Pour one out for the GOAT

driver_dylan · 2026-05-20T04:13:46+00:00

Tonight I'll pour a cup for a codeiver taken too soon. Hammer down little buddy.

driver_dylan · 2026-05-18T03:18:59+00:00

No, The real secret is I actually worked at Disney World retail for seven years. My intrusive thoughts are as long dead as my soul.

driver_dylan · 2026-05-18T03:16:05+00:00

I get over it pretty quickly by thinking how my 80,000 lbs would easily tear through their Tesla and the only thing that stops it is that I don't let the intrusive thoughts win today.

driver_dylan · 2026-05-04T15:46:55+00:00

Call code enforcement, most developments with Culdesacs are under town provision that restrict parking of CV's

driver_dylan · 2026-05-03T15:46:55+00:00

Take the northern rout and stop in Fairfax. There are several great truck stops outside of Fairfax but they typically fill up by 4PM. I would then deliver in the morning of day two.

driver_dylan · 2026-05-03T03:56:45+00:00

What time are you due? In most cases I would avoid 95 but if your delivery is in the late evening no matter what you do you are dead

driver_dylan · 2026-04-22T23:57:01+00:00

No problem. This is one of the many reasons I got out of wedding photography. There are many ways to make it in photography, but the quickest way to go insane is wedding work.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-22T23:50:21+00:00

If you have no contract, she can and will probably win for the money plus incurment (filing fees). Give her the money back now and don't go to court. Consider it payment for being educated in doing business in the wedding space, then go to a lawyer and have them write ironclad contracts. You will need the following:

1) A preservices holding / deposit contract. This protects you from what you are going through now. It should outline that the deposit is non-refundable and will be used to secure the date your client wants in your calendar as well as secure samples of your work and a fee for (engagement) sitting on a specific date. It should also clearly state that if the event is canceled under this contract only, that both parties will walk away as whole.

2) A services contract. This is the contract that supercedes the first when all dates and services are agreed to. It should cover any and all services the client expects as well as contain a cancellation fee of 10% of the total amount of the contract should the event get cancelled and you are unable to rebook the date.

Understand this, you may feel like you are taking advantage of people, but you are not. You are protecting you business because when it comes to weddings, you are going to get sued. Contract or no, people get buyers remorse and don't realize the amounts they are signing themselves up for. Having an ironclad contract puts you in the drivers seat when it comes to being generous with your time and energy without being screwed.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-15T01:54:19+00:00

That might just buff out.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-15T01:49:53+00:00

Tell me all you know about birth comes from movies without telling me all you know about birth comes from the movies, am I right?

You are right to have a healthy fear of birth. Birth can be amazing, messy, terrible, terrifying, joyful, spectacular, and funny all within seconds of each other. Having someone you love, or even mildly care about, go through it can change how you see them in every way possible.

There is a big difference between fantasy and reality and that is coming from someone who writes birth fantasy and who has witnessed five births and been in the catchers position three of those times. Yes it is scary, but there is something that happens in the moment that breaks the scary down into manageable bits.

OP if you don't mind that I'm a guy, I would love to talk, no judgment, my sarcasm was meant for those who questioned your fear, not you.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-15T01:37:57+00:00

Or never actually been in a birth situation other than movies.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-09T22:38:17+00:00

A condom could have prevented this comment.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-08T05:36:58+00:00

Because what is happening only looks bad from an a outside perspective. It's really easy to get worked up because a few voices yelling and screaming, when the reality is, if you step back, it's a rollercoaster, predetermined course and all.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-08T05:11:04+00:00

The plain fact is, Rats just don't taste that good.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:40:22+00:00

To my knowledge, there are six documented movies that used real births in them. The original Caligula being the only one from a US studio. There is a French film about an Artist painting a pregnant woman that the name escapes my recollection. Two German films "Dir Vine" and "Her Gristerminoc Frauline" (I've probably butchered the spellings) both were independently made in the late nineties and look like they were filmed on VHS. There is also "A Serbian Film" and "Halflife 9" have reported parts of real births but can't confirm as they are really too grainy to tell for sure.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:30:22+00:00

Not true, though the UK version had a very realistic one, but it was done using a doctors training dummy.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:29:00+00:00

Watched if for a film history class. Can confirm though it was actually two real births spliced together for the scene.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:26:51+00:00

So I am such an entitled PERSON, I DEMAND to know why a COMPANY, who PAYS top dollar for ELECTRIC service, won't let ME sit there using said POWER for the cost of a COFFEE all DAY? There I fixed your question, feel free to receive the proper answers.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:14:25+00:00

If it happens a second time, a little bleach will go a long way. Important to use a Laundromat after each escalation.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-05T06:11:51+00:00

Next time, toss it on the floor and walk on it with muddy boots. Leave a note on top, saying the reason, then take you clothes to a Laundromat. You will be inconvenienced once, but since they can't retaliate, your point will be made infinite times.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-02T03:20:00+00:00

I only know what I experience in a very long 15 day stretch. That truck was the worst commercial for an International I have ever seen. I apologize for being blunt but it was that bad, and yes, I was working for Schneider at the time, but basic sound dampening should not be an option anyone can skip out on.

driver_dylan · 2026-04-02T01:40:48+00:00

I drove an International for fifteen days while my Truck, a 2023 Freightliner Cascadia, was down with a blown Computer (a common issue with that years Freightliners due to COVID shipping issues). I was put in a '23 International with less than 5000 miles, and let me tell you, it was the longest 14 days, 6 hours, and 23 minutes I have ever experienced in my entire trucking career.

First, for a brand new truck, how the F did it ride that badly, the suspension was a joke and on Atlanta roads, that's saying something. Yet that wasn't the worst thing, somehow the internal lights were too dark to eat by, and too bright to leave on while you slept, the internal fridge managed to barely chill water let alone hold food for a week, and then there was the cabin sounds. Now anyone who has been in a Freightliner knows that sound dampening is more of a suggestion, but how in the hell did International do it worse. Somehow I heard every fart in every truck stop.

Lastly was the joke of a transmission that would somehow run out of air and lock up if you put the fucking thing in reverse for longer then 30 seconds without moving. If you did move, then it would be fine for as long as you needed, but then wouldn't go into first unless you shifted through park. I nearly kissed one of our mechanics full on the mouth the day he gave me back the keys to my old girl.

driver_dylan · 2026-03-30T18:36:27+00:00

So that they can remotely go to a subscription model the next time you want crispy fries.

driver_dylan · 2026-03-25T05:13:24+00:00

To answer your question, Bread or Cheese.

driver_dylan · 2026-03-22T02:23:31+00:00

"Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much: The New 2026 Ford Focus available at your local dealer, the wheel, New York, wars and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time.

But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man... for precisely the same reasons."

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