Putting sorting machines back together

[gopiscrap]

I am so proud of my son....he was one of the ones in Tacoma WA who helped get the sorting machines replaced in the USPS offices there

[Nevilledog]

1. Thank your son from all of us sane Americans!

[soothsayer]

2. Yes!!!!

Awesome

[qwlauren35]

3. Yes, be proud.

I am sure it was a huge accomplishment. From what I've heard, those things are incredibly complicated beasties that take technical geniuses to set up.

I am sure an entire postal precinct appreciates your son's work. Maybe he'll get overtime!!!! And even if not, he deserves praise.

Send a pat on the back from me, and may others around the country have the know-how to do the same.

[Blue Owl]

4. And you should be!

[Iwasthere]

5. Someone should make a gofundme

I'll pitch in. This would get other employees around the countries attention. Who knows.

[Me.]

7. I Will T00

[gopiscrap]

12. yes I agree

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Very good idea. It would make a statement and create incentive for postal workers and citizens?

[iemitsu]

6. A special thank from me, who receives mail

sorted in Tacoma.

[sheshe2]

8. Thank you to your son!

[KT2000]

9. Tell your son thank you

That is the real American spirit!!
Also - I am pretty sure that is where my mail is routed.

[mzmolly]

10. Thank him

for his brave, patriotic act!

[demigoddess]

11. Send him my thanks, also

I think all USPS workers should be doing this. The republicans just want to ruin the workings and then sell it off to make a profit and cut the wages.

[infullview]

13. Could you please send your son to

Grand Junction, CO? I hear there's a *new* sorting machine sitting in the trash bin that never even got tested....

[Scarsdale]

16. Louis DeKilljoy

should be made to pay for this destruction, or sit in prison. Please thank your son, and all the other postal workers for what they do.

[Delmette2.0]

15. Give your son an extra hug for me and tell him thank you!

Did I miss any happy ones?

[DENVERPOPS]

17. A report I am watching on MSNBC @ 12:30 MDT

right now is updating the situation. It seems the dismantled machines cannot be put back together, (postal workers have tried in Tacoma and other cities), because interestingly the bar code readers on the machines have been destroyed, making them totally in-operable and worthless.

My question would be........WHO were THE ACTUAL WORKERS that dismantled these machines, and who do they work for?????????
THAT WOULD BE A FASCINATING QUESTION...........

It would have taken an ARMY of people, all over the nation, to do the dismantling this quickly......Where did those "technicians" come from and just who the hell are they???????

This knowledge, and other facts surrounding the fiasco would open Pandora's Box for sure................

[I_UndergroundPanther]

26. Bar codes?

Who would know about the bar codes and second question why were the machines vulnerable to having something as a bar code render those multi-million dollar machines useless. Who designed it that way and why?

[lagomorph777]

18. Is that really happening? Is it happening anywhere else?

[MLAA]

19. Bravo for gopiscrap Jr!!

[Karadeniz]

20. Yay and thanks, gopiscrapson!

[ArizonaLib]

21. That news is like sunshine

It made our week! Love to you and your son!!!

Love, Unity and Decency
2020

[liberalla]

22. Sincere Thanks to gopiscrap-son! That's wonderful! Does he know or

has he heard anything about sorting machines in other cities and states?

We need to have teams of people with the tools, equipment and expert know-how to be available to travel where needed and return the machines to service.

[gopiscrap]

23. he said in some states they are beyond repair

[Mopar151]

24. Beyond repair is a complicated question.

I used to build similar machines, as part of an interdisciplinary team, for several different industries and manufacturers. The bar code readers, as an example, are only a small part of the machine as a whole, and they are quite likely made by an outside vendor. What makes building automation a bit of a high-wire act, is making all the various sensors and subsystems work with one another!

The newer machines will be easiest to fix, as anything that is destroyed is probably still available. Whether current bar-code readers, can be interfaced with the control systems of older machines, is a crapshoot.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

25. I couldn't even imagine putting a sorting

Machine together. Much thanks to your son! He's a hero.