+PISA-caching Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Today I walked through my hometown in a new area and suddenly I saw something strange. I have no idea what is for or what it was supposed to become. It looks like this: A huge concrete frame on four concrete columns. The top part looks quite weathered, so I doubt that work is still in progress. Left of it there are more concrete frames standing on the ground and those are filled with glass. So they work like windshields and probably also reduce the noise of the trains and cars. But if that frame should have the same purpose, why put it on columns? I searched for a plaque or something like that (might be a strange piece of art) but found nothing. Here's a photo from the other side (nothing spectacular to see through this frame): And a link to Google Maps. So, does anybody have an idea what this frame might be? And has anybody else also seen things that would fit in a (fun) category "WTF is that?" :-) Quote Link to comment
+NW_history_buff Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I don't know about a 'fun' category for oddball encounters of sites seen but your pictures of the gigantic frame should qualify for inclusion in the Framed Views category and will probably be the largest framed view to be submitted to date. Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 15 hours ago, thebeav69 said: I don't know about a 'fun' category for oddball encounters of sites seen but your pictures of the gigantic frame should qualify for inclusion in the Framed Views category and will probably be the largest framed view to be submitted to date. I think the officers of that category wouldn't agree. The description says "best view to an interesting location". Quote Link to comment
+Benchmark Blasterz Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Is it an abstract sculpture? Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 3 hours ago, Benchmark Blasterz said: Is it an abstract sculpture? I don't think so. I couldn't find any signature or sign and it's quite clumsy. Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Yesterday I found another example for this (virtual) category: It's a free-standing window in a frame with a slim aluminium roof on top. Well, it doesn't really fit in a "WTF is that?" category, because this time I have a guess. I think it's a selfmade display case for advertisements or announcements. Maybe it's not that spectacular from your point of view, but here in Austria I don't see so many DIY things and this one I thought was worth showing you. Anyway, a little later we visited a cemetery and I found something that (for me) was really spectacular: It's a grave with a big solar panel above it. In the center front there's a 2-line LED display that lists the names/dates of the interred and some more text. Below the big milk glass there is a cross that might also be illuminated at night. Unfortunately, the cemetery is closed at night. Anyway, I was fascinated by this innovative grave and hope that it will be accepted in the Solar Power category. Has anybody ever seen something like this? Quote Link to comment
+GeoMaulis Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 2 hours ago, PISA-caching said: Y Anyway, a little later we visited a cemetery and I found something that (for me) was really spectacular: It's a grave with a big solar panel above it. In the center front there's a 2-line LED display that lists the names/dates of the interred and some more text. Below the big milk glass there is a cross that might also be illuminated at night. Unfortunately, the cemetery is closed at night. Anyway, I was fascinated by this innovative grave and hope that it will be accepted in the Solar Power category. Has anybody ever seen something like this? Wow never seen something like this bevore. Very nice. I think we would never have something like that in Germany, because we germans have special laws for everyting. Even for graveyards . The Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Gräbergesetz (GräbVwV) (approximately in english: General administrative act to the gravyard law) prohibits such a design . Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Here in Austria we also tend to have too many laws, but I guess it's always a matter of what people think is "fitting", "appropriate" etc. Quote Link to comment
+3l diesel Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 If this is a category proposal, then I would have to express my concerns about the abbreviation "WTF" as suggested. The unabbreviated form contains - at least in my neck of the woods - coarse, gutter or foul language. I have no doubt that some here might be able say "well so what?" But I have to ask, while it might be saying what it is, I think we should maintain some decorum within the Waymarking community and use something that maybe says the same, but in a more professional and non-offensive manner. Quote Link to comment
vulture1957 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 WTF - Wild Turkey Federation? :-) Quote Link to comment
+Benchmark Blasterz Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 West Texas Frijoles Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Waymark That Fart Quote Link to comment
+T0SHEA Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) The question posed by the officer after he's pulled you over for speeding: "Where's the fire?" Edited September 12, 2017 by BK-Hunters 1 Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 What's This For? Quote Link to comment
+T0SHEA Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 12 hours ago, PISA-caching said: What's This For? The question posed by your wife as she pulls a very complex and, to her, enigmatic, tool from a drawer in your workshop: "What's This For?" Quote Link to comment
vulture1957 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 7 hours ago, BK-Hunters said: The question posed by your wife as she pulls a very complex and, to her, enigmatic, tool from a drawer in your workshop: "What's This For?" complex and enigmatic -- like a screwdriver. But, she does know how to use a hammer. And regularly uses a big wrench as one! ;-) Quote Link to comment
+T0SHEA Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 16 hours ago, vulture1957 said: complex and enigmatic -- like a screwdriver. But, she does know how to use a hammer. And regularly uses a big wrench as one! ;-) Indeed - She was a star student at the Red Green School of Carpentry & Fly Tying. Quote Link to comment
+SniperTrifle Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 What the flag as inappropriate! Quote Link to comment
+T0SHEA Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 8:49 AM, SniperTrifle said: What the flag as inappropriate! WTF (What the Flag) does that mean?!?!?! It seems to have gone over my head. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment
+T0SHEA Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 All along I thought you were talking about a Waymarking category: Wastewater Treatment Facilities Quote Link to comment
+blakelylaw580 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I see this has never become a category & is not even a group. I do, however, think such a category is a neat idea. we've come across some of those in our travels. However, I also agree, you need to come up with a better name - maybe something mundane, like "What the Heck Is That?" 1 Quote Link to comment
+PISA-caching Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 Well, four years ago I was thinking that it would be a nice idea for a new category, but now I think: "If waymarker A sees something like this, and creates a waymark for that category and officer B accepts it, because she/he doesn't have any clue either and two weeks later waymarker C says, that the object is this or that. Should the waymark then be grandfathered or moved to an appropriate category?" However, if you think you can come up with a good name, description, etc., feel free to create that category. Quote Link to comment
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