Some of my Thoughts on Nuclear Usage

Are there still people who want nuclear power stations? There must be, for from time to time I hear someone here in Australia voice an opinion that we should have nuclear power stations as a back up. In the media there are at present endless discussions about our power supply.

All the nuclear power plant disasters that we know about already, and all the difficulties to rid ourselves of nuclear waste, these are well known facts but not talked about much in main media. Anyhow, with all that present knowledge that is available to us, some people still seem to deliberately ignore all this knowledge and do voice an opinion that we should consider nuclear power stations!

I know, doomsday predictions are not very popular. A significant number of people just want to ignore all the facts. I published in my last three posts some YouTube tapes. All of them have Helen Caldicott in them:

http://www.helencaldicott.com/about/

Helen Caldicott is a famous anti-nuclear activist. That does not mean that the majority of people all over the world are willing to listen to her, does it? How many people really make time to listen to what she has to say? Or when they listen a bit, they might soon say, she is just a doomsday predictor, and they are not wanting to further think about the consequences of playing with nuclear. There are an immense number of anti-nuclear organisations:

https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=famous+anti-nuclear+activists&*

It seems to me politicians and main media all over the world ignore more or less the message of these organisations. And the extent of the Fukushima disaster is hushed as to not create a panic. It seems to me people with vested interests in nuclear just do not want to change their policies. The worst part is that a lot of people in power are not willing to work on nuclear disarmament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Caldicott

Kiama, Sunday 12 March 2017

Today, Sunday, was a perfect day for a drive to Kiama. The Jazz Festival music was very pleasant. We could hear it in all the streets where we walked along. It was a bit like country music at times. The band was actually in the park, but we did not venture there. Instead we tried out the Licked GELATERIA. We liked what we purchased: Peter chose chocolate and rum/raisin ice-cream, I had lemon sorbet and green apple sorbet. For six Dollars each we thought it was very good value.

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Bus Trip, Monday 6 March 2017

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CPSA DAPTO SENIORS

Dapto Branch of Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc

Bus leaves at: 8.15

We will first visit the ever popular Cobbity Winery followed by a short tour of the area.

Morning Tea:

The bus will call in for a short stop for morning tea/or toilet break.

Lunch:

We will visit Campbelltown Catholic Club for lunch and light refreshments (at your own expense)”

I am a member of the CPSA and bought a ticket to go on that bus trip. So last Monday was the big day for me. Peter did not want to come along. But he drove me to the departure point. Some seven hours later he picked me up again. I enjoyed the bus trip quite a bit. Meeting some new people was great. They were all very friendly. As usual, I took a lot of pictures.

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We stopped here at McDonalds for Morning Tea. A friendly lady took this picture of me with my new friend.

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This is where the bus came in again to pick us up after our lunch break.

Here a fub picture: Me holding up a bottle of empty booze at Cobbity Winery.

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I was happy to show off a bottle of empty booze at the Cobbity Winery!

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Wednesday Afternoon, March 2017

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This morning I managed to publish some food pictures of the meals we had not so long ago. One morning I took the above pictures. It had been raining quite a bit these last few weeks. So, on that morning, surprise, surprise, these little mushrooms had appeared in our backyard. Of course, we did not dare to eat them for we had no idea whether they were poisonous or not. Peter said, there is great danger that people may die when eating unknown mushrooms. These mushrooms did not last for very long. The next day they had all disappeared.

This morning Peter had an 11,40 appointment with his eye specialist. The eye specialist is in Figtree. Peter went there by bus. It turned out, Peter’s eyes are just a little bit better than last time, meaning that no laser treatment was needed at this stage.

Peter had dropped me off near Dapto Shopping Centre, parked his car there, and went to catch his bus. We had agreed, that he should pick me up from the library once he returned from Figtree. I liked being able to spend some time at the library. I took out three large print books. Before that I had gone for a very much overdue haircut. To be able to at last fit this haircut in made me very happy! I also fitted in a cup of coffee at McDonalds, I mean I asked for a proper cup, not a take-away one!

A friendly girl was waiting to help customers to use one of the newly established ordering machines. She offered to do it for me. Alas, I had a 5 Dollar note to pay my coffee with. But paying with a 5 Dollar note somehow did not work. So the girl went to a service counter to get my order through there. Maybe the machine prefers credit cards. I think paying by credit card and using ordering machines is a bit too much of an innovation for me. At my age it is very difficult to get used to such new things!

More and more large print books are available at the Public Library. Residents can get a loan of these books for free. I reckon, this is a very good thing that the council still provides this free service apart from all the other things that are available at the Library. You can borrow all sorts of books and magazines and videos. You pay only for overdue items. If you return the borrowed items on time, there is no charge, none whatsoever.

By the time Peter and I were home to eat our home cooked lunch it was nearly two o’clock. Peter had some peppermint tea with his lunch, and I had some black tea with skim milk. We had been very hungry when we got home and quite tired as well!

Yesterday Peter had to see the cancer specialist in Figtree as a follow up to his operation from two weeks ago. Apparently his bladder is free of cancer at the moment, but there is a chance some more growth might come back. This is why some follow up treatment in Wollongong Hospital is recommended. I may write a bit more about some details after Peter has spoken to another doctor who is going to give him some more advice about the recommended treatment.

After having been at the the Urology Clinic yesterday, we drove to Figtree Shopping Centre and treated ourselves to some coffee and cake at the Gossips’ Coffee Lounge! It was a huge piece of cake with nuts, which we shared, and we were each given some ice-cream as well as fresh cream with it. Delicious! And the coffee out of proper cups was quite good too.

Uta’s Diary, March 2017

Keine Zeit, keine Zeit, Keine Zeit!

Why do I always run out of time? I wished instead of 9 am it was only 6 am now and I would have at least two ours to write something. I have the feeling that I have now only about half an hour left to post something. Then I have to get ready to go out.

How many pictures can I still download withing the next few minutes? About 50 pictures that I took recently are still unpublished. So which ones should I choose right now? Maybe I just start with some of the oldest pictures and leave the rest for some other day.

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Looking at these pictures I remember some of the meals we had recently. For instance with the ‘Knödel’ (Potato Dumplings) we had some ‘Goulash’ which turned out to be very tasty.

We love salad leaves with our meals. A fried egg is always welcome too. I love our homegrown hot chillies. But Peter does not want to eat these. They are a bit too hot for him.

So long then.

Uta’s Diary, 1st of March 2017

“Es regnet,

es regnet;

es regnet seinen Lauf,

und wenn’s genug geregnet hat

dann hört es wieder auf.”

But when does it stop? It just keeps on pouring, pouring . . .

I hope it won’t keep raining like this next month when my brother Peter Uwe and his wife Astrid are going to be with us. I am very much looking forward to their visit from Germany. Yesterday Peter and I drove up to Mt.Keira. The rain had stopped for just a little bit and Peter could take some pictures with his phone. After a while he also took his tablet out and took a picture with that. We were thinking we could take Peter Uwe and Astrid to the top of Mt.Keira. This should be an interesting outing for them to see the Wollongongs coastline from up there.

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View of Mt.Keira from Wollongong Hospital: I took this picture last week when Peter was in Wollongong Hospital for an operation.

https://auntyuta.com/2017/02/23/utas-2017-february-diary-2/

When we first came to Australia people told us that they would say it’s raining ‘cats and dogs’ when there were extremely heavy downpours. Well, today it has been raining ‘cats and dogs’ quite often, then there’s some drizzle, then it stops for a while, but not for long, and then it starts all over again. Not a good day for doing my washing . . .

Uta’s February 2017 Diary (continued)

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Yesterday I wrote: Shorty before 11 am we went up by lift to Level 2. Immediately we were let into the reception area, which was well equipped with chairs and some screens. On the TV screen we noticed that there had been an Air Crash in Melbourne near Essendon Airport.

Uta’s 2017 February Diary

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On Tuesday, the 21st of February, Peter was booked into hospital for another operation. We arrived early and waited near the Main Entrance for the assigned time to be let into the Day Surgery Ward. We went up by lift to Level 2 shorty before 11 am. Immediately we were let into the reception area, which was well equipped with chairs and some screens. On the TV screen we noticed that there had been an Air Crash in Melbourne near Essendon Airport.

To be continued

Uta’s February 2017 Diary continued

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This morning I cooked some spaghetti with some sea salt. I added a bit of butter, one whole red chilli and some Spanish onion as well as a tiny bit of fresh ginger. It made a delicious meal!

I spent about an hour outside cleaning bits and pieces in the garden area at the back of our house. Also, taking some photos, actually lots of photos!

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Peter joined me for a while outside. We were sitting at the table in the shade, talking about this and that.

Some of the buds opened up already. They have a beautiful, very strong scent!

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One Day after Valentine’s Day in Australia 2017

This is the morning of the 15th of February in Australia. We’ve just have had breakfast. I am very much looking forward to continue reading Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Purity’. I have only a few more pages to read.

Last night we watched ‘The End is my Beginning’. This was a very thought provoking film about the end of life. It was filmed like a documentary and based on the life of an Italian journalist and his family.

https://auntyuta.com/2017/02/14/the-end-is-my-beginning/