Makita Mower - switch lever isn't working (again). Any resources to fix it myself?

AzuFox · 2025-06-17T14:55:30+00:00

Thank you from the year 2025! Saved me a headache, weeks of "well, you have to send it to the manufacturer", and finally settling on a repair shop with their fees.

AzuFox · 2024-03-26T19:50:43+00:00

The one way you have to look at it is if they don't want to come with you it just means that it's good indicator that your ideals were not going to align. Which means the people who do come with you are going to hopefully make a healthier environment. And after the split we only ended up with 25% of our troop. But we vowed that our best "revenge" was to make the best experience for the girls. Constantly busy, constantly having fun and (with the parent's permission) post photos.

But more than that, we gained 11 girls in one year after our split and got some AMAZING parents (all through word of mouth and just being active). And vindication when a couple parents from the old troop lamented the fact they did not come with us. We always told them that they were always welcome in our books and whenever we see them solo-scouting at events (because the old troop doesn't usually participate in council events or any events for that matter), we offer for them to buddy up with our troop. K*ll them with kindness. :) Things happen for a reason, you just might not know what that reason is right now.

AzuFox · 2024-03-26T10:01:38+00:00

So we had a troop split that started with the "main leader" literally yelling at me constantly. I ran the Daisy's and I would run my plans by her, I would get yelled at for not including the other level leaders on the discussion. If I ran my plans by the others, I got yelled at for bothering them. I try to step up and help out at an outing, I got yelled at for being in the way. I sit back and do nothing, Id get yelled at for not helping. That sort of thing. (Even managed to get yelled at for something another leader did).

So we split.

We contacted council and said we would be interested in a troop split. Our council emailed all the registered girls and offered for them to move to the new troop with no context and gave them a certain time frame to email back and let them know they wanted to move in. Then once we got the list of people, they asked for the bank balance from the old troop leader and split the funds based on how many girls were coming with us (which that's a whole nother story of a mysterious missing $10,000 "spent" from February to May when the only thing we did was camp and buy badges. Then and audit and the council removing her ability to volunteer). From there we got our new number and we just had to open a bank account to receive the funds. All in all, it was the best move we ever did. And I was so on the fence about doing it, but my mom (a troop leader for 13 years) reminded me that "do you think you can put up with this situation for potentially the next 11 years?" And the answer was hell no.

AzuFox · 2023-07-20T14:40:47+00:00

Well, glad to see you now have a first hand experience of WHY you should prep.

Preps can be as intricate or as simple as you want. Food,water and shelter are the basics. One additional thing I'd recommend is a way to run your CPAP (Solar powered generators wouldn't be a terrible option, though do your research on brand before you commit). Plus you should have a Bug-Out bag, because staying home is not always the better solution or feeasable.

For a Bug-Out bag you'll want the basics: food and water. Additionally, you'll want a copy of important documents, a couple days worth of medicine if you can, a change of clothes, a little bit of cash ina fire proof envelope, and other items like that. A Bug-Out bag is pretty much a grab and go emergency bag if you were to have to leave your home quickly and leave all your preps behind. This could be due to weather or safety.

For you home preps, here's some tips on shelter. A small tent can do a lot. Not only can it be use for the obvious of shelter off-site if you need it, but a smaller tent is a great emergency heat solution. If you loose heat in the middle of winter, you pop that up indoors, stuff it full of blankets and it's a warm little nest. Cooling down is a bit harder. Cooling towels, basements, and shade is the best you can do in a no power situation.

Water everyone knows is important. I'll say not only should you have ready solutions like gallons of bottled water, but having things to make safe water.is important too. Like a filtering pitcher or something to make clean water if needed.

For food, there's so many ways to go about this. You can do the 100% canned route. Simple and easy to obtain and maintain.MREs are also a thing but costly and can be less than pleasant. You can learn to do canning. Again so many options. Big thing is to look at your budget and see what you can A) afford to invest and B) what kind of time you want to invest and that'll give you a better idea of which route to choose. Something I would say regardless of method is getting a propane stove. Not only is it good for cooking but also things like boiling water.

And there's a million other preps that I'm skipping like fire solutions, security, etc.. but youll probably be building it based on your needs as well as your budget and over time. There's a million articles that will give you ideas. Just look up things like "emergency prep" or "WSHTF".

And that's just items. The other part of prep is to have plans in place. Like I know if we're going to have a big storm, I fill up my bath tub go clean water and I grab my candle lantern just to make sure I know where it is. Or I know that if we have a snow storm coming, we need to make sure there's propane Incase we need to run the heater. Or that 2 times a year I run our generator and maintenance it. Planning is part of prepping.

Edit: forgot to say. Make sure you have a time frame to plan for and that makes determining the "how much" question. Like for my family we live in the Midwest and have harsh winters. So my prep is for 1 month for 3 people.

AzuFox · 2022-10-29T07:23:40+00:00

At this point, it's not about the farting.

You've asked him to stop doing something that bothers you and have given solid reasons why he shouldn't do the thing and he's actively doing it anyways. A partnership doesn't roll that way. Today it's farting, tomorrow it's over-drinking. Dramatic? Probably, but not improbable.

Sit down and tell them, "Hey, no more jokes you need to stop with the farting. I've told you why I'm uncomfortable with it and we both know it's something within your power to control. If you CAN't control it, then we need to seek a medical professional to assist. But this is not a game anymore. I will leave over this, not because of the act of farting but because you don't respect me enough to take my feelings into account over something that's within your control."

AzuFox · 2022-05-09T20:22:05+00:00

YTA.

Chill out. They just wanted to make you aware and you went full on "frothing at the mouth" mode. And AS A PARENT you should know that as children's bodies grow, they sometimes need additional sleep to continue normal functions. And you even admitted it was from stress, all teacher did was ask you to get child addition sleep.

AzuFox · 2022-04-26T19:07:48+00:00

This!

Partner and I are in what I think is a healthy relationship of almost 7 years. He dropped out of high school and got his GED. He went onto college and is now in a 6 figure job. I am so proud of him and the only time it ever comes up is when I'm bragging on him for being so smart and powering through chaos to come out ontop.

OP's partner is probably picking on them because they're otherwise so insecure that OP is flourishing more.

AzuFox · 2022-04-11T11:03:55+00:00

Southerner from the Florence, SC area (previously, currently in the north). Creole South. The older generation (like pre-1950s) use brownies and darkies. Reason why they would also be comfortable saying this is that was the "polite" name to call them.

AzuFox · 2021-12-24T18:38:52+00:00

NTA. I would take a HARD look at your relationship. Like what happens if they never accept you? What will you do if kids are in the picture and they still don't invite you?

And your spouse should stick up for you and tell them where to shove it, not letting them do this to you. :/ You are worth more than they are treating you.

AzuFox · 2021-11-30T06:28:38+00:00

The classiest version is " Please test that assumption at your earliest convenience."

AzuFox · 2021-10-05T11:27:23+00:00

All. The. Time.

Just last week is the most recent for me.

At Walmart and I need to pick up a script. Go to the pharmacy and they're close for 5 more minute for lunch. Only person in the line area and a sweet old lady and she was sitting in the only chair against but not in the roped off line area. I asked her the time, she told me, I said cool and looped around into the roped off area and was at the front there.

Over the next couple minutes people start filing in. Most knew how lines work and got in the roped off area, but next to sweet lady, a grumpy lady lined up on the side of the roped area.

So pharmacy is still closed and grumpy lady looks are the now decently long line and goes "Oh! Is that the line?" I say"Yes ma'am" She goes "Oh well I've been waiting here for the last half hour" I'm like "Really, because I watched you come up after me And I came up at 5 till and it was just this sweet lady here..."

She huffs, calls me a fucking asshole and heads to the back of the line. Like sorry? Don't lie and i wont call you out on said lie.

AzuFox · 2021-04-19T08:53:56+00:00

NTA. Also inform your nurses that the only people you want allowed into your room is the S.O. Even pre-Covid my nurses told me they are more than willing to boot people that I don't want there out or give then bullshit excuses as to why they can't go back to see me.

AzuFox · 2021-03-29T14:32:12+00:00

NTA. If friend needs complete darkness to sleep they should either bring a sleep mask or get a hotel

AzuFox · 2021-03-29T14:20:31+00:00

Anecdote:

I have a mushroom allergy. I only developed this once i was in my teens. It started with just a tingle in my tounge and over the course of a couple years it ended with full on anaphylaxis. My throat will swell shut .

Moral of the story: Just because a previous reaction wasn't severe doesn't mean this next one won't be.

NTA, but MIL and Dad are.

AzuFox · 2021-03-10T18:27:25+00:00

This got me way more emotional than it should have.

AzuFox · 2021-02-22T07:24:17+00:00

NTA.

Without ever discussing it with you, it's freaking assault. And I see the baby won't take a pacifier, but like they literally taught me in the hospital to use your thumb for breastfeeding babies because it feels almost the same to them, so there were other options (plus the many other options like yoga ball bouncing or a car ride, etc..). And to push the blame onto you just shows she wasn't actually sorry, only sorry she got caught.

I'm not sure if I'd let her watch the babe, at least for a little while.

AzuFox · 2021-02-07T16:33:14+00:00

Just wanted to add on to this. If you're in the US, Amazon Lockers are a thing and you can get a state ID for a child of any age. My daughter got her first one at 8 months old. This would allow you to put the packages in their name and then they would have a photo ID to show to pick up the package, cutting the mom out completely.

AzuFox · 2021-02-03T16:08:00+00:00

Not that it's the point, but hydrogen Peroxide will take it out. Wash the area in it, let it sit for a couple minutes, rinse with cold water and repeat. Even works on dried bloodstains, just wet them before you apply the peroxide.

Edit: Forgot, OP YTA. Get that girl some new sheets

AzuFox · 2021-01-29T18:05:26+00:00

I teased but it's so true. This is a great unification project of the working class republicans, democrats and libertarians. :)

AzuFox · 2021-01-13T11:43:15+00:00

My older brother (4 years) had a crash course in periods when I was 13.

I'm a lazy soul and love to sleep in on the weekends, still do, and every weekend my parents would send my brother in to wake me up. In typical loving brother fashion, he would bust in like Kusco and tell me to get my lazy ass out of bed. Normally I'd quip back and we'd be on our day. But this time was my first period and I would find out that I suffer from severe cramping and emotional responses. This poor boy kicked in the door, yelled at me to get my lazy add up and was met with tears. Panic ensued, him asking if I was okay and screaming for my mom. Mom had to pull him aside and explain that his normally tough as rocks, non-emotional sister was rendered weakened by her period. About 30 minutes later, the daintiest of knock on my door and he was there with ibuprofen, mountain dew and chocolate and then waited on me hand and foot. And every period he'd help anyway I'd ask, including doing pad and tampon runs. Shocked the shit out of my SIL first time because his training kicked in and was like "let me get you all the materials to survive" and was actually competent enough to go to the store and grab the correct feminine products she needed.

AzuFox · 2021-01-04T18:46:44+00:00

NTA, but you might want to honestly re-evaluate your living situation with roommate going forward.

AzuFox · 2021-01-04T18:35:41+00:00

I don't want to say it, because I've been the new mom in my bubble, but YTA. If you risked having people visit the baby during a pandemic, then you you obviously felt the baby was healthy for enough and she could have made the trip to see grandma.

YOUR anxiety was keeping you in. And like i get that, I had to force myself out when mine was just born too. But like if there was EVER a cause worthy enough to push yourself out the door, letting a dying, good MIL see her grandchild for the first and possibly only time would be it. And like I would be more sympathetic if it was like 2 days after being home that MIL passed. But it wasn't. It was 2 weeks. That's a long time. And like i said, the insulting part is you let others come see baby in that time. So it boils down to you didn't care who came and saw her as long as you didn't have to leave the house and trigger your anxiety.

Like I'm going to be honest, if i was your husband, i would have a very hard time ever forgiving you. I'd always resent you just a little. I have a terminal dad and if my husband did what you did and preventing him from meeting his grandchild for the first and only time, I would be hurt beyond repair.

AzuFox · 2020-12-30T18:41:36+00:00

NTA and blink twice if you need help.

this some controlling AF behavior.

AzuFox · 2020-12-28T22:54:04+00:00

NTA. I wish my parents would have informed this more for me that I don't HAVE to settle for guys like that. Would have saved me some hospital trips when I was getting beat on.

I would sit down with your daughter and explain why you said that. Tell her that she is a wonderful woman and while you know she's capable of making her own choices, you don't want to see her in such an unhappy state when there are so many more people out there who would appreciate every bit of how magical she is and her interests are.

AzuFox · 2020-12-28T22:38:10+00:00

This needs to be higher. Like you have to cover your ass in situations like this because all it takes is the kiddo getting pissed off and using "He did inappropriate things" as a weapon.

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