don't feel bad shoveler and raft. i was intent on going to the bash, too. except i ended up helping my brother move a boatload of old (free but near mint) kitchen cabinets from their current home to his new one. my back isn't feeling so great at the moment (although a trip to the pub might have done it good :), i don't think i'd have been able to get out of the car. i doubt i'll be able to get out of the chair to go to bed in 15 minutes or so). sorry terry. next year.
Go through the cold and prepare to be bold, or you won't find the secret item Our beloved St. Paul is the place for gold, dig elsewhere and you'll search infinitum Last year at Newell our fate was most cruel, unfortunately the game ended too soon Come now and prepare for a much tougher duel, keep on your toes or you'll hunt until June
Hi all- Just got back from the party. Met lots of new and fun folks. Looking forward to solving this puzzle with them. Only 5 more minutes!!! Leelabell
not that i want to over-analyse yet, but being bold may well be a reference to being in yet another new park. or they could have been bold enough to put it in wakefield if they hadn't restricted the hunt to st. paul.
The part that jumps out at me is the line "keep on your toes". I also notice that this clue doesn't say anything about being in a PARK in St. Paul just that it is in St. Paul.
I gots ta go with my first instinct of the Capitol Mall, since in reality it isn't really a park, otherwise it might just be buried somewhere willy-nilly, like that time they put it under a bridge.
Usually the first clue is pretty vauge; talks about being in a park in St. paul and don't ruin any golf courses, etc. This 2001 clue has alot of things in it for being a first clue and all.
raft - a duel is traditionally gentlemen's warfare. one guy challenges the other to a duel (over money, a woman, some comment he made, etc.). the challengee gets to choose the weapons (in "ancient" times, duels were fought with swords, but many swords were replaced with pistols as gun powder was invented). with swords, the fight till the death. with pistols, you stand back to back, walk 10 paces, turn and shoot.
and i still claim the best way to solve the presidential election would have been 2 pistols and 10 paces. :)
I was thinking of something more like a never-before-used park, kind of like being an iconoclast at conway in 99, but given the past history about how one clue about a garbage can led to every public can being overturned. i believe that park was harriet island, and it is new.
raft--I like your by-line of "right hunt..wrong park"; I could add "right hunt, right park, but wrong person got it"! Maybe this year....got to get SSP back on the map!
I've been looking for the medallion for a few years now but this is the first year that I have posted in here.
I am really thinking that it is in a bigger park this year because it is telling us that it will be "a much tougher duel". Meaning there will be more space to look for it in.
Been pounding the zinc however.
that's not a problem, that's good!!
At least I hope to be ready to solve these clues.
And don't forget the vitamins, we will all need them.
Only 15 minutes left
My guess is that the Sunday paper with the clue comes out at midnight.
don't feel bad shoveler and raft. i was intent on going to the bash, too. except i ended up helping my brother move a boatload of old (free but near mint) kitchen cabinets from their current home to his new one. my back isn't feeling so great at the moment (although a trip to the pub might have done it good :), i don't think i'd have been able to get out of the car. i doubt i'll be able to get out of the chair to go to bed in 15 minutes or so). sorry terry. next year.
clue is out
here it is:
Go through the cold and prepare to be bold, or you won't find the secret item Our beloved St. Paul is the place for gold, dig elsewhere and you'll search infinitum Last year at Newell our fate was most cruel, unfortunately the game ended too soon Come now and prepare for a much tougher duel, keep on your toes or you'll hunt until June
I'm hoping someone will post the clue.
Hi all- Just got back from the party. Met lots of new and fun folks. Looking forward to solving this puzzle with them. Only 5 more minutes!!! Leelabell
10 grand says its on a not in a golf-course-less park. :)
joe.
clue is out
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clue is out
Yucky clue, dang
not that i want to over-analyse yet, but being bold may well be a reference to being in yet another new park. or they could have been bold enough to put it in wakefield if they hadn't restricted the hunt to st. paul.
Yes, being bold could mean that. Do you get anything else except the St. Paul thing?
Sh*t, where to start, not ready for this.
The part that jumps out at me is the line "keep on your toes". I also notice that this clue doesn't say anything about being in a PARK in St. Paul just that it is in St. Paul.
Past first clues always say it is in a park; it does not say that with this clue....
quick... is there a June street or Ave?? Ha ha
I was just thinking that it didn't mention golf course like it often does at the beginning.
Our beloved ? Church, wedding. Gold top of something, ????????????
I gots ta go with my first instinct of the Capitol Mall, since in reality it isn't really a park, otherwise it might just be buried somewhere willy-nilly, like that time they put it under a bridge.
Place for gold could mean something.
I wonder if someone new has done this years clues; it seems worded different somehow.
what's infinitum mean?????????
interesting clue words/phrases:
line 1: bold line 2: beloved, gold, infinitum line 3: cruel line 4: duel, keep on your toes, june
infinitum (latin) forever.
Cool and cruel all at the same time.
Usually the first clue is pretty vauge; talks about being in a park in St. paul and don't ruin any golf courses, etc. This 2001 clue has alot of things in it for being a first clue and all.
keep on your toes == near a walking path of some sort?
what's on your mind ssp?
meaning for duel ?? is it Fight ???
Ares--like your link of "keeping on your toes" to a walking path of some sort....
I like bold meaning new park. Most people think it will not be in a new park.
I have been thinking it will be downtown, but everyone at the party tonight thinks there is not enough parking.
raft - a duel is traditionally gentlemen's warfare. one guy challenges the other to a duel (over money, a woman, some comment he made, etc.). the challengee gets to choose the weapons (in "ancient" times, duels were fought with swords, but many swords were replaced with pistols as gun powder was invented). with swords, the fight till the death. with pistols, you stand back to back, walk 10 paces, turn and shoot.
and i still claim the best way to solve the presidential election would have been 2 pistols and 10 paces. :)
Could "duel" have to do with that big Vulcan fight to "dethrone" at the end of the Carnival--where is that duel held, anywany...
New park like say Harriet island
thanks Ares, so duel come maybe point to Battle ?
raft--the clue does not mention "park" of any kind....
I was thinking of something more like a never-before-used park, kind of like being an iconoclast at conway in 99, but given the past history about how one clue about a garbage can led to every public can being overturned. i believe that park was harriet island, and it is new.
Yeah i know, i'm baffled already, sorry
I said "no" to early analysation. it just wouldn't listen to me. :). You may be on to something with battle as well.
It's really strange that Newell is mentioned, new well ?
raft--I like your by-line of "right hunt..wrong park"; I could add "right hunt, right park, but wrong person got it"! Maybe this year....got to get SSP back on the map!
Hey there.
I've been looking for the medallion for a few years now but this is the first year that I have posted in here.
I am really thinking that it is in a bigger park this year because it is telling us that it will be "a much tougher duel". Meaning there will be more space to look for it in.
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