Something I dislike

....any printer.

They have a mind of their own and can be guaranteed to give up the ghost precisely when they are most needed. I believe this is something that is pre-programmed into them and cannot be removed.

I have two - thinking this would halve the problem.

NO,, NO, NO

It doubles it - al least. I have this fanciful idea that they actually talk to each other and gang up on me.

Fanciful? Not really.