Marley found the Medallionator Treasure, now its time for someone else to experience the pleasure...
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nah, kids. you won't be an old man until afteryou get married :) (sorry, me2, smack me whenever you want, but he walked into it and in a moment of weakness, i couldn't resist)
:: seconds me2's statement about hunt timing and phone bill cycles, even though he's got unlimited weekend and evening minutes for life ::if my billing cycle hadn't ended on the 16th i would have gone over my minutes too. 287 day used out of 300, 87 nite/weekend used. plus 26 instant messages/email sent.
I thought you guys were meeting Friday so you could close down the bar without worrying about work the next day. I golfed all day anyway and was pretty trashed to begin with. It's probably better since it was pretty tough driving in the rain anyway. Hopefully I'll meet up with you guys soon. Take care.
that was kinda my hope, cm. alas, jake's in a wedding this weekend. wedding saturday, rehearsal and grooms dinner friday = no party for us with him on friday. however that didn't stop marley, artemis, scot, me2 and i from closing the place anyway.
why do i feel like i'm naming lucy statues when i'm naming these pics??? with this one, i wouldn't help her get unstuck without getting a pic of it, mostly because it was the second time on the same trip up the stairs she did it. anyone else think that look on her face is because the wheels in her head are turning, plotting against me for it?
As soon as it was decided we would do the hunt, Marley started planning- coming up with clue ideas and bringing home different things to hide the coin in. We made a list of 12 parks that we liked, to check out the next night, and he made the coin.
2nd Day-7/31/02
I got called in to work for a few hours, so Marley, Scot and their dad Ed went to check out the parks. They started at Swede Hollow, which they said looked good, lots of possibilities. Next they went to Mears, Scot said “this is it” and Marley said, ”no its way too small”. But then a light bulb went off -if he thought that so would other hunters, so he said “yea, this is it”. It was just after dark so they decided to only stop at one more park and head home. They stopped at Cass Gilbert Overlook, and ruled it out immediately. \09Later that night they told me about where they went, and what they came up with, liking the Mears idea, but not ruling Swede out yet. We decided to go back the next night and see if it was feasible , if there would be enough hiding spots or things to work with for clues.
3rd day-8/1/02
The four of us went back to Mears the next night, armed with camera, notebook, and the coin ready to be hidden in case we found a hiding spot we liked. After walking around the park, taking pics and notes, finding several possible hiding places, we were walking back to the car and I pointed at the clock and asked if it could be hidden in or under it. Marley investigated first and found the hole in one corner. We checked it out and agreed it would be ok there, it was a little hard to get out, but doable. So we left it there, took a few more pics and notes and left. We started tossing around ideas for clues on the way home, and doing research and writing them in earnest that night.
4th day-8/02/02
Marley went to Marthaller that morning to get the pink brush, the Nascar Hat, and the Pooh shoe, but only found the pink brush. We met everyone at Marthaller that evening, and then went to Buggs to celebrate the Medallionator hunt.
5th day-8/03/02
Marley made a second coin to take pictures of and wrapped it up like the first. We went up north, brought all our cluein resources and worked on the clues. Finished some thoughts/ideas, changed wordings, and messed with the layout of the clues.
6th day-8/04/02
Came home in the early evening and decided we needed to check on the coin, make sure it was still there and hadn’t been affected by the rain. The three of us walked around the park, and Marley put the little pink brush up in a pine tree(we had planned on using it in a clue but didn’t), then sat on a rock until we got kicked out by the park police. The coin was still there and had been unaffected, so we decided we were ok to leave it there (we were still considering moving it to Swede Hollow).
7th thru 10th days-8/05/02 to 8/08/02
We continued to write new alternate clues, tweak the clues, and work on the order. We’d each take them to work and work on them, then talk about it later. Steve would (with my final approval) change, add, and subtract words, or rearrange phrases, to make them hopefully less obvious or misleading. And we must have changed the order a dozen times, trying out different combinations with alternate clues.
11th day-8/09/02
We made a last change to the clue order after Me2 said on the board that she hoped the first clue wouldn’t be the same ol park in St Paul clue. We took the 2nd part off the 3rd clue and added it to the bottom of the 1st clue, and at 9pm, with hands shaking from adrenaline, I typed in the first clue and hit post.
The rollercoaster ride started,
and what a ride it was! I thought the most challenging parts about writing the clues were the ordering of the clues- trying not to give away too much too early, while still giving out enough to get people out looking, and trying to figure out what people will think and read into the clues-what will get them where. There were many thoughts, twists and turns we didn’t anticipate -such as Jake going to COMO on CLUE 10 : )
\09But I have to say I don’t think it would have worked for a hunt as large as the PP, and if it had been just me writing the clues it probably would have been easier and not lasted as long as it did. In our case 2 (or3) heads was definitely better than 1.
Hi-ho the Derry-o and who's the fairest of them all. Might help if you have kiddies, to figure out these little ditties.
If you found the Pooh shoe and the black nascar hat see Scribes little pink brush now you're on the right track.
To find our treasure just look for a print find the right one you'll win in an instant
King Marley has lost his mind! Common sense will help you find what its in and where its at if you put on your thinking cap (Alternate for Kings commons clue, if hidden in something else)
nah, kids. you won't be an old man until afteryou get married :) (sorry, me2, smack me whenever you want, but he walked into it and in a moment of weakness, i couldn't resist)
:: seconds me2's statement about hunt timing and phone bill cycles, even though he's got unlimited weekend and evening minutes for life ::if my billing cycle hadn't ended on the 16th i would have gone over my minutes too. 287 day used out of 300, 87 nite/weekend used. plus 26 instant messages/email sent.
four-of-a-joe.
If I won't be an old man until I'm married, then I can't wait to be an old man.
1020 is a good number. It's my birthday.
I thought you guys were meeting Friday so you could close down the bar without worrying about work the next day. I golfed all day anyway and was pretty trashed to begin with. It's probably better since it was pretty tough driving in the rain anyway. Hopefully I'll meet up with you guys soon. Take care.
that was kinda my hope, cm. alas, jake's in a wedding this weekend. wedding saturday, rehearsal and grooms dinner friday = no party for us with him on friday. however that didn't stop marley, artemis, scot, me2 and i from closing the place anyway.
Nice job you guys! `~` I'm glad someone did.
Jake didn't close the place down? I would think he has a key to the place by now.
nope. jake left sometime between 1130 and midnite.
the pics that follow are courtesy of me2's camera.
its a bird, its a plane, its a medallion.
it did end up being properly disposed of, folks. gotta leave the parks cleaner than when you found 'em.
me2 figured his fiancée might like this one.
why do i feel like i'm naming lucy statues when i'm naming these pics??? with this one, i wouldn't help her get unstuck without getting a pic of it, mostly because it was the second time on the same trip up the stairs she did it. anyone else think that look on her face is because the wheels in her head are turning, plotting against me for it?
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Only if I get a lemon zester too.
see dick ponder why frosti dick didn't participate in this hunt. ponder, dick. ponder. :)
Sounds like everyone had a nice time last night.
So now the question is when is the next hunt?
hopefully sometime between halloween and thanksgiving, terry.
Marley talked to Jake today, and he said hes gonna start it The weekend after Halloween, 2 clues a day for 6 days.
<on edit> Jake started another thread for the next hunt
**The Michael Schumacher Fall Hunt**
Great Pics you guys! Thanks for posting them.
The Marley Hunt Journal
1st day-7/30/02
As soon as it was decided we would do the hunt, Marley started planning- coming up with clue ideas and bringing home different things to hide the coin in. We made a list of 12 parks that we liked, to check out the next night, and he made the coin.
2nd Day-7/31/02
I got called in to work for a few hours, so Marley, Scot and their dad Ed went to check out the parks. They started at Swede Hollow, which they said looked good, lots of possibilities. Next they went to Mears, Scot said “this is it” and Marley said, ”no its way too small”. But then a light bulb went off -if he thought that so would other hunters, so he said “yea, this is it”. It was just after dark so they decided to only stop at one more park and head home. They stopped at Cass Gilbert Overlook, and ruled it out immediately.
\09Later that night they told me about where they went, and what they came up with, liking the Mears idea, but not ruling Swede out yet. We decided to go back the next night and see if it was feasible , if there would be enough hiding spots or things to work with for clues.
3rd day-8/1/02
The four of us went back to Mears the next night, armed with camera, notebook, and the coin ready to be hidden in case we found a hiding spot we liked. After walking around the park, taking pics and notes, finding several possible hiding places, we were walking back to the car and I pointed at the clock and asked if it could be hidden in or under it. Marley investigated first and found the hole in one corner. We checked it out and agreed it would be ok there, it was a little hard to get out, but doable. So we left it there, took a few more pics and notes and left. We started tossing around ideas for clues on the way home, and doing research and writing them in earnest that night.
4th day-8/02/02
Marley went to Marthaller that morning to get the pink brush, the Nascar Hat, and the Pooh shoe, but only found the pink brush. We met everyone at Marthaller that evening, and then went to Buggs to celebrate the Medallionator hunt.
5th day-8/03/02
Marley made a second coin to take pictures of and wrapped it up like the first. We went up north, brought all our cluein resources and worked on the clues. Finished some thoughts/ideas, changed wordings, and messed with the layout of the clues.
6th day-8/04/02
Came home in the early evening and decided we needed to check on the coin, make sure it was still there and hadn’t been affected by the rain. The three of us walked around the park, and Marley put the little pink brush up in a pine tree(we had planned on using it in a clue but didn’t), then sat on a rock until we got kicked out by the park police. The coin was still there and had been unaffected, so we decided we were ok to leave it there (we were still considering moving it to Swede Hollow).
7th thru 10th days-8/05/02 to 8/08/02
We continued to write new alternate clues, tweak the clues, and work on the order. We’d each take them to work and work on them, then talk about it later. Steve would (with my final approval) change, add, and subtract words, or rearrange phrases, to make them hopefully less obvious or misleading. And we must have changed the order a dozen times, trying out different combinations with alternate clues.
11th day-8/09/02
We made a last change to the clue order after Me2 said on the board that she hoped the first clue wouldn’t be the same ol park in St Paul clue. We took the 2nd part off the 3rd clue and added it to the bottom of the 1st clue, and at 9pm, with hands shaking from adrenaline, I typed in the first clue and hit post.
The rollercoaster ride started,
and what a ride it was! I thought the most challenging parts about writing the clues were the ordering of the clues- trying not to give away too much too early, while still giving out enough to get people out looking, and trying to figure out what people will think and read into the clues-what will get them where. There were many thoughts, twists and turns we didn’t anticipate -such as Jake going to COMO on CLUE 10 : )
\09But I have to say I don’t think it would have worked for a hunt as large as the PP, and if it had been just me writing the clues it probably would have been easier and not lasted as long as it did. In our case 2 (or3) heads was definitely better than 1.
Hi-ho the Derry-o and
who's the fairest of them all.
Might help if you have kiddies,
to figure out these little ditties.
If you found the Pooh shoe
and the black nascar hat
see Scribes little pink brush
now you're on the right track.
To find our treasure
just look for a print
find the right one
you'll win in an instant
King Marley has lost his mind!
Common sense will help you find
what its in and where its at
if you put on your thinking cap
(Alternate for Kings commons clue, if hidden in something else)
Rasta parks time
Rasta skat me rip
Me Rasta its park
A Rasta term skip
Its a past remark
Its a skaters ramp
separatist mark
makes a trap stir
Thanks, K.
You're welcome
}:>{)
Thanks for all of the insight ATH. I love that behind the scenes stuff.
behind the scenes -- backstage
very cool
Come on Marley"the one and only"King-----------
So, which park is it in?
Hey Ian? say what you posted-we always want to hear what you have to say!
It was just a message to Marley about being King. I was logged in as kingboreas, but it posted in my name.
::thanks::
Hey, what time do the clues come out? I'm waiting...
;-)
are you being a dope or on dope?
your in the wrong thread! :)
I knew I could pull someone in here with me. You gullible babe you. ;o)
P.S. - I'm still waiting........
you can follow me out of this thread....meow ;)
Do I see a butt-wiggle in progress?
You female cat owners know what I'm talking about
On my way
tsk. tsk. tsk. that is all.
little joe :)
If I haven't gotten up to the eyes yet, would the appropriate response be "yes dears"?