Technological breakdown

In order of priority –

1. The head gasket on my car went 2 weeks ago and I’ve been without my car ever since.
2. My iPod keeps switching itself off and on constantly without any interference from me and is now almost unusable.
3. When I try to restore the settings on my iPod via my laptop, the laptop can’t cope as it doesn’t have enough hard disk space, despite my deleting or moving everything I think I can get away without. How much space does iTunes need???? (I stayed up until 12.30 last night trying vainly to sort it out – now I need some sleep!)
4. I really need to get a wireless router!
5. The laptop also only has 256MB RAM, so it’s not the fastest.
6. Our TV is on its last legs – needs a good thump whenever it’s switched on.
7. The DVD player has decided to stop working.
8. The video recorder (part of the same piece of equipment as the DVD player) hasn’t worked ever since Iona fed it some coins.
9. I can’t find my mobile phone (again). It’ll be lying around somewhere with a flat battery, should turn up …… eventually.