The following topics were put to me as possible discussion topics.... anyone want to comment?
"Who remembers the tanker ( not by road) bringing fuel by sea to Oranjemund.
Who remembers the farm at Helmeringhausen where the meat for the town was brought from?
Who remembers the farm in the area of Grootfontein where meat for the town was brought from?
Who remembers the old timers working at Port Nolloth Harbour?
Who remembers old timers working at Kleinzee? "
Here the Tanker
and the support/service ship causeway adventurer
Sorry about the bad quality, but it is from 8mm film
Althought my pics are bad quality, it shows me all the adventures i had while at CDM
Never again dit anything come near all that in my later life
I think many have also experiences that are unsurpassed by the possibilities we had at CDM..... iknow
i worked in magazine mine stores and was sent to tank farm with a guy by the name of stoffel and pat ray"mike rays'dad torecieve and calculate the amount of fuel being pumped ashore to the tanks. we had to work the night shift and climb up those tanks in the cold and mist with only a torch. we took adepth reading then the figures would be caculated on one of those old calculating machines that looked like a typewriter with a roll of paper in it,printing the figures. then the amounts were radioded out to the ship by two way radios. the voices always sounded rough, not at all like our cell phones of today.
Didn't the meat come from Beavallon farm? I remember going on a tour of their abbatoir once whils't at OPS. They even showed us the pneumatic device they used to shoot a bolt of steel into the pigs brains to kill them painlessly.
Before the days of Beauvallon, the meat came down by lorry from the Aus..... but even before that I have it on good authority that there were cattle drives down throught the desert, thus all the old watering holes that were constructed down the Sperrgebiedt..... Imagine that... a cattle drive through the desert....
Something straight out of the wild west. I wonder if they made it past Brokeback mountain without too much scandal...lol
Somehow this here reminds me of a Monty Python scetch. Terry Jones and his wife eric Idle in a restaurant. They waiter hands them the menu with discution topics.
laughpoint laughpoint laughpoint
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 04, 2008, 09:09:47 AM
Before the days of Beauvallon, the meat came down by lorry from the Aus..... but even before that I have it on good authority that there were cattle drives down throught the desert, thus all the old watering holes that were constructed down the Sperrgebiedt..... Imagine that... a cattle drive through the desert....
Hey Mike, just had to let you know that I have just had my months supply of meat delivered to my door (how's that for service) and have just finished portioning it up into meals. the meat looks lovely, the chicken I'm a bit worried about it looks like turkeys, wonder if they been feeding them steroids. Bacon looks great lamb and pork looks like SA and we going to have a braai tonight, yes, we got SUN!!!!
braai swim quickdop
Lucky you Paula and boys.
everyone's invited!!!!
e154
Hey Paula. I just noiced you're in every topic now. Geez!
Bu I remember there's this one topic hidden deep down in the board...
bling1
ja, were no one dares to go!
:buffo9: :emot172: :36_2_35:
@Paula, how come when you were living 5 minutes from my house, you never invited me for a braai...and now that you live 7000km away, there's an invite....... faceinfood
Cause she knows no-ones coming... :emot19:
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Just a reminder what that topic here is supposed to be......
It seems all topics concern Paula, and all fall in the trap.....
The following topics were put to me as possible discussion topics.... anyone want to comment?
"Who remembers the tanker ( not by road) bringing fuel by sea to Oranjemund.
Who remembers the farm at Helmeringhausen where the meat for the town was brought from?
Who remembers the farm in the area of Grootfontein where meat for the town was brought from?
Who remembers the old timers working at Port Nolloth Harbour?
Who remembers old timers working at Kleinzee? "
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 05, 2008, 03:23:33 PM
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Is this a new topic?
:emot19:
Hey Snr, I think your son needs a "Ohrveige". Demolishing your topic like this...tsk,tsk
:36_2_35:
How about a Paula free topic for a change? Seeing she is on every other board including deep deep in the board!!!!!!!!!
bling1
Correct Afrikaans translation to that will be - 'n oorveeg.
Normal Afrikaans as used in everyday speach - 'n snotklap
I will not carry on about what the tough guys say..... you all know!
Skinny - George jnr has tried that some time ago - to no avail - Paula is to fly for them all.
Quote from: Carl Wrbka on June 06, 2008, 11:03:24 AM
Hey Snr, I think your son needs a "Ohrveige". Demolishing your topic like this...tsk,tsk
I give up, i opened a new topic to prevent that, no change, it will continue and mess up the board more and more.
Imagine a visitor/guest going through here, sees a topic and only reads BS, that is why we have BS topics, but no matter was is started.........it continues with BS
@ Mike, why not make a complete new section for Paula ?????, every time posts are found in the wrong topic, we will move it there.....
I give up Dalene, what do the tough guys say? :36_2_35: :emot19: Translate this: A rust smack. Am I close?
All done, please stick to the topic at hand, all Paula discussions to be posted in Paula's Crib! Thnx
:36_2_35:
How about something good for a change. Nothing negative about the Namdeb, nothing negative about individuals, no negativity about the world but just goodness. Like today our company started feeding 190 underprivalidged kids hot soup and peanut butter sarmies for lunch. The look on their faces made me count my blessings and realise how lucky I am. That is the only food they get for the whole day. I don't know what they get for the weekend and shudder to think. I am sure they can't wait till monday rolls around. So whoose next............
vampire
@ mike there is the crib. All goodness. Please.
Hi s.k.i.n.n.y. , welcome back. cheers
Thanks Michael. I know the withdrawal symptoms might be unbearable for me, but maybe you and your fellow administrators should close the forum for a day for a general cleanup. Offenders caught posting wrongly thereafter should be lined up and shot. Those who survive will be prosecuted...lol
If that doesn't work, the offenders must pay R20 to a charity of their choice, and post the deposit slip as proof.
@ Carl: I was only refering to Mikes idea.
Do we post it via you? lol Bei the way. It's Ohrfeige. lol
@ Skinny There's a Paula free opic on the board, but it didn't work long... lol
Great to see things have setled and you're joining he family again Skinny. Welcome.
I know you're all righ about he BS. I's very empting when somebody sarts off. But isn't i temping for all of us?
I for my part will try to persuade people to move over to the games section when it's stars off again. I'll have to be disciplined myself, I know. Perhaps by adding links. We'll see.
Sometimes his reminds me of the old man in Mary Poppins who spend all day glued o he ceiling laughing all the time.
:emot98:
Thanks George hoping to enter back quietly, creeping back in so to speak.......
Any way so don't remember your topics, bit before my time, but goodness is around all the time so how about it?
Please don't mistake me, but my name is Georg. lol
People call me Boy Georg or jr. on the site, but no George. :36_2_35: e154
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on June 06, 2008, 11:36:34 AM
Bei the way. It's Ohrfeige. lol
Thats what I said, an ear fig...lol
Personally I like the fact that people can have fun, say good stuff, vent if they need - life is tough so all points are view are cool just no slander, mean-spirited and cutting remarks rock on people!! bighug
All goodness .. all goodness .. lets keep it that way .. welcome back skinny ..
allgood on the O'mund forum.
And peace reigned in cyberspace .. any more feel good stories out there ??
hi sands,val cruzzing around waiting for her boi to come on line ..........drinking to many schashed frogs waiting for gang to arrive
Squashed frogs ?? Now we have witches brew ?? tell val those mixes are bad for one ... trust me i saw and still se many a trail of destruction from mixing ..
hi sandy ,val here, let me tell you about the time i tried to drink springbokkies without using hands , pick glass up in mouth and swallow ,nearly chocked to death , glass stuck in throat,coff coff.
:emot19: That'll teach ya Chris. Ever tried the same trick with a flaming Sambucca?
... or B52?? image20 That's a knock-out
Guy called Richard Dewhurst in Oranjemund once set his beard on fire with a flaming Sambucca - wasn't pretty
Quote from: Michael Alexander on June 04, 2008, 09:09:47 AM
Before the days of Beauvallon, the meat came down by lorry from the Aus..... but even before that I have it on good authority that there were cattle drives down throught the desert, thus all the old watering holes that were constructed down the Sperrgebiedt..... Imagine that... a cattle drive through the desert....
Yeah on a trip to luderitz we can accross an old windmill and sorage dam in the middle of no were in the desert is this an old watering hole for the cattle?
abouttime
Hey guys I said good things please stick to the topic please, I know drinking is good but please!!!!!
Ok, ok. What were we talking about again? idontknow
@ Skinny .. Thats generally a guy problem .. we digress .. short attention spans .. memories like draining colanders .. but theen .. I think some of the girls on here do the same .. thats untill "Uncle Richard " comes on and says S.T.I.C.K.T.O.T.H.E.T.O.P.I.C. . Phew ! I got that part right ..
Could you type that in small letters without the dots. Can't read it.
allgood image24
giverose
@georg sorry for the wrong name, but the shake rattle and roll does that too me, its the meds can't help it. My boys get called the labradors names some times. Gets very confusing at times. The topic is Only good news, No bitch slapping (we get enough of that) no slagging of people, Namdeb, just kindness and good things. So how about it? grab
Sorry Sandy thanks for the welcome.
Ha ha said it was a male thing .. Georg cant read between the dots .. Now onto good news .. so darn hard to find .. one reads the papers and its all mayhem , corruption etc .. the good news is that here on this site we can have fun . forget about the world at large , share good memories , and yes speculate about a bright future for us all , that is the one thing that mankind has got is hope .. despite what happens it in most cases is never quashed ... That we can all do if we all realise that we can do our small bit of change within what is directly in our control , be the best at what we are and for what is out of our direct control we can make our voices and opinions heard , the more voices and opinions the better the chance of some form of change occuring .. thats the hope thing ... My little contribution ...
Quote from: Skinny on June 09, 2008, 01:16:36 PM
giverose
@georg sorry for the wrong name, but the shake rattle and roll does that too me, its the meds can't help it. My boys get called the labradors names some times. Gets very confusing at times. The topic is Only good news, No bitch slapping (we get enough of that) no slagging of people, Namdeb, just kindness and good things. So how about it? grab
Sorry Sandy thanks for the welcome.
e154
That's okay Skinny.
Does this mean that Skinny is part of the gang now ... yesno
Yep Patricia.
You haven' been around he last few days, hey. How you doing? Been busy?
Too busy at work so can't go online and spending my weekends away from home, so am not logging in.
What do you call a weekend in Dubai? Saturday off?
Friday and Saturday
Isn't that a jewish weekend?
Not sure about the Jews ... the Arabs here have a thing against them ...
They do? What a surprise! hihi
When we were in Turkey, it seemed as if Arab countries never rest.
Is there actually anybody out there whom the Arabs dont dislike? Weird people, weirder Religion, enough said.
Very true Carl, but they say the same about us.
If moses had taken a left turn instead of a right out of the red sea the jews would have the oil and the arabs the sand!!!!!!!!
STTT ... Only nice things allowed here .. Ok a good one for the ladies its all about friendship and cammeraderie among the girls especially on a night out .. and how special it is ( my tongue locked in cheek now .. ).. enjoy!!
@Sandy...must have been how Michele met me then.... image11
Another topic.... that lost it's way..... I have always been amazed how we get off the topic on this site.....
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