Happy New Year of the . . .?

Cruise control to dome light, farm truck systems are failing. Is 2024 a Year of the Rat? Short Chinese zodiac answer: No. The last official Rat Year was 2020. I still suspect some under-the-hood gnawing. I’d rather postpone the inspection and instead check my birth year against the non-Western zodiac to determine my animal identity. Short answer: Pig. Oh well, better a pig than a rat. Anyone…