Let's see? Dad's IBM computer crapped out. My monitor bit the dust. For no apparent reason DirecTV made me put in a new access card which they sent to the Arizona house and Tom had to mail to me but it didn't get here until the day after the TV stopped functioning. "Insert your new access card now." When my dishwasher crapped out after 5 years I was told, "What do you expect? It's 5 years old." I love my KitchenAid mixer. It's one of those few things that "Takes a lickin and keeps on tickin". FYI, my Timex watches keep on dying too. My microwaves are still working. Both of them. What can you depend upon? It will rain 90% of the time on weekends in Wisconsin during the summer and my rain gauge is still working. Oh. And my Panasonic phones are still working great but I did have to replace the battery last summer. The battery died and refused to be revived.