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I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
DIARY: Wednesday, January 30, 1980 - 7 SA Infantry Battalion, Phalaborwa, South Africa.
Slept in our clothes - ready - last night. (wrote to folks before sleep). Sick reported in morning = tonsillitis - 2 days light-duty. Phoned folks. Lt. Huxtable was fired from our platoon today for kicking "Smiley". Shit. New one is kak - Lotter. Still on stand-by. Watched PT. Ha-ha"!
7 SAI, A Company, Platoon 2 - Organisation Chart after January 30, 1980
Huxtable (a fellow national serviceman) was a good guy and got the chop unfairly. I think everyone in Platoon 2 despised the naïve De Villiers Lötter - he was a spineless, gormless, permanent force boot-licker with an aggressive streak and the most irritating voice imaginable. We all respected Huxtable; De Villiers Lötter never earned it. He relied on position power rather than personal influence...and he clearly hated me for not kowtowing! Thank goodness I managed to wriggle out from under him while on active duty on the Namibian border.
Postscript: my diary entry for Thursday, February 5, 1980 includes the note that I "Worked for the Lt. in the evening". I believe that's when I re-drew this chart for De Villiers Lötter.
DIARY: Wednesday, January 30, 1980 - 7 SA Infantry Battalion, Phalaborwa, South Africa.
Slept in our clothes - ready - last night. (wrote to folks before sleep). Sick reported in morning = tonsillitis - 2 days light-duty. Phoned folks. Lt. Huxtable was fired from our platoon today for kicking "Smiley". Shit. New one is kak - Lotter. Still on stand-by. Watched PT. Ha-ha"!
7 SAI, A Company, Platoon 2 - Organisation Chart prior to January 30, 1980
Huxtable (a fellow national serviceman) was a good guy and got the chop unfairly. I think everyone in Platoon 2 despised the naïve De Villiers Lötter - he was a spineless, gormless, permanent force boot-licker with an aggressive streak and the most irritating voice imaginable. We all respected Huxtable; De Villiers Lötter never earned it. He relied on position power rather than personal influence...and he clearly hated me for not kowtowing! Thank goodness I managed to wriggle out from under him while on active duty on the Namibian border.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
I was conscripted into the South African Defense Force (SADF) in July 1979 and was sent into operational service on the Namibia-Angola border at the beginning of April 1980. On March 11, 1980 I was back home on my final "weekend pass" before heading north when I bought this Casio 83F-80 from "New World Pharmacy" on Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
According to my diary It cost me a whopping ZAR 45.00 - US$4.50 / £3.00 at today's exchange rate, but a month's salary for me back then. I bought it for a number of reasons:
• It was lightweight plastic. As a reluctant infantryman I already had too much crap to carry!
• It was black and largely matt black. Fewer reflective surfaces to draw attention on patrol.
• It was digital and accurate, and required no winding.
• It had a light - essential when handing over guard duty in the pitch black Namibian night.
• It had an hourly signal to keep track of time & an alarm to help wake up at ungodly hours.
• Apparently it was vaguely water resistant.
• The battery seemed to last forever!
This wristwatch went into combat, and to hell and back with me. It saw four tours of duty (including one "camp" after my national service) and was on "The Border" (operational area) for probably 15 months or so. It survived Ondangwa (Ovamboland and Operation Smokeshell), Ruacana, Mpacha, Bagani, Mohembo Hek and the Caprivi Strip It, and even spent some time in the cell at Katima Mulilo...but that's another story! It also survived two major car accidents - I rolled a car on August 28, 1980 and was a passenger in a second rolled car two days later (August 30, 1980). Crazy times...
I had not seen the watch for over 20 years when I found it in a box at my mother's place in 2007. The original strap had perished and crumbled, but I though it worthwhile to shoot pictures of it in that condition. I cleaned the watch, fitted a new battery and she fired up just fine. I couldn't find the right strap anywhere, and so settled for a rubber replacement with round apertures, which served me well until I recently acquired a Casio strap very similar to the original.
This watch is neither expensive nor sophisticated, but it is an important one in my life and a proud representative of its era.
Also see my blog.
A tailgate meeting early in the morning at SLAC’s linac, Sector 10.
(Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
On October 30, 2013, I found a small cardboard box amid a stack of larger boxes that put into storage in the basement of my mother’s home in Pretoria, South Africa, about three decades ago. When I pack stuff away, I usually record what's in the box by writing an inventory list on the outside. This one had nothing written on it, so I decided to take it upstairs to investigate. Back in my former bedroom, I opened the box up and found it to contain all manner of military ephemera from my two years compulsory national service in the South African Defence Force (July 1979 - July 1981). A menacing little time capsule from the worst years of my life.
The belt from a military overall and strings of ostrich eggshell beads from Sector 10, Ovamboland, Namibia.
On October 30, 2013, I found a small cardboard box amid a stack of larger boxes that put into storage in the basement of my mother’s home in Pretoria, South Africa, about three decades ago. When I pack stuff away, I usually record what's in the box by writing an inventory list on the outside. This one had nothing written on it, so I decided to take it upstairs to investigate. Back in my former bedroom, I opened the box up and found it to contain all manner of military ephemera from my two years compulsory national service in the South African Defence Force (July 1979 - July 1981). A menacing little time capsule from the worst years of my life.
The belt from a military overall and strings of ostrich eggshell beads from Sector 10, Ovamboland, Namibia.
Bird’s eye view of an early morning tailgate meeting at the SLAC’s linac, Sector 10.
(Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
On October 30, 2013, I found a small cardboard box amid a stack of larger boxes that put into storage in the basement of my mother’s home in Pretoria, South Africa, about three decades ago. When I pack stuff away, I usually record what's in the box by writing an inventory list on the outside. This one had nothing written on it, so I decided to take it upstairs to investigate. Back in my former bedroom, I opened the box up and found it to contain all manner of military ephemera from my two years compulsory national service in the South African Defence Force (July 1979 - July 1981). A menacing little time capsule from the worst years of my life.
The belt from a military overall and strings of ostrich eggshell beads from Sector 10, Ovamboland, Namibia.
On October 30, 2013, I found a small cardboard box amid a stack of larger boxes that put into storage in the basement of my mother’s home in Pretoria, South Africa, about three decades ago. When I pack stuff away, I usually record what's in the box by writing an inventory list on the outside. This one had nothing written on it, so I decided to take it upstairs to investigate. Back in my former bedroom, I opened the box up and found it to contain all manner of military ephemera from my two years compulsory national service in the South African Defence Force (July 1979 - July 1981). A menacing little time capsule from the worst years of my life.
The belt from a military overall and strings of ostrich eggshell beads from Sector 10, Ovamboland, Namibia.
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A view of the Leisure Valley in Sector 10 Chandigarh. The place has changed quite a bit over the past couple of decades .
Though I had uploaded a cameraphone version some time back, this is a scan of a negative from my "Last Kodacolor Roll" project and serves as an appropriately bleaker "NOW" picture, less endowed with bright sunshine, as against the " THEN" picture from my first ever roll of the same brand of film exposed in 1971.