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Title: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on April 25, 2008, 11:07:02 AM

Some memories of home.

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Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on April 25, 2008, 11:09:26 AM

Thanks Carl daman

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on April 25, 2008, 11:33:27 AM

The cheetah in the last photo is named Eddie. They have a special track set up at this park where visitors are invited to race against him over a 80mr distance. If you beat him, your enterance fee is refunded to you. Needless to say, Eddie remains unbeaten till this day.

Some specs on Eddie:

Age - 1.5 years
Top Speed - 110km/h
0 - 80km/h - 3.6s

Eddie reaches top speed after about 100m. He can only maintain this speed for about 30s at a time before needing to rest.
Eddie was born in captivity, and is currently undergoing extensive training for being released back into the wild when he is 2 years old.

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: georg ruf jr. on April 25, 2008, 12:47:09 PM

Hahaha Carl. Do you want us to get home sick?

I see that at work everyday. Colleagues... you know.
Or when I go shopping down where the bargains are...
bling1

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: SandyB on April 25, 2008, 01:14:31 PM

This site kind of reminds me of a relay race ... some of those that started off posting pics , memories etc so well have now slowed down a bit , lost a bit of steam .. must admit even me to a point .. then new ones join the race and it seems we kind of hand the stick to them and they continue with the race .. that is actually heartening to see , it means that things and new memories / sharing of thoughts /opinions / peeks into our lives etc will continue ... The WRBKA clan are our strong newcomers at present ( at least my observation ) Keep it up till the next relay team arrive .. allgood bravo

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on April 25, 2008, 01:19:54 PM

Thanks Sandy, I'll post some more pics tomorrow. As for Jnr, you must be referring to the Bavarians...hee...hee.

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Post by: georg ruf jr. on April 26, 2008, 03:00:16 PM

Well said SandyB.
Keep it going Carl. I'm enjoying your post too. It adds life to the site and keep my memories ablaze. To be honest, since I've logged on this site, I've got SA and Nam. so close to my heart and mind it keeps me busy every day.
Sometimes I think you guys must think I'm just around for the games and the fun... No! I follow as much as I can of what you guys post. From pics of wild-life over personal stories of childhood and teens all the way to the contoverse discussions on politics and society.
It's very enrichening being online here...

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Post by: Rhona on April 26, 2008, 09:09:12 PM

What Sandy and Jnr said.............me too

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Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on April 26, 2008, 09:18:42 PM

Carl, click that link to see my blogs about Nam and SA

You will see, i have travelled a lot in 2006, but also the years before

http://tagebuch.aol.de/ageorgruf/namibia-2006/

You shoul be able to see tha picture preesing for full size, a slide show should come up.

It works normally here with all people, dont know about your slow system

Let me know when it does not work

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Post by: Carl Wrbka on April 27, 2008, 05:20:09 AM

Some great pics snr. I wanted to enter a comment, but I don't have an aol account. Speed is not a problem. The company I work for uses a dedicated line leased from Telkom for internet activities. Unbelievable speed for downloading and surfing the web during working hours...hee...hee

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) on April 27, 2008, 06:52:43 AM

Hi Carl

Glad you could see the pics

Often people tell me they cant. It depends on th PC settings

To view them as slides the 56 kbit is to slow

Title: Re: Things you don't see in Germany every day.
Post by: Carl Wrbka on May 08, 2008, 10:04:25 AM

Rule nr. 1 - An elephant is always right.
Rule nr. 2 - When an elephant is wrong, refer to rule nr 1.

How do you explain this to your insurance company?

Oranjemund Online

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