Five mice hidden in Twin Cities Worth $1,000 a piece

Submitted by Joe Medallion on Tue, 10/25/2005 - 23:00

Minbin.com, Minnesota's premier online community has hidden five computer mice in "strategic, public locations around the Twin Cities Metro area", each of which is worth $1,000.

Two of them have been turned in, three of them still remain. They're posting clues every morning at 9AM through Halloween.

WELCOME HOME PARTY FOR ZEPHY

Submitted by zephyrus on Sat, 09/24/2005 - 23:00

Saturday October 8, 2005
4PM 'til you leave

At Zephy's house (Message us for address)

We will have:

  • some beer
  • some hamburgers/buns
  • some pop
  • very few chairs

You will be allowed to bring:

  • whatever you want
  • more beer
  • more pop
  • something you would like to cook on our 1 grill
  • a happy sunshiny attitude
  • a dish to pass
  • chairs
  • dancing girls

IM us if any questions

Thanks!

-----Mr and Mrs Zephy... the zephinatrix duo

Zeph's Coming Home For Good

Submitted by Joe Medallion on Sun, 09/11/2005 - 23:00

Friday night we need to be at the Hastings Armory at 7:00 P.M. (unless things change) if you wish to see them get bused in from Wisconsin. Don't know if they will end up at a bar to celebrate afterwords or if they just want to get home or what. Would be nice if they see a lot of people waiting for their return to MN though.

Sunday at 3 P.M. at the Hastings high school is an awards ceremony and official welcome home. Food will be served afterwords.

Discussion Board Update

Submitted by Joe Medallion on Sun, 06/12/2005 - 23:00

The Cooler Crew Forum at AbleMinds it is. Kitch allowed his WowBB site to expire, and I've disabled the phpbb site I had here, although the database and all its contents still exist. Who knows if and when it might be necessary again.

Update: 13 June 2005

A forum has been established at PeoplesForum's hosting provider, AbleMinds. This will likely end up being the permanent discussion home of the Cooler Crew

Updated 7 June 2005

According to the notice at http://pf.ableminds.com/, pf is likely going to be down all day. Check out one of the sites linked to below for alternatives.

3 June 2005

Zephy's Coming Home on Leave

Submitted by Joe Medallion on Mon, 03/21/2005 - 00:00

Ares and Treasure Chest's house
112 Belmont Road in Apple Valley
Saturday, April 9th, 2005
4pm until whenever

He's expected in at the airport either Monday or Tuesday, the 4th or 5th. Details will be posted as they become available. Unfortunately, airport security would probably frown on us putting together a mock hunt for him to find his admirers, so anyone who's coming is going to have to wait in the baggage claim area.

As for the party at Ares and TC's house, we are providing burgers and cheesy-wursts. Other than that, its very much like the rehash: Bring a dish to share, and your choice of beverage. We'll have our outdoor fireplace going to do smores on (besides, Ares has a bunch of furring strips on the ceiling of the basement from the old staple up ceiling tile to get rid of).

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During the 1990’s, the St Paul Pioneer Press opened online discussion forums. These forums were called Water Coolers. The forums had discussion topics related to sports, politics, news, and current events. Each year, the Pioneer Planet – the online section of the Pioneer Press – opened a discussion forum as a media for hunters to discuss the clues for the Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt.

During the earlier years, one might find a few hundred posts during the hunt. As more hunters had computers, those numbers jumped. From 1997 to 1998, the number of posts increased from the hundreds to the 5-digit thousands. It was during the 1998 hunt the Cooler Crew was born.

The community spirit and teamwork displayed in the Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt thread was inspiring. The group of hunters found themselves at the end of a hunt not wanting to let go of new friendships and the camaraderie found on the Water Cooler board. The idea emerged to do what anyone would do in the middle of winter in Minnesota. A picnic in Cherokee was planned - the first Rehash Bash!

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