Hello from Austria

[cloeffler]

Hello to all "old Oranjemunders", here is a message from Austria, namely Charles Loeffler.
I was living in Oranjemund from 1974 to 1979 and working as an instrument Engeneer at No.4 Plant.
When i recieved the link to this Pages from George Ruf i spend quite some time, not to say hours browsing through the different pages an have felt quite some emotions as memories floodded my mind. Memories of sailing at the Pink Pan, trapshooting at the shooting range, playing at the local theatre (Oh what a lovely war), showing and viewing films and slides at the local photoclub an of course talking and trinking with a lot of people at the local pub or at the many social events which CDM used to offer its residents.
Maybe some people remember the "disco nights" we used to organise (i was the DJ) which is just another thing that comes to mind thinking about Oranjemund.
Anyway, i like to express my thanks to all who took part in creating this HP, i'm looking forward to see and read lots of old stories, maybe i will post one myself sometime.
Kind regards to everybody from good old Austria.
Charles Loeffler

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Hi Charles

Nice to see you posting here.

I hope you remain active as i do

Hope to see you soon

Georg Ruf

[SandyB]

HI  Charles  .. what  about  the water polo club  that  sort  of  got  going ?  If  my  memory  serves   me correct you  were involved in that as well  .. or is  it  a  case  of  mistaken  identity ?

       

[cloeffler]

Hello Sandy (Sandy who?),

thanks for reminding me but you are right. Waterpolo was one of my first activities when i came to Oranjemund.
But if i remember correctly, interests was rather low thats why we gave it up again.

[SandyB]

Quite  right .. interest  was  low . I  used  to  arrive at  practice  with  Peter Reschke  ...   I  was the  smallest  in  the whole  practice  team  . You always used  to  tell  me  to  get  out  of  the  water  when  I  went  blue  around  the  mouth   from  the  cold ..

[cloeffler]

Hi Sandy,
now that you mention it, some memories come back, but somehow that old brain seems to function not to good anymore.
Having just seen a documentation about NAMDEB on German TV - what a difference. Somehow it looks a little rundown and on the other side quite "modern" again.
Nevertheless - memories, memories, .....
Greetings form Vienna
Charles

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Charles.
Great to hear you're doing well. Hope to hear from you on the sit.
It's been more than 20 years since we last met.
Georg Ruf jr.