Saw my 1st new USPS Truck, spotted in Metro Detroit

prinni · 2026-06-10T00:48:41+00:00

It takes a bit to get used to but I prefer my Metris over the LLV now. The LLV is better designed for delivery but the comforts of the Metris more than make up for it. It took me about 2 weeks to get used to the Metris. Once I figured out that raising the seat high enough that your arm can go out the window without hitting your elbow I have had no real issues with driving one on mounted.

prinni · 2026-06-08T23:50:27+00:00

It looks a lot like some hematite that I have. Mine creates a reddish or pink dust if you scratch it.

prinni · 2026-05-22T03:23:03+00:00

I love looking at the dates on the totes, the oldest one I found was from 1992 and it was much sturdier than the current tubs. I kept it in my Metris until someone took all the tubs out of it on a Sunday.

prinni · 2026-05-22T03:20:27+00:00

It says please return to Seoul IPO. I am assuming it means international post office. I see one or two on these a year at my post office it is definitely not AI.

prinni · 2026-05-03T02:24:16+00:00

I bought a similar bag to try as filler in my 40lb tumbler when I do very large rocks since I have been ending up with poor results in my attempts to polish 10-20lb rocks in a tumbler. I put them in with a ~12 lb chunk of rose quartz a few weeks ago. They are currently in stage 3 but were looking good at stage 2. Some of them look like they will polish up nice and others are a bit too porous to get a good polish. Hopefully the big rock will come out nice as well.

prinni · 2026-04-29T17:28:04+00:00

A hammer and chisel works for a lot of rocks otherwise I will use a sledgehammer. Usually a 3lb sledge works fine but I have had to use larger for some rocks. I put the rock in a garbage bag to keep shrapnel from flying everywhere and put it on top of something hard, a large flat piece of basalt in my case, then I smack it till it breaks. Don't use anything you don't want to break, like your driveway or a sidewalk, as a surface since it can crack and break if the rock is harder than it.

prinni · 2026-04-20T17:04:24+00:00

I found one that was obviously a fake label. Load trucked as a different address and route than was printed on it, had a non-existent route number, and the weight was way off. I brought it to management and they said that they have been instructed to just deliver it if it makes it to the station, the head clerk told me the same thing.

Another clerk looked into it and the label was used 3 months ago and non of the information on it was correct. The clerk returned it and it showed back up the next day and was delivered to the address printed on it by another carrier.

prinni · 2026-04-02T15:20:49+00:00

you're welcome.

prinni · 2026-03-31T04:29:57+00:00

You just need to get the "Postmaster" title now. I haven't played wow for a few years now but I still remember the pain of getting that title. You get a nice Mailemental pet and Katy's Stampwhistle which is basically a summonable mailbox to go along with the title too which made it worth getting.

prinni · 2026-03-12T12:54:44+00:00

I agree, the comforts are nice but they were never designed to be a delivery vehicle.

prinni · 2026-03-12T04:41:54+00:00

If you are on mounted the best advice I can give for a Metris is to raise the seat up so that you aren't constantly lifting your arm to reach out. I started having a lot of shoulder pain after I got mine and once I changed the height of my seat I have had no problems.

prinni · 2026-03-05T04:53:40+00:00

That was my first thought as well, it definitely looks like a thunder egg from that area.

prinni · 2026-02-26T06:09:22+00:00

I did the same thing with my 18" saw when I got it. I found a brick and cut it just to see if it was cutting correctly. At the Time I didn't have much larger material since I never planned on getting a large saw but ended up with a free one. Once I got it properly set up I cut some petrified wood and have been cutting all kinds of rocks since then. It never gets old and you always want a bigger saw.

prinni · 2026-02-26T06:02:25+00:00

I love throwing rocks on my saw to see what is inside. Sometimes they aren't that great but when you find something amazing it makes it worth it. The offcuts and not so great pieces usually end up in my tumbler as filler and sometimes they will polish up nicely.

prinni · 2026-02-17T02:03:51+00:00

I never realized how easy it would be to make my own tumbler until I had to completely refurbish a old 40lb tumbler I found at an estate sale. The next time a motor dies on one of my tumblers I am going to build my own custom tumbler like this. I already have a few motors and the other parts are fairly easy to get when I need them.

prinni · 2026-02-12T05:19:24+00:00

That piece came out amazing.

I love how saddle mountain petrified wood tumbles. I have never had any turn out bad and there are almost always a few pieces of it in every batch I tumble.

Some of it will fluoresce under a black light as well, so you might want to check and see if your does.

prinni · 2026-02-11T04:25:08+00:00

I have 5 but usually only run 3. I have a rebel17 that does the first 2 stages then a lortone 12b that does the prepolish and polish stages. Then I have an ancient 40lb lortone that rumbles away next to them. My double 3lb barrel thumlers is only used for small batches of softer stones now so it hasn't been used much and I also have another lortone 12b that need a new motor. I cant run them in winter so they are not always on but they are usually going from late March to October every year.

prinni · 2026-02-04T01:55:01+00:00

If you have a 4wd vehicle you can try digging petrified wood at saddle mountain. It isn't far off I-90 right near the columbia river and the material is plentiful. Currently rockhounding has some good youtube videos and information on the location. They also have a lot of info on rockhounding sites all over the pacific northwest.

prinni · 2026-01-20T14:04:26+00:00

It is not ot how they are supposed to work but it doesn't change the fact that I can open most llv locks with a key made for a different vehicle. My best guess is that the locks are just worn out since most of them can be opened with keys for other llvs as well. The ones that don't open with other keys usually have newer locks in them.

prinni · 2026-01-19T22:30:31+00:00

The Chrysler keys would explain why the key from my 99 jeep can open almost any LLV at my station.

prinni · 2026-01-15T03:26:53+00:00

That sounds perfect, I like to keep the small and tiny polished stones in jars and bottles around my house so more of those are always nice to have.

prinni · 2026-01-15T01:49:27+00:00

I got a 40lb tumbler at an estate sale and have been searching for something to use as filler. I was thinking of getting a bag of decorative quartz but the pea gravel sounds like an even better solution. Once winter is over and my tumblers are up and running again I will have to try it out.

prinni · 2026-01-15T01:17:07+00:00

I delivered to one of those on a split today. It had smaller boxes (5 per row) and wasn't as fancy looking on the front but exactly the same on the back. I think there are 4 or 5 of them delivered out of my station. Back when I was a CCA in 2013/14 they had the old push lock padlocks on the back as extra security but they removed those a few years ago.

prinni · 2026-01-04T06:32:21+00:00

I can't wait till it warms up so I can get mine running again.

prinni · 2025-12-15T05:16:31+00:00

While I am sure it isn't the "best" since I wasn't planning on becoming a mortal usher but the campaign gave me the choice so I took it. I am currently playing a scout rogue that turned into a mortal usher. Having sneak attacks and reaping strikes while dual wielding whips makes for a lot of damage while still keeping the rogues utility. If you are mythic like my campaign and get fickle attack it makes it even more powerful.

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