+mejolo Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I've found a travelbug and it says "please no 0815 caches" on the instructions... what does that mean?! I don't want to accidentally put it in the wrong place! Thanks for your help! Mel Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, meljones1 said: ... what does that mean? Usually means lack of quality... 1 Quote Link to comment
+cheech gang Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I had never heard of that phrase either. What is the genesis? 1 Quote Link to comment
SEWdaugh Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/08/15_(Redewendung) in German... 1 Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Fascinating. Obscure, and fascinating. 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 So-so, or boring caches. Before you it was taken to many 1.5 micros, so that sorta cans that idea. 1 Quote Link to comment
+mejolo Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Thank you everyone! Surely a boring cache is a matter of opinion! But I'll do my best to find a good one for it! Quote Link to comment
+RufusClupea Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 4 hours ago, SEWdaugh said: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/08/15_(Redewendung) in German... Auf Englisch, bitte? 1 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 25 minutes ago, RufusClupea said: Auf Englisch, bitte? The short version is that the MG 08/15 (a light German machine gun from WWI) became associated with boring mediocrity. Now, the term "08/15" or "0815" is used in Germany and some surrounding areas to refer to ordinary mediocre things that are in no way noteworthy. 1 Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 2 hours ago, RufusClupea said: Auf Englisch, bitte? Let me Google that for you. 1 Quote Link to comment
+RufusClupea Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Thank you both. Leave it to the Germans (which I'm half ) to associate boring with a friggin' machine gun! (Not to mention, what ever happened to fabled German engineering?... ) <Sigh> I think there's prolly a 420 joke in there someplace, but I'm pooped from cachin' all afternoon. 1 Quote Link to comment
+mejolo Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Thanks for all your help. I ended up leaving it in cache GC58DA1. At 2330m in altitude, there are great views of the Wellhorn and the Rosenlaui Glacier. It's a tough hike, with some parts on ladders and cables. I don't think it's too much of an 0815 cache! 1 Quote Link to comment
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