I hate small trivial plastic pieces that are attached to expensive devices. Two cases in one day: There is a little plastic dial on my camera. This is a nice camera, mind you. Several hundread dollars. Not top of the line, but it's impressive. The dial broke off. Now, I take care of my stuff. It stays in a case when it's not in use, and when it is in use I handle it gently. The dial broke off. More like fell off, actually. When I noticed it was off, it had actually been balanced on the camera. Had I tipped it without knowing, the piece would be gone forever.

I was actually at Pilot Mountain, NC at the time. It looks like a nipple. http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/.....ics/pimo_2.jpg

Anyway, case 2: My mom calls me and tells me the knob on the washing machine fell off and she can't figure out how to get it back on. I get home from my trip and there it is. Turns out the plastic that attaches the knob to the washing machine broke from the knob itself. In the washing machine's defense, it's 15 years old, rather than 3 like the camera. Thing is, this knob is needed to start the machine. It's a $700 machine that is now useless because of a trivial knob. Anyway, my job now is to see if apoxy is actually strong enough to fix it, or if I can find an alternative.

sgolem, out.