Hi All,
Here are some photograghs of Christmas 2007 lunch at our house in Table View Cape Town South Africa.
1. View of Table View Beach on Christmas Day - a misty in the beginning.
2. Meghan Opperman setting the table.
3. Seated - left to right - Marlene Biccard, Debby Opperman, family friend x 3, Liz Opperman (red hair), Eric Cameron (orange t shirt), Cathy v/d Westhuizen (nee Opperman), Gary, Linda and Janet Opperman, Meghan Opperman.
4.Seated - Left to Right top of table facing camera - Vicky (Nita's daughter) Nita and Erwin Lisser.
More Christmas 2007 photographs.
5. Opperman brothers and sisters from yougest to oldest - Gary, Cathy, Richard and Liz.
6. Seated Linda Opperman, ma Marlene Biccard, Richard and Debby Opperman, front seated Meghan Opperman (our daughter) and Nita Lisser.
7. Nita and Erwin Lisser.
8. Gary Opperman and daughter Janet.
Richard, nice pics, but why is it that Eric and Liz don't seem to age with the rest of us?
And the last lot.
9. Meghan Opperman (our daughter)
10. Erwin Lisser and Eric Cameron (Liz's boyfriend of 29 years)
Let us have some of your Christmas and New Year photographs.
Cheers and best wishes to you all for 2008.
Richard
My dad enjoyed having a chat to Eric " The Guddler" and Liz via Skype on Xmas day... even a longer chat was to follow with Bobbysmith....... amazing this technology thing.....
I have to ask, and I know I'm giving myself away as a blonde here, but what's skype???
Talking of blondes.........I usually get the brunt of the blonde jokes in the laboratory where I work.......the funniest one I've heard in a long time..............What to you call a blonde with brains???...........A labrador
Liz and Eric don't have children,thats why.
I've only recently learnt what skype is.....its like a phone call over the computer and you can see each other.Something like that......after all I'm just a poledancing
Richard, your sister Liz.... was she a nursing sister in OMD? I reconize the face
Hi Julie,
Yes Liz was a nursing sister in Omund until about 1984 - now in Midrand Johannesburg.
Cheers
Richard
Hi Richard
Looks like you have your new cam !!! ???
Hi Richard and Debby
It was nice to see the pictures, everyone is looking well. Just sorry i missed talking to you all on christmas and new year.
Yes, George finaly took the plunge and bought the camera.
I trust you had a good Christmas and new year?
Speak to you on Skype sometime.
Kind regards
Richard
Hi Barbara,
Sorry we missed you on Christmas dsy, we tried to get hold of you on new year with no success.
Debby said I must let you know she will Skype you on Wednesday?
Cheers
Richard
Quote from: Richard Opperman on January 04, 2008, 05:18:02 PM
Hi Julie,
Yes Liz was a nursing sister in Omund until about 1984 - now in Midrand Johannesburg.
Cheers
Richard
Richard when you next hear from Liz, plse ask her if she has any contact details for Helen Ullrich, they worked together in OMD thnx
Richard and Debbie,your garden looks stunning.All your hard work has cetainly paid off. bravo
notfair that you Opperman's have a garden like that and I have to live in the Kalahari between Vaalbos and Haakbos!
Most beautifull - great you guys.
Always nice to sit around a big table with family and friends ... I have decided to include Paulines visit in on here .. Starting christmas eve we went to a dinner at a friend .. he had oriental theme ,, nice and light .. spring rolls tempura prawns ,chinese salad chinese dumpling .. we all ate too many prawns .Pauline had a reaction that made her feet swell up .. it was a gifting evening whereby a gift between 50 - 100 R is bought put into kitty and numbered .. drw number and you get a mystery gift .. lesson always buy what you find nice .. two of the gifts made their way back into my home .. some peoples contribution came from the gutter ( brains in balls ) next day was lunch at friend David .. a picture of Pauline looking decidely unhappy with her swollen feet .. nice lunch .. home and Bovril and toast to settle tummies .. early night ..
On Boxing or family day as it is now called .. our lodger of many years Paul stages a thanksgiving / gratitude dinner .. a sort of for his family me and John .. and friends with no real family connections .. IOW a sort of strays and oprhans number .. we numbered 12 ..
delicious roast lamb stuffed with orange and herbs and a strange creature called a turducken .. smoked deboned turkey stuffed with duck and chicken hence tur duc ken ... delicious the equivalent of a Kosher gammon I would say ...
some pictures follow .. the last few at 03:00 plus show us very weatherbeaten .. my good friend Jan ( silver hair ) is impossible to get out of the door , a shoehorn is needed ..
Long and short of it .. we all had a good Festive season with good friends and good company which is most important .. it was fun having Pauline stay with us .. her raucous laughter filling the home .. we have both been through loss withing a seven month timeframe and it was good to connect , share experience and just enjoy each others company .. Of note she has not changed much is and still as accident prone as Viv .. nearly burnt down my kitchen that night ... all forgiven as we all had too much bubbly and were not attentive ..
More pictures .. AGAIN GOOD FUN .. New year another story .. a disasterous party .. boring .. the hosts thinking they were glamorous ( result of too much booze and coke up their noses ) bad decision to go there .. would ahve been happier in my magic garden candles music and some bubbly to see the new year in .. new years day good easy day around a good friends pool lots of good bubbly a gammon and salads ...
Oops .. two I missed ..
Well Sandy what should i say, your guys are enjoying it.......Arse Vivendi or savoir vivre
Georg
Home sweet home. Great pics Sandy. Thanks for showing your family life.
@ Georg Snr yes we had fun ... Translate please oh wise one .. .. me not good on language
Quote from: SandyB on January 07, 2008, 11:10:15 AM
Always nice to sit around a big table with family and friends ... I have decided to include Paulines visit in on here .. Starting christmas eve we went to a dinner at a friend .. he had oriental theme ,, nice and light .. spring rolls tempura prawns ,chinese salad chinese dumpling .. we all ate too many prawns .Pauline had a reaction that made her feet swell up .. it was a gifting evening whereby a gift between 50 - 100 R is bought put into kitty and numbered .. drw number and you get a mystery gift .. lesson always buy what you find nice .. two of the gifts made their way back into my home .. some peoples contribution came from the gutter ( brains in balls ) next day was lunch at friend David .. a picture of Pauline looking decidely unhappy with her swollen feet .. nice lunch .. home and Bovril and toast to settle tummies .. early night ..
On Boxing or family day as it is now called .. our lodger of many years Paul stages a thanksgiving / gratitude dinner .. a sort of for his family me and John .. and friends with no real family connections .. IOW a sort of strays and oprhans number .. we numbered 12 ..
delicious roast lamb stuffed with orange and herbs and a strange creature called a turducken .. smoked deboned turkey stuffed with duck and chicken hence tur duc ken ... delicious the equivalent of a Kosher gammon I would say ...
some pictures follow .. the last few at 03:00 plus show us very weatherbeaten .. my good friend Jan ( silver hair ) is impossible to get out of the door , a shoehorn is needed ..
Long and short of it .. we all had a good Festive season with good friends and good company which is most important .. it was fun having Pauline stay with us .. her raucous laughter filling the home .. we have both been through loss withing a seven month timeframe and it was good to connect , share experience and just enjoy each others company .. Of note she has not changed much is and still as accident prone as Viv .. nearly burnt down my kitchen that night ... all forgiven as we all had too much bubbly and were not attentive ..
What does brain in balls mean?
With pleasure sandy, you see your time with me was to short or you would know iknow
Here we go
Arse Vivendi = italian = Art of living
savoir vivre = French = knowing how to live
But without translation your pics speak for exact that
Have a nice week
@ Georg Snr .. thanks yes you have explained it all ... I did not have enough time with you ... but then again I might have driven you crazy ?? .. You have a great week too ,, me trying to settle into work mode again and its difficult ..
@ Georg Jnr ... a gift where you think of the choice with your heart and mind is something appreciated ... a bottle of sex lubricant and a bottle of poppers shows where ones mind is ( in the balls ) how unimaginative !! there werew two such people at christmas eve party ...
Quote from: Richard Opperman on January 04, 2008, 12:17:06 PM
More Christmas 2007 photographs.
5. Opperman brothers and sisters from yougest to oldest - Gary, Cathy, Richard and Liz.
6. Seated Linda Opperman, ma Marlene Biccard, Richard and Debby Opperman, front seated Meghan Opperman (our daughter) and Nita Lisser.
7. Nita and Erwin Lisser.
8. Gary Opperman and daughter Janet.
Nice famly Richard. Looks very comfortable in your home...
thank you!
Sandy looks like you lot had a 3 day food festival. faceinfood Sounds and looks great.
I did not spot Pauline in your pics?
Hi Debby .. compliments of season and wonderful new year ahead for you and family .. Pauline is in the red top at table and the brownish dress after too many prawns ..
Oh my hat ....NOW I see Pauline.
You know it's weird...I was looking for the Pauline I remember as the last time I saw her with dark hair.
Please give her a bighug from me when you see her again.
ps..ps...ps... Why are the Worth sisters so quiet?? When Vivs in town we're going to get together.
How is Vivian related to you Sandy? Do you see Steven? Could you send him my regards?
@ Georg Jnr .. Viv is one of my lifelong soulfriends ... Steven stays around the corner from me , normally see him regularly at the local down the road , but but not recently so I assume he has disapeared into the wilderness for a while ( check out topic Steven worth on the site )
@ Debby .. Pauline yes no longer the dark hair , many silver threads make one go blonder hey ?? .. But yes always still the same person , naughty , kind , lovable , memory of a goldfish and a raucous laugh >>> The Sisters Worth ?? well Penny has possibly gone into hiding in her postbox again ,, and Viv , possibly still trying to recover from the holiday season .. patience .. we await ..
Steven and I spent some time at the scouts together. We went to Beauveloun and sheperds Neck on our own. No adults. That was great. He was a fine guy. Never braging about anything. Just doing it. Respect. He did a 100km tour through the desert on his own. Hardly food or drink but a walkie talkie to stay in contact. Tough guy.
I will give him your best regards when he surfaces again and I have a beer with him .. Cheers !
If you have a digicam, could you take a pic of him?