I had one
of those birthdays over the weekend and apart from the family no one
wished me well.
A lot of
people know the date, well my phone company does, and last year
wished me Happy Birthday. My bank knows - Nada. My Hospital as well,
and my doctor - no wishes from either of them.
It's
amazing in Ireland now when you ring the health service and other
service providers, before you have the last syllables of your name
out - they are barking Date Of Birth. I think this personal
information is protected by Data Protection as personal data , and
that some other reference code or number should be used instead.
The present system is just a lazy attempt at record keeping. After
all, who would forget their birthday, like the so-'n-sos forgot mine. But more importantly, is there any chance another person with my surname would have
been born on the same date as me. It's unlikely. Anyway I will discuss
that with my brother and sister - The Triplets people call us - when
they are being civilised.
One of
these days I will tell them I don't know the date - as I was hatched
from an egg.
But
anyhow, as we say over here my book In The Wicker Wood Where Secrets
are Buried has had a price decrease.
It's now
$3.00 for the Kindle and $5.00 for the Paperback, UK prices are £1.99
and £4.99 and in Ireland and the rest of the EU, depending on what
VAT rate is applied , it should be around €2.99 Kindle, and €3.99 for
the Paperback.
Great
value for a good book - not a great book, (as Eamon Dunphy - a minor
TV personality over here - he also played soccer - might say), but
the reviews mention that it's a good book.
As to my
birthday I wanted a song request played on The Ronan Collins show on
RTE - George Burns singing "I Wish I was Eighteen Again."
