The Thursday night get together at Diannas .. all good intentions went by the wayside mostly for those that had to face work the next day .. I think I slithered home at 01:30 + so felt kind of hail damaged Friday ...
Barbara got to have her dinner with me although all we had was carrot sticks because there was not much left between the snackers and Zak grabbing something whenever nobody was looking ... sweet dog never seen a GSD able to put on such a spca feel sorry for me look in order to mug you for tidbits ..
At get together was Me , Diana , Debby and Richard Opperman , Dianne Young and Ricki , Delia Olivier Vicky Linecker , Barb and Shiela Fry , Helen Coffin .. some with with respective partners , new faces not met before .. some of the pics . some named others you will recognise after seeing the first few ..
More pics
More ...
More.. the rest well ?? .. these taken a bit bit later if at this stage we started looking a bit tired the freshness overtaken by too much wine .. eyes starting to look like pissholes in the snow .. the rest we dont want to see hey ??
I drove carefully home .. and got my butt into bed by 02:00 .. looked somewhat like a bull terrier in the morning but survived the day ..
Good photos Sandy Love Mavis
Thank Richard .. he had a super camera ... somehow less of the golfish bowl effect ..........
Went by the wayside? Barbara left at 2 only got to bed round 3 luckily WE didn't have to work the next day.All in all a jolly dee time was had.
Some photo's from my camera.
Thanks for those pics,
you had a nice get together, i would have only recocgnized Debbie, Richard and Diana
and thats cause of skype contacts, while Debbie looks still familiar to me thanks to Oklahoma
Sorry Sandy, lot of time is gone since last i seen you wow,
we are getting older,
no i am already old LOL
Here are the photo's
1st Our Deep thinker Sandy arriving
2nd Diane Sandy Myself and Richard The Golden Oldies
3rd Sandy and Vicky making like FUNKEL You see Boy Georg you weren't forgotten
4th Lastly Barbs wonderfull better half Andy who put up with and smiled through all ou reminising.
The rest
Thanks for that guys, even thought the years may have rolled on, one can see that you all have a bit of Oranjemund in you still, A glass of wine in every pic...... laughpoint
To be honest, even though you guys are a wee bit older than me, the only two faces I would have recognised if I had'nt known you via the net, would have been Delia and Vikki, maybe vikki, because we knew Susan quite well and Delia, I have no answer, I guess everyone of us younger guys back then just knew you from the Desert Inn?
It's great to see you guys get together, although I shudder to think what todays reunion might be like....
giverose
BierSuip
beautiful
We've had 2days to recouperate thank goodness,us oldies can't party hard 2 nites in a row. This little gathering was for Barbara Kuun (Fry) as she is out from England and due to the fact that she is looking at Ostrich's to-day won't be with us to-nite.
I don't think the ostrich's can drink as much as you lot can, so I guess Barbara is in for a quiet day....
Thanks for the pic's they look great and by the look of them a good time was had by all.
The only one i didn't recognise was Helen (sorry Helen )
Well I can only say wish I was there. Have a good time tonight
:emot98: fireworks1 congrats thnx
Wuhwuhwuh!
Great pics Sandy and Diana. Good laughs. You must've had a great time.
Funkel... hihihi laughpoint
Funkel is called "Grünschnabel" now.
Hi there Big sis not doing to bad with your postings
Little bro
I tell you I'm getting to be quite a boffin at this. Soon I'll be teaching you Alfred.
Diana, thanx for opening your home to us for an awesome night. Was great to catch up with my old hostel mate Barbs and catch up with everybody else. Always get a warm fuzzy feeling around so many oranjemunders. I'm one of those party poopers that left early, just can't handle a hangover anymore like I could in my early days - not when I have to be up at 5.30 the next morning for work - no work the next day, you'll still end up sweeping me out
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But I knew I could make up for it Sat night at Chill Out - left with the last of them..............
Mike, i'd be surprised if you didn't remember me - the Alexander clan were regulars at the steakhouse...............
Glad to see you all had a great time....... madashell that i wasnt there thumper
but ill forgive you all bighug when i see you in november e154
Sandy.....verona said she went to a reunion with all you lot there.....was this the same 1.........
grab
Hi Bev,
No Verona went to the one held on Saturday, arranged by Ronelle at Chille Out pub in Parklands.
I have sent the photographs I took to Ronelle and Sandy on Sunday.
Sandy sent them on to Mike to post them, therefore the delay.
Keep well,
Richard
Michele Alexander has posted the pics , look under TABLEVIEW GET TOGETHER ... Our audit is almost over and so far going good .. had one or two scary moments .. always find last minute holes .. and found one this morning but it fell below the radar ..Phew !! ...
Hi everyone,
I'm so impressed with the photo's. What a stunning get together Diana! I wish I couldve been there. Must say the 2008 reunion bug is beginning to bite! Maybe we can do the same next trip down, Debby????? I cant wait to catch up with Vicki. Trust me, we have way to much to talk about. Whether its good or bad, mmm! Was helleva lot of fun tho. Sheila and Barb, I would recognise any day. Delia, well my friend, I'd know you too.
xx
Of course we can arrange something for/with you when you down again Yvette.
e154
helloooo, we spotted the ostrich the next day and did indeed have a quiet day but I cured it with a swim in the rusen vrede waterfall pool
nothing like ice cold mountain water to cure a dull head.
I arrived back in the UK this morning to dull overcast and wet weather, so whats new. Had a blast over the last 3 weeks, and was challenged to stay away from the internet cafe for the period, which I managed.
Now Diane and everyone who was there, THANK YOU - so much for your friendly and generous hospitality, it was a moment of overwhelming kindness and extremely humbling. Had a fantastic time, Vicky is a scream, Delia is the same - like yesterday we were at school.
Everyone else I could have been friends with for ever.
Diana you rock, and love you doll. Sorry we left so late and without helping cleaning up. I did enjoy helping you put the table back together with Debbie.
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:emot77: Is envy realy a sin?
Someday my time will come....
@ Barbara so you home safely,was wondering when you were getting back. I never expect my guests to clean up.Never mind you leaving late,Sandy B and I were pondering another bottle of wine at that time,remember, but decided to be adult about matters and not have it.As for the table I must tell you we thought it was put to-gether BUT you should have seen this abortion in the morning.Tried to tell Stephen that we didn't have that much wine, it was the tables fault. Glad you enjoyed the evening as we all did. A special e154 to Andy.
it really isnt fair :culo1: that we have to listen to all this fun and frivolties your all enjoying without MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE thumper
madashell notfair.on the other hand........ yougogirl glad your all having a geat time meeting each other again :auguri1:
cheers
By the way Diana .. I see now you got a pic of you pole dancing .. I hope its the pole in your courtyard and not a pole in some dubious seedy dive where you are now practicing your art ??
Don't Panic Sandy B thats the very pole in my courtyard.
:emot78: Diana....my daughter linzi says im too old to be swinging round a pole....says ill break something :emot19:........maybe shes right idontknow
Now my daughter Lindzi, just pretends she doesn't have a mother. notfair
Lindzi might just be scared that her "breakable" mother might outdo her in a pole routine - he he he
I SAY, i SAY, so right you are Daleen. Proud she should be. poledancing1
are you taking any of your daughters to the reunion diana.....2 of mine are wanting to come with me....been looking at flights tonight and need to get booked......
any idea how long everyone will be staying........and has anyone actually booked in any of the hotels ect ....are any hoteliers on this site so we can ask directly....
i sugessted to sandy tonight we pitch a tent somewhere ....then remebered we would be in africa....snakes...frogs....n other scarey stuff...lol........so then told him to forget it ........can anyone tell me what the weather should be like in O/M in nov.....i know cape town isnt very warm at that time of year........us ladies need to know well in advance what were going to take with us....only to panick at the last min.....and then get there and realize youve taken all the wrong stuff.......or is this just me.... e154
Tents are more than welcome and closer to the time, I am sure there will be a few people offering up garden and room space in their homes here....
I've just realized something here for the first time Bev,as you ask me about my daughters its my Lindzi's 21st on Nov 17th (shares a b'day with mommy) busy planning party for that Sat 15th. Never for one moment did I put the two events to-gether. iknow it's the age thing.
At least you accept it.... bighug
iknow but now I'm madashell
Cannot miss your daughters 21st but that mesans you will not be joining us in Oranjemund :emot78:
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Phew! That was close, at least there will be more beer for me now!
Wait maybe not then, but you haven't got rid of me yet. Remember I have a brother that I could suddenly decide to bond with.
You're toooo late, your Brother and I bonded about 1 hour ago in the shop with a serious discussion on internet access, the pro's and cons, besides that we shared the same room at hostel for a year... so you're way out sister.... way out......
laughpoint
All is not lost Diana - What a great 21st birthday gift; if mom and daughter headed to O'mund for a weekend..........
For mom maybe, I don't think thats Lindzi's idea of fun.