Amen!
I`m also sick of being the guy who has to repair %99 of what everyone else breaks around my house.
Don`t bother trying to teach anyone how to do it. They simply tell me they are going in the house or into town to "grab a cold drink and BRB to help you" and then VANISH.
Wouldn`t matter......Even the stuff I have taught gets dismissed in favor of the ole "I`ll pretend like I`m a raging moron and he will just do it for me" routine.
My tools are in other kids trunks without my knowledge, my trouble light is missing which I found out about AFTER it got dark while trying to put new calipers on our car, my angle grinder I had been looking for for 8 DAMN MONTHS just magically reappeared.....laying on the sidewalk and RUSTY.
My lawn mowing guy ran over my $30 pr of Channel lock pliars and destroyed them when he accidentally found them over in the middle of the yard far from anything broken where I obviously did NOT leave them
I just bought ANOTHER $50 battery charger last weekend after the old one got burned up from being left out in the pouring rain while plugged up after I specifically said "Don`t leave that in the rain or hooked up overnight!!!".......It was both plugged up still and drenched in rain when I woke up and left for work the next day.
It`s not just the money, it`s a general lack of respect and consideration for other people`s possessions that pisses me off the most. You try and be helpful to people who spent their money on high fashion, impressing girls, partying, and fancy smartphones instead of buying JUST ONE FRIGGIN TOOL!!!! NOT EVEN THEIR OWN SCREWDRIVER!!!.....It`s just easier and cheaper to borrow and thouroughly disrespect someone else`s stuff than it is to buy and take care of/ or destroy your own sh!t. What tools aren`t missing, loaned out , or destroyed already are just spread all over the place so that I have to spend my Sunday looking for a 1/2 wrench of which I "had" six of before people.
Do I try and lead by example? Yes. When I borrowed my landlord`s chainsaw a few years back, The chains were all dull as hell, the tensioner was broken, the bar oil ports were plugged, and he had no fuel can for premix gas ony. He said his employees had darn near destroyed his brand new chainsaw in under two years. Anyway, I brought the saw back two days later with four chains sharpened and oiled, two new chain files for JIC, one brand new chain I bought as a spare, a new fuel can still half full, a half pint and a full pint of premix oil, and cleaned bar oil port, and a fixed tensioner. My landlord was floored. Offered me money for all the
parts and work. I broke his lawnmower once while using it so I rewelded the cracks in the deck and replaced the deck bearings while I was fixing the broken belt.......because I appreciated the fact he let me use it to mow my yard and because when you borrow something from someone and it breaks, YOU FIX IT!!! That`s just how I was raised.
It`s the same way where I work. The common denominator is the age of the offenders and social background (in other words, farm-raised kids seem to know better but some other kids are ignorant as hell and shouldn`t be trusted to borrow anything)
Sorry....and thanks.....I needed to rant today too. I think I`m just going to adopt a "Don`t touch NOTHING" policy on all my stuff followed by the ole "they sell this stuff at the store. If you need a ratchet, you should get your ratchet set there instead of from my toolbox"
Good luck
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Originally Posted by ironchop
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. I did the same thing with a 125m, ended up just buying a 2nd one that needed a top end. The engines are together but in an unknown state. Transmissions most likely are good though as they were both missing electronic 
