fpb | Have you ever been at the point where you said "that's, I'm going to smash everything in sight"?

Well, not everything. But today I was effectively in such a rage that I deliberately smashed my CD rewriter. The foul thing had stopped working; and as it had originally cost me £50, even if I found a repairman, it would cost at least as much to have it repaired. And it was not even two years old. I do not have £50, and even when I will (which is going to be on the first week of February), having to buy a new CD rewriter means that I will not be able to buy other stuff that I need. And it all started because I had finally started to save all my HD archives onto CDs. My archives are enormous: they contain practically the whole of English, Latin, Italian and Greek literature, hundreds of titles from other areas, thousands of e-books, tens of thousands of illustration and comics page, over six hundred pieces of music - not counting those already backed on a few CDs. My computer is itself getting old and enfeebled, its software is degrading, and I cannot now buy a more recent version because... because (hysterical laughter) I need the money for a new memory device!!!
Oh God, either you laugh or you walk up to the top floor and throw yourself out the window.