Think of it …. a thousand million! or 10⁹ (ten to the power of nine) for you mathematically inclined people out there!

• A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
• A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
• A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
• A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
• A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the U.S. government is spending it!

Next time you hear the word ‘billion’ what will it mean to you?

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Up to my ears here with school work …. of my own making …. trying to see if I can get WordPress to work as a ‘plain’ looking site so I can get the pupils as masters of their own work and get them to post to the net.

Any ideas? All suggestions welcome …. I’m trying to push the boat out …. not sink it!

Been a long night …. a long tiring day ….. a burst appendix (not mine) meant I had to be elsewhere on supervision duty!

All ok now (hopefully) ….. if we could get rid of the HSE and start afresh with the ‘good’ people we’d have a great Health Service.

The people on the ground are the ones that are trying to keep the seams from falling apart.