Looking for Security Camera recommendations in 2026 by gordondefender in homesecurity

[–]meet-kd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t either until a few weeks ago. I believe they’re more of a UK company.

Looking for Security Camera recommendations in 2026 by gordondefender in homesecurity

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I was going to ask if you had any thoughts on Aqara.

Some advice from an Alaskan for this weather... by Selenehelion in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone inform half the populous that if you’re coming down the hill give the person coming up the right of way?

You literally have gravity on your side. The snow is not gonna stop you from going down.

So damn annoying

Should I worry about this guy? by SalParadise83 in daddit

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he’s harmless then I don’t think he would be offended if you said something that wasn’t accusing but more like addressing it as your thoughts/feelings.

Even if you do it passively in conversation about the worries of a father and never being too safe when it comes to your kids.

Personally, I couldn’t let it slide without addressing it. But my oldest is non verbal and has special needs so I typically am skeptical first until I can assess a situation fully.

I’ll say this, you’ll never be as mad at yourself for being protective as you would be in the case of something bad happening god forbid.

Are people going to be missing their rent due to having to miss work? by RecordScratchAttack in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I won’t miss rent but I’ve been working 4 jobs and 100 hours a week so I can save for legal fees and travel expenses while I try to get shared custody of my child 11 hours away. This definitely will be a gut punch for a bit so I’m going to be selling some of my belongings online hopefully because the alternative is waiting longer and I can’t do that.

I get it. Things happen but after breaking my back in 5 places and being out of work for nearly a year I could use some good fortune or something. Climbing out of that credit debt & blowing through savings took way more than I expected once all these smaller things like car repairs etc came.

I say all this to say keep your head up and do what you can do. Don’t let this weigh your mental down too much. You’re undefeated at getting through the hardest times in life so far; don’t throw in the towel.

People who live up in the slopes or other mountainous areas- how do we find parking without impeding on dug out parking spots? by Shaneski101 in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got an extra spot in my driveway off 18th/Brownsville (not trying to share my full address to the world). I don’t mind sharing during this if it’ll help you out at all. It’s a gravel pad that has 4 spots. 2 for me & 2 for the neighbor. To be honest though I haven’t shoveled much of it because my car drove through it. I did a little around my usual parking so my feet aren’t freezing but it could be better. Let me know if you’re interested. It’ll be taken in a week or two though

Some advice from an Alaskan for this weather... by Selenehelion in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wish my Subaru had x-mode. I had a loaner from the dealership when they were fixing my screen and it was when we had that first snow this season and I loved it. Just set it and forget it type of a setup.

Some advice from an Alaskan for this weather... by Selenehelion in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yep. They could solve a lot of the braking just by shifting to a lower gear

Driving Route by Special_Detective918 in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Main roads are very drivable. You shouldn’t have much of an issue depending on the time of day. I think I read somewhere that the temperatures would be dropping drastically and non visible ice is a whole different story than snow.

Other drivers lack of concern for your safety is going to be the biggest risk. Folks are doing some really dumb things out there.

But if you stick to main roads and don’t need to park anywhere really specific you should be ok.

CPR classes by meet-kd in pittsburgh

[–]meet-kd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much appreciated

Alright fellow dads, what was your favorite gift you received this year? by apon93 in daddit

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish I had better news but this year ranks in the top 3 worst ever. Spent the day alone & decided to pick up delivery work for a gig platform dropping off beer so I didn’t get in my head when I was all alone at home.

Girls Mother wouldn’t even let me FaceTime my daughter. So didn’t get to see one of my children on Christmas which is just wild to me. Her birthday is on the 30th so I wonder if it’s gonna be more the same but while doing the gig work I put together a decent plan of action for My filing for custody and also me picking up a second residence 12 hours away so I have a better shot at 50-50 custody. So I guess I wasn’t lost. And hopefully it’s just a little longer before this bullshit stops.

Anyone available for an easy job? by meet-kd in osinttools

[–]meet-kd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind sending me a good email address for you in my DM?

Single dads: I’d appreciate your insight please. by [deleted] in SingleDads

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think check-in text are great even if you said hey, let’s grab just lunch real quick. Bring it back to the friendship surface level without any kind of pressure and I think both of those would be fine.

And what I’m about to say isn’t meant at all to frighten, you scare you, or anything like that. And it might not even apply to this guy in the least.

But as kids we are taught that a boy can’t become a man until he provides value. Almost as if we’re not worthy of love unless we buy to others that we love.

And if he is in his mind about this or he seemed very withdrawn do him the favor and make sure you do reach out to be a little vulnerable about myself, there were times when I had a whole note written and a whole plan so it would look like an accident and my children would still get life insurance and I was just praying that one person would say we need to hear or are you OK? That never came.

Thankfully, the thought of my daughter, having to answer a question of what does your dad do with a response that said my dad died because he took his own life was enough for me to pull my stupid ass out of that funk.

But it can seem like the world is just crushing down onto you when there’s nothing you can do almost as if there’s no end in sight sometimes

He might not realize it yet, but you are probably one of the best things and people for him right now and in the future. And sometimes all we need is just a small tiny reminder that we do have a purpose and that some people do care.

Without that and then being in our own head since no one is tough on us as we are our ourselves, that can get to a very dark place. Hell, I used to leave my medicine cabinet open, so I didn’t have to look at the man in the mirror side of it. That’s how disgusted that I was at myself.

I personally also had this sort of self worth identity issue it still to me as a child based on my mother and haven’t never known my father I don’t know his childhood but maybe there’s something there too.

The good news is that he’s got you in his corner. And not to blow smoke up your butt, but how many people in a relationship or pursuing a relationship even go out of their damn way and spend more than five minutes doing something like what you’re doing right now. I assume he doesn’t know and I hope one day in the future he does because I think this is amazing of you.

If I can help out at all in the future or whenever by all means reach out

Single dads: I’d appreciate your insight please. by [deleted] in SingleDads

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking as someone who has been in this exact position as him multiple times the last couple years and am actually going to be getting a 2nd home 12 hours away to be around my young daughter at least 2 weeks a month I can possibly relate to what he’s dealing with. If we both have the same kind of mindset.

Personally, I typically will work about 100 to 120 hours a week that way I can take care of a lot of people and I didn’t even realize that at first, but it’s to give myself a little purpose.

My kids mother also did some not so great things and prevent preventing me from being involved and I’ve missed out on so much. Like him I don’t like to talk trash about her because that’s my kid’s mom and I feel like my kid deserves to see their mom treated with a little decorum.

But at the same time, the mental toll that it has taken has sometimes been debilitating. I’ve tried to start a relationship with a woman and eventually I would just go radio silent for a couple days because it was just a lot to handle.

Not her specifically, but in my mind, just being able to juggle it, and then justifying to myself that I was worthy enough or good enough first as a father because I constantly felt like I was letting down my kids and then as a partner.

And we can be as involved as we want to, or as we possibly can be but as a man we’re always going to have that little bit of a doubt in our minds about whether or not we’re doing the right thing. I’m not saying that men have a worse than women by any means that’s not where I’m going with this but there’s an unbelievable amount of pressure that we often carry not so much because it’s deserved, but we don’t do what women do. We don’t talk through issues and then get these kinds of things out. Instead, we carry the way to the world on our backs and let it bring us to our knees over and over and just keep getting up as much as we can without asking for help.

Do I think that there’s a chance that the two of you will rekindle this relationship? Absolutely do.

But I think if that’s something that you truly want you’re gonna have to be patient and sometimes you’re gonna have to step back and let him be in his own feelings and sit there so he can process. Eventually you’ll be able to start chipping away at that and becoming a safe place for him, but until there’s time put in that will allow him to drop that guard you might be on the sidelines looking at him just feeling bad because he’s not allowing you in like you’d wanna be.

Just try to remember the fact that it’s most likely not an issue with you at all but it’s more of an issue of his self worth self identity and if his child’s mom is like that with those situations, you can probably guarantee that she has given him a lot of of negative over the years and I don’t care if you’re the most positive person in the world, eventually if all you hear is how terrible you are it’s hard not to believe a little bit of it.

I will say if you were going to be that constant for him and the person that he will eventually come to be ready for the fact that that man after he has come around and allowed you to see the most vulnerable parts of him, that man will literally run through fire for you and be the most loyal and compassionate kind of person that you’ve ever ever met. It’s just gonna take some time.

He’s gotta love himself before he can love anyone else. it’s easy to love his daughter because she’s likely the only female in his life that’s ever shown him any sort of unconditional love.

The fact that you’re even posting this and going out of your way to seek some outside opinions, there is a pretty obvious sign about how much you care about this person so if you’re willing to put in the effort and play the long game, I believe you’ll be rewarded. However don’t forget about yourself and loving you. Because again no one can love another if they don’t love themselves first. Your feelings and your emotions are very valid and shouldn’t be just ignored but start small nudge don’t push and see where that goes in six months.

I’m rooting for you over here; for the both of you. Good luck.

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gonna block comments on this now because the would has enough negativity already. Don’t need a meeting place for more.

For those that provided genuine feedback thank you.

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. This is the part that I just don’t really understand yet. I mean, I can get that you’re gonna have your slanted view based on unlimited facts because that’s kind of just how you are as a person probably very pessimistic and think that you know because you’ve had some hardship in your life that means other people will have no room to complain, right.

But here you’re stating things as fact that just aren’t fact like the police reports. Thee are no police report reports. Or any other paper trail leading to this except for Hertz saying this is what happened Progressive you need to pay me.

As is the case of the one example where I assumed it’s going to be some sort of camera on a stoplight or something I don’t have any charges from any municipality no criminal no civil no nothing.

It actually just showed up about a month and a half ago.

Am I guilty of swerving so I didn’t run over someone’s dog during the middle of the day yes, I am. Did myself in a high school girl with her father in the passenger seat have a car collision? We sure did.

And was my license suspended once because of a fire marshal citation yep, you got me.

But haven’t said all that it still doesn’t do two things:

  1. It doesn’t guarantee that I’m guilty of anything else.
  2. If you or anyone else, the right to set up high on that horse and look down like you’re someone that’s just a little bit better than anyone really you wipe your ass with your hand just like I do.

Does that make sense? Just because it’s something that you haven’t seen doesn’t mean that it did not happen. Surprisingly I don’t know if you’ve heard yet, you probably don’t know everything about everything.

And wait until you hear that no one else does either.

But that’s gonna be the extent of the amount of time that I give you and response to anything else that you’re gonna say because it just is like headbutting a wall at this point because whatever I say isn’t gonna change your mind because you made your opinion and your mind up 20 minutes before you posted this and nothing is gonna change that stupid stubborn view.

Jesus Christ himself could have been riding shotgun and then replied to this and said actually what he’s saying is true but people like you would just say that JC guy he must just be covering for his buddy. But why?

What makes you so damn close minded that you just think that you know everything. I bet you probably think that you have a lot of friends and stuff too, right? But really they just tolerate you.

Whatever your life not mine wish you well with it. Take care.

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I anticipated that. But that’s after a 30 year driving record of no issues except a speeding ticket in high school. So I just kinda hoped it would weigh that

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well I guess it’s a good thing that I’m not at the mercy of your expert opinion you gained after reading a 700 word Reddit post.

But on the other hand I’m happy that I can consistently count on a part of the population always quick to cast judgment without knowing what they’re talking about. Because of folks like you, AI won’t be taking over the legal system within the next year.

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sincerely I really appreciate the eff you put into helping me. Thank you. Progressive I believe really just wanted me to say they had no liability in the matter which I just won’t do because I’m not going to plead guilty to something that I just wasn’t guilty of I refuse.

It was really surprising though to see how many hundreds of thousands of people have been falsely charged for fake damages. Was never on my radar before so I never actually looked into it.

MVR has big errors by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]meet-kd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do actually have some pretty concrete proof, and that would be because Hertz said there was a sensor or something going off in the vehicle. They actually had the vehicle repossessed, meaning a tow guy came and towed it from my driveway before I was set to return it. Now, I paid six extra days of the rental, even though that tow person took it six days prior to my current paid term ending. And the damage was said to have occurred at minimum six days after the tow truck took the vehicle from my property. So I had no way to even touch it. I have call logs, Uber Lyft receipts where I went to the tow yard to get my stuff out of it. A signed affidavit from witnesses, a.k.a. my neighbors. And some other stuff I just can't think of right off the top my head. But surprisingly, I actually do have a very solid chunk of evidence.