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2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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Discuss the 2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

deborah bierwerth

I think Midnight.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:27 PM Permalink
donna

deborah i was just at aw's web site and he's not on line

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:27 PM Permalink
sunnyD

good morning scribe. everyone and their mothers are at como. today's clue gave the park and that's it.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:27 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

why do you think it is Highland?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:27 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

are you sure it isn't to throw people???

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:28 PM Permalink
Scribe

Deb,actually it comes on-line at midnight.You can get the clue earlier at the PP around 11:00-or so......depends!:)

I was just havin a little fun!

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:29 PM Permalink
sunnyD

woops i meant COcoa and MOcha

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:29 PM Permalink
donna

matty look at my post # 17690 i did the research and it all fit till clue 8

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:30 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

Are there people still all around Como?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:30 PM Permalink
Scribe

I also have been at Como for the last 3 nights!LOL! Sorry guys! My sense of humor must be tarnishing......

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:31 PM Permalink
sunnyD

People are scattered around the entire 5,000 acres of park at como. Lots in the W. Picnic grounds but the med's not there.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:31 PM Permalink
donna

where do you think sunnyd

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:32 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

Donna, I can not get it to come up. Can you fill me in.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:32 PM Permalink
sunnyD

donna. the med is definately at como now. somewhere associated w/ the west picnic grounds. i don't think it is in the picnic grounds proper (off base) but the East/West stuff points to the W picnic grounds. there are tons of possibilities right around the picnic grounds.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:34 PM Permalink
donna

matty go to outline and look at the post numbers and then hit recent and go back from there...it pretty extencive

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:35 PM Permalink
sunnyD

tonight's clue gives the immediate surroundings for the med. it will be found by 12noon tomorrow. that's my guess.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:36 PM Permalink
donna

Sunnyd you don't think that thier tryin to throw us off with this last clue?....i don't know what to think

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:36 PM Permalink
Scribe

Lee&J.,Penni,Jord,Pryzm,I'm thinkin I'm goin to dig later this afternoon.I can't stay up to late tonight,it's monday tomorrow!! But I still want to take as many shots as I can!

Besides if this thing isn't found by tues......I WILL BE UP LATE!:)

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:37 PM Permalink
donna

Matty did you find it?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:38 PM Permalink
Scribe

Only a few posts at noon on a sunday...Hmmmmmmmm........where is everybody?

COMO!

THE DIG IS ON!!!!!!!

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:42 PM Permalink
Scribe

GOOD LUCK! I hope one of the crew finds it!!:)

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:43 PM Permalink
kid minneapolis

FYI -- an easier way to find a past posting is to go up to the URL listing and change the last part of the address to the number you want. (for example, right now mine says ... 22357, but if you change it to 10555, you'll go to that message)

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:44 PM Permalink
donna

thanks kid ...didn't know that

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:46 PM Permalink
donna

so kid what are your thoughts on where the med, is?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:49 PM Permalink
leelabell

Scribe - we gots to do some things today and I want to watch the Superbowl. So, if we got, it won't be until after the clue. And, then only for a little while, because we both have to be up tomorrow too. I could also go during the day tomorrow for a little while if I don't get up too late.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:53 PM Permalink
kid minneapolis

my thoughts? actually, I'm kinda stumped. I still have trouble believing it's at Como, since it was just there and I don't really like the ways the clues "fit." However, I can't get the clues to fit anywhere else.

I really thought today's clue was an anagram; "... creates a stirring combination ... put them together ..." seems to imply this. But the best I could come up with for anagrams of "hot cocoa" and "mocha" was "choo choo cat ma," which makes no sense. Frustration is setting in.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:54 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

didnt someone say something about COACH before

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:57 PM Permalink
leelabell

Coach Rd. is right by Bandana Square - close to the ball fields.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 12:58 PM Permalink
mapman

there's a coffee shop at como n jessamine....called the community circle...at the bearcrossing....or somethin like that.....r.r. land though i think....so we headed to orchard...picked apart except out by the rink....

finally....off to mcmurray....saw a few at the soccer field, center field.....bring a snowbloer hahaha....

so, bike path at crosby or lillydale....specualtion please????

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:01 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

big turning! at the entrance of como,midway and hamline, there are two structures or pilar type objects, that are dedicated to the works progress admin. which means the new deal that roosevelt did to get us out of our depression from the clue concerning deal and depression

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:04 PM Permalink
deborah bierwerth

Does anyone think Charles Schultz has anything to do with this years hunt? I just checked his site and 50th year was mentioned for what he did.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:07 PM Permalink
deborah bierwerth

His site mentions the depression also.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:08 PM Permalink
Jokysu

Good Afternoon all -

I was out of town overnight, and I come back to a clue that appears to tell me I have been wasting my time at Highland.

I really had the clues mapped better there then at Como. Because I have been gone for over 24 hours I really would prefer not to slog through the messages. Can someone update me on how the clues map into Como? I really had my heart set on Highland, so I just did't pay close enought attention to everyone's thoughts on Como.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:12 PM Permalink
TomH

OK this is my thoughts of the clue COCO, and MOCHA. First two letters of COCO is CO, first two letters of MOCHA is MO that spells out COMO. And in COMO's Pilivian, there is a coffee shop

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:12 PM Permalink
deborah bierwerth

I need to find some research on where all the snoopy's are to see anything fits.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:13 PM Permalink
TomH

But after todays clue, my heart is still not on Como

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:14 PM Permalink
Jokysu

Tom - what is your thought for a park?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:15 PM Permalink
Jokysu

Tom - That is of course if you want to share

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:15 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

think como cuz: Cocoa and mocoa mixed spels como depression and deal is involved with the two pilars at the entrance at midway and hamline are dedicated to the works progress admin.(new deal and the depression back then) carossel riding around space= space needle east and west= the two picnics grounds trolley at the golf course=old way traveling

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:15 PM Permalink
Jokysu

Matty - Thanks for linking them together. That could have taken me weeks to think about. How frusturating to think I was right two days ago, but to end up totally wrong?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:17 PM Permalink
deborah bierwerth

I won't go on and on but, Charles Schultz was also known as Sparky. Isn't there a Sparky the seal at the Como Zoo?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:17 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

also: playing can be fun=amusement park across the street base= the sal. army is hosting the winter park activities so stay away from them( could mean baseball fields)

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:18 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

schultz, why bring him up?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:18 PM Permalink
Jokysu

Deborah - there was/is a sparky the seal there, but I saw a post a couple days ago that there were signs to point hunters away from the zoo.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:18 PM Permalink
TomH

It feels to me Como just ain't the place, I drove by a park yesterday, whcih I'm going to check out today. You have to think todays clue talks about combining. I beleive todays clue is just pin pointing the park in refrence to como. After todays clue, I'm more stong on where I think it is, everything matches, and my theory of needing 2 peices of evedence for the clues to fit in.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:20 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

r u kiddding me my mom got back from como, its found

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:21 PM Permalink
deborah bierwerth

I don't know. I guess with all the stuff revolving around him this past year.

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:21 PM Permalink
Matty Smith

mom is a bit.. she was lian, gotta yell at her now

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:21 PM Permalink
TomH

But as I think stay clear of bases; my location doesn't help because I'm starting to wonder staying clear of bases means its nowhere on a baseball feild, but somewhere where there is amusment

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:21 PM Permalink
TomH

Someone found it?

Sun, 01/28/2001 - 1:22 PM Permalink