Not only did the rackett arrive, but I found the lost 16GB SD card that mysteriously vanished from my Eee PC (naturally, it turned up after I'd already purchased a replacement - a sure way to find a missing object).
And we prevailed in court against the Worst Landlord Ever, so we're now free to move into a better place (with a new landlord who seems a lot more inclined to protect his investment in his property by fixing problems with it... and who knows that we're willing to file lawsuits against landlords who refuse to do so).