On 17 March 2015 at 16:39, Bob Blick wrote: > I remember a game a roommate of mine in school used to do. He'd send > letters to himself using really short addresses to see what got through. > The shortest was: > DVA > BH > UCLA > Long ago the mayor of Auckland NZ, Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, but universally known as Robbie, had a wager with an Australian colleague. He claimed that a letter addressed Robbie New Zealand would be correctly delivered. It was. Never tried as far as I know, but at one stgae a letter addressed "Piggy, New Zealand" would a;most certainly have correctly reached the Prime Minister. (Then Sir Robert Muldoon, aka "Piggy Muldoon". for his unusual facial appearance).(A name he probably was happy enough with). Russell --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .