A Personal Historical Note

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Details: Written by: Richard_McKie; Parent Category: Economy; Category: Energy; Published: 27 August 2012; Hits: 73075

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You might wonder why I'm bothered with this subject.

The answer is that electricity has always been part of my life; and that of my ancestors almost since it was discovered (see The McKie Family - Untimely Death).

Indeed, it has probably always been part of your life too. It's the revolutionary discovery that has led to the modern world. So it shouldn't it be of interest to everyone?

Joke: How many New Yorkers does it take to change a light bulb? Two: One to call the handyman; and one to mix the cocktails while they wait.

Note: Some content previously here has been moved to The McKie Family - My Inheritance

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Travel

Greece and Türkiye 2024

In May 2024 Wendy and I travelled to Europe and after a string of flights landed in Berlin. By now we are quite familiar with that city and caught public transport to Emily and Guido's apartment to be greeted by our grandchildren and their parents. I have previously reported on their family, so, suffice it to say, we had a very pleasant stay and even got out to their country place again.

From Berlin we flew to Greece and had an initial few days in Athens, before returning to Berlin, then back to Greece, a week later, to join a cruise of the Greek islands and Türkiye (just one port).

At the end of the cruise we spent a self-guided week on Crete. We finished our European trip with a week in Bulgaria, followed by a week in the UK, before flying back to Sydney.

Fiction, Recollections & News

The Pandemic turns Two

It's now past two years since SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) spread beyond China and became a pandemic.

From the outset, I've covered aspects of the pandemic on this website, beginning with Love in the time of Coronavirus back in March 2020, so the passing of the pandemic's second birthday seemed an appropriate time to review what we've learnt.

The positive news is that: Covid-19 has been far less deadly than the 1918-20 "Spanish Influenza' pandemic.

This relative success in limiting the number of deaths this time round is entirely due to modern science.

Opinions and Philosophy

More Julian Assange

A friend forwarded me an article by Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald on April 12. Read Here or click on the picture.

It appears that Assange's theories about petite and grand conspiracies are well founded; and illustrated by his own case.

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