The guy came today to connect the emergency button, and he left us a cardiogram machine that connects to the central clinic as well.  And as he was demonstrating on me how the cardiogram works I detected a slight Russian accent and asked him where in Belarus he is from.  When it turned out he was from the neighborhood of my parents’ home town I asked him how to say panties in Russian.  “Trussiki,” he said, without missing a beat.  A cool guy in an emergency I’d say. 

meanwhile, the rockets were coming at us from Syria.  Sirens, shelters – it’s starting.  Good to know there’s Vlad around.