Elkhorn Annexation Rant

[Jim Redelfs]

I can't begin to tell you what a thrill it has been to become a part of Omaha
- because it HASN'T been!!

I'm sure many long time Omaha residents are smug in their satisfaction that we
now "enjoy" the same paltry snow removal service they have come to expect.

I just got an email from a mail order business from which I ordered
merchandise a day ago. I ordered a new return address stamp with OMAHA as my
address and ordered it shipped to the SAME address.

The company's query: Is my address "Elkhorn" or "Omaha"?

They explained that their UPS program, based on my (unchanged) ZIP code says
I'm "Elkhorn" and that UPS charges a $10 correction fee if the address is
wrong.

I told them to send it to Elkhorn.

The annexation was completed almost a YEAR AGO!! The City of Omaha has
changed hundreds of street signs and forced nearly as many residents to change
their house number. This is surely something that UPS is contending with and
probably has been for months.

I should have known something was amiss: The City of Omaha sent my (first)
bill for licensing my dog to my ELKHORN address.

Sheesh!

[John Kool]

Post by Jim Redelfs
I can't begin to tell you what a thrill it has been to become a part of Omaha
- because it HASN'T been!!
I'm sure many long time Omaha residents are smug in their satisfaction that we
now "enjoy" the same paltry snow removal service they have come to expect.
I just got an email from a mail order business from which I ordered
merchandise a day ago. I ordered a new return address stamp with OMAHA as my
address and ordered it shipped to the SAME address.
The company's query: Is my address "Elkhorn" or "Omaha"?
They explained that their UPS program, based on my (unchanged) ZIP code says
I'm "Elkhorn" and that UPS charges a $10 correction fee if the address is
wrong.
I told them to send it to Elkhorn.
The annexation was completed almost a YEAR AGO!! The City of Omaha has
changed hundreds of street signs and forced nearly as many residents to change
their house number. This is surely something that UPS is contending with and
probably has been for months.
I should have known something was amiss: The City of Omaha sent my (first)
bill for licensing my dog to my ELKHORN address.
Sheesh!

But what does this have to do with the online novella we have all
supposedly been posting lately?


Besides, I remember back before internet access was so common, a FidoNet
board located in Elkhorn called, of all things, MacNet Omaha!

[Jim Redelfs]

Post by John Kool
before internet access was so common, a FidoNet
board located in Elkhorn called, of all things, MacNet Omaha!

Yeah, and it still IS. Check the header of THIS reply! HA!

I wanted a name that also revealed the general location of the BBS. If it
were MacNet Elkhorn, no one would no. I just took Omaha >15 years to catch-up
with me! Now, it seems, the hassle is that I can't NOT call it Elkhorn where
UPS is concerned. Oh, well...

I submitted my pension paperwork using "Omaha". My logic was that that was
the LEGAL/proper word. I hope it doesn't screw-up things. <sigh>