Small clarification: only to the extent that it allowed you to exceed the standard deduction.

Using your example, if your itemized deductions were $5 over the standard deduction, only $5 of the refund is taxable income. Also similar calculation against the SALT deduction limit.

Assuming this is the post office, try bringing it up with one of our senators. You can submit your request for assistance on line.

I know they deal with USPS customer issues. It's worth a shot.

Edit: or your Congressperson.

Everybody lighten up on the poor denizens of Weston. They all have their BLM signs up - what more do you want from them?

How about a Silver Line equivalent for North Station?

Us north of Boston air travelers deserve some love too.

Same here but with a whole house ducted. Luckily I still have my gas furnace backup.

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Sounds like a typical NIMBY tactic to prevent "high-density" (wink wink) housing by making small lots more expensive.

I used to live in that white Federalist you see directly behind the former Textile History Museum.

First one was stolen from Ozzy Osbourne!

Tale of Two Cities is probably his least respected book (outside of the over quoted opening passage).

Try Pickwick, for a good laugh.

Wish I could upvote this 100 times. Well done.

Whenever I've asked people why they drive so close the answer is invariably "I want to get there sooner/faster."

[shrug]

Milltown. They handled all the paperwork for the rebate as well. All in all I was happy with the work - they had some issues with the thermostats and controls but they kept on it until they (and I) were sure it worked correctly. You also get a year of free service contract as part of the install.

Note that you'll need to get the MassSave efficiency assessment done to get the rebate, and also might need to upgrade your insulation.

Lowell area. Had a whole house ducted Bosch heat pump installed last summer. $10K rebate from MassSave made it go down pretty easy. Kept gas furnace for backup. Heat pump is supposed to work down to 5F, at which point it will fall back to the furnace. Of course that has not been tested out yet.

No functional issues - keeps the house warm fine. Of course, hasn't been deathly cold yet. Just a couple of mornings below 20F. Back of the envelope calculation for December shows that heating cost was more or less the same as if we'd used the gas furnace. Used much less energy though and (presumedly) generated less CO2. We'll see what happens this month. If it's outrageous, we'll go back to the furnace full-time.

TL;DR - you'll probably save energy with a heat pump, but due to the high cost of electricity around here, you probably won't save much money. Remember that heat pump also covers your A/C needs.

Thanks. Not close, but if I ever get out there, I'll check it out.

Amtrak to Back Bay. Orange line from Back Bay to North Station. Commuter Rail (Haverhill line) to Lawrence.

Sure, that would be great - thanks!

Cattleboro.

How do these people think they can get away with this stuff?

Guy may as well have left a big neon sign saying "I killed her."

They take a picture of the back plate, not the front.

To beat that, just use a bike rack which covers your plate. Free tolls!

So cars from states without a front plate don't get tolled?

So the earth is flat. Right.

Considering how frustrating dealing with the RMV has been lately, they're probably afraid someone's gonna go ballistic at some point.