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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (29)
rocdan
beautiful still life ,
Faemike55
Great candid capture she is a lovely lady
jayfar
Wonderful candid.
renecyberdoc
i am thinking of getting myself one (a kindle that is) i wait for a good opportunity
auntietk
Nice candid! I've given the idea of a reader a few seconds worth of thought, but that's as far as it goes so far. The library is a much bigger part of my life than the bookstore!
bazza
Nice capture Sig she seems absorbed in reading it I have kindle on my laptop and amazon has a number of older books you can download for free but who has time to read, to busy commenting on rendo lol..
kgb224
Superb capture. Handy to have a kindle. One can load lots of books on a kindle. My colleague working with me in the control room ordered one from Amazon and it arrived at is house in four days. God Bless.
dakotabluemoon
Great capture of her hon.
farmerC
Shining shot.
tofi
Excellent candid capture of this young lady! This looks like a such a peaceful and relaxing past time, I wish I too can be doing this right about.. now! :) The Kindly was an excellent idea, saves so much shelf space indeed! :)
photosynthesis
A sign of the times, I guess. Though I spent most of my working life as a computer analyst & am pretty comfortable with most technology, I still prefer the feel of an actual book in my hands & the pleasure of browsing through a used book store & finding an unexpected treasure. My wife wanted to buy me a Kindle as a Valentine's Day gift, but I vetoed it...
Jean_C
Great shot, she seems totally busy!
nefertiabet
Nettes Foto :-)
angora
lovely capture!!!
adrie
Wonderful capture my friend.
drifterlee
Nice shot. I don't think I could ever get used to reading one of those.
emmecielle
Excellent cpture! :)
moochagoo
Quite good snap shot
flavia49
marvelous capture
jocko500
wonderful shot
Isabelle711
Most excellent capture my friend. :))))) Thank you for sharing. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))))
Minda
excellent capture sig..:)
bobrgallegos
Wonderful candid capture Sig!!
bimm3d
great capture!!
flaviok
Fascinante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
pat40
Very good
dragonmuse
Nice candid capture. I must admit, I have not gotten used to people being out on a beautiful day at the beach with their attention focused in technological devices. Still of the mindset that a beautiful day at the beach is for enjoying the surroundings.
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful candid capture !
tennesseecowgirl
My daughter bought me one of these last Christmas and while they are pretty cool. To me nothing better than the real thing, and they don't run out of power. Nice image.