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2005 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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Discuss the 2005 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt here.

Love4Vino

nite all -

hopefully the posting faries won't leave me 500 posts by morning.

 

 

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 12:54 AM Permalink
kitty

Luck - I'll be there tomorrow but I'll be with my peeps 


[Edited by on Jan 27, 2005 at 11:59pm.]

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 12:58 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 1:27 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

Had a blast just sittin down by the fire w/KT, lilman, LAM, and everyone else who stopped by. KT.. lol ya make a good cup of coffee :) Just figured I'd stop here and see what was going on... then gonna head off 2 bed 2 be back at the park at the butt crack o'da mornin!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:04 AM Permalink
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Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:09 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

Mikey... I see U lurkin!! Where were you tonight?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:34 AM Permalink
OTiS

He was preparing for the real hunt to begin!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:34 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

lol well I'm not going down to the press tonight... I told KT I'd keep her company by the fire... so thas where I'll be.. that way I can have a nice parking spot :D

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:37 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

I'm gonna steal this..


 

SWEET 16 JOE!!!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:47 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

damn it I'm freezing!!! I'm bout to go knock on the caretakers door and tell em to turn up the damn heat!! It's bloody cold in my apt!!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:48 AM Permalink
G. Sax

ChuckFred: Thanks for sharing the CSNY connections. I was waiting for them to verify without a doubt that we're in the right park by putting Crosby with his compadres, and this one did it. For some reason, I completely missed it, filtering past the front matter and focusing more on eagle and dove.

Homer and his QB friends were plenty good enough for me, but I follow football and I gots me one of them fancy English majors.

Today's clue should bring out a wider demographic -- pulling people away from their pet parks and into Crosby en masse. If it doesn't, then somebody please send me photos of people wasting their time on Saturday at the Como Park torpedo or snooping around at Indian Mounds. Only adults though. Kids should be encouraged to look for the treasure on their front boulevard as early as age 3. Get 'em hooked young.

 

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:49 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

lol he's such a lil kewtie! OTS you really do have some adorable lil ones!!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 2:58 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

well I think I'm gonna find a snack and head off 2 bed.. gotta be up in 4 and a half hours... damn.. and I STILL smell like a camp fire. LOL

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:01 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

Zephy I see you lurkin!!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:05 AM Permalink
G. Sax

So eagle and dove...

The first half of the clue is a giveaway for CSNY. Good. Done.

"Where the eagle flies with the dove" is giving me fits. I want to believe that we're getting into musical references with Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" and our boy, Prince, with "When Doves Cry" but I still don't know why that would matter. I pride myself on not reaching too much into the clues, but I'm going to have to make a few wild leaps on this one before I get it right.

I mean, yo, I was looking at a Dove soap box repeat like Como Park 2001. I even got down with some condensed milk at http://www.eaglebrand.com/brands.asp. How's that for desperately seeking susan?

I'm sure one of you will help me get it right.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:09 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

at this point it's hard to say what it's hidden in.. the clue writers want it to go to clue 12, which is why they're with holding so much info.. but wanted to get us to the park early because it's such a huge park.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:12 AM Permalink
lucky100

The song also implies graham avenue I think it's near terror tower, a cave used for halloween! There is a dried up pond there that used to be blue with water, and the dove is a song referance to CSNY!

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:14 AM Permalink
mystical_muzik

It's the Tunnel of Terror.. an old sandstone cave they turned into a haunted house.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:15 AM Permalink
G. Sax

Love the pic, OTS. I'm going to show it to my Cali-spoiled, MN-born 10-year-old and exclaim, 'That's what you should be doing with your winter! Now get that skateboard out of the living room!'

But I digress. Get to Crosby this weekend, everyone. Be a part of it all. Build a memory. Work up an easy excuse to be in the area -- like a meal at Buca or a bump at Dave's BBQ. Every piece of the effort is an enduring part of the adventure, and it's not wise to hunt on an empty stomach.

G'night


[Edited by on Jan 28, 2005 at 02:18am.]

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:15 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:16 AM Permalink
lucky100

The whole where the eagle flies with the dove!

Listen, doves and eagles don't get along, what's up with that????

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:19 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:20 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:23 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:24 AM Permalink
lucky100

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:25 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Mikey... I see U lurkin!! Where were you tonight?


I'm here. Needed some sleep. Heading out in a bit I think. I gotta talk to my work sometime today about going back sunday night. I'm gonna ask that i have vacation next week for the hunt. Not sure how that will go since they already gave me this week off. Man this situation sucks.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:50 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

anybody out at the park right now?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:51 AM Permalink
cold toes

The first thought that popped into my head when i read the clue was the part about the glove: what if it is some sort of court reference where "if the glove fits." Thats why you would gnash your teeth. I don't know, just a thought. Is there any courthouses nearby a park?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 3:53 AM Permalink
G. Sax

Checking back in one more time before I toddle off:

"Where the eagle flies with the dove" is no longer giving me fits. Folks over on the PP board reminded me of "Love the One You're With" by CSNY. A quick Google search gave me:



There's a rose
In a fisted glove
And the eagle flies,
Flies with the dove
So if you can't be with the one you love,
Love the one you're with



 

That's probably old news to the pro noodlers here, but I liked it. For some reason, I missed it on my initial Google lyrics blitz. Probably because I've always been more of a "Judy Blue Eyes" kind of guy myself. I much preferred the more elaborate bird references of:









Chestnut brown canary
Ruby-throated sparrow
Sing a song
Don't be long
Thrill me to the marrow
 
Eagles, doves, canaries, sparrows... Avid birders, those boys.
 
G'night fer real.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 4:07 AM Permalink
OTiS

That was scary.....

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 5:00 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

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Fri, 01/28/2005 - 5:01 AM Permalink
East Side Digger





  


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Fri, 01/28/2005 - 5:44 AM Permalink
East Side Digger

lucky100 Looks like ericto me

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Fri, 01/28/2005 - 5:50 AM Permalink
OTiS

Of course you wouldn't find him, here would you?


[Edited by on Jan 28, 2005 at 05:35am.]

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:22 AM Permalink
Oriongirl79

as far as the glove goes, i'm thinking it might be IN a glove.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:23 AM Permalink
Oriongirl79

OTS- are you talking medallionators eric? why aren't they allowed here?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:31 AM Permalink
OTiS

I didn't say anyone wasn't allowed here :)

And I didn't say anything about they

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Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:34 AM Permalink
green

Yup. Bat Creak 

I just figured out "Please, have no fear."

The MX x-country bike path.  Now today we've got the skiing.

But haven't noodle the rest.

Eagle/dove...  War and Peace?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:34 AM Permalink
green

The siren's the big siren/horn thighy up on top o'the sliding hill where you go "helter skleter."  And the giant that fell's the big ski jump thighy that came down.

My take enkneeweighs.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:38 AM Permalink
OTiS

HA HA HA HA....

Glad I don't get to do any serious snow moving till Saturday.... I think theres a big bomb coming.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:39 AM Permalink
grn_i_grl

morning all

 

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:43 AM Permalink
lilslim

ESD, what's up with that single post and no follow up?

Was the baby crying?

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:46 AM Permalink
lilslim

Crosby, STILLs, gNASH, YOUNG. I don't think they could make it any more obvious in one clue

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:47 AM Permalink
Oriongirl79

ahh i see. :) or not. not in on those inside joke/gossip things i guess.

did you see that I saw your big "OTS" in the snow near the downed tree? i was like "hey, i know that guy!" hopefully i'll see you out tonite? i think i saw you last year at the PP

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:48 AM Permalink
green

But again, "No Crosby."

So, no Crosby and then what do get from what's left?

I don't think ittiz Crosby.  Just my opinion.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:50 AM Permalink
lilslim

I don't see any other reason for using the word gnash. It's too weird of a word.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:50 AM Permalink
lilslim

Besides, why use all 6 clues to tell us what park it'snot in? That's just silly.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:53 AM Permalink
OTiS

Yes I saw that you saw that.... Kitch saw it too.

I was thinking about starting a new thing next year. First person to find my mark and take a picture of it and post it here gets a beer on me :)

Stupid I know.... but with clues like this... we have to do something to stay sane.

Fri, 01/28/2005 - 6:54 AM Permalink