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 (35)
Faemike55
Quasi-ninja perhaps it's the fedora that gives it away Great capture
junge1
That shows you how much I know about this lol!
jocko500
impressive
npauling
He has gone to a lot of trouble to get this outfit looking so great. I hope he got some free stuff for all his trouble. A great photo.
Richardphotos
his suit is not in his best interest.very candid shot
Fremmen
He's a comic book character not a ninja. Deadpool.
ArtistKimberly
Awesome,
renecyberdoc
heroes of might and magic.
Isabelle711
Cool image. :)))))) Most excellent capture my friend. :))))) Thank you for sharing. :))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :)))))
auntietk
Heck, I don't even know what community that IS, let alone who's in it! I checked Deadpool on line and Fremmen knows what he's talking about. I'd never heard of Deadpool, but I'm sure if I asked my nephew (who is now 33 years old but still loves Marvel and X-Men) he could give me chapter and verse on the character. I can't begin to count the number of "action figures" I gave that kid for Christmas and birthdays over the years. LOL! Contrary to my belief at the time, he didn't outgrow them in a couple years, and the genre gives him great pleasure to this day. A great shot of this every day superhero!
lyron
Cool capture!!!!
jayfar
Great capture but I bet he was hot in there and glad when he could come out of his shell!!
bazza
Cool super hero lol, Nice shot Sig!!
erlandpil
Cool capture!!!! erland
ragouc
Coooool
Jean_C
Lol, excellent capture!
UteBigSmile
Was du aber auch so alles vor die Linse bekommst - Köstlich Siggi!
emmecielle
Interesting image! :)
farmerC
Shining.
Dreamingbee
how cool !
dakotabluemoon
Great capture of these people so what ever they think their fantasy is i guess.
crunch01
yuppers there is always one in every crowd!! gets scary when you are where it is the entire crowd!!! lolol great shot!
debbielove
Must be a new kind of Ninja that makes as much noise as possible as he moves! lol Man! He looks an....Well hes having fun...I hope! lol Rob
flavia49
cool shot!
flaviok
Excelente e interessante imagem meu amigo, aplausos (5)
bebert
:) nice shot
kbrog
Wonderful capture! :)
drifterlee
Really cute costume on him!
kgb224
Armed to the tooth. Amazing capture my friend. God Bless.
sandra46
VERY COOL