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.
ares
were i the hider, i'd read 'em just for the entertainment value.
keep it coming. looks like with temps staying in the 20's all week, and a chance for snow later in the week too, it's all here to stay, and maybe more of it to come
didn't i ask that this wait until after tonite's rush?
oh well, here's a salute to the snow:
woohoo!
hmm, sounds like a salute to scribe too. speaking of which, where are you scribe? as is evidenced by the post count since this morning we've missed you!
I was musing to myself about spotters. If the PP has spotters, why can't we? Assign people to shifts on watching all the parks, set up video surveillance. Wouldn't necessarily be to find out which park it's in, but get more into the mind's of those who run the hunt. When they drop it, how they drop it, things of that nature. I know it wouldn't happen, just something I pondered.
Ive thought about that too. Assign different people to different parks. It is possible, and would only need a dozen or so committed people to discover the secrets of the hiders/spotters, etc!
come on kids, we're not sure if the pp has spotters. i mean we all know they do but still. lemme guess. which park its in is a side effect of knowing when and how they drop it.
You'd need a lot more than a dozen people if you really wanted to do that. To try and watch Como Park alone would take at least a dozen people with all the different areas of the park that could be used. Then you'd have to consider that you need 24 hour surveillence so you'd have to double or triple your staff depending on how long the shifts were going to be. Then you have to take into consideration the fact that if they really do hide it in a snowstorm and/or at night, visibility isn't going to be all that good. So even if you see someone, you may not be able to tell if they actually dropped the medallion or not. And even if you managed to bypass all that, and I was the person hiding the medallion, all I'd have to do is bring someone along whose job it was to distract you for just a moment while I make my move.
So I don't think trying to catch them hiding it is likely to succeed.
Goodevening AW, Green, Ares, Jake01! Where's Scribe today? , I have stepped into the COOLER! hehe --ok, I second the "salute to the SNOW"! I stepped outside thismorning and said "Goodmorning Mr. Medallion, where ever you sleep, under your blanket of snow, rest well for now, for soon I WILL FIND YOU, and YOU WILL BE MINE! AHAHAHAHAHA"-(with a little evil in my voice).
I think last year's clues tell us a lot more about the cluewriter than anything. Last year they referred to a lot of things in the park that used to be there a long time ago, yet one would never know about just by looking at it now. I don't think it would occur to anyone to use those things as clues unless they themselves remember when they were there. Granted, they could have been looking at the Treasure Hunter's Guide, but in a year where it seemed they were doing their best to fool the experienced hunters, I doubt they would make reference to things they found in a book they know the hunters refer to. So I'd say the cluewriter is someone who's at least 40 and more likely in their 50's. It would be someone who grew up in St. Paul, probably near Como Park. Certainly their familiarty with Como far exceeds their familiarity with Conway and it's hockey rinks. I imagine it's someone who has worked for the PP for quite a while in order to be entrusted with the secrecy of it all. It's not someone who generally spends a lot of time doing and making logic puzzles. They do seem to have an appreciation for word puzzles though, so they could well be a writer. Offhand, my guess is it's a woman. So sound like someone anyone recognizes?
Jake, whatever. There are Spotters. There will always be Spotters. And one of these days, one's gonna get you, drag you off and you'll never be heard from again...
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha-Jake is offline right now-but that was PRICELESS! I can sooooo picture it. I almost fell off my chair! hahahahahahahahahaha --I had just spoke to him and told him that I think of the spotters as a good myth if not true. that is one for the books!
Bock. After doing much o'Cecil B. Demil's bidding... LOL!!! And such mundane, everyday tasks as grocery shopping (making The Brown stuffed *red* peepers... Green peepers give me indigestion and have no taste other than bitter to me... But I can eat a hab stuffed with peannut butter and not bat an eye. Go figure!), and dropping off an app. Gots a yob interview tomorrow. Not prolly the most lucritive yob, but one - nonetheless - that I would enjoy doing. At least for awhile!
Will be to'ing and fro'ing.
Gotta go call The Spotters... To let them know they gotta teach Jakey a lesson... :D
Maybe I should get that treasure chest back from you Me2 and then we could just say that part of the prize is getting to keep it for a year as a sort of travelling trophy?
I think that would be a wonderful idea! However, you'd have to keep in touch with that person: phone #, e-mail, address, etc., so that you could retrieve cask should Finder not reliquinsh volentarily.
Or... Izz there bucks to have a thighy attached to it so that each year the winner could be enscribed on there??? 'Nudder option...
Well, I live litterally on the bluff above the High bridge and boy did we get snow! Bummer there is no snow emergency though, thought about it as I heave-hoed a ton of snow from our driveway and 5 feet into the street so I can get into the drive way! Our street is not driven on much and on a hill so makes it rough! I know...gripe gripe---but I do love it--
I have that treasure chest in my possession. We met last year at the re-hash. It is ok if you don't remember, it was busy and lots ofpeople to meet. I have hunted since, I think, 1983-84-when ever it was at Newell that time. My dad worked for the Pioneer press in computers and started a tradition with his kids-he said if he found it, he would give it to someone else, that it was the heat of the hunt and game that intrigued him. He said noone ever knew who hid it. He passed away in 1994 but the tradition lives!
That would be 1984 for Newell. I loved that hunt! Went right down to the wire. An extra clue was published in the early edition of the Sunday paper that year. They were going to extend the hunt because of all the snow. In spite of the snow cover, the weather was mild enough for us to take our kids out with us. We had a blast!
yup! I remember how long it went--fond memories-It put that BUG in me! I always believed I saw the guy running twords the channel 5 kstp truck with the medallion after he found it, I think near or under a picnic table -I was walking right to him when he jumped up and ran!--got me going!
were i the hider, i'd read 'em just for the entertainment value.
I hope we get far into the clues, double digits at least. Makes it more fun for everyone.
well we got enough snow for a snow emergency. that's a start!
keep it coming. looks like with temps staying in the 20's all week, and a chance for snow later in the week too, it's all here to stay, and maybe more of it to come
Snow emergency? In St Paul?
in st. paul, frosti.
Hmmm. Been so long, I can't remember if I'm supposed to move my car or not.
Frosty, It doesn't start until 9:00 tonight.
http://www.stpaul.gov/depts/publicworks/snowplow.html
i'm trying to figure out which way the causal relationship is here. snow emergency leads to snow or snow leads to snow emergency. :)
if your car is on a nite plow route you need to move it by 9 tonite. if its on a non-nite plow route you need to move it by 8 tomorrow morning.
Day plow route for me. Thanks for the quick updates. Now I can wait and forget about it tommorow. ;-)
Easiest way to determine the snow emergency situation in Saint Paul is by calling 266-PLOW.
hey lisa.
and actually its even easier to sign up for the mailing list and have snow emergency notices delivered straight to your inbox.
True, Ares...however not everyone is always on-line.
I use 266-PLOW if I need to know immediately what is going on, and I don't think everyone knows about this number provided by the city.
I live on a night plow route as well as a day plow route.
Just signed up at www.stpaul.gov
Thanks for the tip Ares
good point lisa. i guess i was directing it more towards those who were on line at the moment.
Ares, FYI: I signed up last year as well as this year and, I've yet to receive a mailing.
Yo Ninjas-where ya be Violent J. Got my Nuge in da wagon, and the volume on HIGH.
We be ready
Snow!
Snow!
didn't i ask that this wait until after tonite's rush?
oh well, here's a salute to the snow:
woohoo!
hmm, sounds like a salute to scribe too. speaking of which, where are you scribe? as is evidenced by the post count since this morning we've missed you!
I was musing to myself about spotters. If the PP has spotters, why can't we? Assign people to shifts on watching all the parks, set up video surveillance. Wouldn't necessarily be to find out which park it's in, but get more into the mind's of those who run the hunt. When they drop it, how they drop it, things of that nature. I know it wouldn't happen, just something I pondered.
Ive thought about that too. Assign different people to different parks. It is possible, and would only need a dozen or so committed people to discover the secrets of the hiders/spotters, etc!
come on kids, we're not sure if the pp has spotters. i mean we all know they do but still. lemme guess. which park its in is a side effect of knowing when and how they drop it.
You'd need a lot more than a dozen people if you really wanted to do that. To try and watch Como Park alone would take at least a dozen people with all the different areas of the park that could be used. Then you'd have to consider that you need 24 hour surveillence so you'd have to double or triple your staff depending on how long the shifts were going to be. Then you have to take into consideration the fact that if they really do hide it in a snowstorm and/or at night, visibility isn't going to be all that good. So even if you see someone, you may not be able to tell if they actually dropped the medallion or not. And even if you managed to bypass all that, and I was the person hiding the medallion, all I'd have to do is bring someone along whose job it was to distract you for just a moment while I make my move.
So I don't think trying to catch them hiding it is likely to succeed.
No spotters, they hide it and stay the hell away! That is a fact!
Goodevening AW, Green, Ares, Jake01! Where's Scribe today? , I have stepped into the COOLER! hehe --ok, I second the "salute to the SNOW"! I stepped outside thismorning and said "Goodmorning Mr. Medallion, where ever you sleep, under your blanket of snow, rest well for now, for soon I WILL FIND YOU, and YOU WILL BE MINE! AHAHAHAHAHA"-(with a little evil in my voice).
I think last year's clues tell us a lot more about the cluewriter than anything. Last year they referred to a lot of things in the park that used to be there a long time ago, yet one would never know about just by looking at it now. I don't think it would occur to anyone to use those things as clues unless they themselves remember when they were there. Granted, they could have been looking at the Treasure Hunter's Guide, but in a year where it seemed they were doing their best to fool the experienced hunters, I doubt they would make reference to things they found in a book they know the hunters refer to. So I'd say the cluewriter is someone who's at least 40 and more likely in their 50's. It would be someone who grew up in St. Paul, probably near Como Park. Certainly their familiarty with Como far exceeds their familiarity with Conway and it's hockey rinks. I imagine it's someone who has worked for the PP for quite a while in order to be entrusted with the secrecy of it all. It's not someone who generally spends a lot of time doing and making logic puzzles. They do seem to have an appreciation for word puzzles though, so they could well be a writer. Offhand, my guess is it's a woman. So sound like someone anyone recognizes?
Still heady from your victory in the Mock Hunt, are we Me2? hehe
I drive that road every day! I always look up that hill...If I just would have walked up that hill! ahhhhhhhhhh!
Jake, whatever. There are Spotters. There will always be Spotters. And one of these days, one's gonna get you, drag you off and you'll never be heard from again...
Woe to you! Unable to Hunt, but just watch!
Then you'll believe. Then you'll believe.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha-Jake is offline right now-but that was PRICELESS! I can sooooo picture it. I almost fell off my chair! hahahahahahahahahaha --I had just spoke to him and told him that I think of the spotters as a good myth if not true. that is one for the books!
Bock. After doing much o'Cecil B. Demil's bidding... LOL!!! And such mundane, everyday tasks as grocery shopping (making The Brown stuffed *red* peepers... Green peepers give me indigestion and have no taste other than bitter to me... But I can eat a hab stuffed with peannut butter and not bat an eye. Go figure!), and dropping off an app. Gots a yob interview tomorrow. Not prolly the most lucritive yob, but one - nonetheless - that I would enjoy doing. At least for awhile!
Will be to'ing and fro'ing.
Gotta go call The Spotters... To let them know they gotta teach Jakey a lesson... :D
Maybe I should get that treasure chest back from you Me2 and then we could just say that part of the prize is getting to keep it for a year as a sort of travelling trophy?
Good Evening!
Isn't it grand? Enough snow for a snow emergency!!
Allison, your Hunt?
I think that would be a wonderful idea! However, you'd have to keep in touch with that person: phone #, e-mail, address, etc., so that you could retrieve cask should Finder not reliquinsh volentarily.
Or... Izz there bucks to have a thighy attached to it so that each year the winner could be enscribed on there??? 'Nudder option...
It's a true crue on here right now!
Hey Green? whos side are you on?
Evenin', Ter. I'm STILL trying to figure *that* one out...
"Snow Emergency." Just HOW much snow did SP get?????????? I heard five inches... That little amount can't be enuff for a snow emergency, can it?
Or do I not understand what consitutes an "emergency"?????
Uhhhmmm... Hello, Me2... (Do I know you???)
Uhhhhmmm.... I R on my side... To what to you refer?
I believe that 3 inches constitutes a snow emergency here...but we did get more like 5 inches. Minneapolis also declared a snow emergency.
That has to mean the medallion found it's hiding place during the night. Just out there waiting for some good clue noodling and some digging.
Well, I live litterally on the bluff above the High bridge and boy did we get snow! Bummer there is no snow emergency though, thought about it as I heave-hoed a ton of snow from our driveway and 5 feet into the street so I can get into the drive way! Our street is not driven on much and on a hill so makes it rough! I know...gripe gripe---but I do love it--
Poor Hider! My thoughts are with him/her! Having to get outta bed in the middle o'the nite and go traipsing around in the dark and cold and snow...
NOT!!!
Been there, done it. And will again for 12 or so days this year. (sigh)
I gotta get a brain! :D
If you live near the high bridge - that's part of St. Paul...and there is a snow emergency. Keep that car off the street!
Howdy, Kids.
You guys... I'm sure you don't have sparklies in your butt like I do... But (no pun intended...)...
Do you have a greater, heightened sense of "THIS IS IT!!!! The Hunt's been 'birthed' for this year!!!!", as I do?
Like,now ittiz for real??? FINALLY!!!!!!
I can't even imagine that That Wonderous Blue Puck's just lying and waiting...
I'M GOING CRAZY!!!!
I have that treasure chest in my possession. We met last year at the re-hash. It is ok if you don't remember, it was busy and lots ofpeople to meet. I have hunted since, I think, 1983-84-when ever it was at Newell that time. My dad worked for the Pioneer press in computers and started a tradition with his kids-he said if he found it, he would give it to someone else, that it was the heat of the hunt and game that intrigued him. He said noone ever knew who hid it. He passed away in 1994 but the tradition lives!
Hey Thanks Terry for the snow emergency update!
That would be 1984 for Newell. I loved that hunt! Went right down to the wire. An extra clue was published in the early edition of the Sunday paper that year. They were going to extend the hunt because of all the snow. In spite of the snow cover, the weather was mild enough for us to take our kids out with us. We had a blast!
You're welcome!
The funny thing about the snow emergency is that I get that sent to my email...and today I got 8 notices!
Oh. Me2. That was wonderful. Bless your Dad. So glad to see you've inheired his love o'the Hunt.
Yes. I want that money. But to WIN - find it, ace the clues, "the heat of the hunt," - THAT is what drives me.
The Hunt, the clues. Yes. I know what your Dad felt. I feel it, too.
yup! I remember how long it went--fond memories-It put that BUG in me! I always believed I saw the guy running twords the channel 5 kstp truck with the medallion after he found it, I think near or under a picnic table -I was walking right to him when he jumped up and ran!--got me going!