As quite a few of you will know.... I have lived in Oranjemund since 1972..... politics.... work ... love...... I have come and gone.... but ... I guess home was always here.... somewhere . ... stuck between the Mouth of the Orange river and the rolling dune belt of the Namib desert........ I mentioned this statement this week for the first time to Arthur at Spar..... Ask me not why.....or how come.... But when I came to work on Monday..... I had this "gut" feeling......... Oranjemund was on her last legs..... For the first time ever.... I felt....and I guess I knew.....Oranjemund town ...is on her last years..... as we all know.... way back in the 70's ... they always said.... 7 years to go...... just 7 years......... We laughed... we knew...... Well ... My ex Oranjemunders...... I fear.... that ,,,,,, that time has arrived...... Our youth...... Out homes... our Memories........ are about to go........
It's a good thing...that oranjemund...as we know it...will always survive..... on the net....................
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Ps..... yes! I have been drinking.............
Ok understood Mike .... mushy moment .. enjoy it .. its good for the soul ....
... Er! Uhm! ... I Also made this awesome Potato Salad..... woo_hoo
ha ha You are not a well puppy!
I hope that you also ate some of that awsome potato salad you made - did you feel better or worse afterwards?
Yeah - you are allowed to have your image031 moments (even if helped on by beermug20), for it is a sad thought that life as you had known it will only be just a good memory some day. But... life goes on - and at least the memories will be good ones to hold.
Mike many of us here feel the same, with time to come you will take on the challenges laying ahead
Still a long way until you are old and "wise ? "
Some sooner
some later
some never
iknow
Georg .. good and wise words ... we never grow old .. just wiser .. more experienced amd more able to take on challenge and change ,,,,
Mike, after spending my first 28 years of life in Omd I can sympathise how you and the rest of the residents feel about the future of the best little oasis in the world. As long as this website keeps going, Omd will remain that little oasis with all it's brilliant memories and great times spent in it's splendour amongst good friends. Don't give up hope Boet, and send me some of that salad (COD is fine hee hee).
Oh! How ye all mock my awesome potato salad..... I will post the recipe here soon, it's from Ina Paarman for those of you who know the lady....
:emot112_2: - it was awesome!
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Thanks for your thoughts...
bravo
23_146_26 I still make the BEST potato salad ever.....my moms recipe....who's Ina Paarman? 202
I'll even take you on for a case of beers Michael. Very proud of my potato salad....its about all I can cook well.
er...uhm! Do you use Potato's in your salad then? sorriso2
Thats not funny Michael.......Potato Salad making is a very serious bussiness. discodance
Please would you guys be so kind as to share those recipes with us? image04
Diana .. Ina Paarman is a close friend of Mike and his tummy .. her products are on the Spar shelves ... braai marinades etc .. nice wholesome shortcuts .. take a bet a good lot of her products are in woolies under their label .. and boy are they fussy .. the MSG's and all nasty shyt slowly disapearing off their shelves ... by the way do you boil your own potatoes or does Steve boil them and then you assemble salad ?? as you may burn them in the boiling process ??? ape
I also make a good potato salad. The first step is to cook the right potatoes. My favourite is BP potatoes but they seem to be scarce these days, farmers are planting more pest-resistant varieties but they don't taste or cook as well as a BP.
I dont do potato salad .. but I love the woolies mediterranean potato's .. they nice and yellow and creamy inside .. I boil them in their skins in salty water .. slice them in half and lay them cut side down in a mix of olive oil and woolies veg stock or Vogel herbal salt and do them a while in the oven ... Yummy and then they even taste good when cold .. i beleive the best part of nutrition in taters lies just directly under the skin so i always keep it on...
The secret to a good Potato salad is Lemon & Dill spiced into it...serve with Garlic pork neck steaks of the braai fire......