Phantom Parking tickets?

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that someone can help me - has anyone else been receiving past due notices for parking tickets they never received? And are there any rules against parking in front of the church on College Avenue (about two blocks up from Hall Street) that I'm unaware of?

Here's the deal: I have a doctor's appointment on Hall Ave once a week. At that time, I usually end up finding parking on College Avenue in front of the church, maybe up a little bit. I'm only there for about an hour and a quarter, then when I'm done with the appointment I get in my car and go home. No tickets on my car, no nothing. This week I've gotten TWO notices that I apparently received tickets for "overtime parking" on May 23 and May 17, and now I have to deal with the hell that is the parking clerk's office. I never received anything on my car AT ALL - not even a notice to move my car - and how can parking for an hour and a half at most be considered "overtime?"

Any insight would be appreciated. I have to interrupt my vacation to deal with these jerks Tuesday, and I'd really like to know if there's some unspoken rule that the signs on the street aren't indicating to me. I'm very careful to check for Permit-Only status, and I'm never there during street cleaning times.

EDIT: While I do appreciate the advice that not receiving the physical ticket isn't an excuse not to pay the ticket, the real problem here is that (and I just double-checked this) every single sign on College Avenue from Hall Street to Kidder Avenue (which is where I park for my appointments, and where I got the alleged "overtime" parking tickets) is listed as a 2-hour parking space; I have never, in any circumstance, been parked in said space for longer than an hour and a half. In addition, the city has already given me one $100 snow-emergency parking ticket last year which actually belonged to someone ELSE'S car; and because they let that ticket go (because it wasn't my ticket), they used it as an excuse to not forgive ANOTHER ticket I shouldn't have gotten back in June. This habit the city has of punishing people for needing a car is part of what made me decide to move out of the city in August.

Ball Square Cafe

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I noticed today that the Ball Square Cafe is opening soon where Sound Bites used to be. (I have to say, I like the sign--the way the word "cafe" forms a teacup, and the steam makes the sqiggly ells in "Ball.")

http://www.ballsquarecafe.com/

Free Moving Boxes

[derekp.livejournal.com]

Please take and re-use our moving boxes!  20 or so Boxes of all sizes and shapes.  Most are broken down and ready for transport.  They are sitting out at the end of the driveway at <redacted>.  Help yourself.  First come first serve.

EDIT: They're gone to recycling.

Free Moving Boxes

[derekp.livejournal.com]

Please take and re-use our moving boxes!  20 or so Boxes of all sizes and shapes.  Most are broken down and ready for transport.  They are sitting out at the end of the driveway at <redacted>.  Help yourself.  First come first serve.

EDIT: They're gone to recycling.

Free rollerskates!

[veek.livejournal.com]

A bit later tonight I'll put out a pair of women's rollerskates (four wheels arranged like on a car, front brake), size 8. They're ancient -- I got them at a thrift store back in 97 -- and a tiny bit scuffed on the fronts, but other than that they're in great condition. They're a little small for my feet, or I'd keep them. They're delightful.

Want them? They're yours. Come by after 7 and get them; save them from the gruesome fate of the landfill.

ETA: D'oh! Address: in front of the purple house on Kidder Ave, near corner with Powder House Terrace, a block away from College Ave.