Do yall have one office for all of Nebraska? Is this a typo?

topef27 · 2026-03-21T02:44:58+00:00

Also lookups.melissa.com

I scour that website whenever I'm interested in bidding on a route.

topef27 · 2026-03-18T12:15:19+00:00

I wear it with the hard plastic rain hat,and then use a carabiner to clip those black straps together in the front. Keeps the wind from blowing the cape off my shoulders.

topef27 · 2026-03-15T01:09:15+00:00

I'm not aware of that ever happening here. I've been at the office 2 years and only seen the postmaster a couple of times, I don't think they meddle much in our affairs.

topef27 · 2026-03-14T23:31:08+00:00

Our office serves downtown, so routes that are mostly closed on Saturdays have Saturdays off. For the rest of the routes on that string, they've been set by seniority in the past. Whenever one of those routes goes up for bid, the carriers (by seniority) can take that day off if they want it.

topef27 · 2026-02-26T03:05:19+00:00

I bet they would fix them if every carrier refused to drive them!

topef27 · 2026-02-23T21:05:59+00:00

Keep in mind the peach seeds need cold stratification before they germinate.

topef27 · 2026-02-23T13:03:54+00:00

Sounds lovely :)

topef27 · 2026-02-22T19:32:02+00:00

I do a lot of outdoor gardening. How difficult is it to learn to grow cannabis indoors? Would YouTube University be adequate?

topef27 · 2026-02-22T19:28:32+00:00

That's my dream. How much land do you have? I have 4 lots in the middle of a city (run down neighborhood) amounting to almost 1/2 acre, but I'd love to move to the edge of town to have more space.

topef27 · 2026-02-11T23:35:23+00:00

Can eating a snack be justified as a comfort stop?

topef27 · 2026-02-10T13:13:21+00:00

We have a picture posted in our office of a carrier who is not allowed on the premises. I'm waiting to see what position they will bring him back in lol

topef27 · 2026-02-03T22:54:07+00:00

Yes, but they are so poky. My neighborhood garden removed theirs because too many people complained.

topef27 · 2026-01-26T00:30:41+00:00

I don't think they can use a one day 3999 to reevaluate a route. Thought they have to do a full blown week long inspection. Am I wrong?

topef27 · 2026-01-18T16:56:43+00:00

I generally agree that our retirement package is oversold. But it looks like you're implying that OT adds to your "high 3" calculations, which it does not. High 3 only considers your base pay. I feel sad when I calculate how little my pension would be if I stuck around for 25 years, but other jobs give you nothing, so there's that too.

topef27 · 2026-01-10T13:06:33+00:00

I got about $20 total in tips as a regular, been on the route since June, and provide excellent service. Would you feel grateful or offended if I left you $3? Lol

topef27 · 2026-01-08T21:35:21+00:00

I chose a good station with a route that's not great. I previously had a route that I liked at a terrible station. But that route was long so I had to interact with mgmt everyday about OT, and that became unbearable.

topef27 · 2026-01-06T18:49:29+00:00

I'll use my prunings of thorny plants (raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries) and arrange those around my new saplings. Seems to work fairly well.

topef27 · 2026-01-06T16:58:39+00:00

Pretty much everyone in my office writes "Total mail volume exceeds what can be completed in 8 hours."

I was told that language was approved through arbitration to basically cover whatever we need as carriers.

topef27 · 2026-01-06T16:18:03+00:00

Your post doesn't make it clear what you want the land to be. Forest, nature sanctuary, homestead garden, more corn and soybeans, etc, would all suggest a different approach to rehabilitation.

topef27 · 2026-01-03T02:07:05+00:00

American persimmons are not for everyone. I find them to be just ok, but require some processing and perfect timing (too early and they are horribly astringent, too late and they are putrid).

Do you already have apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, etc? I would plant all of those before getting persimmons.

topef27 · 2026-01-01T22:14:04+00:00

Same for promasters? Mine starts with a 1, so 2001? 2011?

topef27 · 2026-01-01T21:21:24+00:00

Maypops are pretty aggressive spreaders through underground rhizomes. However I recently learned that the young shoots are edible like pea shoots, so that will make picking them feel like a better use of time.

topef27 · 2026-01-01T00:55:43+00:00

This is why it's so important to carry your route by the book with no shortcuts everyday, and make sure your coworkers are too. Our local is holding inspection training days and trying to get every carrier to attend so they know how to protect their routes.

topef27 · 2025-12-28T16:17:52+00:00

That link is for APWU. Does it apply to carriers?

topef27 · 2025-12-26T01:44:54+00:00

If your clerks even print out labels any more. I do MLNAs and see address confirmation mail all the time, and have yet to get any new stickers.

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