Just mentioned your thread to the Rivetess, and she said, "He's got you down to a T. "
Funny thing is that until recently, I've never been beaten by a technical problem . . . not totally beaten anyway. Right now I'm about to read Bush's post yet again for perhaps one last clue as to why I spent last evening looking for a NetFlix with subtitles.
I did see the thing about the fix-it software - possibly in 'Wired', or some such. Sounds interesting.