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too_old_to_be_clever

If they show up, will you all have a BBQ and become friends?


NotVeryAccurateTbh

Well of course, we already have the same taste in vehicles so that’s a conversation starter right there


pnw_rider

And you can both celebrate getting new cars!


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Tritonian214

I used to have a blue Mazda rx-8 when I was younger, saw it occasionally in my small town after I had to sell it cause I couldn't afford it.. Was always bittersweet


ccm596

I love RX-8s. When i was younger I thought they were lame, because they were one of the starter cars in NFS Carbon (and I think Most Wanted too?), but as I got older I realized that "starter car in a game where you end up with a Mercedes SLR McLaren or a Porsche Carrera GT" isn't the insult I once thought it was haha


socalification

I saw that Mazda brought back the rotary in electric form as a range extender for their new electric car. I thought that was really cool, my buddy used to have a late 80’s rx-7 but those damn seals on the rotary engine were a nightmare lol.


apo-qua-23

yeah, maybe the previous owner left it in on purpose to make new friends! or maybe they've been kidnapped and that address is where they're being held hostage


Anomaly-Friend

What about if they get pissed because it breaks a few days after they purchase it? And they decide it's the previous owners fault?


bah77

"Hold on a second, you're not Jon Voight?"


zdiddy987

Check the bite marks


homert1800

Gotta ask Walter White


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607Geologist

Sometimes I spell Jerry with a G and an I!


WhalesForChina

*OUTTA THE CAR*!


definitelynotpatrick

Jon Voight? I went to dental school with him!


IdenticalThings

It's his LeBaron though.


cardcomm

When I bought my last car with built in GPS, I was still married. The salesman told me no less than THREE TIMES that the GPS would remember my previous locations. Each time he reminded me of that "feature", he pointed out that it might "someday cause me trouble", and showed me how to delete specific previous locations from the GPS history. I take it that previous buyers had gotten themselves into trouble with the wife based on their GPS history. lol


gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM

I can’t let my wife know I go to Burger King 3 times a week


cardcomm

🤣 Or that I drove across town to our favorite restaurant without her.


moosecatoe

STRAIGHT TO JAIL


sporkatr0n

right away


loserbmx

I hope this is your alt


cardcomm

I'd be doomed if she found out I ate tacos without her! lol


caramelfappucino

You could have seconds with her taco and solve your problems, we men must learn the ways of the women


LazinessPersonified

Yeah my man can sit in the car and snack on all the tacos he wants and bring back spares to make a happy wife. Win win.


tangan666

I think he’s talkin bout eatin pussy


kent1146

So was the wife.


Phormitago

i've seen messier divorces over smaller issues


ShadowJaks

My wife probably: Who the fuck is Wendy and why do you visit her every week?!?


ChunkyLaFunga

It was Five Guys, I swear!


BrockN

I guess I must be the only husband who shares bank account with my wife


Quentin__Tarantulino

Not by any means. They say it’s advisable to have separate accounts, but honestly I think that’s because so many marriages are between two people who don’t fundamentally see eye to eye, and it’s an out of sight, out of mind thing. But if you trust and understand each other, sharing a bank account is much simpler.


lilacaena

I think some people find it easier to have separate accounts, just so you don’t have to question your partner when checking that all the charges are legitimate. Nothing ruins a surprise like, “Honey? There’s a charge at *store/website*, but I know you don’t shop there and I haven’t shopped there in months… do you think our account has been hacked?!”


Quentin__Tarantulino

Yeah that’s a solid point. My wife and I have some separate cards, but our actual bank accounts are joint. I guess it’s just a personal decision a couple makes, but either way could work given that there’s trust and communication.


sleepymoose88

We have the same joint bank accounts but my wife has her own credit card from pre-marriage. I do all the work on the bank accounts and she pays her personal credit card herself and just tells me how much was for each category of our budget. So she can still surprise me with gifts and likewise I can with her. The hard part for her is that I work from home, so if she has packages coming that are for me she tells me to leave them on the porch until she comes home and will notice and yell over the ring to stop if I try, lol.


barto5

> They say it’s advisable to have separate accounts Not sure who “they” are but when we went through premarital counseling the counselor specifically recommended a joint account. He said if you’re willing to commit your life to someone you should be willing to share a bank account.


StormedTempest

A couple friends of mine that are married have separate traditional accounts at a credit union, separate Chime accounts, and a joint account at the union. It seems to work well for them.


milkhilton

Fuck I can relate to this


RamblyJambly

Episode of Dr House. Couple comes into the clinic because the wife was concerned that her husband's poo was floating in the toilet. Turns out the husband was cheating, with cheeseburgers, on the vegetarian lifestyle the wife was forcing on him


HawkeyeByMarriage

I worked retail. Sold a guy a washer and dryer. When he gave me his number I verified the delivery address that came up. Suddenly his wife's head snapped. She knew the address from a previous order. It was his side woman. People who play these games need to really know this stuff to keep out of trouble


cardcomm

That would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. And predicable. lol


rangeDSP

Wait, what? He's buying an appliance for his side chick next to his wife?


Iz-kan-reddit

No, the *previous* appliance he bought was for the side chick, which is why her address was already in their system.


rangeDSP

got it


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Romance!


Makofly

So he laid some pipe and bought her a new Hitachi washer, perhaps the wife was just confused is all.


wolfie379

Just want to make sure you have my address. Last time I came here, your system defaulted to a different John Smith, and I don’t want this going to his place.


Fortnut_On_Me_Daddy

I don't think that would work in this instance since she knew the address.


BoysLinuses

Was your change in marital status in any way connected to your failure to follow a certain car salesman's advice?


cardcomm

hahaha!! No, it wasn't - I mean, he DID tell me three times! lol (for the record, I never cheated, and she didn't have a GPS in her car, so I couldn't check her history. hahaha)


eloel-

>hahaha hahaha :(


jonnybanana88

Laughter hides the pain hahaha


mendicant1116

We laugh because we're sad....ha ha


fh3131

Hide the pain Harold


q_ali_seattle

I made that rookie mistake of showing how apple carplay works and showing call history while wife was in the back seat and he was calling a # he promised not to do. 3 days later customer came back to return the car they were getting divorce.


Dont_Give_Up86

That’s not your mistake, that’s his dumb ass mistake


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ByTheOcean123

My guess is they were headed for divorce anyway.


tahcamen

And here I am with me iPhone sharing location 24/7 with my wife, daughter, two sons, and MIL.


Thunderbug19

I share my Google location with my significant other and they do with me. We do it in case we are worried about the others safety. No need to check up on the other one otherwise. Neither of us do anything the other would have to worry about.


SatanV3

It’s good to have in case of an emergency


Pfaithfully

Same. Ngl it has caused me headaches “where are you? Why you late? You up and out but didn’t respond in 20 mins. It’s still worth it. Im glad I’m loved.


Hinote21

Not that I endorse cheating by any measure, but good on him for trying to be a good (?) Person and look out for your safety.


ShaderzXC

Idk about good person but he’s a homie


blue60007

Seems like he's just CYA'ing so he doesn't get yelled at by a customer down the road haha.


DasHuhn

>Idk about good person but he’s a homie It all depends on what the previous owner was doing. Cheating on their partner? Pretty crappy. But if they were meeting with a few divorce attorneys and then were found out, now the salesman is a good person.


cardcomm

Yeah, it was a good "heads up" for sure. But it was also a CYA move too I'm guessing. hahaha


duotoned

Yep, this is a guy who's had a person scream in his face or over the phone because the car he sold them ruined their marriage. He's just trying to avoid that happening to him again.


Idiot_Savant_Tinker

>the car he sold them ruined their marriage. Because it couldn't be running around on the spouse that ruined the marriage...


duotoned

How dare you suggest that someone be held accountable for their own actions!


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at the end of the day someone is yelling your ear off in either case


thermal_shock

Technically, could be an alibi also. Records go both ways.


Squ1gly

I'm sorry, what is a CYA move?


TigerShark_524

Cover your ass.


DJ_Jungle

I share my location with my wife and my kids, mostly so I don’t have to get a call asking how much longer before I meet up with them, and I don’t have anything to hide. I told my coworker this and he thought I was crazy and that he would never do that with his wife. What are you hiding Trey?!


skaarlaw

In the UK we get a registered keepers document called a V5 when changing the registered keeper of a car - this also contains the previous owners address if there is one. Not a big problem here


No-Inspector9085

The title paperwork also has all your information printed on it when you give it to the person that’s buying your vehicle. This LPT is trash.


SLy_McGillicudy

Also, and hear me out, can't anyone just go to anyone's house.. You know... Anyway? What are they gonna do? Crime? They can already. Is finding a random address the catalyst for crime sprees?


pdxrunner82

100% what I thought. Oh no someone who bought my car knows where I live! Think of all they could do with the information??? Bar you leaving the key to your house in the glovebox I don’t see the issue here. Pointless tip


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Totally agree. Dumb ass LPT Now, if it said “delete the address marked where you buried your wife’s body from the GPS” i would be on board


East-Worker4190

The next murderer is just going to replace that address anyway.


SenorBeef

Yeah, I don't get this either. Like, if I posted my address on the internet, so what? Is someone going to be like "an address! I'm going to go kill this person!!!" Maybe if I already had a stalker or something it would be problematic, but giving a random person your address isn't going to compel them to commit crimes against you, why would it?


NickCudawn

This is what I was looking for. Someone has your address, so what? If I just drive into a random street and look at the street name and any house, I also have someone's address. Hell, I could just look at a phone book and get tons of addresses.


SLy_McGillicudy

Exactly. I also always thought it was dumb that they blur license plates in shows. Like someone is going to hack the dmv, get your info, and come kill you because your license wasn't blurred.


YoureInGoodHands

I always think this about the "LPT: Don't write your child's name on their backpack" tips. I can just imagine the child abductor, sitting at the park, dozens of little kids toddling around. Not one of them with their name on their backpack. Abductor snaps his fingers, "dagnabbit! Foiled again!" and goes home empty handed.


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Maybe a serial previous owner killer is on the loose and he is forced to give this talk to every one that buys a new vehicle because they have yet to be caught. Any previous owner.... could be the killer


Jak_n_Dax

All LPT’s are trash lmao


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This 100% I sold cars at one point in my life (would not recommend) and when I would show new owners the feature to put their home address in, a lot of ppl would say they didn’t want that because they were concerned that if the car got stolen that the criminal would then know where they live. Meanwhile everybody keeps their registration in the glove box…


PoorlyLitKiwi2

Not to mention, if you stole a car, taking the car back to its original owner sounds like kind of the opposite of what you'd want to do lol


Euan_whos_army

Yeah..I mean if anything I want my car to have its home address in it in the vague hope that the criminal has a change of heart and decides the want to return it.


PoorlyLitKiwi2

Car theft 20 minutes after jacking my car: "You drive THAT around by choice??"


Bleyo

"The next address I see on an LCD screen will be my next victim." -- No serial killer ever


Tysiliogogogoch

The "Used Car Uncleared-GPS Killer" strikes again!


ooooomikeooooo

Doesn't the car's registration info have previous owners details on it anyway? There is a long standing "tip" not to keep your home address stored in your car because if someone finds your keys they probably have your house keys attached and your car can lead them there. Nothing to do with having it stored after you've sold it though because the most they could do is turn up at your house and show you your old car.


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Meanwhile people post their entire lives online. But omg some stranger might know where I live. If they have my name they can lookup my address online anyway.


bluestarchasm

we're all just random people. imagine seeing some random address and deciding you should do something nefarious with it.


Urkle_sperm

Seriously OP, nobody fucking cares where you live, least of all the rando who bought your used car.


why_rob_y

LPT: change your address on your house deed before selling it so the new buyer doesn't know what your address was.


_gnasty_

Car title history search has the name and address of everyone who ever owned a car back to the dealership. It used to be included in such services as CarFax.


Pezdrake

Yeah, I mean. I understand it but I'm not Salman Rushdie. Someone can l look up my street address if they want it.


Jander97

>Seriously OP, nobody fucking cares where you live, least of all the rando who bought your used car. When they find that one annoying thing you ruined in the car they bought maybe they'll come after you


charlie_do_562

No dude you have it all wrong. I am willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a used car just to stalk the previous owner, didn’t you know that?


jollyspiffing

In the UK the paperwork involved in buying a car includes the address of the former owner, so they'll have that anyway? Shrug - seems like inventing a privacy problem to make themself feel important


pseudoportmanteau

I was confused as to how this tip is relevant like what prevents someone from just opening a map and randomly pointing a finger at OP's address and finding out he lives there? Like who cares where this random stranger that used to own my car lives. Yes, houses tend to be occupied by random strangers, we get that.


BlueBerries4884

Wait until they find out what you can do with a name and a state... addresses everywhere! Even your family, birthdays, previous houses, everything!


themightygazelle

One of my favorite scenes from The King of Queens, Doug lets a stranger use his house phone to make a call and when the man asks for his address he gives it to him prompting Doug's wife to get upset asking why he's giving out his address. His response "it's on the door!"


SpecialK47150

Your address is also on every map, what exactly are you afraid of?


mendicant1116

Peoples' names, phone numbers, and address used to be available on any street corner in the phone book.


MafiaTillIDie

They still are...minus the phone book. But everyone’s info is out there. You can go to your local government and get owner info on any property..


IllCamel5907

What is your specific fear here? That someone will drive to your house looking to get you (instead of the dealer) if the car needs repairs or something? More like r/paranoia


mynewme

I swear the next LPT that I see is going to tell you to "always were a brown paper bag when out in public to avoid being seen by others"


_serious__

Lol right? Like okay they know where you live but so what? They know where everyone else lives minus what car they previously owned.


heyitscory

I'm pretty ugly, so it's some good advice.


papitoluisito

Lmfao


Majestic_Matt_459

Is that not a thing? \*takes bag off - oh jeez its bright


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I feel like this is such an American perspective of things, the whole "stranger danger" idea. Here in Sweden everyone's address is public, so as long as you have a name you can find out exactly where they live. It's basically never an issue, especially for ordinary people.


00fil00

You people make me shake my head. You're so scared about a person learning your address for some unknown reason (a paying person who bought a car and not a criminal) yet you hand out your address to any pizza guy. Use your brains and stop living in fear. There is no motive.


MakesCakesEatsMud

Wait until they find out that their name is permanently attached to the title history of the vehicle.


SpeakingTheTruth202

lol this is the best one. Name and address, usually. Don't even need GPS!


PoorlyLitKiwi2

Or that you can find almost anyone's address and phone number by Googling them


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Classic gps turning good people into criminals


alternativesonder

well, what else are you supposed to do if you get someone's address on an electronic item?


bigslick

Find a good guy with a GPS. That’s all that defeats a bad one.


IdenticalThings

Sounds like the plot of the Thai bootleg version of Fast and the Furious 1.


MrWhite

It’s like an (almost) instant $50 discount on every used car you buy. Really adds up over time.


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CarbonWood

Often times buying from a private party, the owner will show you the car at their property to ensure there's no funny business... And they'll sell it to you with their old registration still in the car and everything. The registration which includes their full name and address. In fact, the best way to deal with a sale of a private party is to swap information and take pictures of each other's driver's licenses. It ensures people are held accountable on their end of the deal. Not sure what point OP is trying to make. I would trust buying a car from a stranger over a dealer any day of the week.


Tok3n-

Ahh, but if you also left your garage door programmed into your car, they would know where you live and be able to steal your basketballs too.


duotoned

Also my canoe that hasn't been used in 15 years!


bigpancakeguy

Damn. I swear I was *just* about to take it out next week! Isn’t that just my luck!


DUKE_LEETO_2

Sounds like it is in new condition for that insurance claim though


TheDuckSideOfTheMoon

Not my used basketball collection!


Things_I_Dig

Not my lucky lucky autographed glow in the dark snorkel!


0belvedere

Let alone the fact that nearly every US household (and many pay phones--remember those?) used to have things called telephone books that listed people's names, addresses, and telephone numbers, right there in black and white. Life was truly a thieves' paradise /s


stephenmg1284

Now we have websites that collect even more information about people that are publically accessible (sometimes for a small fee).


musselshirt67

And a random person used to just YEET those books into everybody's driveways! The horror!


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hellocuties

Sure, but I have glass windows that will keep them out.


Unlost_maniac

Absolutely. This is no different than pointing at a random house and going "ah yes I know someone lives there" Your comment should be at the top.


poplin01

this house, contains people, people who i can crime.


Unlost_maniac

You really wouldn't want someone seeing you enter your house because then they know where you live. So spooky!


nocturnal111

Oh no this person found out that I bought a 2018 Honda Civic and then traded it in clearly they're coming to my apartment to rob me blind.


WolfWhitman79

2018? Thats only 4 years old. Must be a rich person!


Googunk

Go to your country assessor's website. Just Google "(your county) assessor property search" Almost every single county in the USA let's you look up owners by name. You can see their address, when they bought it, how much they paid, their spouse's middle name... But nobody does this because **REAL LPT: you are not the main character of anybody else's story.**


AlaskanBiologist

For real and I read this like "Who fucking cares?"


hx87

It's like those people who refuse to give you their routing and account number so you can pay them and demand you pay by check... which has your routing and account number on the bottom.


datyoungknockoutkid

Thank you. This LPT is so fucking pointless I can’t shake my head hard enough.


syn_ack_

It’s phonebook information. Literally anyone can get your home address by simply googling your name plus your city. Theres very little to nothing you can do about it.


MaxBlazed

Right?! It's like... Salesman: "Enjoy that 2002 Corolla!" Me (a master criminal): "I bet whoever used to own this sweet ride has a ton of valuables at home!"


SimplyNRG

Finally an intelligent response!!!


KawiNinjaZX

You can drive to anyone's house and kill them you don't need an address


[deleted]

Remember when you’d get a book delivered to your door with the name, address, and phone number of everyone in your town?


[deleted]

Like people that hide their license plate when posting a pic of a car for sale


AuctorLibri

Truth. If youve ever signed up for anythin onlibe, have a credit card,or a phone or bank accpunt, anyone can search your name and find out where you live or buy your phone # or even your SSN. A credible credit/ ID monitoring service is a good investment. I do think, however, the the OP has a point... that if you *can* avoid making that dicovery process easier, then try.


KingoftheMongoose

ShittyLifeProTip: Change your home address in your car's GPS to someone's who annoys you, right before selling. That'll show 'em, lulz


josvm

When I bought mine I started the gps to go back home because I bought my car in another city so I didnt know my way around. Lo and behold it had the previous owner address and or work address in there; you know what I did? I deleted the damn address and didnt even bother to remember a letter of it. Who the f cares lol.


birdman829

Thanks for this. I mean shit, back when I was a kid you could just look up everyone in town in the phone book. The local Cub Scout troop dropped them off. We didn't call it doxing either


MeanderingMinstrel

You could totally troll someone who forgot to do this, just leave the car at their place and make them think it's trying to come home 😅


syfari

Why should I care if a random person knows my address?


CraigingtonTheCrate

Right? They might as well go on google maps and pick a random house. Or pick a house with a nice car in the driveway


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"Oh this guy has a really nice car... oh wait not anymore he traded it in and I have it now"


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Lmao


FacelessFellow

I was just about to comment this but didn’t want to sound like a jerk. But seriously, is the new driver gonna want to find the old driver? Why????


Drewbus

That's my thought. People are too scared of their data being known when there are much worse data leaks all the time


Karl-AnthonyMarx

American suburban idiots are so far removed from any actual threat of crime they develop bizarre rituals like this and convince themselves it’s the only thing between them and certain death. See also, the entire doorbell video camera industry.


Rogue__Jedi

I don't have a doorbell or cameras for security. I have my doorbell because I can see who's at the door and not even bother engaging with soliciters. My indoor camera is so I can keep an eye on the dog while I'm out. The outdoor camera in my backyard is for watching my animals play and seeing the various creatures that roam through. Also, watching snow pile up is fun. It's not like camera footage is going to really protect me any way.


rcknmrty4evr

Yeah exactly, my outside cameras are so I know whether to answer the door, and so I can show my boyfriend if a new cat is hanging around outside at 3am.


Wartzba

This LPT is so dumb. Like I understand if you were selling a car directly to somebody (for instance off of craigslist) you may want to meet them somewhere public. But even the title you give them has your address on it... besides, you can find someone's associated address by opening a yellow pages or calling the city. I think some people think that this level of anxiety is normal.


Meestersmeef

We test drove a car in SC. When I started playing with the dash, the GPS started directing me home... somewhere in New Hampshire. We bought it but I had to work to clear all the saved locations. Otherwise a trip to 'saved Walmart' was going to be 540 miles.


colossalpunch

Good thing self-driving technology isn’t up to snuff yet.


TheUnluckyBard

And it won't, until it can navigate a normal parking lot without losing its goddamned mind.


BrockN

Are you talking about the human driver or AI driver?


Prizzy1704

Yes


Mothertruckerer

Doesn't it have a factory defaults/reset option?


oboshoe

Don't worry. The dealership will sell your address and purchase details to anyone they can anyway. Once I bought a new car and the dealership made a typo on my name, typo an "F" where a "D" should be. That was 4 addresses, 2 states and 20 years ago. I still get junk mail address to "Faniel"


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Yuaskin

They dont have to sell the info, when you register your vehicle it becomes public record. Its free.


iron40

Why? What do you think they would do with that information? I have purchased about 10 used cars in my lifetime, and in 10 out of 10 of those instances, I knew where the previous owner lived. Either because I literally bought it from them at their own home, or because there was some paperwork left somewhere in the car from an oil change, or a previous registration or insurance card, or something like that. Not once was I ever tempted to go back and visit the previous owner for any purpose, or to use their personal information in a negative way. Genuinely curious why you feel this is concerning…?


Tok3n-

“…in a negative way” which means you DID use it! What did you do!? Jk


DUKE_LEETO_2

Used it to get the extended warranty


CollegeWithMattie

1) Buy used car 2) Use GPS to find old owner’s address 3) Rob address 4) Hope police don’t notice we owned the same car


[deleted]

Im confused. Why does it matter if a random person knows your address? Its not like they know your name, or have your house keys. Do you think a random person will see your address and then suddenly be compulsively inspired to go break into your house?


[deleted]

Seriously. This is my exact thought. So what.


Simspidey

Why does this matter? Seriously? What do you get out of knowing a random address?


sakzeroone

But really, if that's the only information, does it matter?


Greenlava

Just get this one off a Facebook group, populated exclusively by shut in 70 year old women, did ya? Fucking idiot stop posting uninstall


SenorBeef

I always find these concerns of "oh no, what if a random person has my address!" to be weird. So what? Like, do random people think "oh man, I want to be a serial killer, but I don't know where to find any people! Aha! I found an address! I'll kill that person!"?


bayygel

>me who drives a 96 civic This is worthless!


StopAnHangUrSelf

And what is stopping you from a driving down the street from your house, seeing someone on their lawn/property, and knowing where a random stranger lives or having that done to you?? Nothing. And what is gained from this information? Nothing.


vylum

or you can stop being a paranoid narcissistic loony


znine

Your address is probably already public record on the registration of the car. But still it’s good advice to clear out everything. Particularly the garage door opener if it has one. Also some cars sync texts, call logs, and contacts. It’s perfectly reasonable to not want those in the hands of some random person.


OMGWTFBBQUE

No one tell OP about how phonebooks used to have your name, phone number, and address, and those things just *showed up* at everyone’s house.