Kan Nie Worrie Nie

[Richard Opperman]

Remember Oom Wessie or as we all remember him as "Kan Nie Worrie Nie."
Another Omund character like Marggie that will never be forgotten.

Before his death (sadly by murder) Omund company had him back in Omund and opened a beer garden in his name - I think between Casey's and the old  market. He used to have us around at his house in the early 70s, at the end of the December school holidays and lectured us on the dangers of drugs and to rather have a drink or smoke.

A good man!

Richard  8) 

[Mark Swanepoel]

Yes kannie worrie was a gentleman and a great friend of my Father(pikkewyn) his passing was a great shock to my pops.I remember one night with some pals sitting on the corner by the rugby field of old (opposite 12 avenue )and waiting for kannie worrie to come crawling passed in his old beetle he used to drive.He was never stopped even though under the influence ,never caused an accident and used to take abou a half hour to drive from his favourite watering hole to his house plus minus 800 metres..truely  an oranjemund legend..
Mark(swanie)

[Susan Kintscher (Lineker)]

I remember Kan nie Worrie nie camping one weekend in the centre of town...........

[Richard Opperman]

I also remember that and playing his guitar!

Richard 8)

[Tessa Maritz]

And don't forget his tree here on the way to Port Nolloth... It's still there, He used to camp there nearly every weekend.

[Keith Margetts]

Yeah . . . I remember that night that he camped out in the middle of town on the circle with his guitar . . . Shucks, that seems like yesterday Oppiie, that we came stumbling out of Casies Bar!!

[Delia]

i seem to recall a story of him going door to door selling bibles or something?

[Clive Symes]

Delia, I believe Oom Wessie would try anything.

[Carl Wrbka]

 :36_2_35:  Post moved to the correct thread.  Is there a way of somehow getting a popup message when starting a duplicate topic? I am still working my way through all the topics and may sometimes inadvertantly duplicate a previously posted topic.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Thanks Carl, thes are the stories and pictures we need here

By the way, i know all 3 guys by face but not the names.

Keep on posting

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Nice Pic Carl I remember all 3 of those faces. Go to "Kannie Worrie" , " Kan Nie Worrie Nie" and "I wonder What they must be thinking" all 3 on this board with great tales of Kannie Worrie. I don't know how to do links so unless the Georgs can help you'll just have to search the board.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

When mike is back he can move that topic to the other post

Link is here

http://www.oranjemundonline.com/Forum/index.php?topic=236.0

[Alfred Boehme]

Kannie Worrie used to sit on that same trafic circle with his guitar

[Carl Wrbka]

My Dad told us once about this regular at Casey's who was known to everybody as "Kannieworrienie". Apparently he had gotten into a dispute with CDM about something, and when the matter was not settled to his liking he decided to take the matter one step further.
As a form of protest, he pitched a tent in the middle of the traffic circle outside Caseys and proceeded to camp there for a while. He was well equiped with all the works, skottel braai, dop, en chop. During the day he would toast the cars going by and offer beers to whoever was interested.

I came across this photo of him in Frans van Rooyen's collection in the photo section of the Oranjemund online website. He's the one in the center.

[Carl Wrbka]

Ok I moved it. You can find it now at the link that Georg Snr specified. Sorry about that, I'm the new guy around here.   :36_2_35: