Sony.....

Walkman.
Broken, due to a fall a while back
Landed hard
Too hard
Waited to be examined
Waited some more
Not enough hours in the day
A.P.U.
Following a problem identification 2 weeks ago
Tonight was to be the night
Commitment
Determination
Towel laid flat
Christmas cracker screw driver set out
Glasses off
Squinted like fuck
Unscrewed like fuck
Fiddled like fuck
No fecking access to the problem area
Then crack
Pop
Rattle
Mmmmm
Oh proper Fuck!
As in the fear of something being fucked
Beyond the point of no return
Beyond the point of not return
But....
Borrowed Mrs Tuttle's brow plucking tweezers
Which were perfect
(I need a pair)
Sprocket shaft clicked into place (the problem)
Click went the circuit board (the main obstacle)
A screw and a few
Click went the latch
Double screw
Click went the edging
Bit more screwing
Click went the main cover
Now totally screwed (in the technical sense that is)
Battery in
Cassette in
Play
CLICK, click....... red light on.
Play again
CLICK, click....... red light on, again.
Nice when autoreverse works
Phones in
Volume checked
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Sye is now well and truly knackered
But happy
Tuttle Jnr will be even happier as he was the one who dropped.....
.....hard landing
You get the idea

MP3 player?
Who the feck needs one of them?