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 (38)
adrie
LOL what a wonderful and also cute photoshot my friend.
Faemike55
would love to 'listen' in on their observations of the tourist - it would be great.... Wonderful capture Sig
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
flavia49
fantastic capture
jocko500
cool shot
bmac62
Fine portraiture Sig. Reminds me of the time I lived in a BOQ at Fort Irwin, California. One of the guys brought home a rhesus monkey for a pet. What a colossal mistake! The BOQ had exposed steam pipes below the ceiling. The monkey loved them and could traverse the entire building in a flash...problem was he indiscriminantly bombed everything and everybody below him. His stay didn't last a week.
Minda
awwwwwwwwwwwwww my FAV animal...they are soooo cute..:):)..amazing capture sig.
Chipka
These are amazing animals and this is a gorgeous photo of a wonderful duo. I love their expressions and the look of casual mischief about them. Ah...primates! This is a marvel of a shot.
UVDan
You can almost see them making up tourist jokes.
lyron
Great image!!
auntietk
They appear to be making bored but slightly critical comments to each other about the tourists. Terrific capture!
Juliette.Gribnau
most wonderful and sharp capture
starship64
How cute! Wonderful shot.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
sharky_
They are waiting for anyone to throw food.... Cut shot. Aloha
jayfar
An excellent image Sig.
farmerC
Exellent shot.
fallen21
Fantastic shot.
renecyberdoc
they sure wonder sometimes at the buch of azzholes walking on 2 legs heheheheh.
dakotabluemoon
OMG this has got to be a fav how cute of an expression on those adorable faces.
casmindo
They are just earning a living..
drifterlee
Oh, they are so cute!!!!!!
bobrgallegos
Great capture of this handsome duo!
UteBigSmile
Total knuffig, hoffentlich verschont man die Beiden vom Kochtopf!
Cyve
Cool theme and great shoot !!!
nefertiabet
Süße freche Äffchen, die hecken bestimmt was aus!!!
caty77
Lovely monkeys ^^
ia-du-lin
lovely photo
ragouc
Really cool
Dreamingbee
smile - i'd like to hear what they tell about tourists ;) .. so great photo Sig