Those machines were slated to be decommissioned before he even was appointed. The media clearly did a good job of painting it all as a conspiracy.

Studded snow tires are OP worth extra money.

After scrolling through this thread I have to agree with what pretty much everyone says: tires make your vehicle safer, so don’t skimp on those. I’m a fan of getting a second set of rims with winter tires (if you’re super lucky you can find a complete set on CL/FB for cheap).

If you’re going to buy an older car I’d say…do it anywhere other than Vermont. Our roads are terrible, the salt is thick, the maintenance is expensive. Find someone’s high mileage commuter car down in southern PA/MD/VA, bring it up here, undercoat it, add the good tires, and drive it for cheap. I’ve done this with 3 different vehicles and NEVER had rust or ball joint issues. I bought a Honda Accord with 260k miles on it in MD for $3k and drove it for 5 more years and 40k miles. Hard to beat!

You’re right, I’m not finding it on Google either, which is weird. Maybe I had the town wrong? I definitely remember reading articles about a VT town where high school students were doing a parade or group demonstration of sorts in blackface, with parents supporting them. I could’ve sworn it was Milton cause I’ve avoided it since. I’ll edit the original comment for now in case it’s not accurate and do some more searching

So mothballing sorting machines didn’t effect efficiency?

I definitely was thinking of Umberto's. Maybe the best pizza I've ever had in my life and that's saying something.

I used to live in Boston and I think about Umbertos daily. Their arancini were to die for.

The trick is lowest gear possible (mines a 5spd) then scrape off some speed by dragging the rear wheels using parking brake. You still have steering control and you can still pump brakes if need be.

There's a pizza place in Boston's North End like this. They make a certain amount of two kinds of pizza every day and there's a line out the door until it's gone. Umberto's I think.

What is "woke"? Tell the class what "wokeism" is. Give us a solid definition.......

I’m a country as deeply racist as the US, you do in fact need to declare that you aren’t racist. The people who don’t declare it are probably racist.

I’m on a committee that’s leading Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts in my county, and we met with Al Wakefield and his group when we were drafting our own Inclusion statement. I can’t imagine what the Highgate selectboard took issue with in the language on their website.

I think the only reason (other than blatant racism or xenophobia) to reject the very basic statement of inclusion that Al’s group advocates for is that it’s potentially a way for towns to feel like they’ve checked a box and virtue signal but doesn’t require any fundamental change in the status quo. The idea is, of course, that the statement is simply the first step. The actual work is making sure policies and zoning and community investment, etc is equitable.

I’m not sure what’s up in Highgate, but at least the selectboard says they’re willing to revisit the matter with more community involvement. The challenge there is that the people for whom this equity work matters the most usually don’t have the leisure time to get involved.

They have really good curry and samosas +1 would recommend.

Vermont has a lot of good people but sadly our bad people are barely human…

Fuck off nazi!

It happened to me last night. I borrowed my son's Subaru to run down to the local store. My hill is steep and the last 30 yards is paved; brakes on and nothing, just sliding. Pumped but the brakes were working. I finally came to a halt just at the bottom but the AWD was no help at all. No surprise to me but my son thinks Subarus are magic.

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Pretty sure this is the same family who owns Masala Corner in downtown Rutland and their food is amazing

Tandoori chicken Fridays are a staple in my Household.

God bless immigrants for running the best convenience stores and restaurants open late and on holidays in the most unexpected places.

I live in Milton and I hadn't heard about the blackface parade - can you point me in the right direction for info? I'm googling but not finding anything. (I'm not saying - at all - that it didn't happen, I just want to know what's up!)

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Dejoy has nothijng to do with nobody applying to work, nor does he have direct involvement in the local and regional management failures to balance the work load and avoid overworking an underemployed workforce.

Down voting for what? Someone who has actually worked in the very office you're talking about tells you what's going on and you don't want to accept it?

I work for usps and this is so far off base, but not unexpected considering the demographic of this area.. That really has nothing to do with what's happening, especially at the local office level. His changes are logistical, like how the trucks and plants operate and move mail/packages. Those changes are actually legitimate and bringing it up to a more modern standard.

the problems our offices are facing are severe employee shortages and regional management ineptitude, compounded by the increasing Amazon parcel volume.

I have a RWD truck. Never get stuck. Snow tires and a little weight in the back get the job done. FWD cars are like tractors in the snow with good tires. Will pull through quite a bit.