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2000 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

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Discuss the 2000 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

Vegas Baby

Newell's where I am going. Over the course of this day, I have watched people talk themeselves in and then out of Newell... I haven't been there yet, so I am still giving it go. Newell too obvious? Why not, then?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:29 PM Permalink
PIE

The exact location is never laid out, just the proximity!!!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:29 PM Permalink
Vegas Baby

Newell's where I am going. Over the course of this day, I have watched people talk themeselves in and then out of Newell... I haven't been there yet, so I am still giving it go. Newell too obvious? Why not, then?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:29 PM Permalink
Electric Duane

Bide your time, Step Dogg...

My philosophy is that anyone can win the lottery once. If anyone pulls that medallion out tonight they deserve it. But at this stage in the game I would still call it more luck than Sherlock Holmes. For anyone who is certain that it's in Phalen, there's someone who's just as certain it's in Newell or Highland. And I'm sure there's even someone going "you know it could be near the frog pond." Rest easy, young squire...the view never changes unless you're the lead dog, but often a leader can't be established until a trail is known.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:30 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Electric...did you just watch That Thing You Do by chance?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:31 PM Permalink
PIE

It's not even hidden yet!!!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:32 PM Permalink
No user inform…

testing...1-2-3...testing

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:32 PM Permalink
MushieW

Medallion Sleuth... they must have had TWO different openings then for the first clue... because in December they didn't know that the Vikings would lose! (OR DID THEY?) LOL!!!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:32 PM Permalink
Electric Duane

No, why...did I rip something off?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:33 PM Permalink
PIE

It's tucked away in the PP hiders dresser!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:33 PM Permalink
Vegas Baby

Newell's where I am going. Over the course of this day, I have watched people talk themeselves in and then out of Newell... I haven't been there yet, so I am still giving it go. Newell too obvious? Why not, then?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:34 PM Permalink
green

Ain't gonna be me that finds it. I'm not good at the end, when it comes down to the final location. Hell, I was sssssooooo bad in '98, and only marginally better last year... That I'm *almost* convinced I'm wrong this year about the park, let alone where The Med rests.

I am getting better. MUCH! :) Reading way less into the clues. But Chair-O-Key was SO HARD. I got so frustrated - I couldn't understand anything all the udders did. It just didn't make sense to me. Was like everybuddy was talking a foreign language.

Last year was kind'a, a little, easier. But only a little. I only got like two clues. Man! Felt like I'd found The Med! I was so happy I aced "row of trees" (woodrow)!

This year... It all fits, but I see myself as a loser - a non-reader o'clues. So, I keep thinking, "I've GOT to bee wrong... Ittiz going too well..."

This year scare me. It seems too easy. Like too good to be true. Really scares me, but the clues keep coming out right.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:35 PM Permalink
Electric Duane

Hey lillian,

Where are you going tonight? :~)

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:35 PM Permalink
PIE

EVERYBODY knew that the QUEENS would lose!!! Unless of course you're ignorant to DGoofs playoff history!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:35 PM Permalink
Electric Duane

Sorry, lil-- just trying to cut a tense moment on our fiendly chat board, here.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:40 PM Permalink
MushieW

Hang in there lillian! The only reason I don't think Newell is because some kind of towers have to be seen when looking north! Do you see any?? :-)

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:40 PM Permalink
Medallion Sleuth

Green..for all it's worth...I hope you do find it...I know you have been a devoted poster here since the beginning...best wishes and good luck :o)

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:41 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I am sorry but why are we here and not at Newell? The clues fit like a glove. No stretches. I understand that we were "tricked" last year into thinking it was at Newell, but that is the perfect settup to actually hide it there.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:43 PM Permalink
Vegas Baby

Duane- I am going to your mom's.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:43 PM Permalink
MushieW

Tim...what towers do you see when you L@@K NORTH??? Thankyouverymush!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:44 PM Permalink
Medallion Sleuth

Tim are their Towers at Newell?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:44 PM Permalink
Vegas Baby

Duane- I am going to your mom's.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:45 PM Permalink
PIE

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. — Bertrand Russell

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:45 PM Permalink
kid minneapolis

but doesn't Newell seem TOO good? and what about the "pace" "ace" "chase" clue... how does that fit?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:47 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Yes there are! The silicon Co smoke stack, thh large radio tower, and or the space needle at the fair grounds.

Mushie- you are asuming WAY too much! no one knows for sure you have to look north to see the towers.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:47 PM Permalink
Medallion Sleuth

You have to look in Boreas' direction ie. North

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
green

Thanks, MedSleuth, however there are many here that are much more deserving than me.

They've been hunting, some o'them, for over 30 years. This is only my third year.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to find it. But, really, there are MANY that have been hunting way, way longer than me.

If I ever *did* find it? Everybuddy in the park would know in a heartbeat as I'd fall over dead with a heart attack! The SHOCK would kill me! :>

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
PIE

It is better to live rich than die rich. — Samuel Johnson

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

that is the only problem KID. I'm not sure YET. It may mean nothing at all for all we know. I think it might tie in with a later clue.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
MushieW

Maybe Tim.... but it sure makes incredible sense.... unless it means that you have to search in the north end of St. Paul....? Still trying to figure it out as are all of you... :)

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
E.R.

Hey Everbody! Whuzzup! seems like Newell is the park of the day. You know, one tower would be the state fair space needle

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:49 PM Permalink
Troy & Kitty

Hey pie, I finally got it to work!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:50 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I ALWAYS keep my mind open until the 12th clue!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:51 PM Permalink
E.R.

it is facing north from Newell

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:51 PM Permalink
Medallion Sleuth

I just think it is a great way to fight back at winter and reclaim the fun we all desire to have...I have tried to instill it in our son also...it is a family event every year...I think the kid has gotten better at deciphering the clues than I have ever been...LOL

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:51 PM Permalink
Birdie15

Hey Troy/Kitty!!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:51 PM Permalink
Troy & Kitty

green is the street name your thinking of brighton?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:52 PM Permalink
PIE

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:52 PM Permalink
SueBee

Does anyone know how to search back to a particular post number? I just put the number in the search area and it didn't come up with anything.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:52 PM Permalink
SueBee

Avoid giving advice. Wise men don't need it and Fools won't heed it

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:53 PM Permalink
MushieW

That's becuz kids stay "simple" minded Sleuth... Us adults are the ones who take the clues every which way! LOL!!

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:53 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Sue- I think you have to go through the outline. But i'm never sure!LOL

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:53 PM Permalink
Medallion Sleuth

I agree totally Mushie

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:54 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I'm 14, so if your theory proves correct then you should listen carefully to everything I say!!!!LOL

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:55 PM Permalink
LLkisses

Hello all I am back

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:55 PM Permalink
SueBee

ooh, I have to admit, I don't know what you mean by "the outline", Tim

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:56 PM Permalink
SnowShadow

I just got back from Newell...dug a little too. But it just doesn't feel right. It's so tiny. There are most definitely some great towers to see. And the tracks....tracks on either side that join together leads you to Newell. But it still doesn't feel right. I thought maybe Como because of the "Almond" exract and you can see the Shoreview towers from Como, 1 tower and then two together, but they're elusive as you go through the park. Too, it was in Como recently. I'm not ruling out some other parks...not even Highland yet. We need another clue.

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:56 PM Permalink
MushieW

When I was reading the clues at the dinner table last night to MY kiddo's ... my 8 year old said with a sneer "and exactly WHY do we have to listen to this?" LOL!! Alot of help HE was! :o)

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:56 PM Permalink
Tiny Thumbs

electric, are you still on?

Thu, 01/27/2000 - 4:56 PM Permalink