Earlier he'd signed up to take his July vacation in Iowa, biking the 400 miles across that state on a seven-day bike tour known as "RAGBRAI," named for the sponsoring Des Moines Register newspaper.
Maybe he signed up under a second name when he found out someone had been asking about him in Scranton.
So, a smart detective would go downtown and ask his old friend Monica Cutler at the Sentinel for a list of out of town people who've ordered the paper to be mailed to 'em. The ones who've signed up over the past few weeks.
I signed up for the Guardians, and I was getting ready to leave for the mortal world.
The ISP TalkTalk offers " free " high-speed broadband -- once you've signed up for one of its telephone plans.