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2011 - Battle Creek Park

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Discuss the 2011 Medallion Hunt Here



2011 Clues




 

mrmnmikey

I think the doll bouncing around was refering to th PP employees being bounced around as in layoffs and restructuring. Also I think Goodhue is the way he is because its "Fury" motors sponsering the hunt. He's furious at the hunters.

then again...maybe not.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 3:55 PM Permalink
excavating stud

"many more steps from your doorsteps" could just mean you have to get off your can and get "out" and search
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:28 PM Permalink
mucluck

you mean I wont find it while curled up on my couch :chagrin:
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 4:32 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Yes I was out today. Battle creeek has a suprizing amount of digging that has been done by the dam's.

I don't like the closed bridge at Highland, makes that less likely. Same with the construction at Como pool, and Keller pinic area. I don't ever remember even mild construction at a park where it was found. Does anybody recall construction in a park when it was found??
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:39 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

You know where Jake lives, right?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:42 PM Permalink
Terry

I don't know New Daddy.

I remember the city had been trimming trees just before the '98 hunt at Cherokee, there had been ice cut from Lake Phalen right before the hunt there. Highland golf course was under construction one year - but I don't remember if the medallion was actually found there that year - but I think it may have been. I know we weren't the only ones out there that year.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:45 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Hi Izzy. With only 2 clues there is not much to go on yet.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:52 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

well you could but it will be a cold day in hell when you did
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:54 PM Permalink
Grey Wolf

Just tell us a park in tonight's clue. There's plenty of snow to move until next week. Getting people out in a park digging early in the hunt will pump up the excitement.

But we know that won't happen.........or will it?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:56 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Last year the had construction on the high voltage wire poles at lillydale.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:07 PM Permalink
New Daddy

My thoughts for the day.

Clue # 1 its in a park or parkway, or park ave...

Dam parks with dam's look good, But it most likely is that we all had to deal with ice dams, just like with had to deal with concrete ice last year.

I like the hanging icicle, so parks with verticle bancks with icecicles sounds good.

heaven or hell - possible church or military referrence

2

I like the editor link the most, but it is most likely paying homage to him and does not help us.

Stiff upper lip From Wikipedia,

This article is about the idiom.

For the AC/DC album, see Stiff Upper Lip.

One who has a stiff upper lip displays fortitude in the face of adversity, or exercises self-restraint in the expression of emotion. The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom keep a stiff upper lip, and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of (particularly upper middle and upper class) British people, who are sometimes perceived by other cultures as being reserved. The idiom seems however of American origin; its earliest known example is in a publication called the "Massachusetts Spy" for 14 June 1815: "I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods."[1]

lots of british, anti british street names in St. paul.

AC/DC excell reference?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:07 PM Permalink
Clue Master

It's in a damn park in hell
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:09 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

youll go thru hell to find it and then be in heaven.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:10 PM Permalink
Clue Master

As the cold wind blows through our record snows

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:10 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

.....attached to Captain Crunch's "icicle"
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:13 PM Permalink
Nimrod

For me...clue 1 = It's in a park

         clue 2 = Further than it's normally been, most likely outside St. Paul proper.

The rest just things to drive us crazy-I'm not overthinking this year-I wont even watch the videos (still bitter about last year). That's it that's it that's it.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:51 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Hard not to over read with only 2 clues to work on.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:57 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

nice miss one the 666 joe nimrod
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 6:59 PM Permalink
Nimrod

..........never got the memo
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:12 PM Permalink
ares

Where are peeps at tonight? Abb?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:13 PM Permalink
Terry

What is Abb?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:17 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

american burger bar
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:19 PM Permalink
Terry

Thanks Mikey.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:21 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

I'll be in golden valley if anyone wants to come keep me company :wink:
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:30 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

What time did the clue actually come out (at the paper) last night?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:39 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I dont know what time it came out there. I dont think I'm staying up tonight though. Gonna hit the sack in a few...I'm poodling tonight...Good night all...happy noodling all you Huskies!!
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:50 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I think from the line "Like carriers, hunters must shiver," we can safely conclude that the medallion is hidden outdoors.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 7:58 PM Permalink
TickTack

I was thinking something similar earlier. I'll save my thoughts for post 3rd clue discussion.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:03 PM Permalink
OT

Thanks for clarifying that. Remember the old Town Square with the indoor park on the top level? I actually looked for the medallion there one year. :smile:
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:04 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I dunno, I shiver when I get out of the shower...

(thats shiver, not shrivel)
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:04 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Me too. Twice I looked. Looking back I must have looked like a lunatic...out on my lunch break dressed in a suit looking under trash cans...good times
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:13 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I am going to have to go to bed and won't be out to get the clue tonight. I will tomorrow though. SCD's everyone.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:14 PM Permalink
OT

That's a relief, I thought I was the only one. :smile: And it was a legit city park.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:16 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I'm bored. Why can't they let the clue leak out early again...
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:41 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

agreed. But I just stumbled upon your comment about leaving a park if you see the camo crew digging there... pretty funny.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:42 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

It's a recycled line, but it never gets old
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:43 PM Permalink
katsmeow

MARCO>>>

Where are you?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:58 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Staying in tonight. Figure if I take it easy a couple nights early in the hunt I have more energy later on. I'll be out tomorrow night though. And if we want to point figners, where were you last night?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:07 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Just a reminder to any newbies or lurkers (all are welcome-feel free to post-don't be shy).... there is a reason we pay to post- keeps the riff raff out and gives us some privacy.

Please don't re-post what you see here on the other boards. If it is your own noodle then you have the freedom to do what you want with it. If it's someone else's and you're spreading it to the masses, well then you lessen your own chances of finding it.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:15 PM Permalink
excavating stud

guess no one got the clue tonight
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:25 PM Permalink
leelabell

Clue:

A chestnut gentle makes me sentimental,

For those glorious stories of yore.

Of the days in the glen, when men were men,

Och! Have I become a prodigious bore?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:28 PM Permalink
Nimrod

It's always an interesting balance for me, when do I schedule myself off work for the hunt and waste vacation, and when am I at work staring outside worthless at my job.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:28 PM Permalink
leelabell

Tim sent me a picture of the clue. I believe that's correct with punctuation.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:29 PM Permalink
excavating stud

sounds like a history clue
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:30 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

Thanks Leelabell!

Nite all!
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:30 PM Permalink
Nimrod

THANKS LEELABELL!
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:31 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Thanks Leelabell! You rock! This is going to be a test of history of some sort I agree with evil.

prodigious = adjective

1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.

2. wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat.

3. abnormal; monstrous.

4. Obsolete . ominous.

In case you were wondering.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:32 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Thanks LLB and tim.
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:33 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Robin Hood? Sherwood Forest (glen)? Phalen?
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:34 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Och

–interjection Scot., Irish English .

(used as an expression of surprise, disapproval, regret, etc.)
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:34 PM Permalink