Leigh,

I teach at an all-girls high school (ages 14 - 18 here in the former colonies)and I'm the first or second teacher that they seek out when they have a flat tire or dead battery. My fellow teachers also seek me out when they are having equipment malfunctions. I recently received acclaim when I cleared a jammed photocopier with my photon II, Leatherman Squirt S4 and a coat hanger. My colleagues know that I always have some tools, duct tape, and other ETS type stuff locked away in my classroom.

It's a terrible burden sometimes, but being the dependable one does have some rewards. When my wife kisses me and say's that I'm her hero, well, that's something that money can't buy.