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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 (23)
Cyve
Fantastic capture and very great scene !!!
MagikUnicorn
cardio cardio cardio :) great shot
Richardphotos
very good action shot
flavia49
excellent shot
renecyberdoc
never heard of doping my man??lol,cmon shape up.......................
giulband
Verl taken !!
starship64
Great capture.
mbz2662
Looks like fun :) Great shot.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
UteBigSmile
Bist du das auf dem Fahrrad? Na dann tritt mal feste in die Pedale Siggi - Lach!
jayfar
She looks like she is going to make it Sig. Excellent capture.
ontar1
Cool, outstanding capture!
farmerC
Shining shot.
nefertiabet
Very nice shot!!!
Faemike55
Sounds like something I'd like to try! great capture
aksirp
cool and hot pic in one! 😎
UVDan
Sweet shot! A fifty mile ride! I am tired just reading that.
junge1
it was actually a 63 mile ride but at this point it was only about 5 miles short of 50 miles.
auntietk
I assume you were riding point in the car? :) This is a terrific shot! She looks like she's working hard, but very happy about it.
Juliette.Gribnau
way cool; wonderful captured
Minda
Very nice capture sig....;)
debbielove
Smiling to show she's liking it while really she is nearly dead on her wheels! lol Cool candid there Sig, well caught Rob
danapommet
A great action shot Sig and my knees could not attempt a 50 mile bike ride unless it was on a Harley!