9.41 am, the missus on the phone complaining about the ADSL not functioning at home. This is weird. We've been flawlessly I-connected through the perfect ISP services of xs4all belgium for the last 4 years. Being at a rough 70km from home there is little I can do but confirm that she's indeed cut off from the net, and send an email to the helpdesk to let them investigate some deeper...

9.14 pm, the missus declares me her life-time hero when I siwftly observe, plan and act in less then 30 seconds (just putting the plug back into the wall). What a display of efficiency and fearless action! Incredible

Yesterday 5.15 pm I park my car on the side of the N60, and call in the VTB/VAB for assistance. A patient hour later the service peep on duty (a man with a real mustache and flickering lights on the car!) needs less then 15' to re-attach some tube on the turbo exhaust to get me wheeling home again...

I guess, every now and then we deserve the support of a little hero just as much as we deserve our moment de gloire in doing that (little) thing that makes all the difference.