Hello

We're back from New York! Pictures and report to follow, if I can find the time and the inclination (those often don't occur together). We had a great time - but it's a tiring town. More on that later.

I apologise for any confusion with the blog - something funny has happened, I thought I'd deleted the double post that you see below, and I thought I'd told you we were going to NYC. Anyhoo, you takes your free stuff and you pays for your chances.

So, glad we didn't go to Thailand then, given the news of the coup was on the screens whilst we were waiting in the departure lounge.

No progress on the house. I did note yesterday that whilst the ESB have our address for bills, they appear not to have it for those courtesy notes that say "all your frozen stuff will be thawed on Wednesday evening, free of charge" which is great.

Anybody who knows how much the taxpayer spends in Ireland on a) road safety and b)construction site safety? I'm doing a quick calculation..... whilst on a 4-yearly safety pass course I wondered if the monies are comparable or in proportion to each other - at the end of 2005, 9 people per thousand workers (ppt) were killed on construction sites (for 2005), whilst
in the same year, about 17 ppt licenseholders were killed on the roads. Do we spend twice on road safety what we spend on site safety? Should we get a Safepass for the Roads? Anyone with figures or thoughts, you know where the comments button is. If you don't, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.