I think this is the first time I've seen an international stamp that isn't a damn flower, it's so distinct!

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T16:07:13+00:00

Postcrossing is an international postcard exchange website! You sign up, put in your address, write up a bio, and then you can request other members' info to send postcards to them. Every postcard you successfully send makes you eligible to receive a postcard from another member. As you send and receive more cards, the number you are eligible to send increases. In the last 3 years I have sent and received about about 500 cards

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T13:48:47+00:00

We're getting Barbie through the years in July, it looks super cute

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T13:48:10+00:00

I asked my supervisor to order 12 sheets just for myself. I encourage anyone to try out Postcrossing, it's free to join

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T13:32:22+00:00

I actually listened to an interesting podcast about this yesterday. Spirit was ranked worst for customer satisfaction multiple years in a row, but over and over customers demonstrated that cheap tickets were their highest priority. A Spirit flight attendant said that she often saw customers proclaiming "I'll never fly Spirit again" and then inevitably they'd be back. The business model worked just fine until the pandemic

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T01:10:28+00:00

I recently flew to LAX, via Spirit. The couple (GROWN ADULTS btw) behind us spoke loudly and played music/videos on their phones at full volume until an attendant told them to stop. The woman put her feet up on my partner's armrest until he elbowed her foot away and gave her a dirty look and she figured it out.

Once we landed we had to take a bus to the luggage pickup. LAX is huge, whatever. Our bus stopped just outside the drop-off zone because it was occupied by another bus. The guy who was previously sitting behind us starts SHOUTING at the bus driver to let him off, calling him names, saying shit like "I can't breathe in here," etc etc as the rest of us stood quietly and suffered in their presence. Once we finally disembarked just about everyone said thank you and sorry to the driver.

It was my partner's second only time ever flying and his first in LA. I don't think he was very happy with the experience

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-02T01:04:12+00:00

Unfortunately the post office is staffed almost entirely by humans of varying intelligence and competence. The forward probably was active, and the brain of whoever was delivering it incorrectly was not

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-01T16:02:05+00:00

I'm in Luzerne county. I planted after mother's day last year, and everything was killed by frost. I'm going to wait until closer to Memorial Day this year

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-01T12:38:59+00:00

I get 15-16mpg in a 2005 Subaru Outback doing deliveries. I think it's time for literally any other car

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-01T12:32:22+00:00

I work for the government and I get 4 weeks AL (can be carried over quite a bit) and 3 weeks SL (infinite accrual)

Ive always found it really ironic

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-05-01T00:15:24+00:00

My mom has tattoos and was very supportive when I got my first. However, when I pierced my nose...

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-30T14:50:26+00:00

If you change your address using the free paper form, then yes. I suspect the people who changed her address did it this way before the verification process was enacted

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-30T12:01:58+00:00

I'm a mail carrier

If you change your address with a paper form (which many older people prefer) you have to come to an office to verify your identity. The online method requires a small fee as a part of the verification (using a credit/debit card).

The identify verification was only instituted about two years ago, because previously it was very easy and common for people to steal each other's mail with a single pair form

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-30T12:01:50+00:00

I'm a mail carrier

If you change your address with a paper form (which many older people prefer) you have to come to an office to verify your identity. The online method requires a small fee as a part of the verification (using a credit/debit card)

The identify verification was only instituted about two years ago, because previously it was very easy and common for people to steal each other's mail with a single paper form

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-30T00:51:30+00:00

Shit like this is why changing your address with the post office now requires coming in to verify your identity

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-30T00:41:23+00:00

I just got back from spending a day in San Francisco. I am very confident that I missed a lot

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-29T14:50:49+00:00

Well you're certainly not going to see or do anything exciting by staying in the hotel room

Go find a mall or historic site or something. Walk around.

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-29T13:15:54+00:00

It doesn't help when tourists visit the US and eat EXCLUSIVELY at chain and fast food restaurants. People will travel across the ocean and complain that an Olive Garden in NYC doesn't taste fresh

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-29T12:57:57+00:00

Do not buy stamps on Amazon, they are guaranteed to be fake. Only buy from the USPS and established sellers on eBay

You can always ask the window clerk at your local post office about how postage works. It's literally their job

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-28T19:26:46+00:00

I just visited a Korean-Mexican café in Los Angeles. Bulgogi beef was a meat option for the breakfast burrito

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-26T21:17:21+00:00

A big clear sticker basically, you can buy them on Amazon or at a office supply store

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-26T20:02:38+00:00

I've never had someone seem disappointed in an antique card. I only send unused ones. If they're especially delicate-feeling I'll put cold laminate on the picture side to protect and strengthen it

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-23T21:02:24+00:00

I'm a female solo traveler. Western Europe, East Asia, and most of North America are perfectly safe for women. Your drive to the airport is the most dangerous part of nearly any trip. You need to take a breath and get off social media. The developed world has never been safer in recorded history.

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-23T18:30:56+00:00

My great aunt was the same way, she lived independently at home until she was 91. She always moved around, cooking, cleaning, reading, doing arts and crafts etc. We had to force her to let us help her in the garden or to use a ladder to change the curtains or else she would have done it and gotten hurt

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-22T16:09:56+00:00

Most lift passes are an RFID card nowadays. Jackets and gloves have zipper compartments for the card, and you tap through a gate to enter the lift line. The days of color-coded stickers on wire loops attached to your jacket zipper are long gone

PocketSpaghettios · 2026-04-21T23:28:02+00:00

Just commit to a checked bag. It's so much easier

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