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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..
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Comments (26)
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely and vivid photograph
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
whaleman
Oh, anything tastes good to you if you have grown up eating it. Nice shot!
ronmolina
Now I am hungry!
blinkings
I'd give them a go! I eat anything pretty much.
renecyberdoc
yeah tarantulas lots of proteine.
farmerC
Shining done.
Cyve
Beautiful capture !
dakotabluemoon
I can't believe u ate one of those there is no way i would ever try that lol but u sure have gotten us some great pics of the other side of the globe i really am enjoying this.
Faemike55
Cool photo Great looking scene
romangirl
OMG you ate a tarantula! Great scene!
UVDan
I do not know which pile is the tarantulas, but they must have quite a lot of them, if she can pile them up like that. Nice photo of the local fast food joint.
ontar1
Wow, that is cool, don't know if I would try one, but then again, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!
flaviok
Uma captura brilhante meu amigo, aplausos (5)
twingo
Looks very tasty, Always good to try out something new.
flavia49
fantastic capture
starship64
This is a great picture. I don't think I'd be willing to taste some of those things, but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
auntietk
Since all those odd "foods" seem to taste like chicken, I'll just have the chicken, thank you. :P This is a great shot, no matter what's on offer. Well seen, and well done!
sharky_
I've just became a vegetarian... No spiders for me, lol.... Aloha
tigertim
Cool!.. was never game myself.. call me a chicken, after all that is what every thing out of the ordinary is supposed to taste like, but I could never bring myself to try....
Richardphotos
good it was you trying the spider and not the other way around! very interesting street life
sandra46
i'm not sure i'd be able to taste them...
tennesseecowgirl
wonderful capture!
danapommet
An excellent photo and description. I've tried rattlesnake, alligator and Iguana but I don't think I could get down tarantula.
bebert
i prefered chiken and fruit :)))
debbielove
I have this mate! But..... lol I'm glad you tried on our behalve! Thanks for that! lol Interesting shot Rob