Things you don't see in Germany every day.

[Carl Wrbka]

Some memories of home.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Thanks Carl 

[Carl Wrbka]

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.

[georg ruf jr.]

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

[SandyB]

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 ..   

[Carl Wrbka]

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

[georg ruf jr.]

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...

[Rhona]

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

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

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

[Carl Wrbka]

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

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

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

[Carl Wrbka]

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?