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2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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Discuss the 2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

BLACK SABBATH

DRINKS FOR ALL MY TREASURE BUDS? TELL 12:00

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:41 PM Permalink
DigginDude

yeah!! there's nothin wrong w/ having a little fun while tryin to find the med, so why don't you just LAY OFF EVERYONE!!!

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:41 PM Permalink
Brandon Spry

Hey Matt Are you going out tonight and if so where and why

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:41 PM Permalink
BLACK SABBATH

DRINKS FOR ALL MY TREASURE BUDS? TELL 12:00

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:42 PM Permalink
strikitrich

and now I have finished slogging through all the recent posts since around midnight and the new clue, since the last time we chated...boy there are alot of post...you really rock..or should i say noodle....

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:44 PM Permalink
Map Guy

VErde..check your mail.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:44 PM Permalink
DigginDude

Matt>> this is a cooler discussion!! you don't have to take sides, we're all supposed to be on the same side.....against the MED!! lol so why don't we just all try to get along

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:45 PM Permalink
Jordenn

Leelabell, no, I will not be down at PP @ 11:00. Prymzsphere works til 11:00 and I will just wait til she gets home....

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:46 PM Permalink
strikitrich

then i went back through the out line to mark the date when I first started the cooler last year. i have been in the hhunt for years...but only second year in the cooler....

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:46 PM Permalink
leelabell

okay, you want my cell number - i can email it to you - you can call before you leave

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:47 PM Permalink
Joe Shuma

what time does the paper come out tonight?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:47 PM Permalink
Matt

I am not trying fix anything, nor am I trying to mandate the activity of others. I just can't say that I'm proud of this anymore.

There used to be thousands of hits on this board with people that marveled about what they saw, but didn't talk, they weren't really ready to comment... I believe there were something like a 10:1 unique hit:post ratio during the Cherokee Park search. People called me on my cell phone out of the blue, we'd talk for an hour. People ICQ'd me out of the blue, we'd talk for an hour.

I would not be surprised to see this board being used much less for the reasons I've stated above. When I first came to the cooler, I was welcomed with open arms. Now people are too busy shooting out their thoughtless posts to even notice when someone says hello. Don't even question it, since I've talked about this there have been at least 2 people paying attention *right now* that have agreed with me.

I am upset by the fact that people harangue me and tell me to leave when all I am doing is indeed pointing out a proven shortcoming of this forum.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:47 PM Permalink
Shaggy 2 Dope

I aint got nothin but clown love for all the peeps up in here, it just gets kinda frustratin when I start feelin like I'm talkin to a wall.

Oh yeah, I've been in here for a few years under a ton of different names

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:48 PM Permalink
Shaggy 2 Dope

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:49 PM Permalink
DigginDude

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! IAN!!!! you shouldn't have done that!!! thought it was a site relating the med!!!

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:49 PM Permalink
leelabell

Matt - I think you just have to take it or leave it. Good or bad, the board is evolving.

The one big difference I see this year is that folks don't slog much any more. If you don't slog, you keep posting the same stuff over and over. The folks who do slog, don't want to keep reading and posting the same stuff over and over, so they don't bother any longer.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:50 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Matt, Ninja, im "kinda" new here too, so I know how that goes, bro, thats why im hearin you out. man. So...whaddaya got to say? talk away man. what r yer ideas? what parx you lookin in or looked at yo?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:50 PM Permalink
DigginDude

do any of the parks have to do with Vitamin C or Oranges?? i just saw a commercial with that song "put a smile on your face" like in clue 4

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:51 PM Permalink
DigginDude

LOL! i'm out... CYA!

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:51 PM Permalink
StepDogg

I agree with Violent, Matt...let's chat about some parks.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:51 PM Permalink
leelabell

Jordenn - got it, go ahead and delete your post

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:51 PM Permalink
Baygent

I found the medallion!

And the Vikings will win the Superbowl tomorrow!

Wake me up again after the next clue Mildred.....

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:52 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Hey everyone! Another couple hours at most til the clue.

PalinaJOE!

Thanks Lee!

:-)

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:52 PM Permalink
leelabell

THX - palindJoe - are you and Scribe going down to the PP - I think we are

Jordenn - sent the email

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:54 PM Permalink
THX 1138

"don't want to keep reading and posting the same stuff over and over, so they don't bother any longer."

That pretty much sums it up. I don't know how many people have asked "when does the next clue come out?". Or those that come in and say "So, what park is it hidden in". Like we'd tell em if we knew!

:-)

Anyway, like you said, take it or leave it. I understand both sides.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Pryzmsphere

Yikes....I'm not sure I can last another couple hrs!

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:55 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Yeah, we'll be there. I gotta wake Scribe from her nap now!

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Matt

Bah, I posted a message and the board ate it. :(

I am going to be hunting tonight at Como first, unless the clue points me elsewhere. I won't say exactly where... I will say that mcmurray is close, and that I'm avoiding the festivities like the plague.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Shaggy 2 Dope

I gotta fly, but I'll be back in about an hour or so.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:56 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Hey Matt,

If you see the two people with white bandages on their coats say hello to us.

Lee,

What does that mean about the e-mail? Should I tell Scribe something?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:57 PM Permalink
Brandon Spry

Where are the people digging I already know aw is at aa but nobody else. Last night maybe a hundred where at como but not this evening.

Is anybody digging

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:57 PM Permalink
StepDogg

Matt...I was for Como and I know there are many others in here for Como as well, but I am just stuck because the clues seem to fit anywhere one wants them to fit. I mean he haven't gotten ANY water clues, tree clues, or any location clues for that matter.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:58 PM Permalink
strikitrich

ok..see ya shag...good huntin' and when you come back give me some of your takes on the hunt so far.......

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:58 PM Permalink
Pryzmsphere

Good point about the fest. I just don't think that Ma press would want any of that disturbed. That could cause a lot of probs closer to the end of the hunt.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Matt

THX: Absolutely. I wear a white towel tied around my knee.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Baygent

Orange balls are hanging across the river (circularly linking) at Hidden Falls which is west...which is near the river...which used to have a ferry stop to get to the Fort (off base) and was an old way of traveling...memory lane...history..Fort road used to be W 7th.....

awake and noodling

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
ares

step, i'm still for como. mostly because of that old multiple-choice test rule: your first gut feeling is probably the right one.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

was anyone in here out at Newell last night at around 2:00 am?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
THX 1138

"THX: Absolutely. I wear a white towel tied around my knee."

Cool, I'll look for you as well.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 9:59 PM Permalink
StepDogg

Ares - And that's why I'm such a bad test taker...I ALWAYS change my answer!! :)

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:00 PM Permalink
StepDogg

Violent - not me....did you go out there?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:01 PM Permalink
Wicked Nick

yup, me n Shaggy were out there, in makeup n everything...i was just wondering if anyone spotted us.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:02 PM Permalink
Jordenn

Matt: will probably have a white baseball hat on... say hi! "You Dig?" LOLOL :)

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:02 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Jordenn, Scribe wants to know, you going to the PP tonight?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:04 PM Permalink
Matt

StepDogg: You're right. :) The clues apply to my yard.

Anyone who wants to find something in a certain area will always be successful.... Especially with clues as vague as these. Highland still works, to a degree. :)

I believe tonight's clue will cause the frenzy.

The trick so far, as far as I'm concerned, is to look and see which are fitting the best, and which are fitting similar to the hunts of the past. www.coolercrew.com has clue listings for a barrel of hunts from the 1950s to today, and explanations for most of the recent ones. I study them every year, repeatedly. I look and see the patterns, I crunch the numbers. I solve the problems with *science*, as much as everyone hates it :) I nailed Cherokee, I nailed Conway.. with a combination of planning, *talking*, and crunching the data. I missed last year due to not being in the area at the time...

I will nail the park this year with the same tools :) And so far, Como seems to work the best, so far.

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:05 PM Permalink
ElseaMae

Hmm I missed a lot of excitment. Can we go along the no question is a stupid question lines? I'm just wondering, is there anywhere really that you can see leaves in the middle of the winter? Aren't they usually under snow?

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:05 PM Permalink
Jordenn

THX: Tell Scribe that no, Prymzsphere has to work til 11 and will be home around 11:30 so we will be leaving shortly after she gets home. Leelabell gave me her cell #, so I will be calling her when we are ready to leave. You still going to Mc Murray or depending on the clue? Thanks!!! :)

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:06 PM Permalink
THX 1138

"...is there anywhere really that you can see leaves in the middle of the winter? Aren't they usually under snow?"

That was the dumbest question I have ever heard!

Just kidding. :-)

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Marleyking

matt i agree

Sat, 01/27/2001 - 10:07 PM Permalink