Tim - I must admit. I thought my treasure book was south. Now I can't find it here and am almost sure it's up north. I found my Ramsey County Parks guide up there so it had better be there. We will know by Friday night when we head north again.
During the 1998 hunt, a rather obnoxious being posting as Joe Medallion would post one letter or number posts to get to the next number ending in a zero. It might be a series of 10 or so at a time. He is no longer around (PLEASE!!!)...but the joe idea remains.
Now, of course it's expanded to other types of joes for other types of beings.
Terry- Just to let you know, it is quite possible I could have a surprise lined up for you!!! (NO GUARANTEES) but if it does work out, I just hope you don't have a heart attack!!!
Hmmm, only one thing I can think of that the surprise might be. I wonder if its possible??
Also seems kind of funny to watch people stretching the clues already when they haven't even come out yet.
Personally I don't see the Snoopy's being involved in the clues. Its not like they regularly have some current event theme worked into the clues. In fact, they usually have nothing at all to do with anything going on in the news. They might use three clues to say there's water nearby, or give clues to the same street two or three times, but relate a clue to something interesting? Only if someone completely different is writing them.
Not stretching anything yet, Allison...just noodling possibilities. And you're right. The snoopy thing might not have anything to do with nothing - but it's always good to be prepared...right?
A surprise? For me? Jake - you are too funny. I can't wait!
Saturday will be here soon! Only 4 more wake-ups!!
come one, allison. not much else to do before saturday night. one can always hypothesize. just remember though, we have had clues about curing "vikings depression" before.
morning, ter. 8.5 hours, ok so it was more like 9, close enough. now if only i were awake.
I toddled off last nite, Ter, but you and Tim* did a great job on the Joe! xplaning.
I, too, liked Tim's reasoning on us finding The Med... Ittiz worth a try! LOL!!!
FOUR MORE WAKE UPS!!! Gods, but I'm worthless at work! *I* think when we register our buttons we should get a work/school xcuse that xplains about our state of mind. Folks are starting to look at me weird(er) at work when I reply, "Like... Whutchewmean by THAT? That some sorta clue I gotta figure out?" Eyeing folks... And whispering in the bathroom... "You Dig?" More white's showing up on me and less green and I'm getting asked if I've entered a convent (ME????) or joined some whacked out religous group. My emails are in rhyme and four-lined stanzas. And if one more person tells me to remove my pithy because I'm indoors, I may go postal!
I know what you mean by wanting to have something to ponder and not really having anything. I think we've done just about all the realistic pre-noodling we can. Hopefully you can excuse me though, due to other things going on in my life I've been in a critical mood the last few days. Maybe it will be useful in solving clues but its not good for making friends. :-) On the other hand, this is as crabby as you're ever likely to see me so it only gets better from here.
Allison, save your frustrations for the hunt. My life is just as crazy as yours right now, but I am going to channel my energies positively...... when the park is pinpointed and its time to dig!!!
Those of you that are very sensitive regarding your religious convictions, please miss this posting. I hope this comes out rite with no HTML to format with... :(
The Digger’s Prayer
Our Mom, who art in St. Paul, hallowed be her name!
Her Hunt does come, her will be done,
In every city park – this is heaven!
Give us each day our daily clue.
And forgive us our golf course trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass in The Cooler.
And lead us not into tempation of reading too much into the clues, But deliver us from doofy Clue Writer(s).
For yours is The Kingdom – forget that Boreas guy, The power in The Hunt, the glory in finding The Med, forever.
I had a breakup a while ago and now I'm in my grumpy stage where I tend to just say what I think. Plus I've run out of other useful things to think about. The only thing I'm contemplating right now is making a list of parks with "water" and a list with "woods". But then again, it wouldn't be that hard to make one after a clue comes out mentioning one of those.
Well allison, you can always print all the pictures at tresurehunt.8m.com, or go to the library and print the articles from every single hunt, or print the clues from the cooler crew website, or print aerial photos of the parks at terraserver.
jake, i was looking at the terraserver last year. the problem i kept seeing was that many of the obligatory clue references (radio antennae, drinking fountains, power lines, etc.) don't show up all that well on it. mostly because the best you can get from them is 1-metre resolution; you might get a set of railroad tracks showing up 2 pixels wide. everything else you mentioned, however, is a good way to kill some of the next 100 or so hours (and might help a.w. get the ex out of his mind).
If only my printer were functional. I agree about the usefulness of the terraserver. I guess I just use it as a sort of map, but with nothing labeled that can get tricky.
Here's a question to debate:
Is it better to dig alone or in a group? If you dig with a group, you have a better chance of finding it, but if you dig alone and find it, you don't have to share the money. I usually do a bit of both.
Allison- the good news is that we have Battle Creek zone 2 covered!!!! I hope it is there, because my grandma lives a block away!(hot chocolate, yum!) plus I could tell anyone a lot about it.
as for your question- here are my thoughts... it depends on who the heck you are digging with!!! I am sure that natalie will be a good hunter SOME DAY, but if you went digging with her this year, and had to split the money, I don't think thats fare. if you are with a group of pretty equal ability(most cases) then I would say no more than 5 people. 2000 is a lot of money, but the question is... who gets the credit for finding it? I sure hope we all have registered buttons by the 25th, I know I will!!!!!
just checking!!!LOL
those would be some goofy lookin earmuffs, though. :)
true, true
Ugh!
sorry for the image, ter :)
nice trips JOE Ares
ter have you noodled my practice clue yet? hint- page 16
forgive me for sounding stupid, but what's the reference to joe?
tim loved the clue
Tim - I must admit. I thought my treasure book was south. Now I can't find it here and am almost sure it's up north. I found my Ramsey County Parks guide up there so it had better be there. We will know by Friday night when we head north again.
palindrome JOE
Let me try to explain joes. (Where's Green when you need her?)
well, at least it was a normal JOE! ter stold my palindrome JOE by accident. man, when you're hot, you're hot.
During the 1998 hunt, a rather obnoxious being posting as Joe Medallion would post one letter or number posts to get to the next number ending in a zero. It might be a series of 10 or so at a time. He is no longer around (PLEASE!!!)...but the joe idea remains.
Now, of course it's expanded to other types of joes for other types of beings.
thanks, terry. hmm. i seem to remember joe.
Joe Cooler- a crazy dude who harrased the people of this board, many moons ago.
JOE- specify's a landmark post e.g. 1000, 1500, 1650, etc.
this tradition has grown to palindromes, and for some, even favorite numbers.
a got the story handed down by word of mouth. so it is a weee bit hazy.
so terry just got what could be considered a "double-joe"
no, I palindrome JOE, since it is the same frontwords and back words. a double joe would be... 3434
Some folks like the year of their birth - or other significant years in their lives.
then what would the 9400 post be? with the double-0's
Original JOE!!!!!! (not really, I'm talking to Ares)
got it. lol. but only the 939 was the plaindrome. i could see something like 9339. 9390<->0939 doesn't quite fit.
correcto mundo
I gotta hit tht sheets, SCMD's! (sweet cooler medallion dreams)
oh yeah, don't be afraid to question anything that don't make sence on this board.(or, to save time, anything that does make sence) I did last year.
i'm with you tim. gotta be up for work tomorrow. catch you all in about 8.5 hours.
Goodnight Tim! Goodnight Ares! I hafta be at work at 7:30 tomorrow. I better sign off too.
SCMDs!!!!
Terry- Just to let you know, it is quite possible I could have a surprise lined up for you!!! (NO GUARANTEES) but if it does work out, I just hope you don't have a heart attack!!!
Hmmm, only one thing I can think of that the surprise might be. I wonder if its possible??
Also seems kind of funny to watch people stretching the clues already when they haven't even come out yet.
Personally I don't see the Snoopy's being involved in the clues. Its not like they regularly have some current event theme worked into the clues. In fact, they usually have nothing at all to do with anything going on in the news. They might use three clues to say there's water nearby, or give clues to the same street two or three times, but relate a clue to something interesting? Only if someone completely different is writing them.
Good Morning!
Not stretching anything yet, Allison...just noodling possibilities. And you're right. The snoopy thing might not have anything to do with nothing - but it's always good to be prepared...right?
A surprise? For me? Jake - you are too funny. I can't wait!
Saturday will be here soon! Only 4 more wake-ups!!
come one, allison. not much else to do before saturday night. one can always hypothesize. just remember though, we have had clues about curing "vikings depression" before.
morning, ter. 8.5 hours, ok so it was more like 9, close enough. now if only i were awake.
Maring, Marning!
I toddled off last nite, Ter, but you and Tim* did a great job on the Joe! xplaning.
I, too, liked Tim's reasoning on us finding The Med... Ittiz worth a try! LOL!!!
FOUR MORE WAKE UPS!!! Gods, but I'm worthless at work! *I* think when we register our buttons we should get a work/school xcuse that xplains about our state of mind. Folks are starting to look at me weird(er) at work when I reply, "Like... Whutchewmean by THAT? That some sorta clue I gotta figure out?" Eyeing folks... And whispering in the bathroom... "You Dig?" More white's showing up on me and less green and I'm getting asked if I've entered a convent (ME????) or joined some whacked out religous group. My emails are in rhyme and four-lined stanzas. And if one more person tells me to remove my pithy because I'm indoors, I may go postal!
green you're not the only worthless one at work for the duration.
"or joined some whacked out religous group"
Well, sorta. hehe
All hail the Medallion!
I know what you mean by wanting to have something to ponder and not really having anything. I think we've done just about all the realistic pre-noodling we can. Hopefully you can excuse me though, due to other things going on in my life I've been in a critical mood the last few days. Maybe it will be useful in solving clues but its not good for making friends. :-) On the other hand, this is as crabby as you're ever likely to see me so it only gets better from here.
Allison, save your frustrations for the hunt. My life is just as crazy as yours right now, but I am going to channel my energies positively...... when the park is pinpointed and its time to dig!!!
Those of you that are very sensitive regarding your religious convictions, please miss this posting. I hope this comes out rite with no HTML to format with... :(
The Digger’s Prayer
Our Mom, who art in St. Paul, hallowed be her name!
Her Hunt does come, her will be done,
In every city park – this is heaven!
Give us each day our daily clue.
And forgive us our golf course trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass in The Cooler.
And lead us not into tempation of reading too much into the clues, But deliver us from doofy Clue Writer(s).
For yours is The Kingdom – forget that Boreas guy, The power in The Hunt, the glory in finding The Med, forever.
YEWBETCHA!
The Digger’s Psalm
The Med is our Puck we most surely want!
It maketh us to dig in snow covered parks.
It leadeth us beside the still, frozen waters of city lakes---It restoreth our souls every year at this time.
It leadeth us in the path of Spotters and film crews, for goodness sake!
Yea though we dig through the parks in the shadows of night, We fear no evil as St. Paul’s Boys in Blue art with us.
Thy history and tradition comfort us.
Thou prepareth us a wonderful 12-day event in the presence of those more sane.
Thou annointeth our heads with sweat.
Our coffee mugs runneth over.
Surely noodling and slogging will be a part of us all the days of our lives For we shall dwell in The Cooler of Mom forever.
no offence taken, aw. my stress level here's been building up for the past 2 months, and after tomorrow, it all goes away. well, for a while anyway.
lol green. thanks. (he says as he wipes the coke off his monitor and keyboard).
I had a breakup a while ago and now I'm in my grumpy stage where I tend to just say what I think. Plus I've run out of other useful things to think about. The only thing I'm contemplating right now is making a list of parks with "water" and a list with "woods". But then again, it wouldn't be that hard to make one after a clue comes out mentioning one of those.
Well allison, you can always print all the pictures at tresurehunt.8m.com, or go to the library and print the articles from every single hunt, or print the clues from the cooler crew website, or print aerial photos of the parks at terraserver.
jake, i was looking at the terraserver last year. the problem i kept seeing was that many of the obligatory clue references (radio antennae, drinking fountains, power lines, etc.) don't show up all that well on it. mostly because the best you can get from them is 1-metre resolution; you might get a set of railroad tracks showing up 2 pixels wide. everything else you mentioned, however, is a good way to kill some of the next 100 or so hours (and might help a.w. get the ex out of his mind).
If only my printer were functional. I agree about the usefulness of the terraserver. I guess I just use it as a sort of map, but with nothing labeled that can get tricky.
Here's a question to debate:
Is it better to dig alone or in a group? If you dig with a group, you have a better chance of finding it, but if you dig alone and find it, you don't have to share the money. I usually do a bit of both.
I do my lunch time digging solo. most everything else is group hunting. arrrghh. mom p made me use caps. give me my html formatting.
Allison- the good news is that we have Battle Creek zone 2 covered!!!! I hope it is there, because my grandma lives a block away!(hot chocolate, yum!) plus I could tell anyone a lot about it.
as for your question- here are my thoughts... it depends on who the heck you are digging with!!! I am sure that natalie will be a good hunter SOME DAY, but if you went digging with her this year, and had to split the money, I don't think thats fare. if you are with a group of pretty equal ability(most cases) then I would say no more than 5 people. 2000 is a lot of money, but the question is... who gets the credit for finding it? I sure hope we all have registered buttons by the 25th, I know I will!!!!!
Being bored, I plugged my name into the anagram site and here are a few of the results I got:
adorn linda swollen, alien snow landlord, all dandelion sworn, allow olden innards, also nil wonderland, and swollen ordinal, annal downside roll, annal drool swindle, noodle wall innards, nonlinear doll wads, walled loon innards
I don't have quite as many good ones, mine came out to:
Heals hurry, a shy hurler, h.r. slayer uh, hula sherry, hay hurlers, ashy hurler
and my three favorites:
Hush Rarely, Early Hrs. Uh, & Harshly Rue!
/me (got to avoid that pesky i syndrome) hasn't used the site (where is it by the way), but i'm pretty sure i'll get one: arse. :-)
Here are your anagrams Ares.
aers, aesr, ares, arse, aser, asre, ears, easr, eras, ersa, esar, esra, raes, rase, reas, resa, rsae, rsea, saer, sare, sear, sera, srae, srea