Sometimes I have the worst luck…
A couple of weeks ago, I discovered that the DC jack on my laptop was defective, and as a result had broken off from the mainboard just above the solder joint. It was fixable, and it is now as good as new, but upon plugging it back in, I discovered that I’d hit the double whammy of laptop power problems: the connector on the power cord was damaged and couldn’t sustain a proper connection. A bit of aluminum foil seemed to provide a sufficient fix, though I planned to order a new adapter (#3 for those keeping score at home)....
