things that suck
* discovering that your laptop has suddenly decided to be a very expensive paperweight
(Almost positive that it just needs an OS reinstall, but nobody in the house has any OSX 10.4 install disks with them. Grarrrgh.)
(Almost positive that it just needs an OS reinstall, but nobody in the house has any OSX 10.4 install disks with them. Grarrrgh.)

Re: An OS install may not be necessary: