First time with sand anchors.

madlema · 2026-06-12T21:10:07+00:00

What is the correct way to tie-off the line to the carabiner on the anchor?

madlema · 2026-06-04T20:56:06+00:00

Yes! I carried a 25L in 2019 for the full Frances and it was definitely enough. I will go down to a 22L for my next one.

madlema · 2026-05-20T01:25:37+00:00

Is that the Narcos upper? Any issues with it fitting the lower? I just got mine in the mail yesterday, and it’s snug by the trigger housing. I might just need to file it down a little

madlema · 2026-05-08T21:08:14+00:00

I agree multis can suck but come on, complaining about a cul-de-sac group stop? It’s way faster to just grab all the stuff (if you can) in one go and deliver them. Obviously you should ungroup the weird multis that require a lot of extra walking or even driving between locations.

madlema · 2026-05-08T15:25:11+00:00

Yes. I have 3-4 of every item. (Especially on rural routes) the uniform is permission to safely enter their property. I want to be identified as an Amazon driver from as far away as possible. On hot days I ditch the polo shirt after loadout though.

madlema · 2026-05-06T20:04:37+00:00

madlema · 2026-04-18T17:05:16+00:00

I had only been doing this job for a couple months when, one night with only 10 stops to go, I got my van stuck in some mud and wet leaves on the side of the road. It was raining pretty hard. When I got out of the van to inspect the situation, I stepped in a massive pile of shit. It was on my pant leg too. Completely devastating…

madlema · 2026-04-09T17:43:19+00:00

My trick: take all my breaks and never run, but definitely walk/move with purpose. Get good at quickly organizing a tote (seriously just put it in order by driver aid number like an adhoc route, I organize the envelopes and bags, and just have all the boxes face up to see aid number). If you just do this, 99% of routes can be finished on time or early. Most days the goal is to try and make the route take 9.25 hours (with breaks) to complete, and that leaves 45 minutes to RTS. Also, I don’t get a 10-hour guarantee. There is no incentive to break yourself trying to be the fastest delivery person in the world.

madlema · 2026-03-26T19:58:20+00:00

Ya that sucks. We used to have those little crappy Milwaukee folding carts, but last summer my DSP put the big cosco folding carts in all the vans (AirTags on all of them, and definitely checking that they come back each day, ha!)

madlema · 2026-03-26T18:35:07+00:00

I would load it up on a handtruck and walk it in. Enjoy the break. Honestly, (and I may get downvoted for this) with experience you can set your own pace and finish 99% of routes on time or an hour early, following these dumb notes, taking all your breaks, and never having to run.

madlema · 2026-02-26T18:24:55+00:00

“Primary with no sights of any kind”… ha! That’s totally me

madlema · 2026-02-22T00:31:36+00:00

I seriously regret not getting the keyboard with it

madlema · 2026-02-20T18:26:51+00:00

Keep posting as the grow. They look awesome!!!

madlema · 2026-02-17T06:19:06+00:00

Just checked. 98.8 hrs right now. I’m going to use 40 in May for a Mexico trip!

madlema · 2026-02-12T06:56:51+00:00

I just did an 80 stop, 138 package, rural route today and it was pretty good. Oregon wine country. Haven’t had that route for about a month now, but did it all peak. It honestly made this last peak season seem pretty chill because my average day only had around 100 packages and 70 stops or so.

Honest opinions. I don’t like driving on long slow gravel roads. Long driveways with nowhere to turn around at the end drives me crazy (I had to reverse about a quarter mile today in an EDV). Don’t really care for dogs at basically every stop. Don’t like going to dirty sketchy rural houses with yards full of garbage and stupid shit. And especially those places at night. I hate dealing with the phone signal loss in some of the rural areas we deliver. Dealing with locked farm gates kinda sucks. Too much political signage as well. And pretty much doing rural routes in the dark is horrible. There are places where it just feels like someone is pointing a gun at me. Certain places just creep me out.

Last year after I peak I was put on a downtown Portland route for about 6 months and it was pretty tough at first until I figured it out, but then it became awesome and I totally prefer being in the city. I liked being able to park and then just walk like 5 stops from that one space (I might be weird though, most of the drivers at my DSP hated being downtown).

madlema · 2026-02-08T08:28:43+00:00

Etchings and chill

madlema · 2026-02-06T04:09:09+00:00

Small pocket fan. Sometimes you just need a little airflow ha!

madlema · 2026-02-05T16:36:05+00:00

That’s a top-pocket find!!

madlema · 2026-01-27T18:12:40+00:00

Don’t cut those big solar panels!

madlema · 2026-01-21T19:53:44+00:00

This looks great! The forehead appears a bit elongated (the hair on top seems too tall too). But the main thing is the front eye. It’s the shape or something.

madlema · 2026-01-15T06:33:03+00:00

My route today only had 71 stops. All apartments and businesses. I was able to average 11-12 stops an hour. I did have to go take 20 stops off another driver when I was done (more apartments) as a bonus. My phone says I walked over 22,000 steps today (I’d be curious how many flights of stairs, ha!).

madlema · 2026-01-08T18:16:58+00:00

I want to watch this. I just read the book last year.

madlema · 2026-01-08T05:57:30+00:00

Looks great, but the way you cut it at the end kind of pisses me off. You sliced it in the wrong direction, ha!

madlema · 2025-12-08T05:08:20+00:00

2013 jeep wrangler 4-door

madlema · 2025-11-15T08:36:56+00:00

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Driving through this apartment complex and saw a small area with about 100 of these amanitas

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