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 (20)
Faemike55
makes sense. great capture
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
farmerC
Shining shot.
Buffalo1
Interesting photo of country living.
ontar1
Interesting, great capture!
junge1
On the right is highway 286. 47 miles between Robles Junction and Sasabe on the Mexican border.About two weeks after i took this picture Border patrol ran into 5 illegals. A scuffle ensued in which the gun of one Border Patrol agent was taken by the illegals and the agent was injured and one illegal was shot dead by the other agent. The five illegal males were from Guatemala. Most illegals that come into Arizona are from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.The countries with the most violence!
starship64
Nice capture. I've seen the same thing in other places too.
VDH
Very interesting shot !!
virginiese
Incredible capture.Thanks for the explanations too ! I wish to you and yours a very Merry Christmas
durleybeachbum
How are they not robbed on a daily basis?
KarmaSong
An unexpected and rare lining of these mail-boxes that are waiting for the postman to pass them by or stop. A gorgeous capture , Sig, thank you very much for sharing, and HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you too !
Mondwin
Very cool capture my friend!!!Bravissimo!VDDD. Frohe Weihnachten Dir und Familie lieber freund!!!Gruß Whylma
LivingPixels
Super cool concept lovely capture!!!
Jean_C
Amazing! Beautiful and interesting capture!
moochagoo
This really amazing.
Richardphotos
I have seen in Arkansas the postal service using actual 4 wheel drive jeeps belonging to the carriers.
great capture
junge1
@durleybeachbum! Andrea, the illegals are more interested in getting away from the border and head north and blend in, or if they are smugglers either smuggling humans or drugs, they are making way more money than robbing mailboxes. And most of them can't read or speak English and they wouldn't know what they are looking at.
auntietk
This is a terrific shot! We saw something similar, only with about half the mailboxes, outside of Joshua Tree. People ask me frequently if I'm not afraid to live down here on the border half the year. The question itself is the product of what I can only describe as media hype. I feel just as safe here as I do anywhere else.
anitalee
Excellent
aksirp
Ha, and the bills are going in the next box 😆 well captured, love this kind of picture!