apps onto a cell phone and
> mail it to herself. At least that way, she would know where her mail is
> going.
>
> At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
> complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
> returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.
>

Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.

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On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:37:42 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Mike Duffy wrote:

>> At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
>> complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
>> returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.


> Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.

Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
'forget' to afix *any* postage?

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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 21:26:54 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-07-06 7:30 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
>> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
>> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
>> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>>
>
> Knock me over with a feather. I predicted there would be more drama.

She wanted to start a new thread since she might get caught up in
her lies if she reuses one of the previous 3 threads on the subject.
She thinks that if she starts a new thread we can't catch her
contradictions.

She contradicted herself twice while quoting herself otherwise in
the last thread.

-sw

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 03:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:

> Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
> this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
> 'forget' to afix *any* postage?

We don't have a Good Hank. Nobody needs or wants to forge Hank.

-sw

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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:21:32 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 03:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:
>
>> Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
>> this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
>> 'forget' to afix *any* postage?
>
>We don't have a Good Hank.

Indeed. There's only boring, repetitive, gross Hank.

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Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:21:32 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 03:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy wrote:
>>
>>> Ahh, but my good Hank, (assuming it is not the bad Hank I'm talking to),
>>> this is perfect. What better way to insure insufficient postage than to
>>> 'forget' to afix *any* postage?
>>
>> We don't have a Good Hank.
>
> Indeed. There's only boring, repetitive, gross Hank.
>

Thank yoose Gruce, so nice of you. <snif snif>

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he launched
> into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
> something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and
> we
> have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
> don't know.
>
> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered
> a
> 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact a
> 9
> slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
> convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were bigger
> so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
> package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for
> and
> put another unit in.
>
> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
> messaging
> me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
> thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
> were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...

I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no contract or
verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable to me. If it was
agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred bucks in cash when he gave me
the key - preferably at the box so the key can be verified to work. Easy as
pie.

That sounds good to me!

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 16:44:22 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>>> launched
>>> into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
>>> something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and
>>> we
>>> have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why?
>>> I
>>> don't know.
>>>
>>> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy
>>> ordered a
>>> 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact
>>> a 9
>>> slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
>>> convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were
>>> bigger
>>> so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
>>> package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for
>>> and
>>> put another unit in.
>>>
>>> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
>>> messaging
>>> me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
>>> thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when
>>> they
>>> were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...
>>
>> I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no
>> contract or verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable
>> to me. If it was agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred
>> bucks in cash when he gave me the key - preferably at the box so
>> the key can be verified to work. Easy as pie.
>
> Well, you're a natural sucker. Julie just needs to take her ass down
> to thej post office and pick up her ****ing keys. Who is Ross - her
> gardner? That explains it - he (or whoever) in on this scam.
>
> There are no "keys to make up" Each box comes with 3 keys from the
> manufacturer (with extra locks and keys replacement locks on request
> from the post office = they're universal and fit many different
> types).
>
> You making this purposely hard on yourself Julie. Which is also is
> 1000% WHAT YOU DO - It's you're signature MO in everything you do!
> Takle your ass down to the post office and stop this nonsense.

Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy named
Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
have the keys.

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"Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette.
>> Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in
>> and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox.
>> Why? I don't know.
>>
>> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered
>> a 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in
>> fact a 9 slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some
>> reason he convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots
>> were bigger so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this
>> unit has one package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have
>> to pay for and put another unit in.
>>
>> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
>> messaging me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that.
>> Said he thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us
>> when they were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200.
>> Hmmm...
>
> But without large package lockers how will you survive? You order most of
> your food, remember?

Food doesn't usually come USPS.

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 16:30:51 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>> launched
>> into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
>> something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and
>> we
>> have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
>> don't know.
>>
>> When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered
>> a
>> 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact
>> a 9
>> slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
>> convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were
>> bigger
>> so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
>> package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for
>> and
>> put another unit in.
>>
>> So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
>> messaging
>> me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
>> thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
>> were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...
>
> <yawn> This is a non-issue. I think you're just making this shit up
> or falling for some sort of scam. Block the guy from your phone and
> move along. Th post office replaced it. I'm 1000% sure of it yet
> you continue to play dumb and ignorant.

Nooo they didn't. If they did, wouldn't they have said that? We've all been
there repeatedly. We've all been told that a neighbor had it installed. Who
this person is, we do not know.

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On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>
I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?

Jill

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
>> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
>> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
>> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>>
>I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?

Y'all seem to, a lot! Especially Sqwertz. Shows you what a caring guy
he is.

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Bruce wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> >> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> >> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
> >> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
> >> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
> >> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
> >>
> >I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?
>
> Y'all seem to, a lot! Especially Sqwertz. Shows you what a caring guy
> he is.

This group seems to be an offshoot of the show,
"Pit Bulls and Parolees"

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Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> Mike Duffy wrote:
> > On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:06:46 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:
> >
> >> Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
> >> months to come.
> >
> > Maybe she can install one of those tracker apps onto a cell phone and
> > mail it to herself. At least that way, she would know where her mail is
> > going.
> >
> > At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
> > complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
> > returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.
> >
>
> Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.

Here's an old funny. When my daughter was off to college (UVA),
I got a letter from her once with no stamp. Stamps cost about
33 cents each then.

She didn't have a stamp available so she scotch-taped
3 dimes and 3 pennies to the envelope.

My guess it that the postal workers saw that and laughed
so they did send it on to me with the coins still attached.
Maybe the college return address helped. Wacky college kids.

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On Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:40:54 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Hank Rogers wrote:
>>
>> Mike Duffy wrote:
>> > On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 22:06:46 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hell it's only the tip of the iceberg. The drama won't play out for
>> >> months to come.
>> >
>> > Maybe she can install one of those tracker apps onto a cell phone and
>> > mail it to herself. At least that way, she would know where her mail is
>> > going.
>> >
>> > At the moment, the only suggestion I can think of that is more
>> > complicated is afixing insufficient postage to ensure that it gets
>> > returned to sender, as well as renting a PO box for the return address.
>> >
>>
>> Good idea, but I don't think you can buy postage stamps in Bothell.
>
>Here's an old funny. When my daughter was off to college (UVA),
>I got a letter from her once with no stamp. Stamps cost about
>33 cents each then.
>
>She didn't have a stamp available so she scotch-taped
>3 dimes and 3 pennies to the envelope.
>
>My guess it that the postal workers saw that and laughed
>so they did send it on to me with the coins still attached.
>Maybe the college return address helped. Wacky college kids.

Postal workers with a sense of humour. That's dying out. And not just
with postal workers.

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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>
>Food doesn't usually come USPS.

Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS. I
think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse. A lot of
food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
grocery stores. We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes. Amazon has the best deal on
spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
difference in quality than from Penzeys. In fact Amazon's seems
fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
comes in a rectangular plastic container. I save those rectangular
plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
than cylinders.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.

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On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy named
> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
> have the keys.

You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?

-sw

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
>> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
>> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
>> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>>
>I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?
>
>Jill

It's not even Julie's mailbox, it belongs to the USPS the same as my
PO Box. However I pay yearly rent for my PO Box.
My country mailbox at the side of the road belongs to me, I purchased
it, installed it, and it's my responsibility to maintain it... but I
pay no rent for it, the USPS delivers mail to it the same as they
would and often do to my front door.
If the communal mailbox that Julie uses with others becomes damaged
they must have a binding agreement for maintaining it. So far it
appears that Julie hasn't a clue regarding the provisions of using
that communal mailbox.
We have one of those communal mailboxes that's used by the tenants in
that shopping center/strip mall in our village... it belongs to the
USPS... I don't believe they are concerned about damage, that thing is
built like a tank, and it's obvious that there are several cameras
installed atop the lighting poles some 40' high focused on it 24/7...
at night that entire area is lit up like a sunny day. At one end
there's a new Dunkin Donuts in the middle of the parking lot that
never closes, cop cars are in there all the time. We don't have a
Police Department per se, all those cop cars are marked County Sheriff
or State Trooper. I'm sure there are lots more cameras surveying the
area, that strip mall contains three banks. These days there's no
escape from cameras, every business has them, every cell phone.

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On 7/7/2020 12:12 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 05:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/6/2020 7:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
>>> started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
>>> launched into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was
>>> Juliette. Then something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in.
>>> He put it in and we have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic
>>> of the mailbox. Why? I don't know.
>>>
>> I have to wonder... does anyone actually care about Julie's mailbox?
>>
>> Jill
>
> It's not even Julie's mailbox, it belongs to the USPS the same as my
> PO Box. However I pay yearly rent for my PO Box.
(snippage)

> We have one of those communal mailboxes that's used by the tenants in
> that shopping center/strip mall in our village... it belongs to the
> USPS... I don't believe they are concerned about damage, that thing is
> built like a tank, and it's obvious that there are several cameras
> installed atop the lighting poles some 40' high focused on it 24/7...

Appropos of nothing, there is a communal mailbox like that in the strip
mall where I worked at H&R Block last year. The people I worked with
(one woman, Estella, had been there 30 years) had no idea we even had a
mailbox. All the mail was supposed to be delivered to the larger H&R
office on the other side of town. One day someone from the USPS came in
and said they were going to re-key all those boxes because they had a
new mail carrier taking over that route; how many keys would we need?
Estella said "We have a mailbox?" LOL

Jill

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On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 8:22:34 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> > I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> > started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he launched
> > into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
> > something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and
> > we
> > have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why? I
> > don't know.
> >
> > When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy ordered
> > a
> > 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact a
> > 9
> > slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
> > convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were bigger
> > so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
> > package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for
> > and
> > put another unit in.
> >
> > So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
> > messaging
> > me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
> > thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when they
> > were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...
>
> I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no contract or
> verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable to me. If it was
> agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred bucks in cash when he gave me
> the key - preferably at the box so the key can be verified to work. Easy as
> pie.
>
> That sounds good to me!

If you're the kind of person that hates to be conned into being forced to buy stuff without an agreement, you could also rent a mailbox from the post office or a mail box service. In my case, that would be easy enough since the PO is located down the street. My guess it that it might be a hassle to get to yours.

In our condo, it took quite a while to agree on a design for new mail box installation. It seemed like a lot of fuss but our new mail boxes are back loaded and more roomy. Quite efficient! We also have a spiffy set of parcel lockers. The new boxes will fit our mailing needs well into the future.

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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy named
>> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
>> have the keys.
>
> You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
> Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
> bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?

That's what he said. Ross is my neighbor. Dave said he is the one who does
all of the installations for mail boxes. I didn't ask Dave who he works for
but he said he was hired by a guy (one of my neighbors) to install the box.
He made it sound like he ordered the box too but he was nutty sounding.
Thought my name was Juliette and kept launching into some Shakespeare stuff.

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"Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>
>>Food doesn't usually come USPS.
>
> Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS. I
> think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse. A lot of
> food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
> grocery stores. We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
> lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes. Amazon has the best deal on
> spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
> use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
> difference in quality than from Penzeys. In fact Amazon's seems
> fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
> comes in a rectangular plastic container. I save those rectangular
> plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
> than cylinders.
> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
> Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
> adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.

I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from Amazon
Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes from Boxed.
Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through Google Shopping,
and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or from one of the store's
drivers.

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On 7/7/2020 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy
>>> named
>>> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does not
>>> have the keys.
>>
>> You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
>> Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
>> bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?
>
> That's what he said. Ross is my neighbor. Dave said he is the one who
> does all of the installations for mail boxes. I didn't ask Dave who he
> works for but he said he was hired by a guy (one of my neighbors) to
> install the box. He made it sound like he ordered the box too but he was
> nutty sounding. Thought my name was Juliette and kept launching into
> some Shakespeare stuff.

Um, that would be 'Juliet'... ;)

Jill

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On 7/7/2020 7:12 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>
>>> Food doesn't usually come USPS.
>>
>> Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS.Â* I
>> think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse.Â* A lot of
>> food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
>> grocery stores.Â* We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
>> lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes.Â* Amazon has the best deal on
>> spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
>> use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
>> difference in quality than from Penzeys.Â* In fact Amazon's seems
>> fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
>> comes in a rectangular plastic container.Â* I save those rectangular
>> plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
>> than cylinders.
>> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
>>
>> Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
>> adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.
>
> I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from Amazon
> Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes from Boxed.
> Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through Google
> Shopping, and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or from one
> of the store's drivers.

These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering. I
ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck. (For those
who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)

Jill

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On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 19:23:40 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/7/2020 7:12 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Food doesn't usually come USPS.
>>>
>>> Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS.* I
>>> think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse.* A lot of
>>> food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
>>> grocery stores.* We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
>>> lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes.* Amazon has the best deal on
>>> spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
>>> use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
>>> difference in quality than from Penzeys.* In fact Amazon's seems
>>> fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
>>> comes in a rectangular plastic container.* I save those rectangular
>>> plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
>>> than cylinders.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
>>>
>>> Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
>>> adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.
>>
>> I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from Amazon
>> Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes from Boxed.
>> Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through Google
>> Shopping, and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or from one
>> of the store's drivers.
>
>These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering. I
>ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
>delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck. (For those
>who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
>rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)
>
>Jill

We buy about $200 worth of pet food a month from Chewy, all delivered
by UPS. Never a problem, if we see them coming they bring if all into
our garage.

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jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/7/2020 7:12 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Food doesn't usually come USPS.
>>>
>>> Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS.Â* I
>>> think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse.Â* A lot of
>>> food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
>>> grocery stores.Â* We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
>>> lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes.Â* Amazon has the best deal on
>>> spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
>>> use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
>>> difference in quality than from Penzeys.Â* In fact Amazon's seems
>>> fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
>>> comes in a rectangular plastic container.Â* I save those rectangular
>>> plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
>>> than cylinders.
>>> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
>>>
>>> Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
>>> adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.
>>
>> I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from
>> Amazon Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes
>> from Boxed. Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target
>> through Google Shopping, and sometimes Costco. This stuff either
>> comes UPS or from one of the store's drivers.
>
> These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering.Â*
> I ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
> delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck.Â* (For those
> who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
> rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)
>
> Jill

Penske is a huge renter to businesses.Â* Our FedEx guy showed up in one
when his truck was down.

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On 7/7/2020 7:37 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 19:23:40 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/7/2020 7:12 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Food doesn't usually come USPS.
>>>>
>>>> Amazon sends us lots of food items, usually through USPS or UPS.Â* I
>>>> think which carrier depends on from which Amazon warehouse.Â* A lot of
>>>> food items can be purchased from Amazon for lower prices than from
>>>> grocery stores.Â* We don't buy perishables from Amazon but we do buy a
>>>> lot of foods in cans, jars, boxes.Â* Amazon has the best deal on
>>>> spices/dried herbs, usually in restaurant sized containers... if you
>>>> use a lot of peppercorns Amazon is the place to buy, and I find no
>>>> difference in quality than from Penzeys.Â* In fact Amazon's seems
>>>> fresher and is packaged better; 1 1/3 pounds of white peppercorns
>>>> comes in a rectangular plastic container.Â* I save those rectangular
>>>> plastic containers in various sizes, they take up less freezer space
>>>> than cylinders.
>>>> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=peppercor...b_sb_ss_i_5_11
>>>>
>>>> Amazon beats your local pharmacy on OTC meds... I save even more by
>>>> adding some items to their Subscribe & Save program.
>>>
>>> I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from Amazon
>>> Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes from Boxed.
>>> Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through Google
>>> Shopping, and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or from one
>>> of the store's drivers.
>>
>> These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering. I
>> ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
>> delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck. (For those
>> who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
>> rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)
>>
>> Jill
>
> We buy about $200 worth of pet food a month from Chewy, all delivered
> by UPS. Never a problem, if we see them coming they bring if all into
> our garage.
>
Yeah, well I don't have a hurd of cats <G> I was quite surprised to see
the Penske truck. The driver left the box outside of my garage, didn't
attempt to bring it into the garage or even let me know it had been
delivered. I wouldn't have known it had been delivered if I hadn't been
sitting where I could see the truck stop at the end of the driveway and
the person drop it off.

Jill

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On 2020-07-07 7:23 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/7/2020 7:12 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>> I don't order much food from Amazon. I did get some almonds from
>> Amazon Fresh as they had the cheapest price. Most of my food comes
>> from Boxed. Jet/Walmart (Jet is now Walmart), Target or Target through
>> Google Shopping, and sometimes Costco. This stuff either comes UPS or
>> from one of the store's drivers.
>
> These days there's no telling which carrier is doing the delivering.Â* I
> ordered some cat supplies from Chewy last month and the person who
> delivered it arrived driving a bright yellow Penske truck.Â* (For those
> who don't know, Penske is a rental truck service, like U-Haul, usually
> rented by people who are moving, not delivering supplies.)
>

There are all sorts of sub contractors making deliveries these days.
Online shopping had already been increasing but then this pandemic came
along and online became the only way to get a lot of goods. The first
few things I bought online were disappointingly slow arriving, but then
the started speeding up. The best was a small item I ordered from
BestBuys. I ordered it at about 11 am one morning and it arrived at 2pm
the next day...... not the post office.

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On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:45:11 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:

> Thank yoose Gruce, so nice of you. <snif snif>

I was kidding, Hank. I was at one time belabouring under the
misapprehension that there were two Sheldons, one always forged (i.e. the
'bad' Sheldon).

And because I was using a novel-for-me newsreader, I was often off-by-one
regarding attributions and for a while I conflated ds1 with 'good'
Sheldon.

I mean, let's face it. I have never before seen a newsgroup where the
forgeries are so common that the forgers sometimes append their real
aliases (?) in brackets to help out newcomers.


Anyways, to be brutally honest, I initially thought that your posts were
a bit gross in terms of tone. But then, I realized that 'bad' Hank
usually only appears for the pathetically insecure fart-sniffer who in
his desperation for any type of attention always has his fully erect
snout front & centre, ready to go where angels fear to tread.

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Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:45:11 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
>> Thank yoose Gruce, so nice of you. <snif snif>
>
> I was kidding, Hank. I was at one time belabouring under the
> misapprehension that there were two Sheldons, one always forged (i.e. the
> 'bad' Sheldon).
>
> And because I was using a novel-for-me newsreader, I was often off-by-one
> regarding attributions and for a while I conflated ds1 with 'good'
> Sheldon.
>
> I mean, let's face it. I have never before seen a newsgroup where the
> forgeries are so common that the forgers sometimes append their real
> aliases (?) in brackets to help out newcomers.
>
>
> Anyways, to be brutally honest, I initially thought that your posts were
> a bit gross in terms of tone. But then, I realized that 'bad' Hank
> usually only appears for the pathetically insecure fart-sniffer who in
> his desperation for any type of attention always has his fully erect
> snout front & centre, ready to go where angels fear to tread.
>

Hahahahahahaha!

Oh gawd help us if ever there are *two* Popeyes ... LOL.

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On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 02:55:01 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy >
wrote:

>I was kidding, Hank. I was at one time belabouring under the
>misapprehension that there were two Sheldons, one always forged (i.e. the
>'bad' Sheldon).
>
>And because I was using a novel-for-me newsreader, I was often off-by-one
>regarding attributions and for a while I conflated ds1 with 'good'
>Sheldon.

That had nothing to do with your newsreader, but everything with your
denseness.

>I mean, let's face it. I have never before seen a newsgroup where the
>forgeries are so common that the forgers sometimes append their real
>aliases (?) in brackets to help out newcomers.

Huh? lol

>Anyways, to be brutally honest, I initially thought that your posts were
>a bit gross in terms of tone. But then, I realized that 'bad' Hank
>usually only appears for the pathetically insecure fart-sniffer who in
>his desperation for any type of attention always has his fully erect
>snout front & centre, ready to go where angels fear to tread.

Ah, we can add Mike to team Sheldon, Hank and Greg. The Fab Four, so
to speak, a new elderly boy band.

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"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 8:22:34 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 1:31:03 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> > I called the number that Ross gave me. The man gave me a headache! He
> > started by saying very flatly. "This is not a recording!" Then he
> > launched
> > into Shakespeare because he thought I said my name was Juliette. Then
> > something about a guy called him to put the mailbox in. He put it in and
> > we
> > have to pay the guy. He wants me to send him a pic of the mailbox. Why?
> > I
> > don't know.
> >
> > When I told him that it wasn't the right mailbox, he said the guy
> > ordered
> > a
> > 10 slot. They don't make them that way. They never did. Ours was in fact
> > a
> > 9
> > slot. The closest thing they had was a 12 slot but for some reason he
> > convinced the guy to take a 13 slot. Something about the slots were
> > bigger
> > so maybe we didn't need package lockers. Pretty sure this unit has one
> > package locker. Said if we wanted package lockers, we'd have to pay for
> > and
> > put another unit in.
> >
> > So... I'm still just a confused. I still have no key. But Ross is
> > messaging
> > me. He sent me a scan of the invoice. Not sure how he got that. Said he
> > thought the keys were not done yet and the guy would contact us when
> > they
> > were done. Sometime this week. He too said we each owe $200. Hmmm...
>
> I can't say what you should do but I'd just tell him that I no contract or
> verbal agreement with him but $100 would be agreeable to me. If it was
> agreeable with him, I'd give him the hundred bucks in cash when he gave me
> the key - preferably at the box so the key can be verified to work. Easy
> as
> pie.
>
> That sounds good to me!

If you're the kind of person that hates to be conned into being forced to
buy stuff without an agreement, you could also rent a mailbox from the post
office or a mail box service. In my case, that would be easy enough since
the PO is located down the street. My guess it that it might be a hassle to
get to yours.

In our condo, it took quite a while to agree on a design for new mail box
installation. It seemed like a lot of fuss but our new mail boxes are back
loaded and more roomy. Quite efficient! We also have a spiffy set of parcel
lockers. The new boxes will fit our mailing needs well into the future.

---

I don't want to rent a PO box. Far too expensive and inconvenient/

My concern is... What if someone hits it again? Then we have to pay again. I
still can't see how it was hit unless it was done on purpose.

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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/7/2020 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy
>>>> named
>>>> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does
>>>> not
>>>> have the keys.
>>>
>>> You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
>>> Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
>>> bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?
>>
>> That's what he said. Ross is my neighbor. Dave said he is the one who
>> does all of the installations for mail boxes. I didn't ask Dave who he
>> works for but he said he was hired by a guy (one of my neighbors) to
>> install the box. He made it sound like he ordered the box too but he was
>> nutty sounding. Thought my name was Juliette and kept launching into some
>> Shakespeare stuff.
>
> Um, that would be 'Juliet'... ;)
>
> Jill

I stand corrected. I'm not into Shakespeare.

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"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/7/2020 7:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 23:22:21 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ross is my neighbor. The post office did not install the box. A guy
>>>> named
>>>> Dave does all of the installation of mailboxes. The post office does
>>>> not
>>>> have the keys.
>>>
>>> You said that Ross said "Dave, a USPS guy" installed the mailbox.
>>> Are you now taking what you said back, or do you want to try and
>>> bend it somehow to where you didn't say that?
>>
>> That's what he said. Ross is my neighbor. Dave said he is the one who
>> does all of the installations for mail boxes. I didn't ask Dave who he
>> works for but he said he was hired by a guy (one of my neighbors) to
>> install the box. He made it sound like he ordered the box too but he was
>> nutty sounding. Thought my name was Juliette and kept launching into some
>> Shakespeare stuff.
>
> Um, that would be 'Juliet'... ;)
>
> Jill

I stand corrected. I'm not into Shakespeare.

===

Juliette is not an uncommon name:)