This is the year of the Rat. I'm wondering if the rats in New York City are going to bring us luck or if it will be a good year for rat breeding. After I read my Chinese horoscope I learned that it will be an awful year for those of us born in the year of the horse - in every aspect.
And what a way to start the new year being reminded of that. You see these inflatable rats around the city the union workers display outside construction projects to protest non-union contracts. This one is near Union Square. I've seen them in two sizes, this is the smaller one.
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Following the debackle at the Building Department whereby a crane inspector was reprimanded for a supposedly false inspection of a crane that later fell and killed seven people, the neighbor who ratted him out should be thanked for bringing the issue to light. These rats are a testimony to the incompetence we are coming to see more often amid the NYC building boom. three fallen cranes, more than half a dozen dead as a result, and today, three more cranes are suspended from use...I don't mind seeing some more of these non-furry creatures around. They sure help to draw attention to a potential problem before others get hurt. As for me, I'm a sheep myself: I follow the crowd to safer sidewalks...and I always look up!
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