Pre-Dig Gig, Rehash Bash and other Cooler events

Matty B's ranks up there for me too.... me and steve had the car, in the parking ramp, all stocked up with beer.... all we had to do was go out the back door, and the car was pretty much right there.

ah yes Matty B's ...that year was the first time I didn't have to drive us home - - so needless to say I had me some good times that night! :ooh: fun!

It was also the first year of the Darlins'...and I think Amoreena and the the rest of those darlins' made a grand entrance too :eek: fond memories :lipsealed:

That year at Matty B's I was sitting talking to D4it's two daughters and my wife.

Jake comes over, sits down. Says to Amoreena:

"Hi, I'm Jake, are you in a committed relationship?"

"Yes."

Turns to my wife.

"Hi, I'm Jake, are you in a committed relationship?"

"Yes."

"Have a nice evening, ladies."

-and gets up and walks away.

sudden craving ? What I dont get it? :sillygrin:

I have been going through old photos and came across this group shot with Matt Birk (back row)- pre-dig 2008?. I see Zeph, Sunny was in town! and a few that arn't around much anymore but what a fun night! Matty B's was fun because of the dance floor and Capitol Room and the bar and the curtains and the coat room! I did like the pre-digs at McGoverns downstairs both 04 and 05 and the time Boxmeyer showed up upstairs 2006.

Birk showed up at the Pre-Dig?

I missed him.... I musta been in the parking ramp, drinkin in the car.....

That pic was not at the PDG. That was during the hunt on a pre clue night.

I'm pretty sure no one wore snow pants to the PDG.

yup, whoops, big crowd though.

I didn't see I dated the photo Jan 26, 2007.

Can anyone who knows people in this photo list some names?

I don't recognize alot.

thx

Mark your calendars for 2011!!

125th Saint Paul Winter Carnival, January 27 - Febuary 6, 2011

So...following a typical pattern, the PDG would fall on January 22?

yup

Cool! I'm putting it on my calendar and going to try to divert my business around that time period so I can actually hunt for the first time in years.

The Viking's final game next year will be 5 pm February 6th in Arlington, Texas. :wink:

The Pro Bowl is played before the super bowl again next year? :sillygrin: :sillygrin:

nice to see the carnival pushed forward in a long time.

thanks for that update Kat.

you know you woulda found it faster, if you would have used a metal detector...

Cool dream, CM! What park were you in? :wink:

ya know i spent a lot of time out hunting with me2 in my past, and i tell ya, we never did a whole lotta looking. drinking yes, but not a lot of looking, so that part doesn't surprise me :smile:

Shamrock Park...

I always love that one.

Winter Carnival is looking for ideas!

For the 125th Anniversary year in 2011 they want to have 125 events!!

What event would you like to see??

tater tot hot dish competition back

Winter Carnival ice fishing contest

The 500 snowmobile race from Winnipeg to St. Paul

Stock car races on Pickeral Lake. (Does it still freeze over?)

Baseball Treasure Hunt at Midway (Saints) Field - Bury a bunch of marked baseballs in the snow and have kids dig 'em up. No fair adults helping - there's a baseball field under it that we don't want you to rake to death. Sorry.

Poker tourney?????

you know how the saints do that "largest game of catch", in downtown, every year?.....

they should do a "largest snowball fight"..... just get a couple thousand people in a field, throwing snow at eachother....

complete chaos and badass, all at the same time..

also would be fun...

a go-fish, or uno tournament (for those people who suck at poker)...

a giant game of tag, or freeze tag, or something of the sort...

golfing on a lake (i dont golf - mainly because it sucks - but I hear that some people actually enjoy it, and i've seen it done on frozen lakes before)

potato sack races?

bocce ball tournament (can be played indoors, everything doesnt hafta be out in the snow, right?)

dodgeball

I dunno.... I'm sure I'll think of more..... most of them will be stupid, but hopefully something is useful...

I'd like to see a Catapult / Trebuchet contest - have someone build a small-scale ice castle out of ice blocks, and have people design all matters of medieval siege equipment to throw/hurl/launch boulders of snow and ice at the thing. Points for originality of design and the wreckage factor.

No idea is stupid Nick - it just might not be do able...

Thanks everyone for your ideas - keep them coming!! I have compiled all these and sent them along to the committee.

seconded!

don't forget to add points for a vulcan themed device.

Love OT's ice fishing contest idea

The Ice Fishing contest actually came back last year after a long hiatis.. it was held out on White Bear Lake...

Cooler!! Damn - I missed it

I didn't realize they'd brought it back either. We fished that for years. I think I still have my bucket. :smile:

I think we all get so wrapped up in the hunt that we tend to forget to look at all the other stuff that goes on with the carnival -

It is my goal next year to post highlights of "happenings" next year.

wait a minute. there's a carnival too? who knew?

There shouldn't be much going on on the river in January. What about divebombing snowballs off the Wabasha bridge onto a target below? Score it like bocce ball maybe. Or maybe there's some other way to play snowball based bocce ball.

A Boreas/Vulcan themed murder mystery

A life sized chess game with pieces carved from ice and on little carts to move them.

A treasure hunt where you have to go around St. Paul solving puzzles to find all 7 Vulcans who each give you a clue to the final location.

Mini-golf course made of ice

Bubble hockey tournament

Milk carton sled race.

"No Time for Cold Feet" screening

Perhaps a treasure hunt written by Jake. At least that way he couldn't find it and the pp board bashers couldn't bitch about it.

hhhhey, we spent a good amount of time on our knees in the bed of shamrocks in Phalen :wink:

I like a lot of everyones ideas-

good ones AW!

you spent the time on your knees. i spent it on my a$$. :wink:

I'm guessing NOT in the EXACT same place at the EXACT same time, but I COULD be mistaken... :wink:

You'd be guessing correctly, although we were in the same shamrock bed.

I'm never had an interest in the other events. Just the Hunt.