Beware of the triskaidekaphobiacs (fear of the number 13)

Introduction

It is that dreaded time of the year when columnists are expected to look into and engage in attempts to predict the future. You would think that in Guyana that would not be too hard – every pessimistic prediction since 1961 about our political parties failing to act in the national interest having been proved right. But you do not understand how accountants operate.

Their eyes are at the back of their heads so they can look back with no discomfort,