old habits die hard...or not at all

When I went to uni in England, whenever I had a problem with school I would ask my housemate. Not only was he the best housemate I have ever had but he was also by far more on track with technical bits than I ever will be. However, his room was upstairs, pretty much on the attic and I was on the ground floor. So, at the end most of our communication was via msn. Now I am battling with my econometrics project and what is my first solution – msn and my housemate. He is now in Singapore, and far away from the academic world but still it just seems so normal to ask him because obviously he just must now the answer. Some things just never change.