I prefer to get them in person, and so do my parents, just so I have someone to complain to if something goes wrong. I don't want to deal with mail order in case of a screw up.

is there any CVS in that area that is ok? My parents used to go to Bridge St-Lowell but it was atrociously bad. Never answered phones, were 2 days behind in filling scripts, employees would quit during their shifts.

They switched to another location that is still in rough shape, and one day one of their meds was not in stock so they had to drive to the one 20 minutes away, that was as bad as Bridge St.

Why do you choose not to get your prescriptions by mail?

The cooking fire exception only applies to a "reasonable" fire how its written.

It sounds like OP wants to burn a bit larger fire than that.

>This whole situation is being caused by the IRS and with the stroke of a fucking pen it could end.

I think you need to take those civics classes again. That's absolutely not how laws work.

Stop narcing your neighbors fire pit

[deleted]

Fuck this.

The state does not have your best interest at heart. You are just a means to redistribute wealth into the system. Lottery is just a glimpse into this system. There are many avenues that are disguised better.

We have failed to educate ourselves.

Thats exactly what I was told by the FD in my town.

CVS has been horrible for the past year at least. Slow as hell Inaccurate. Won’t even answer the phone unless you wait 30 min. The deserve to go under

I'm in a completely different part of MA, but our CVSs have the same troubles. In all fairness, CVS pays them a pittance, insurance coverage is almost impossible to understand (for them and for the insured), and we're still in multiple pandemics (RSV, COVID, flu) even though the government says it's all over and we need to get back to work. So it sucks, but I do feel for them. Maybe you could try mail order? Also, just want to note that with your dad's pills you could just cut them in half, right?

entry level business type jobs pay over $100k nowadays, there are houses still available in MA for $500k. I remember out of college (doing the same type of work) paid $51k in 2008. Those houses were $250k. It’s still 5 years salary. Inflation then was 0-1%, now its 7-9% (but really much more). If you can buy a house now, it seems like a really good investment…

Not very similar but I have a CVS story too.

Back when it was still kinda hard to schedule a covid booster shot, I used that state website for finding appointments. The only thing available in my area was an appointment at CVS, at like 2am on December 31. I thought that was weird but I knew it was a 24h CVS and I was able to make it so I booked the appointment. When I showed up there was just one guy working the pharmacy and he kinda protested when I said I was there for my vaccine. He said it was the middle of the night, he was the only one there, and the computers were about to shut down. I held my ground and said I had an appointment. He hurriedly entered my info on his computer and gave me my shot.

All in all it was a success but I live in a small town where nothing is open late so it felt pretty surreal. I don't know if the appointment was a glitch in the website or what, he acted like nobody ever shown up for a shot that late.

The other weird thing is if you pick up a prescription for a pet you have to tell them your pets date of birth and it has to match the one the vet told them when they filed the prescription. It was kinda funny telling them "He's a cat. He was born in a barn. He doesn't have a birth certificate." but also very frustrating to get turned away for forgetting what made up birthday my vet had used.

In my experience the Walmart, Stop and Shop, and independent pharmacies were much more organized and efficient, and the employees were relaxed. The ones at CVS are always stressed out and disorganized. Some of the techs were really sweet but shopping there was so aggravating.

Bring a cooler or lunch box with a pack of hot dogs outside and keep it next to the fire in case anyone comes asking. An age old trick for bon fires in MA

Wild

Was it baseboard radiators? One of mine burst over Christmas, and my plumber mentioned how thin that copper is. Always busts first, he recommended I turn the heat up so it circulated more often and that worked well this time arouns

If this happened to be on Bridge St in Lowell- that pharmacy has become a dumster fire. The keep losing prescriptions that are sent in and I have had wrong ones filled multiple times even after confirming in person which one I refilling/picking up.

oooo that’s another statute to battle completely. C 258 sec 10(d). I had a case where arrested dude claimed police department “lost” his SUPER EXPENSIVE watch and despite believing him completely I had to argue for dismissal and won 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Actually, it’s very likely to happen twice in one day. The same tech probably filled both prescriptions, and it sounds like that tech was having issues processing some orders/combinations of multiple bottles/dosages.

if you put a cooking grate over the top and keep a pack of hot dogs nearby?

It was, regardless, a federal attempt at seizing the property. The person you responded to was referring to the states actions and laws.

The Tewksbury Police Department was heavily involved, and would've ended up with 80% of the profit. The forfeiture only failed after Caswell borrowed $100,000 to defend himself and, after that money ran out, the Institute for Justice kicked in another $400,000.

CALL ME NOW PLEASE

They are absolutely not working in this as hard they can. If they were it would be solved, it’s a decision. Not to mention that I’m pretty sure they could unilaterally decide not to with no repercussions.

This whole situation is being caused by the IRS and with the stroke of a fucking pen it could end.