Thanks for asking

A lot of people have shown a lot of interest in my recent gall stone operation. Fortunately, everything has been plain sailing so far. I’ve not had any problems or complications, I feel fine, and the scars are barely noticable. I’m amazed myself, that everything went as smoothly as it did. I must say, the hospital and/or surgeon did a grand job. I’ve got an appointment next week to check everything is OK.

And the winner is….

…the Fokker Friendship – the aircraft that is. Not the Friendship BnB, although that too has received much acclaim.

In a recent survey/contest to find the best dutch design ever, organised by the dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, the Fokker F27 (Friendship) was voted as the best dutch design.

Obviously I couldn’t agree more.

You can see an overview of the nominations on the design.nl website.

Article on the NRC website (dutch only).