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Time Magazine recently named climate activist Greta Thunberg as it's 2019 Person of the Year for her tireless efforts to raise awareness of climate change. President Trump responded to their choice with this: “So ridiculous,” Mr. Trump tweeted. “Greta must work on her anger management problem...

All good things must eventually come to an end and that time is here for me.

There has been a lot of discussion as to whether or not you would be willing to work past your projected retirement date to help your children pay for their college expenses. The thought process for those who would is that they don't want their children to start their professional careers with...

My son lives in Iowa and is currently in a long distance relationship with a woman who lives four houses away from my daughter and son in law in New York; in fact, she (my daughter) was the one who got them together. He has grown tired of living so far away and has been applying for jobs closer...

We had our most recent meeting this past Thursday evening at 7:30 pm. We usually have them every 3rd month (our local rotates them through 3 locations) at 11 am on a Saturday. The thought behind the time change was to try to increase member participation-----weekends are busy and an evening...

The company wants to use non-union contract employees to deliver residential stops using their personal vehicles during Peak. They will be paid $18.75/hr and will be reimbursed $.78/mile. The union vigorously opposes this.

I just read a very interesting article about a topic that I didn't even know existed. It was about one on one family vacations wherein a married couple with two or more children would take separate, individual vacations with one child each. For example, lets say that you have a husband and...

There has been a lot of discussion in other threads as to what would be the ideal age to start drawing from Social Security. There is the school of thought that says it is best to draw it as soon as you are eligible (62) as no one knows how long they will live or how much longer Social Security...

Stephen Furst, Flounder in 'Animal House,' dies - CNN.com

I am watching the season premiere of "The Carmichael Show" which is dealing (in a comedic way) with assisted suicide. The grandmother has Alzheimer's and has been saving her pills in order to kill herself with her son and grandsons present. What are your thoughts regarding assisted suicide?

Amazon, in an effort to counter Walmart's aggressive online discounting, will begin offering $5.99/month Prime memberships to valid Electronic Benefit Transfer card holders. Amazon discounts Prime for government assistance customers

My son was home this past week and told me about biodegradable burial urns. The cremated ashes of the deceased are buried in a special urn which then grows in to a tree. Neither he nor I are big fans of the traditional funeral and we both think cemeteries are a waste of prime real estate...

Hobby Lobby has announced that they will be taking over most of the vacant Sears location in our local mall. Do any of you have a Hobby Lobby on your routes and, if so, what can our mall driver expect on both the delivery and pickup side?

ESPN cuts familiar faces in major layoff

While I was making the pickup at our local UPS Store, a customer came in with an Amazon return with no label. She had a QR code on her smartphone, which she held for the clerk to scan so that a return label could be printed. I had never seen that and asked her what it was. I was really...

Just a few personal thoughts on some of the comments that I have read on the Pension Buyout thread. Judging by the reactions from some, you would think that they have won the lottery when, in reality, they are opting for instant gratification rather than responsible long term financial...

I continue to be amazed at the way in which the company is able to keep service related incidents out of the media. We recently had an incident in my center, the details of which are not important, which greatly impacted service and caused major traffic headaches, yet there was not one word of...

We were told this morning that we can expect to work every Saturday between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, which, as it stands now, will be an air only day.

Thought I would start a fun thread on a quiet Sunday morning. If you could have your choice of any BC member---management, hourly, or retiree---regardless of opco, that you could use as your Peak helper for a day, who would you choose? While I would be tempted to choose one of the Joe Unions...

There has been much discussion in another thread in regard to expired inspection stickers on our package cars. The purpose of this poll is quite simple----I am curious as to what you drivers would do if you walked in Monday morning and noticed that your package car inspection sticker was...