That's not common, Carl.
I've had more than a couple PO Boxes over the last 20 years. Living rural had its good points with noise levels, but bad points when half the time the post office couldn't find your road.
As to your call giving up personal information, what? Google your name. You'll probably find where you currently live, the last 20 plus years of addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.
I recently looked up a friend who had moved from Oregon back in 1999.
Took all of 3 hours and I was talking to him on the ohone. The fact he hadn't had a computer in 22 years didn't matter, the fact he has a flip phone didn't matter. I was still able to find him.
Giving your call on a web forum, guess those guys never heard of qrz.
//smacking my head//
--Shane
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