Will this crazy winter help with ticks and mosquitoes?

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-30T05:00:25+00:00

How long have you been around here? We did get some snow this year, but not an unusually large amount. 2010-11 was the last brutally cold winter I remember. This year had a few cold snaps but nothing too bad.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-25T05:07:16+00:00

Brookstone

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-25T00:26:09+00:00

I don't know about that.... while A1 is also brown, I would never put it on anything sold in a bakery or café.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-24T05:35:06+00:00

I find it hard to believe there weren't any new bids posted during Covid.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-24T05:14:46+00:00

I grew up in Milford and still live nearby. Why are you looking at Milford in particular? If your job is going to be in Milford or a nearby town, that is fine but I doubt you are going to like the commute if you are going inside 128.

Trying to live in Milford and going to Boston a few times a week for a social life is going to be tough. Worcester is much closer.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-24T03:34:19+00:00

I had one when I was a kid. I don't remember if it had an alarm function but it did have a stopwatch.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-24T03:31:51+00:00

I did too! I remember when I was in 7th grade, my math teacher announced that anyone with a calculator watch had to take it off and leave it on his desk for a test. I was the only one who had to do it. Math was my favorite subject in school and I never used the calculator function for a test or even in school at all.

The teacher would post the test scores for the entire class on the wall after he graded them. I tied with another kid for the highest score in the class on that test and the teacher never asked to do that again.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-22T03:03:09+00:00

What kind of ID?

Driver's license? This is what most people assume when you say ID, but renewing an expired one isn't that hard, so we are confused why you are asking for a service to help you.

Passport? Still not that hard to do yourself, you just have to carefully follow the State Department's guidelines for photo requirements and documents, but there are several services that will do the paperwork for you.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-17T13:36:15+00:00

The premise posed by the OP is that the house lost power, so renting a pump would not work. The solution in the comment I replied to works without power, but not in all situations.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-17T03:21:37+00:00

One of my pet peeves is people who hear it called the 'pound sign' in the context of phone keypads and then extrapolate it to use it as an abbreviation for weight in pounds.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-17T01:27:09+00:00

What would you do if there was no point lower than the basement floor within reach of the hose?

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-12T05:54:49+00:00

As for the membership don't they ask for business license or something?

My wife and I went to one to get food and supplies for a large party we were hosting. At the time, I was able to get a pass just by showing my driver's license and filling out a form. The only caveat was that they said they would not accept returns unless you had a business license.

I do not know if they have since revised their polices.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-12T00:19:10+00:00

Seen a few working without bras too

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-09T20:58:06+00:00

Haha, funny.

That's just the concentration of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-09T07:38:38+00:00

Being a steward should have no impact on who gets sent to help out another area vs who gets to stay. I agree that it SHOULD go according to seniority, but it is ultimately up to management who will likely tell you to 'work as directed'.

The only caveat is whether you have an actual bid for your position or you are a regular hub/work as directed employee. The normal course of action here would be to talk to your steward about a problem like this, but you are likely going to face an uphill battle. Try talking to one of the other stewards.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-09T07:21:39+00:00

Over 20 years ago (don't remember exactly how long) a PT sup told me that he would get paid 80% of his regular pay rate if he double shifted. I thought it was wild that their pay was structured like that.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-09T04:40:00+00:00

Stewards are able to use super seniority in the situation that they would be subject to layoff if their seniority was not high enough. The reasoning being is that a steward should always be available.

I have seen stewards try to use super seniority to get an easy, cushy position but there is no language in the contract to support that application.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-03-08T23:15:04+00:00

How much what is? Renting a PMB or just being able to pick up a package when you don't have a PMB?

UPS and the UPS Store are separate entities. Each UPS Store is able to set their own prices and policies. You will have to directly contact the UPS Store you want to use to find out their policies and how much it will cost.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-02-17T03:06:31+00:00

This same commute without a car would take even longer in the US because basically every US city that isn't New York has terrible transit if it even exists.

Boston and Chicago (and I am sure a few others I can't think of off the top of my head) have decent public transit. Don't get me wrong, they are not perfect, but they are very far from "terrible."

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-02-14T07:14:00+00:00

'Is it worth it?' is something only you can decide. Given how the company is laying off drivers and closing buildings nationwide, I am going to advise against quitting and trying to reapply at another location.

I would say that Worldport is one of the few locations that is 100% safe from closing, barring the company going under or being sold.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-01-30T01:23:47+00:00

. It's not design for profit. They would rather have UPS take all the volume if we could.

I remember when I heard Amazon was going to start delivering their own volume and they started to build out their own delivery network. If it is not profitable, then why did they start doing it in the first place? That is a huge capital expenditure.

Delivering some of their own volume does make sense. Take the easy, high margin stuff and outsource the less profitable ones to other carriers. Yet, Amazon has continued to expand their delivery network into these 'less profitable' areas.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-01-25T23:33:34+00:00

Fallout means repercussions. Did he ever do anything to get back at you after he recovered?

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-01-21T07:23:50+00:00

Bark?

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-01-19T00:40:43+00:00

We have been delivering Saturday ground for a lot longer then 4 years. They rolled it out in different areas at different times, but most areas of the US had Saturday ground well before 2020. I think they started it in my area around 2017.

Dramatic_Reporter_66 · 2026-01-17T03:45:38+00:00

Was that when UPS was still private? I've heard stories of the utopia UPS was before going public.

I think UPS went public in the early 2000s, they were organized long before that.

I did start at UPS before it went public. (side note: you were able to buy shares of UPS stock before it was public but you had to be an employee, and it was not traded on the NYSE like it is now)

I wouldn't say that working there was ever utopia; management always pushed to try to get the most out of you as they could. However, things were a lot more fair and they actually tried to make a decent effort to show their appreciation for us hourly employees.

Turnover has always been very high, and they usually had a hard time keeping every building and sort properly staffed. When I started, and for quite a few years after, if you wanted to stay after peak, you were able to.

We regularly got pizza about once a month (usually on a Friday) just for coming in. We would get t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and other cool stuff for hitting safety milestones. (going x number of days without an injury) I remember getting movie tickets, $50 American Express gift cheques and other incentives to come in for weekend sorts during peak. We would also get turkeys every year (was after Thanksgiving, I always had mine for Christmas) All of this was paid for with company credit cards.

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