The last week has been a nightmare!
I have a clam press and one of the springs went a few months ago so I replaced it with one of the kids trampoline springs (hey, it worked) but then last week the other spring went and 2 trampoline springs didn't keep the press open enough to avoid burning my knuckles.
After looking everywhere for replacement springs to no avail I emailed Martin at BMS (I got the press from BMS when I first started) and asked if he knew where I could get some from? His reply was - "I have some spares, I'll add to your next order" - QUALITY SERVICE I must say, and the press was now back up and running.
Then, 24hrs later my laptop went the the 'blue screen of death' and on investigation I found the hard drive had gone - and a lot of work was (yes, you guessed it) on the hard drive!
Anyway, I've managed to recover about 80% of what I wanted to and re-installed software etc (why can you never find discs when you want to) but it was a true PAIN!
The moral of the story - ALWAYS have a backup of both equipment and files if possible as if it happens it's a nightmare to get things back to as they were!