booo yah, the hunt is coming. i gots so much, i tells yeah, i's gots so much built up in me all waiting to release by getting angry at the clues, digging thru endliss snow while loosing a toe, all in the hopes of getting to the medallion, so my life will be complete. i cant take this waiting anymore!!!!!blllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
ps-may have new "medallion mobile", but new car wont be as good as cold car for locking rear wheels while giving gas to the front to get outta skids, or attaching/modifying car to carry more treasure hunt equipment.
When does the hunt start next year??? I keep thinking Phalen is due....but I am wrong each year. Hope you all have plesant dreams about diggin', thinking and slogging..
Hey, gang. I haven't been on since after this year's hunt ended. What a bummer that was The hunt ended way too soon. Can't wait for next year's hunt. Hope everyone had a great summer and survived Halloween.
Less than three months away now. I'm not sure exactly when but typically toward the end of January. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe January 21st? Hey, that also happens to be my birthday! A sign perhaps?
Where will it be?
Not in Rice Park, that's for sure. Its all torn up and fenced off right now, and knowing winter construction, it will probably still be like that in January.
Its been in small parks the last two years. Perhaps its time for a big one? Its never been in a park less than six years apart and since it was last in Battle Creek in 94, and Highland in 93, both those parks have returned to the eligible list. Of course there's always the question of if Phalen is still an eligible park or not so it could be there. The same is true of Mounds. Of course if it is a big park, we'll know from the clues soon enough. But that still leaves the question of WHERE in the BIG park?
Hey y'all! I'm baaacckkkk! As usual, my password slipped through the feeble fingers of my memory. So, naturally, I've changed my handle...(formerly known as snowstar and angel02...) Being one of the younger people that show up here, I'm especally excited for this year's hunt since I no longer have to rely on my dad's transportation skills to go digging!! I'm so proud!! See y'all in January!!!!
"The buttons earn participants reduced or free admission to most events of the Winter Carnival, which will run from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4. A registered carnival button also qualifies the winner of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt for a potential top prize of $10,000."
So I assume that means it starts on January 21st (my birthday!) and it looks like it will be $10,000 again (hard to imagine them reducing it back to where it was at this point). I'd expect it to be in Indian Mounds or the Capitol Mall this year, that is to say something big and closer to downtown. Althougn Battle Creek becomes eligible again this year and Highland did last year (been at least 6 years since it was there last).
Stopped in to get the dates confirmed, gotta pick my vacation, so I know I'm off...
Kris is bowling for MSU-Mankato...been to St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee and next week...LAS VEGAS
Kollin finally made the varsity team ( as a freshman). The team won the league championship, conference championship, went to State, and came in dead last ! But 18th out of 75 teams isn't too bad...he was selected to the all-conference team also...
The Med will be hidden next week... Lots of snow coming. Battle Creek's out... If The Hider eats a Big Mac B4hand, the coyete will snarf up The Med and no one will ever see it again!
hey thats great about the bowling. i miss competitive bowling, my college dont have it, and the bowling club dont wanna move to being intercolleigic. though, i suck now, he he. i remember bowling against kris, he much better at bowling, but it still fun. allison, i dont beleaive mounds with all my heart, since it was used once in 87, and the native's got pretty angry at everyone. to do it again, would kill the medallion for ever almost. why do you say battle creek is out green? i do highly doubt capitol mall too,(assuming my theory of a new clue writer this year) if its the same, then its possible.
I believe 1/21/01. bad news, the medallion mobile has about had enough hunting. probally wont make it to the hunt, so now i needs to find it to pay for medallion mobile II
Hey, HEY, hey, everyone! Hope the holidays are going well for y'all. Just wanted to send a quick shout-out to say that www.coolercrew.com FINALLY has all the clues from all years posted. A big thanks to those who initially helped convert printed words to computer text, and a super-big-wow thanks to Sherri Osborn for her quicksilver HTMLing, which was the true impetus for getting them done for 2001.
Explanations will follow as time permits. Baby steps. Baby steps. Speaking of, if any of you have electronic data from past hunts, please send it to gsax@starpower.net for the Cooler Crew site. I still have lots of electronic stuff from past hunts I'm going to work on getting most of it up for all to see, but more-more-more is always better.
Not the official buttons, but our Cooler Crew buttons. Any word on this yet? Does "MOM" still hang out here? She did great with last year's design. I never did get one of those buttons though. Are there any left?
I'm making plans to be in the Twin Cities when the medallion hunting gets good. Perhaps I'll see some of you again. I now roost in Northern California. Ahhhh, California. It was short-sleeve weather today. Very pleasant...
Hey Greg! I've been keeping track of that site - and ittiz looking good!
I am almost 100 percent sure there are still buttons left from last year. We'll be sure to save you one and I am looking forward to seeing you at some point when you get here during the heat of the hunt.
We have been discussing button design for this year. I worked up a couple and Mom is working on something too. We're trying to find just the right thing. You'll get a copy for the website as soon as we have something definate.
Wright Winger - hope your transportation issues get figured out soon!
Yeah, MOM still hangs out here - mostly lurking these past few weeks though as anticipation builds for the HUNT.
Greg, my sincere apologies on failing to get a button out to you. I carried it around for weeks meaning to put it in an envelope.....I'm sure we'll meet up at some point during the hunt, and I still have one with your name on it!
Where abouts in California are you? Dad has family scattered about from the Bay area to Sacramento to the mountains North of there...
Good luck to you all. If the medallion hunt starts on the 21st, I'm going to miss the crucial days. Leaving for the Dominican on the 27th. It wasn't I who set the time for this trip. Anybody have a hanky? Tears dripping onto my keyboard.
Hi Allie. Nice to see you again. Sorry to hear you have to leave in the midst of the hunt. Of course by that time last year it was already over. Not that I'm hoping for the same thing this year (well unless I find it, hehe).
As for meeting at McGovern's on the night of the 20th, I'm afraid personally I have plans to go to a comedy club that night in the Mall of America. But if I get done in time I may stop by if I can get there before 11:30 (or whenever it comes out this year).
1. Whenever a snow emergency is declared, follow the snowplows around and completely dig out all the cars they plow in.
2. As a big storm is about to hit, stand on your front steps with your back to the yard. Toss your car keys over your shoulder. Go back inside and then go find them the next day.
3. Read up on Occam's Razor (All else being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the correct one.)
4. Do every word jumble, crossword puzzle, and search-a-word you can get your hands on..
5. Make a list of all the things you can do with $10,000.
6. Turn off the heat in your home for 16 hours a day.
7. Only sleep three hours a night.
8. Move all the snow from your back yard to your front yard.
9. Spend all night on the internet with total strangers discussing who killed JFK.
10. Commit the Coolercrew.com website and the Treasure Hunter's Guide to memory.
I think Patrick McGovern's for the 20th sounds like a marvelous plan! Who would like to call for reservations? Hard to know for how many - but maybe about 20? That would allow for folks coming and going - but still enough room you think?
I started a singles club back in June. Its going a lot better than my attempt at a treasure hunting club. We tend to go out and do things 3 to 4 times a week and we have over 160 members (though only 30-40 actually come out for events). But anyway, we're planning on going to Knuckleheads in the Mall of America that night and that's something I really enjoy doing, and being the founder of the group I probably should attend anyway. So I'll be doing that and would have to stop by McGovern's afterwards if its not too late. But I do hope to get people from the singles club out hunting (since I met my cofounder through the treasure hunt, we're both hunters and will probably make the rest of the club join us). Maybe with that many people digging we'll actually find it.
hey, good news, medallion mobile 1 is running better again:), thats a good training program allision. i just started my own training. though, i dont get a chance to do the shoveling like in years past, it just involves doing lots of push ups, sit ups, stair climbing, and beard growing. thinking about adding mid winter mountain biking too. so a singles club eh? anywho, what happens to the money if one of US actually finds the thing? i mean oher than taxes. hmmmmmmmmmm if only the joker could help us.
We're about 2/3 of the way through the year now with four months or so to go until the next hunt. Where will it be?
My guess would be the North St Paul Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
I thought they closed that place down.
They did, but the building is still standing and occupied by vermin.
Happy Birthday Bomber!!!!!
I can't wait for the hunt
booo yah, the hunt is coming. i gots so much, i tells yeah, i's gots so much built up in me all waiting to release by getting angry at the clues, digging thru endliss snow while loosing a toe, all in the hopes of getting to the medallion, so my life will be complete. i cant take this waiting anymore!!!!!blllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
ps-may have new "medallion mobile", but new car wont be as good as cold car for locking rear wheels while giving gas to the front to get outta skids, or attaching/modifying car to carry more treasure hunt equipment.
checkin' in and checkin' out
see ya...BYE !
When does the hunt start next year??? I keep thinking Phalen is due....but I am wrong each year. Hope you all have plesant dreams about diggin', thinking and slogging..
Hey, gang. I haven't been on since after this year's hunt ended. What a bummer that was The hunt ended way too soon. Can't wait for next year's hunt. Hope everyone had a great summer and survived Halloween.
BIG JOE!!!!
(Sorry I could not resist)
Less than three months away now. I'm not sure exactly when but typically toward the end of January. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe January 21st? Hey, that also happens to be my birthday! A sign perhaps?
Where will it be?
Not in Rice Park, that's for sure. Its all torn up and fenced off right now, and knowing winter construction, it will probably still be like that in January.
Its been in small parks the last two years. Perhaps its time for a big one? Its never been in a park less than six years apart and since it was last in Battle Creek in 94, and Highland in 93, both those parks have returned to the eligible list. Of course there's always the question of if Phalen is still an eligible park or not so it could be there. The same is true of Mounds. Of course if it is a big park, we'll know from the clues soon enough. But that still leaves the question of WHERE in the BIG park?
Hey y'all! I'm baaacckkkk! As usual, my password slipped through the feeble fingers of my memory. So, naturally, I've changed my handle...(formerly known as snowstar and angel02...) Being one of the younger people that show up here, I'm especally excited for this year's hunt since I no longer have to rely on my dad's transportation skills to go digging!! I'm so proud!! See y'all in January!!!!
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Cheers,
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AIAB.....nitol?
Bee!!!!!!!!
First snowfall of the season coming.
Will the medallion be put down during the storm?
Will Bee bee out in the frogpond waiting?
Is Green still breathing?...have a "Krout" recipe that will blow her away!....and a few others.....HA
Buttons on sale today... That means, if I'm reading my tea leaves correctly, the Med was put down last nite as it snowed!
Now... Which park?
With all the election turmoil I would suggest it will be in a park named after a politician.
First MEDALLION 2001 JOE!!!
From today's paper:
"The buttons earn participants reduced or free admission to most events of the Winter Carnival, which will run from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4. A registered carnival button also qualifies the winner of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt for a potential top prize of $10,000."
So I assume that means it starts on January 21st (my birthday!) and it looks like it will be $10,000 again (hard to imagine them reducing it back to where it was at this point). I'd expect it to be in Indian Mounds or the Capitol Mall this year, that is to say something big and closer to downtown. Althougn Battle Creek becomes eligible again this year and Highland did last year (been at least 6 years since it was there last).
I kinda like the capital mall idea especially with all the election shenanigans happening right now in Florida.
Hello,
Stopped in to get the dates confirmed, gotta pick my vacation, so I know I'm off...
Kris is bowling for MSU-Mankato...been to St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee and next week...LAS VEGAS
Kollin finally made the varsity team ( as a freshman). The team won the league championship, conference championship, went to State, and came in dead last ! But 18th out of 75 teams isn't too bad...he was selected to the all-conference team also...
I know...who gives a rat's a$$ ???
See ya
BYE
Waiting.......
Congrats, Ian! Kirs and Kollin are doing GREAT!
The Med will be hidden next week... Lots of snow coming. Battle Creek's out... If The Hider eats a Big Mac B4hand, the coyete will snarf up The Med and no one will ever see it again!
hey thats great about the bowling. i miss competitive bowling, my college dont have it, and the bowling club dont wanna move to being intercolleigic. though, i suck now, he he. i remember bowling against kris, he much better at bowling, but it still fun. allison, i dont beleaive mounds with all my heart, since it was used once in 87, and the native's got pretty angry at everyone. to do it again, would kill the medallion for ever almost. why do you say battle creek is out green? i do highly doubt capitol mall too,(assuming my theory of a new clue writer this year) if its the same, then its possible.
It's beginning to look a lot like Highland!
Is it out there? Right now? Just waiting while sinking ever deeper into the snow?
Hey Allison! Lets pray the snow stays light and we don't get a warm and freeze!
"Hey Allison! Lets pray the snow stays light and we don't get a warm and freeze!"
Candyass!
:-)
I think it is at the capital mall, by the peace officers memorial, taped to the bottom of a dog dish.
It'd be cool if they put it at the capital mall, especially following our tumultuous election.
Just so it's not in earmuffs!
You beat me to it Terry!!! LOLOL!!!
Does anybody know the exact date that the first clue comes out?!!
I believe 1/21/01. bad news, the medallion mobile has about had enough hunting. probally wont make it to the hunt, so now i needs to find it to pay for medallion mobile II
Hey, HEY, hey, everyone! Hope the holidays are going well for y'all. Just wanted to send a quick shout-out to say that www.coolercrew.com FINALLY has all the clues from all years posted. A big thanks to those who initially helped convert printed words to computer text, and a super-big-wow thanks to Sherri Osborn for her quicksilver HTMLing, which was the true impetus for getting them done for 2001.
Explanations will follow as time permits. Baby steps. Baby steps. Speaking of, if any of you have electronic data from past hunts, please send it to gsax@starpower.net for the Cooler Crew site. I still have lots of electronic stuff from past hunts I'm going to work on getting most of it up for all to see, but more-more-more is always better.
G. Sax
2001 BUTTONS?
Not the official buttons, but our Cooler Crew buttons. Any word on this yet? Does "MOM" still hang out here? She did great with last year's design. I never did get one of those buttons though. Are there any left?
I'm making plans to be in the Twin Cities when the medallion hunting gets good. Perhaps I'll see some of you again. I now roost in Northern California. Ahhhh, California. It was short-sleeve weather today. Very pleasant...
Hey Greg! I've been keeping track of that site - and ittiz looking good!
I am almost 100 percent sure there are still buttons left from last year. We'll be sure to save you one and I am looking forward to seeing you at some point when you get here during the heat of the hunt.
We have been discussing button design for this year. I worked up a couple and Mom is working on something too. We're trying to find just the right thing. You'll get a copy for the website as soon as we have something definate.
Wright Winger - hope your transportation issues get figured out soon!
Hiyall!
Yeah, MOM still hangs out here - mostly lurking these past few weeks though as anticipation builds for the HUNT.
Greg, my sincere apologies on failing to get a button out to you. I carried it around for weeks meaning to put it in an envelope.....I'm sure we'll meet up at some point during the hunt, and I still have one with your name on it!
Where abouts in California are you? Dad has family scattered about from the Bay area to Sacramento to the mountains North of there...
Good luck to you all. If the medallion hunt starts on the 21st, I'm going to miss the crucial days. Leaving for the Dominican on the 27th. It wasn't I who set the time for this trip. Anybody have a hanky? Tears dripping onto my keyboard.
Terry- Are we meeting at McGoverns this year for the first clue???
Hi Allie. Nice to see you again. Sorry to hear you have to leave in the midst of the hunt. Of course by that time last year it was already over. Not that I'm hoping for the same thing this year (well unless I find it, hehe).
As for meeting at McGovern's on the night of the 20th, I'm afraid personally I have plans to go to a comedy club that night in the Mall of America. But if I get done in time I may stop by if I can get there before 11:30 (or whenever it comes out this year).
Treasure Hunter's Training Program
1. Whenever a snow emergency is declared, follow the snowplows around and completely dig out all the cars they plow in.
2. As a big storm is about to hit, stand on your front steps with your back to the yard. Toss your car keys over your shoulder. Go back inside and then go find them the next day.
3. Read up on Occam's Razor (All else being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the correct one.)
4. Do every word jumble, crossword puzzle, and search-a-word you can get your hands on..
5. Make a list of all the things you can do with $10,000.
6. Turn off the heat in your home for 16 hours a day.
7. Only sleep three hours a night.
8. Move all the snow from your back yard to your front yard.
9. Spend all night on the internet with total strangers discussing who killed JFK.
10. Commit the Coolercrew.com website and the Treasure Hunter's Guide to memory.
Nice to see everyone gathering for the hunt!
I think Patrick McGovern's for the 20th sounds like a marvelous plan! Who would like to call for reservations? Hard to know for how many - but maybe about 20? That would allow for folks coming and going - but still enough room you think?
Would 7:00 be good?
Input? Ideas?
Allison - Whatchew mean you won't be there?????
7:00 is too early.... I would like to be sober enough to think about the clue....
I started a singles club back in June. Its going a lot better than my attempt at a treasure hunting club. We tend to go out and do things 3 to 4 times a week and we have over 160 members (though only 30-40 actually come out for events). But anyway, we're planning on going to Knuckleheads in the Mall of America that night and that's something I really enjoy doing, and being the founder of the group I probably should attend anyway. So I'll be doing that and would have to stop by McGovern's afterwards if its not too late. But I do hope to get people from the singles club out hunting (since I met my cofounder through the treasure hunt, we're both hunters and will probably make the rest of the club join us). Maybe with that many people digging we'll actually find it.
hey, good news, medallion mobile 1 is running better again:), thats a good training program allision. i just started my own training. though, i dont get a chance to do the shoveling like in years past, it just involves doing lots of push ups, sit ups, stair climbing, and beard growing. thinking about adding mid winter mountain biking too. so a singles club eh? anywho, what happens to the money if one of US actually finds the thing? i mean oher than taxes. hmmmmmmmmmm if only the joker could help us.
Occam's...jeez, never thought o' that. On that line....frog pond? Do ya think? Just maybe? PLEASE GOD FROG POND? Cheers....
Frog Pond...
Perhaps it is a puzzle:
Fond R Pog - found our pog (the pog in this case is actually the medallion)
dg poor fn - dig for fun (what we all do!)
d poor f n g??? - just say it really slow, it could describes how bad we all feel about each other as we freeze our keisters off digging.