Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for November 17, 2016

But how does Schroeder remember the street’s name being James? Sparky could’ve gone with – if you ask me – Ludwig Lane.

James is actually a very easy name to memorize, numbers are harder so Schroeder is lucky.

When I grew up and moved away they changed the numbering of the street I grew up on. The house is still there, but when I tried to find it on Google Maps, the street number came back empty.

I have no trouble remembering my street address, since it consists of multiples of 3.

When Beethoven was born, was he the 5th? (Get the joke?)

Of course…

My mother drilled my address into me when I was a toddler— 67 Craig Drive, Deptford, NJ. It’s still there— but the trees I swore to climb when I was big enough are gone, alas. We moved away when I was 4.

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I always remembered my dad’s zip in South Philly as the years of WWI: 19148

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I drilled my phone number into my grand-nieces heads for emergencies by repeatedly singing it to the tune of an obnoxious commercial jingle played over and over when I was growing up (“Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge”, IIRC). Even now I can’t remember it myself unless I sing it.

In a month. A one day reprieve from xmas muzak.

I still remember the address that I lived at from the time I was born until I was nine years old and that was over FIFTY YEARS ago.

Phone number 1940. 1427W.

No James Street in either Minneapolis or St Paul but both have a James Ave.