Discuss the 2010 Medallion Hunt Here
13th Annual Rehash Bash and Other End of the Winter Carnival Festivities
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Newell Park Pavilion
900 N. Fairview Ave.
Saint Paul, MN 55104
11:30am-2:30pm
The 13th Annual Rehash Bash will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Newell Park, from 11:30am to 2:30pm. As always, its a potluck, and since we\'ve got the building, there will be plenty of power indoors for crock pots. Donations will be accepted to cover the $136 cost for renting the facility. MrMnMikey has some door prizes available. Since this isn\'t Super Bowl Sunday this year, if people want to stick around past the 2:30 closing time, we can start a fire in one of the fire rings.
In addition, many of us long-time Coolerheads are loyal servants of Vulcanus Rex. Join us for the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, followed by the Vulcan Victory Dance. Information on the Parade Route is from the 2006 Vulcan Krewe. The best places for viewing the parade are going to be at the end of the parade route, as His Majesty, Vulcanus Rex LXXIII, the true King of the Winter Carnival, overthrows that other guy on the steps of the St. Paul Central Library, across from Rice Park
Conference Call Info for Clue 11:
There was no conference call scheduled for clue 10.
- Phone Number: 1-517-417-5000
- Pass code: 859597 (clue 12 may be different
- Everyone will be muted initially
- Lines open at 11pm
- lilslim will read the clue twice from start to finish
- After the clue has been read, she will unmute the call
- 60 ports are available for the teleconference
Line Placeholder Schedule
1/26/2010-
5-6 Redbear
6-7 Jake
7-8 Jerilyn
8-9 Kathy
9-10 Mikey
10-Clue Steph
1/27/2010-
12-1 Redbear
1-2 Andrea
2-3 Nimrod
3-4 jengerm
4-5 Barefootguy
5-6 Wicked Nick
6-7 Chris Digger
7-8 Art V
8-9 CM & Me2
9-Clue Sara
When January’s slanting snow,
Makes us dream of Mexico
St. Paul emerges from Wintery sleep
To search for treasure buried deep
Notice to every hunting battalion,
We have hidden the Pioneer Press Medallion
Where? You ask in husky shout,
That’s for us to know, and you to find out
Turn off the tube, leave your hovel
Grab your walking stick and shovel,
Whether you be giant or runt,
The only way is to join the hunt
For to the hunter belongs the spoil,
Hunt by day, or Midnight oil,
Hunt in boot and sturdy glove,
Hunt with pal, or old true love
For you who hunt each and every year,
We raise a lusty St. Paul cheer
“Good Luck”
And now, let us be blunt,
Get off thy duff, and hunt, hunt, hunt
Deed is Done http://tinyurl.com/CwMessage
Clue 1 http://tinyurl.com/Clue1Video
Clue 2 http://tinyurl.com/clue2videonew
Clue 3 http://tinyurl.com/clue3video
Clue 4 http://tinyurl.com/clue4video
Clue 5 http://tinyurl.com/clue5videonew
Clue 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14Z7enoJmo
Clue 7 http://www.twincities.com/sharedvideo/?bcpid=58071989001&bctid=62974493001
All hail, O Fire King, of thee we sing
Thy blast of winter heat scorches
When ice was like concrete it would\'ve been so sweet
If the Vulcans plowed with their torches
Emerge from the den as we once again
Offer a bodacious bounty
And this tip to the frozen: bring thick lederhosen
To public land in Ramsey County
Clue #1 Video
Hear ye all crews, now come the clues
For this task I am the Czar
With each rhyming gift, this shape I will shift
Listen well to each avatar
Kissed by a Vulcan, she left him sulkin\'
\"Sir Soot, I\'ll not forgive these sins!\"
Her airs Elizabethan, her language, bleepin\' heathen,
Our mother once blessed us with twins.
Look high, look low, wherever you go
Follow a picturesque route
There are ways to travel away from the gravel
That keep you in hot pursuit
Code by Morse should set your course
To long dashes that dot the landscape.
You or your avatar should park your car
On your way to this great escape.
Take a westerly tack up from the stack,
A landmark most uncouth.
Figures grand in scale point to a trail
Of footprints left by our sleuth.
You\'ll want to go shopping where things are hopping
And storeowners once dropped anchor
Go down the main drag, but be sure not to lag,
You\'ll have plenty for which to thank her
Escape your troubles where the water bubbles
Or gurgles like a stream.
You may be chargin\' right up to the margin.
Look for a productive seam.
Down on the delta where there\'s no ice to melta
The purple horde raids a golden legion
Today before kick off the prize you\'ll pick off
If you search in just the right region
To find the seed, energy you need
In search for your clues to glean
What once was planted is taken for granted
Stored in one of fifteen
Not far from stones and ancient bones
Lay clues that are fit for Jim
Lure the egrets to yield all secrets
And you should satisfy him
Get your kicks by hitting the bricks
Admiring the trees and view
Be ever glad hopping pad to pad
Like amphibians in\'52
Stonehenge tumbled down near a crumbled town
Not far from the lights of the city
If you would hike away from the pike
You might stumble on something pretty
Upstream from the landing lay a place in good standing
Where people prayed, God willin\'
Now midst the cocklebur and rusted spur
Is nothing by murder and killin\'
This park is a sliver, from ancient beds to a river
In neither is the prize to be found
Look for the goods among timber and woods
Do not dig in the fossil ground
Go for a lark in Lilydale Park
Between Water Street and the river
The city boundary sign and the old rail line
Define the zone that will deliver
You\'re outside the pale if you\'re close to the rail
It\'s not to be found near the tracks
Be nice and cooperative, respect private property
On public land launch your attacks
Within this area lies medallion hysteria
A tangle near the river - not too close!
About four dozen paces from the waterline to places
Where you should tromp, dig and freeze your nose
http://www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B06E714D-9E20-45C5-BE5D-D660D4DE6425}
Pitcher-esque movement, but stay off the gravel
Ice is like concrete
Blessed with twins
Kissed by a Vulcan
- Isn't there two outdoor hockey rinks side-by-side (twins) at Battle Creek Rec? On top of the baseball infield? You can get to the pitcher's mound withOUT walking on gravel because of the ice - you get cold, they got a warming house nearby. I haven't been down there lately, but I thought that was the setup for past years'...
Cannot decide on a park yet though.
I also agree with Rob that the word GRAVEL is key here.
"Gravel is rock that is of a specific particle size range. Specifically, it is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (0.079 in) in its smallest dimension (about 1/12 of an inch) and no more than 64 mm (2.5 in).
Gravel is an important commercial product, with a number of applications. Many roadways are surfaced with gravel, especially in rural areas where there is little traffic.
Large gravel deposits are a common geological feature, being formed as a result of the weathering and erosion of rocks. The action of rivers and waves tends to pile up gravel in large accumulations. This can sometimes result in gravel becoming compacted and concreted into the sedimentary rock called conglomerate. Where natural gravel deposits are insufficient for human purposes, gravel is often produced by quarrying and crushing hard-wearing rocks, such as sandstone, limestone, or basalt. Quarries where gravel is extracted are known as gravel pits. Southern England possesses particularly large concentrations of them due to the widespread deposition of gravel in the region during the Ice Ages."
* Gravel, a type of rock
    * Gravel road, a type of road
    * Gravel pit, a mine for gravel
    * Gravel bar, an accumulation of gravel-size sediment in a river
    * River gravel, a subtype of gravel stone
    * Gravel mines, a type of weapon
    * Clay court, a type of tennis court
    * Substrate (aquarium), which includes products commonly called "aquarium gravel"
    * Gravel (media player), personal and set-top media players by Commodore International Corporation
    * Gravel (comics), an ongoing comic series written by Warren Ellis
Music:
* Gravel Pit, a song by Wu-Tang Clan
    * The Gravel Pit, band from Boston
GRAVEL is also an acronym for:
GAME RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
at the University of Minnesota's Institute for New Media Studies, School of Journalism.
(Perhaps they are producing the clue Videos, just a noodle).
http://www.inms.umn.edu/gravel/
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
displease;
gravel
cover;
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate.
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/gravel/
could mean get away from something irritating. such as loud noise (airport) or Newell Park's annoying trucks.
Travel away from the gravel
a nice vacation from this irritating weather!
The 2nd clue thing that sticks out for me is "Her airs Elizabethan". What if the key word is "airs"? Then the question becomes, who is she?
She=Nike, goddess of victory.
Our mother (goddess of victory) gave us Twins (two world championships)
From some random mythology site about Nike: She was often depicted on Greek vases with her standard attributes of wreath, jug, phial, and thymiaterion (censer), shown standing alone, flying or striding, or pouring a libation over an altar.
So the censer, while not totally accurate, could be a playful interpretation of the "F'n" language line. Reading the above paragraph, the poring a libation over an altar ties in to the Vulcan case, because that happened in a bar. So read the clue 2nd part first, first part 2nd.
Her airs Elizabethan, her language, bleepin' heathen,
Our mother once blessed us with twins.
Kissed by a Vulcan, she left him sulkin'
"Sir Soot, I'll not forgive these sins!"
So if you assume that Nike, the goddess of Victory (and most commonly associated with a bringer of good luck) is the identity of "Her/She" - you get a reference to "Airs" (nike) but Elizabethan = old. bleepin' heathen gets you the censer that she's commonly associated with. The vulcan thing is ultimately a throwaway, except to provide contrast that in that case, the lady who pours libation over a bar denied the Vulcans victory.
What does this mean? Heck if I know. Best guess: Park with a baseball field. 2nd guess: Running/walking path.
Ways to travel from the gravel= many differnet paths (bike, ski, walk) to move into the park from a parking lot
Here is a link to a post, with photos and contact info:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/laf/1534486275.html
She's been missing since October, but has been sighted often.
Thank you!!
There are no new messages.
No new messages? I have caught up?
You mean I can actually now look at the 3rd clue? Whoopee!
Maybe they just want you to stay near the trails on not search/walk on the tracks.
http://www.promotelatin.org/adverbscamws.pdf
Joe/Whomever - try to finesse the last clue(s) so it's not another mad dash. Give Millett a call; he'll teach you how to triangulate, line stuff up, count off steps, stuff like that.
Lil slim found it, thanks though :smile:
:: cough :: bull bleep :: cough :: :smile:
but did anyone else notice this particular thread was named way in advance o'the first clue coming out? The clue that says "in Ramsey County"?
i'm the one who named the thread, and i assure you that i am not in any way affiliated with a conspiracy (that i know of anyway :smile: ). the rules say ramsey county, so until we know for sure its st. paul, the thread shall remain ramsey county :smile:
I did not mean to infer you're part o'the conspiracy. Just sayin' I think we're watched. I don't remember a time in the last 12 years where it has been said specifically the county. But then I've got a poor memory.
-or- hurt it Opus
:sillygrin:
Well, geez. When there's some bozo herding hunters at like 8:00 AM (Phalen) because the Medallion's been found, and Ma Press employees had recently been seen in the area...
Raccoon my @$$.
BTW, I love that the PP is putting up these little videos everyday. Last night's video from the paper is quite cute.
:sillygrin: :sillygrin:
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I got nuthin
Right?! we saw THEM too...
Sos, like why are I the Queen o'Conspiracies when I'm validated, backedup and supported by so many 'Heads? Allison knows, too.
"Just cuz, green, just cuz. You light our way."
:sillygrin: :sillygrin: :sillygrin:
good ole Conan!!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cas/1558679241.html
we can follow you by the sparklies out of your butt.
joe!