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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 (21)
RaykesPictures
:-)
giulband
Veri nice car !!!!
SunriseGirl
Interesting way of doing things. Great view of the rickety old cart.
bazza
Nice shot of the transfer station Sig lol..
angora
seen worse... LOL interesting shot!!
prutzworks
kit bashing well seen
Juliette.Gribnau
great pov !
whaleman
I'm thinking about how I would feel seeing my camera gear loaded onto that!
nefertiabet
Nice shot Sig, cool!!!
junge1
Surprisingly, nothing got damaged and nothing got lost!!
ontar1
Weird and interesting!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
jayfar
You would think they would set up some conveyor belt system !!
auntietk
How very interesting! As a security measure, I can see how this must work very well. Simple, but it insures 100% that nothing comes through in the van except the luggage!
drifterlee
Very interesting!
flavia49
very interesting photo
Faemike55
Very interesting scene - it would pay to travel light around there Great capture
starship64
Wonderful capture.
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
danapommet
I imagined, in my mind, that the wooden carts would be larger. I am surprised that this let you take a photo there!
debbielove
Very old world style! Neat shot dude! Two worlds meeting but both do as good job.. One costs vastly less though.. Neat! rob