Why Doesn't Stuff Work?

I knit a hat, it didn't fit. I have a relatively new digital camera, it doesn't work. I have a new Ipod the battery dies way too fast and my laptop has been for repair twice in the past year. Is this just me or is there a trend out there to keep repairman busy?

There's the hat, it looked fine for the Sweeties head but when he put it on the head kind of disappeared. So I decided to felt it and this is the result. It fits a little better now but I sweated as I was doing it hoping it wouldn't shrink too much.

The camera is another matter, the manual gives no telephone number in T-Dot only a website. Once you get there you need to go thru a diagnosis process and finally they will issue you a repair number with detailed instructions were to send it. Of course it's nowhere near were I live, so in the mail it goes. Hopefully I will have it back before Christmas. Am I trusting Kodak too much, you think?

The Ipod battery dies too fast but finding any information on line is pretty futile. I guess I have to look for an Apple store somewhere in town. Of course if I had bought the extended warranty I wouldn't have to go thru this, just take it back to big retailer. Problem is, I am very much against extended warranties on principle. The stores make way too much money on them but with the way my luck goes, maybe I need to rethink that.