Your plant is a golden pothos if I'm right. It can survive in water, but would grow better if planted in soil. Once you have roots on the cuttings, you can put them into a well-draining soil. When it has no roots it's no good to give fertilizer. Only fertilize when planted to soil and you see new growth. Good luck with it! MsGreen

With all things considered, the op may do well with a shiny new penny. As far as steering repair on these, I always recommend installing a new sector kit. 167903 is the pre-built sector. Off the deck comes, the drag link end, the steering wheel and adapter, the fuel tank gets moved aside- plus4 bolts and the sector finds its way out. The part is ~ 80$. The drag link itself should be inspected and replaced if the joints are sloppy and may pull apart, Of course, that adds ~ 50$ to the bill.You will want to know too that the upper steering bushing has its mounting screws in place yet . The crosslink that runs between the two axle spindles can bend and create a poor steering response too, so have a look at that to ensure it is straight. While you can pull the sector and replace the plastic support for $10. I never do as it seems that the rest also has enough wear once problems develop- that skipping can still occur or it will come back soon enough to bite you.

Talk to your family doctor and/or your child's pediatrician. Get a referral to a family counselor whose has expertise with adolescent and step family issues. Basically, if you have a situation where he needs help and things you've reasonably tried and which should normally work have not been effective, then it's a good time to consult and work with outside experts to get some fresh insights. The reason to get family counseling too, and not just single out the 12 year old even though it seems like he is clearly the focus, is so that the family dynamic can be altered in such a way that your 12 year old _can_ change his patterns. Otherwise, even if he does get good therapy (counseling, cognitive behavioral, or whatever) and can change himself, the force of the family dynamic can keep things from changing... so that counseling never seems to work even when it would have been effective. You might want to also discuss the possibility of neurological problems with his pediatrician. Try to find out if there are any diagnosable problems that would need their own special attention... ADHD/ADD, cognitive or mood disorders, learning disabilities of any kind, or anything else. If there is a probability that something of this kind is coexisting in him with the present conduct problems, then he might be better served by a child psychiatrist who has expertise with adolescents, than by a child counselor. You can also schedule a meeting with his teacher or teachers. Ask them how they view your son's academic performance and how they view his facility or lack with social skills, and general coordination issues. Ask them for their opinions, and why they think and feel the way they do if they would be kind enough to recommend anything that could help. Teachers are usually not doctors, or counselors so the teacher may or may not be greatly helpful. But, as an adult in your child's life who has worked with him and who have opportunities to observe him, any of his teachers can be a good source of additional information you can use. Adolescence is complicated. People want the feeling of independence and respect (parents, and children both). Parents have usually been able to 'force' it if it was not naturally forthcoming. Adolescence is a time when the children are beginning to have the developmental ability to both say, and mean 'no.' Granted, they have no experience and they can use words and phrases involving hatred, or worse. The parental tendency is to try to use what worked before 'force' and that tends to reinforce an already ugly situation when there is conflict. (Family counseling, aside from any individual work can help you learn new ways to manage family conflicts in a more communicative manner with less animosity.) seriously, get professional support and help because although this kind of thing can be normal and helpable through counseling and learning new ways to manage stress and conflicts it can also be the case that the child has problems which require more specialized help so that he can be able to function more effectively

Well I am done stripping / cleaning it. I sprayed the areas that still had a solid color of the old stain with the stripper and then used a power washer to strip it off. Then I sprayed the deck with the brightner and power washed it clean. Some areas that were still left or areas i could not reach with the sprayer I sanded the next day. It went pretty smooth. I was not looking for perfection as the deck is 15 years old and some boards are splintery and splitting. I just wanted to get it looking good for a while longer and maybe in 5 more years replace the decking and railings with composit decking (quote for that this year was $16,000). The deck support is in great condition. Maybe in 5 years I will look into ipe or something? Wish I could do that work myself, i think material would be about $4000, that I can handle, $16k i cannot.