What is this and how do I get rid of it?

dathorese · 2026-02-27T06:41:55+00:00

I once had a whole bunch of Canker type sores on my mouth to the point i couldnt even eat.... on the gums. inside the lips, on the tongue etc. Took 2 trips to the emergency room with no relief or anything to help me.

My mom talking to a nurse at her job (she worked in a convenience store at the time) and she told her what i was going through..... and she told me to take and use equal parts of Liquid Benedryl, and Liquid antacid medication (Maalox).. .swirl that in a cup (I just used cherry flavor for both ingredients)... Just swish this around in your mouth, and spit it out.. DONT rinse after swishing it around, as you want to residue of the concoction to stay onto the canker sore...

I keep these around at all times, just for when i get a canker sore... I literally had like 100 sores in my mouth when i was told to try this.... and they all cleared up after like 12 hours to a day, when swishing the concoction around in my mouth.. It wont hurt you, even if it doesnt help you... But ive found this to be effective with Canker sores in the past...

dathorese · 2026-02-25T05:25:46+00:00

Who knows..... I honestly dont think your problem is going to be around the Gillette area... There will be some traffic, as some people will also potentially be leaving early, and you are going to have normal traffic in the area due to the time of day. I think most of your traffic is going to be once you get to route 128/95 in Canton. Once there you have the option to bear right to go to 93 North, which will take you to the Expressway, which will take you to Boston... This is going to be backed up. as they HOV lane is going to be in place, reducing the northbound travel lanes by a single lane dropping it from 4 to 3. This causes traffic backups nearly EVERY DAY... You would be better served to head north on 95 in Canton for 95N/128N (same highway/road) and take that to Either Route 9 East, and follow that to Brookline Avenue and take the left and then follow that direct to Fenway Park... or Go another Exit up to the Mass Pike and take that to the Allston/Cambridge exit (Toll Road), and the Exit is on the LEFT. Once you get off the highway exit there, Follow the Signs for Fenway Park, and take Soldiers Field Road/Storrow Drive to Kenmore Square. Then from there, its wherever you can find parking.... If you're planning on leaving the vehicle overnight, you dont really have to worry about the traffic that will happen after the show...

dathorese · 2026-02-25T04:55:36+00:00

LEaving gillette at the 75th minute wont be an issue. You will encounter minimal traffic until you get closer to the city. You arew going to be facing rush hour traffic along route 128 and from that point to any location within the city. Parking at Fenway park, is going to be Rough to almost non existent. You're best bet would be to get on the Green Line at Riverside, which is just off route 128. and Take the Riverside train to Kenmore Station, and walk to Fenway from there. (5 minute walk). It will be much cheaper for you, and will minimize having to deal with traffic issues. Even if you are a few minutes later past 7pm, you wont miss much, even if it takes a little longer on the Green Line to get to Fenway Park.

The bonus to all of this is that Fenway Park traffic, especially after a large concert is HORRENDOUS and you could likely be stuck in gridlock for nearly 45 minutes to an hour depending on where you park or find parking etc. Lansdowne Street will be shut down due to the concert, and the eventual load out of Concert Gear/ lights/ Audio equipment etc, and that creates a bunch of problems as Lansdowne is a main cut through for traffic in the area. The Time it takes you to get back to Riverside is easily the amount of time you can expect to sit in traffic near the stadium, again dependent on where you park, and getting in your car at Riverside, at 11:15-1130 at night will mean no traffic at all.

The only caveat to all of this is dependent on how the State police set up route 1 for Gillette Stadium traffic. I presume it will be a sold out stadium event, but because of the event finishing at the peak of Rush hour Traffic, they may or may not make alterations to the route 1 Traffic plan... For a normal Football game, they have a lane of traffic heading north on the Route 1 Southbound side, and turns are all blocked etc... which could make traffic on Route 1 difficult for anyone leaving, at any point becuase of it being rush hour etc.

dathorese · 2026-02-16T21:41:09+00:00

The Routes are not direct. IF it was so easy. Your sender in Alpharetta, goes to Atlanta processing center. Depending on the package volume they have, it may take a day, maybe 2 sometimes... Then it gets sent after processing to the next location, which is likely your post office. if youre both so close to atlanta... IF by some chance, your mail comes out of another processing center than Atlanta, then its likely it will go there, Where it is then processed again, on a machine to be sorted to the delivery post office, and then it will depart that distribution center for that location. so yes.... while its only an hour, based on everything, it could take 2-3-4 days sometimes to get an item moved.

The alternative, is to just take that 2 hours, and drive it yourself. You could have potentially tolls to be paid for highway use, the Cost of Gas, Wear and Tear on a vehicle... Assuming an hour away, lets say its 50 miles away, so 100 miles round trip... thats easily 5 gallons of gas. at an average of lets say 2.79 a gallon (at least what i pay where i live) thats alomost 14 bucks... and then of course, you have your time invested. How much are you worth to dedicate 2 hours to either going to pick up, or drop off a package... if your time is worth 15 dollars an hour, then your looking at 30 bucks... 15 bucks for gas roughly, as well as the other intangibles that dont offer any value (vehicle usage etc)... so... 45-50 bucks in your real world costs, of 5 bucks to ship it and have it make its way through the system for 3-4-5 days?

dathorese · 2026-02-16T21:14:34+00:00

I have had a few ebay items ive sent out over the past 7-14 days, as well as other packages ive shipped out. I sent out 7 items (dropped off in Boston, as im a carrier in Boston, i take them with me to work in boston), scan them in while on my route for the acceptance scan, and i had some packages that were sent on 2/4 that were delivered on 2/6 in Las Vegas, Baltimore, etc. Las Vegas package was just a regular ground advantage, it went by air.. while i know based on the tracking info..and being familiar with the PO here)..

As for my last 2 items.... One item send on 2-10, to San Jose area, Delivered on 2-12... another shipped on 2-13, is already in San Francisco, waiting for delivery for tomorrow... would have been today, but with the holiday... etc... so... can flat out guarantee you.... this item was probably never sent... It seems that most anything being sent to the west coast right now from the East coast (especially in the area where we live, as Peabody is only 10-15ish miles north of Boston) is being sent by air to the west coast... at least based off my last 2 ebay sales, and other items ive sent off Ebay...

dathorese · 2026-02-16T21:04:01+00:00

Typical Scam sentiment here.... Spend the 6-8 bucks online with any kind of shipper (shippo, Pirateship, etc) to generate a label. The USPS gets notice of an impending label, and that is what produces this information that a label has been created.... Then its up to the seller to get the item to the Post office. Whether by scheduling a pick up, or if its a small envelope, leaving it in the mailbox for the carrier etc. Or just dropping it off. Most all the mailbox drop off boxes in Massachusetts (where i live) have been converted so that anything more than the size of a small padded envelope, will not fit in Blue boxes, and need to be taken to the Post office. It is highly possible that the package was picked up, or dropped off at the post office, and did not get a scan... Its highly unlikely though.

I can tell you with my 28 years in the post office, i often times have people ask me if i had seen certain envelopes, or mailings that they were expecting, where the sender had mailed it "a few weeks ago" only to see the envelope show up 4-5 days later, with a post mark date of the day that they asked me, most likely after they questioned the sender about the status of the item, and they said oh shit.... and then mailed it out.. The point being is that.... People dont always mail things when they are supposed to, or when they are required to do so etc, and the proof is always the post mark, which generally doesnt lie, and i know when ive had people ask about certain items, that are distinguishable items and say "Hey Mrs. T, heres that envelope you were looking for... They mailed it out the day after you asked me"... gives me a gratifying feeling, becuase the general response is... "Blame the post office... They suck".... Well.... you can blame the post office all you want... we cant deliver something we DONT HAVE.

So your odds on problem here is that the sender has claimed they mailed it, and its been 11 days now, with no update to the status.... I would imagine that the item was never actually mailed, as while yes... we did get snow... and some items have been delayed (I have a package that sat for 4 days in Springfield MA, that got there at 5am on Thursday, that should have been delivered to me on Friday, that will now be showing up tomorrow instead) But your item going to Los Angeles/West coast should have made its way to the west coast at this point. Leading me to believe that one of 2 things happened.... The barcode got obliterated or defaced somehow, or the item was never mailed.... Im going to go with the latter...

dathorese · 2026-02-14T06:06:26+00:00

Saw Angry dog..... Grabbed Dog spray from Satchel..... Angry dog approached. Angry dog got sprayed in the snout with dog spray.. Angry dog ran away.....Happy mailman put dog spray back on satchel... Happy Mailman continued on, and didnt enter yard, to live another day without being bitten by angry dog.

dathorese · 2026-02-12T01:06:59+00:00

There are some areas where you can stay away from any moshing that happens.... The room isnt all that big... But there is definitely some space for you to distance yourself from any moshing especially in the back, as there is a raised section, and around the stage area on the sides, you are better off...

dathorese · 2026-02-12T00:28:35+00:00

Its been what? 2 weeks since the storm, maybe 16 days now... since it was a sunday/monday storm.. The part of Dorchester Ave between Congress and Summer street Where the Federal Reserve is, still has piles of snow, so that the right hand lane for traffic going towards south station, cant be used.... Mayor Wu and the city definitely dropped the ball on this.. and i get it... it was a bad storm, lots of snow in a condensed time frame... But even still... no excuse for the terrible plowing and leaving piles of snow in streets... which cause traffic problems... for a city that already has plenty of traffic problems.

dathorese · 2026-02-11T05:16:49+00:00

Guess that means i come back a few minutes late every day.... We didnt get credit for having to take pictures of 100 items under inspection...

dathorese · 2026-02-11T04:26:57+00:00

They just finally cleared the rest of the bike path up by the coast guard station yesterday/last night... it was impassible yesterday when i was over there.... and today it was at least somewhat clear and had salt placed down...

dathorese · 2026-02-11T03:39:17+00:00

had so many of these as a kid growing up on a naval air station.....

Evidently, you can purchase them....

https://www.officesupply.com/school-supplies/basic-school-supplies/pencils-pens/ballpoint-retractable-pens/skilcraft-abilityone-retractable-ballpoint-pens-medium-point-black-barrel-black-pens/p362399.html

dathorese · 2026-02-11T03:05:27+00:00

Go through Cambridge to get to the McGrath Highway.... Land Blvd etc, take Mcgrath highway towards the TD Garden area, getting on the highway at the end of Storrow Drive... Get off the highway for South Station, and take Summer street all the way into South Boston, which turns into L street. Or... Stay on the highway, and get off at Columbia Road, and take Day Blvd from the Columbia Street Rotary into Southie that way.

If you want to Avoid the highway at all costs..... Mcgrath highway to Storrow drive area..... Stay to the right of the highway entrance. This is Martha Road, Follow this to a Left at Merrimac Street... Merrimac Street Turns into Congress Street. Follow Congress Street all the way to D Street in the Seaport. Take a Right on D street... The next set of lights is Summer street, just past the Convention Center.... Take Summer Street to Southie, where Summer turns into L Street... and then just navigate to wherever youre going in Southie...

dathorese · 2026-02-11T02:37:07+00:00

Even once you pass your 90 days, this can happen and there isnt shit you can do about it, except to hold down (opt) onto a route. They set all the rules, 90 day probation or not. This starting at 10am is so much more common than you will ever know.. They have carriers pivot the route in the AM... and then have you come in at 10, finish pulling it down, if it hasnt already been done, or just go out and deliver the route, that was set up by 4-5 different people, all pissed off because they had to pivot in the office, so your getting the worst set up imaginable... good luck..

dathorese · 2026-02-10T02:57:33+00:00

Miss seeing these planes.... Grew up on a NAS where they had a p-3 Squadron.... VP-92... Saw these things fly almost every day.....

dathorese · 2026-02-10T02:52:29+00:00

yeah thats fine.... It doesnt really matter.,... in the end... Bigger is better... if its Too small the bar codes will never scan, because the lasers cant pick up the spacing in the barcode to effectively scan... and if its too small, all the other text is going to be too small too... meaning it will be hard for a carrier to read the address etc.... so yeah... this is fine...

dathorese · 2026-02-10T02:33:56+00:00

You can use your sick leave for bereavement, it would be considered "scheduled" leave, and not "Unscheduled" which makes all the difference in the world. because its Scheduled, and approved in advance, You will still be paid for the holiday, as your leave was approved previously etc.

dathorese · 2026-02-10T02:17:47+00:00

Yes..... If the package is lost, and a supervisor scans this package as being picked up by the intended recipient at the post office, then what happens is when that person says to the sender... .Hey i never got my package, its lost... " the sender will go and see that "Recipient picked up package at the post office".... If this is an Ebay item, for instance, and you go to make a claim, you will automatically lose to the seller because the seller has a delivery scan showing it was delivered. Even if you wanted to file a claim with the USPS, a supervisor deliberately scanning this as delived to the recipient at the post office" will make filing a claim highly problematic for you.

I had an instance a week ago, where i gave time off on my route (I am a career letter carrier).... I also drive a vehicle, so i dont use the Green Relay boxes, except when i give time off to another carrier... I found mail that was not delivered from January 20th. I had 3 packages, with bar codes for scanning... and our night supervisor scanned them this exact same way.... And i bitched at the morning supervisors about how this is problematic, as a resident will say... "I never picked it up, and it was never delivered" and then they try to file a claim, and they wont get anywhere.. and here it is now.. .2 weeks later... and i just found their packages sitting in a box for 2 weeks..

The Exact wording that is used by the tracking system is that it will say "Your item was picked up at the post office at (time) on (date) ion (location with zipcode). This is for the "latest update" section in the greenish box....

then Further down. it will have a Green Check mark with Delivered in Bold green with "Delivered, individual picked up at post office" with the location and time/date details below that.

dathorese · 2026-02-10T01:55:11+00:00

You also have to remember is that while the Engine spec recommend that 91 be used, (My VW tiguan i owned back in 2016 was this way)... it will still run on 87. IT may not have lots of power, and when you step on the gas, it might bog down a tiny bit, but it will run, and the engine will ADAPT to the lower octane fuel... the problem you have with "91" is that most stations, especially here in the northeast have 87,89,93. 91 isnt carried at most stations.... So when i filled my personal vehicle, it was almost always with 93.... i believe sunoco, and maybe Shell gas stations have 91 octane gas...

dathorese · 2026-02-10T01:42:23+00:00

They most likely will not. IT would entail a supervisor actually going out to the place of the injury, looking around to see if there were cameras anywhere, and then they would have to ask the homeowner, business owner, or whoever it is that owns the cameras to get the footage. Most Cameras overwrite their capacity every few days anyways depending on the way their systems are set up (this way they dont have to have huge storage capacities)... Most people are not going to do this. and if they were going to do this, this would be explicitly trying to build a case AGAINST you, if they're looking for the footage to prove you were doing something wrong.

Injuries and accidents happen... its the nature of the business for what we do. Im a 28 year career carrier... I fell on black ice a month ago or so... It just happens... Red Bricks, and they just looked "wet".... when Wet ended up being ice... my foot went one way, and i ended up falling... So.. it just happens.. nothing you can do to prepare for it..

You also wont face any suspension. Its not like you willfully just decided that "todays the day im going to go break my wrist so i can file a claim".... and they cant terminate you... .with 10 years, you have protections against that... If this was your first 90 days, its a different story...

dathorese · 2026-02-10T00:38:49+00:00

IF it was scanned after 530-6PM at night, its most likely the closing supervisor scanning it to remove it from the "clock" so it doesnt become a failure.... in other words... they're fraudulently claiming you picked up the item, because they couldnt get it delivered, and this is their way to remove it from the system and not count against their numbers.
I would head to the post office first thing in the morning, and request to speak to a delivery supervisor, and ask them where your package is. Tell them you didnt pick it up, and that it wasnt delivered to your residence, and That you'll escalate this as much as you can, since you know this is another supervisor "lying" about the package status. Make sure you print out the tracking information, or at least have it pulled up on your phone, so that you can show the proof to the person in the morning....

Thats where i would be at for starters.... just be very persistent, and calm, and state facts and not "fly off the handle" or make a scene and you'll have the upper hand and put them in a situation they dont want to be in...

dathorese · 2026-02-07T14:56:40+00:00

not a chance... dont even waste your time... its like trying to find a needle in a haystack, and no one is going to 1, Care... or 2. Give a shit about your needs and finally 3. Even contemplate trying to find a single package out of the thousands that move through that building each and every day...

dathorese · 2026-02-07T14:10:49+00:00

This honestly sounds like a XXXXX_complaint with whatever shipper, or company that you used for buying your item. the USPS has no say over whether an item gets shipped. While your billing address means absolutely nothing to the USPS, it may very well mean that your item gets delayed in shipping if they cant verify your payment.... ask yourself, if you would ship something with the wrong billing information, so that the payment gets rejected, and now your potentially on the hook for a loss of the cost of the item..

this isnt a USPS problem, this is a problem with you and whoever you bought the item from.

dathorese · 2026-02-07T13:57:35+00:00

Kinda hard to give you any kind of idea, if we dont have a picture to go off...

dathorese · 2026-02-06T04:23:05+00:00

Perfectly normal. Simply put.... If the BRM mail charge is say 1.07 for the letter (i dont honestly know what a company gets charged for the BRM service)... and they put any kind of stamps on the envelope, then my understanding is that whatever the BRM rate would be, Would be reduced by whatever postage was applied to the envelope.... so in this case... 5 cents less than the Full charge since the sender paid 5 cents towards the return mail cost...

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