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2002 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

Yes, the medallion has been found, but there's still lots to talk about. Feel the need for more than virtual discussion? Then join the Re-Hash Bash, Sunday, Jan. 27, at noon at Merriam Park in St. Paul.

Usual Suspect

Is there anyone around

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:40 PM Permalink
Rushmore

Does anyone know if Steve will be selling the Guide at the pre-dig gig?

Palindrome Joe!

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:54 PM Permalink
Terry

Hi all! Just checking in before checking out for the night.

I suspect that if Steve wants to sell more of those guides, he'll have them at the pre-dig gig. He has in the past. He'll usually autograph them for the buyer as well.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:56 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I skipped another 150 posts, did I miss anything?

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:57 PM Permalink
Terry

Tim - you mean you don't slog?

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:57 PM Permalink
Mind Games

...still no clue yet

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:58 PM Permalink
Terry

Clueless....that would be us.

I'm heading for the sheets. Goodnight and SCDs!!!

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Rushmore

Tim, I just went through todays newest 350 or so, the last 150 allow you to learn more about some members of the crew.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Rushmore

Night Terry, SCD's!

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:00 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Slog? Bah, I am saving my slogging for the actual hunt. Even then I don't like to do it because I fear by the time I am done, everyone will have left. PLus sometimes people post faster that I slog.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:01 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I am hitting the sheets here too. SCD's to all

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:02 PM Permalink
Rushmore

I know what you mean, it took me atleast an hour yesterday to slog through everything since Friday. The total number of posts more than doubled from Thursday night to Saturday night.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:02 PM Permalink
Rushmore

SCD's Timmer

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:03 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Yeah there's alot of waste posts like T H I S where they make each letter a post thats what makes it hard to keep up

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:06 PM Permalink
Scribe

I hate hockey players.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:11 PM Permalink
Scribe

Oh and by the way.....Hi Ian!

Bob? Is that you?

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:12 PM Permalink
ThoseMedallingKids

SCD Terry and Tim. Welcome back Scribe. Why the despise for hockey players? Getting in the way of your skating?

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Scribe i think me and my crew ran into you last year at como, who's your hunting bunch. It was over by the trolley in the "I think" west picnic grounds.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Scribe

Okay here's my rant:

I'm testing a dance on tuesday.I went to Roseville for a late night public skate.I don't mind skating with the public it's not a problem...and it's cheap practice ice.So I get there and I'm the only one that shows up for public skate tonight,great! I get the rink to myself! Oh NO! The kids that work there come out with sticks and pucks.Now I have made deals with hockey players before,I get 1/2 the rink and they get 1/2 and as long as the pucks and sticks stay on their side I'm fine......but not tonight! I was dodging pucks all over the place! By rights this was public skating,no pucks and sticks allowed and I payed my money....these kids WORKED there....so instead of kicking their butts or their cars...I left after I TRIED to practice for 45 minutes........

There I'm fine now.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Scribe

Suspect,we were there,I was diggin with Kids,my husband(THX),Leelabell and her husband also was with Jake,Steve,Timmers and Winger for a spell.....

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:22 PM Permalink
ThoseMedallingKids

Scribe, talk to the management there about it. You shouldn't have to put up with stuff like that.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:23 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Yeah, I talked with you guys for a few mins. We're a semi-young group of guys. i think there was 7 of us, we were right next to you for a while.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:23 PM Permalink
Scribe

Oh,don't worry Kids,I have credentials and friends in the skating realm....:)

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:23 PM Permalink
Scribe

I remember you suspect! You guys should dig with us again!:)

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:25 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

Bob's not here.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:26 PM Permalink
Scribe

Bob who?

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:26 PM Permalink
Scribe

Hey,where did my Splitting friend go to?:)

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:27 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Right now i'm in vegas, stuck because the car we road tripped out here in broke down and it's in the shop. My partner in the hunt moved out here to vegas so he won't be with me this year.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:27 PM Permalink
Scribe

Suspect,You gonna get home in time for the pre-dig gig?

Stuck in Vegas,I love that movie!:)

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:29 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

I'm gonna be hunting with an old baseball coach that saw the lady find it last year and a few other guys from last years hunt.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:29 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Yeah i should be outta here soon, i gotta get back to college here soon. i'm gonna miss out on the first 2 days of school because i'm stuck here.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:31 PM Permalink
Rob Norris

Hey Scribe hows it going? I was talking to you before. The nice thing about the hunt this year is that there is no snow on the ground. Meaning they will hide it inside of something. If I can recall the last two times there was no snow they hid it in clay with grass ontop of it. Hmmmmmmm. Im lookin at the 15 day forecast and no snow in sight. Phalen or Hidden Falls/Crosby maybe Harriet Island but its under some reconstruction.

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:31 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

I'm gonna try to hit up the pre-gig if i don't gotta work

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:32 PM Permalink
wrightwinger

oh man, i go away for one day to go downhill skiing for the first time, and theirs over a 1000 new posts. im giving up on being "with it". anywho,,, so ill be here in my bell bottom jeans and LA gear light up shoes watching my black and white tv waiting to hope in my autocarrage to search for the medallion, oh and to wet my lips (like rain on seattle) and mcgoverns of course

Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:33 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

Jesus, I like

  • the Phalen or Hidden Falls/Crosby maybe Harriet Island but its under some reconstruction.

    I don't know about Crosby though.....

  • Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:35 PM Permalink
    Scribe

    Hey Winger!

    "in my bell bottom jeans"

    Are they fire proof?:)

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:37 PM Permalink
    Scribe

    Hey j.c.,Como's not under construction...

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:38 PM Permalink
    Usual Suspect

    Scribe are you saying they'd put it at como?Again

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:40 PM Permalink
    Scribe

    Suspect,I'm sayin that anything is possible and we just never know.

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:40 PM Permalink
    Usual Suspect

    True, True, but i would eat my shoe if they put it out there again...

    At least this year.

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:42 PM Permalink
    leelabell

    Hi all, my favorite hunt was Newell because I was there on the 3rd or 4th clue. But of course, I doubted myself and only came back when the rest of the world was also there.

    The more the merrier to dig with us - lots more fun that way!

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:53 PM Permalink
    leelabell

    I got a digital camera for Xmas this year - I should prolly bring it - what do you think?

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:55 PM Permalink
    ThoseMedallingKids

    Do it Leela. I'm going to bring a camera, and Tim was talking about bringing one. The more the merrier?

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:56 PM Permalink
    leelabell

    Some messages back folks were talking like they needed digging partners - I say, the more the merrier.

    Now, about your desire to make a quilt, TMK - why a quilt?

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:57 PM Permalink
    ThoseMedallingKids

    Because she gets cold a lot of times. Thought it would be nice to keep her warm, to have something I put a lot of time and effort into. Something that could last a long time for us :)

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 10:58 PM Permalink
    leelabell

    Sounds serious - where does she live? Can she dig with us?

    Are you thinking of sewing together quilt squares? You could take a crocheting class and crochet the blanket.

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 11:00 PM Permalink
    Scribe

    Scribe Theory number One for 2002

    Possible parks the medallion could be hidden in for the 2002 hunt in alphabetical order: Arlington-Arkwright,Belvedere,Battle Creek,Burns Ave,Cayuga,College,Conway,Daytons Bluff,Dunning(my personal favorite from last year),Eastview,Weida,Frost Lake,Griggs,Hamline,Hazel,Hillcrest,Horton(hears a Who),Highland(not the golf course of course),Irvine,Jimmy Lee,Langford,Linwood(another park I just love to dig up for the sheer fun of it..)Margaret,Marydale,Mears(where I used to hang with punk rockers in the eighties...Hey Huggie wherever you are!),Mounds(a favorite candy bar when I don't feel like a nut),North Dale,Orchard,Prosperity(always thought it'd be cool to find some cash in a park with this name..),Phalen(I hate this park!),Scheffer,So.St.Anthony,Swede Hollow (Steve was right,it has never been found here but I have dug here on many clueless occasions..),Valley(Allison and I scoped this one last year..),Wilder

    Arlington Hills,Baker(another great west end park),Boyd,Carty,Chair-o-key,Como(I'll say it's here every year and sometimes I'm right!),Crosby,Duluth and Case,Desnoyer(what IS a desnoyer anyway?),Edgecumbe,El Rio Vista,Parque Castillo(a garden there was designed by Scribe and some girlscouts...true story),Front,Groveland,Harriet Island(by one of my favorite refuse sites),Hayden heights,Highwood Hills,Hidden Falls(been here lots of times and still haven't found those dang falls..),Homecroft,Iris,Kellogg(another favorite of Mr.Downtown Dave),Lawson,Lewis,MLK(a favorite of Terry Valentine's last year),Mattocks,Merriam,Mounds Regional(jst some more of the other Mounds..),Newell(don't get me started..),Palace,Rice,Sackett,St.Clair(patron saint of what?),Sylvan(great place to watch st.Bernard's softball!),Tilden and last but not least west Minnehaha(that word always makes me laugh)

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 11:01 PM Permalink
    ThoseMedallingKids

    She lives in SD, so no helping us dig. I have a book, and yes it would involve sewing quilting squares together.

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 11:01 PM Permalink
    Scribe

    Umm,Kids,YOU"RE suppose to keep her warm!!!Sheeesh!

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 11:04 PM Permalink
    ThoseMedallingKids

    I can't if she's in SD! I hardly get to see her enough as it is!

    Sun, 01/06/2002 - 11:04 PM Permalink