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Pace Picante sauce? Ace Hardware?
Another stretch, but setting your own pace and becoming an ace reminds me of the story of the turtle and the hare.
Gotta go and get into the chase for a good nights sleep... Night to all
GOTTA SAY MOUNDS PARK ALL THEY HAVE THE TENNIS COURT REFERING TO ACE ALSO YOU GOT A GOOD VEIW THERE FOR THE AIR SHOW THEY HAVE IN THE SUMMER
I don't think Phalen, they are cutting it up right now.. The ice that is and I think that will be too many people around there... They are making a maze for the Carnival
Allison - I always liked that story...and if it has to do with a tortoise - that would be Como.
Now I'm really heading to bed. Goodnight x 2!
Well, I gotta go to bed. I've been thinking about the clue, but it's still to vague. I will talk to you all tomorrow. Goodnite and sweet dreams.
Bed it is just getting fun....
hmm...the clues always give you so much to ponder
I'm out till tomorrow's clue..unless I think of anything solid....Have a good nights hunting all!!!
The State Fair has racing, but that's in Falcon Heights. Hmmmm
Highland has a track, and the planes always fly overhead....
ACE what it is in on a card? As in DECK of...
What is this clue about? It would be unusual for the second clue to refer to the park name or even a street name. It doesn't usually even refer to a landmark. Usually its something that goes on in the park or is a part of the park such as water, woods, or sledding. Could it be tennis? Maybe, if the whole point of the clue was just to use the word ace, and even then an ace is something you do, not something you are. Might refer to racing of some sort, but what park has racing? Or maybe its a hidden meaning? Hmmmm
Hidden Falls is by the Ford Plant...
How does the Ford Plant figure into it?
Green, I know it has been there before, but for how many people get out, and participate now, don't you think hidden would be dangerous w/ the bluff??
Phalen has racing, but I dont' think it is going to be there, they are terring up the ice to make a maze.. too many people there with big machines...
Sorry, Allison....
Racing - "pace". Race cars.
Yust pondering!
Regalman, do you know what other parks have tracks. I was thinkin that the airplane overhead thing could be tough because dont all parks have that?
Everyone needs to erase the thought that Phalen Park has anything to do with Maplewood. St. Paul Parks and Rec. has total respons. for Phalen. The portion of the park land that lies in Maplewood is under the Ramsey County Parks Dept. jurisdiction---NOT MAPLEWOOD! This has been a bad bit of info that seems to be stuck in people's minds for the last few years.
Maplewood doesn't want it in any of their parks--this has nothing to do with the Regional parks that Ramsey county has control of
how bout an ACE hardware next to a park. I can't think of any though
What kind of racing at Phalen?
didnt they used to race cars on the ice at Phalen
I mean my thoughts were...how does the clues relate to the Ford Plant
Car racing, they race cars on the the lake.
racing on the lake in the winter, but theirs barly any land to hide it on other than the golf course. true ramsey country runs the park, but A. dosnt have to be a st.paul city park now? and B.maplewood thereatened with a lawsuet once after a year at lakefield. so i dont think they'd risk it. its defintly not mounds, with someone suggest, cuz natives were outraged in 87, and they were banned from their.
I know they run a lot of races on River Road.. and that is by Crosby.. and Hidden Falls..
Just Noodling
There is such a thing as an Ace driver. And if you were racing a car on ice, setting your own pace could be a good strategy. Is that a Winter Carnival event?
car racing on ice is scheduled for 5-6 Feb. on Phalen lake-
The ice harvesting is finished as of this evening-it was done for the ice maze at Como--Area is not even close to where they race the cars.
There's an Ace hardware store right by Conway 1/2 block
There is only a tiny part that is located in Maplewood.. that being the upper corner..... There is a lot of room, to hid it across by the baseball fields.. (phalen)
hmm, this has the same weird aabab ryme pattern as clue 1b. me thinks something weird. but anywho, chace, pace, ace, all things involving autos or planes.
You think Conway again???? LOL
WW, all the clues last year had that same rhyme pattern so its not that odd really.
I don't think phalen cuz it was at bc and conway within last few years. They usually move it around the city more.
so does anyone have any more ideas besides statue for astute?
Wise for Astute
Wright Wringer.....it might not have anything to do with Auto's....It could be someone on foot doing these activities too
It says "grasp of these clues" plural. Is it a hint referring to something running through all the clues?
Thank you Green and Black Hunter....I thought so... :)
im only noticing it went form a ABAB to a AABAB. but im wondering what this clue refers too, does battlecreek have tennis courts?
wright winger--are you saying there isn't much land to hind the medallion on in Phalen?
Maplewood would have ZERO grounds for a lawsuit-they control NO PART of Phalen Park
Someone ont the other board said in a Ace bandage, but I think it's too early for that. The 4th or 5th clue usually reveals what it's in.
Looks like BC does have tennis courts.
NEWEL, NEW CENTURY, if any drives down pierce butler regually youll notice that you give chase and pace, cuz its the best speeding ground in the city.
ACE could mean a CARD as in DECK of.... I looked at Phalen last year, there is a lot of room there.... Lot more then Conway...
It said MAKE you an ACE.....not Hiding in an Ace.... heheheh
hmm battlecreek, its only been used twice.
Do trains have anything with aces?
Trains with aces? Not any I can think of.
Could be on an ACE of any suite.... Trains Nope.. None that i can Think of...
Regalman....no
So much to ponder
I hate this 2 page BS!!
Hey Allison don't you live near Newell
To much Hype.. last year about newell just dont' think it will be there.
The question is:
Does anyone really have a keen grasp on the clues??
Could ACE mean one and refering to the first year it was hidding at?
Last year when anyone ever mentioned Newell they were trying to make hunters search in parks where they shouldn't be....same went with Mounds Park when it was at Cherokee
IF THE GATES ARE OPEN AFTER 10PM AT PHALEN IT WILL BE THERE THATS HOW YOU TELL IF IT'S THERE OR NOT
I live by Como, though not THAT far from Newell, though I've never been to Newell.
MIKEK, how do you figure? The parks and rec dept don't know where it is at either. They will lock the gates anyway
I don't know if anyone at the park really knows that its there, or that they should do anything differently.
Just curious, cuz I though you could tell where I lived last year from my explanation of Newell, but can't remember if it was you
THEY CANT LOCK THE GATES DO TO ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE FLOWING IN AND OUT
MIKE K-- gates were locked at hidden falls up until the last night.
no one in parks dept knows where it is-pp just ask permission to hide it on city property
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS!!!!!!!
That's true Mikek....another thing to look out for:
This happened to me last year...I had security at Como ask me what I was up to....dead giveaway...definitely not there.
I SURE DIDNT HAVE NO PROB GETTING INTO HIDDEN FALLS AND THE GATES WERE OPEN WAY BEFORE THE LAST CLUE
Regalman definitly don't know where it is....he/she was referencing the Ford Plant earlier
If they can't lock it because of the traffic, then you can't use the fact that its not locked as proof that the medallion is there.
Why do you think that Security would know where it is? To many people know, then to many ways for it to get out....
common sense needs to prevailo here!
Do you really think the rocket scientists that are park security know where the thing is? For the money they make, if that were the case, they would turn in their keys immediately and pick it up themselves!!!
Regalman definitly don't know where it is....he/she was referencing the Ford Plant earlier and trains
The security guards escorted me and a whole bunch of people out at Como
Well are the gates at como and Hidden falls the only way to get in??
There are no real gates at Como....I was snooping around the conservatory
Does anyone know which parks have statues....and what the names are on the statues?
Lifter there is a statue in como of some guy named schiller looked it up and i found a guy from denmark that was a civil rights buff, other than that i dunno
theirs a land mark memorial to WW1 at the beginging of the scenic trail that starts at sumut and goes to hidden falls if that helps. ive been to newell,but im not sure about tennir courts.
phalen has a momunment to the 87 ice castle
there are tennis courts at newell, across the street kinda on there on little block
is ace the word here or chase?
monument---statue, is that close enough though??
highland if ace meaning 1st park. conway if meaning chaseing parks
keep your pace=marathon viking=statue ace=firstbank the big red #1 golfers=2 no golfing sings all ads up to capital mall so far
just a thought-----only 22 more hours until clue 3. I now tap my pen impatiently
like that thinkin Mike, but would the first 2 tell us that much??
so far it's kind of looking like its telling us that much
I for sure cant argue anything your saying, but it seems every year we get into it to much. But for now thats a hell of a tie-in
Just look at every other year's clues. They never mean this much, this early. And clue #1 never means anything except to state the boundaries of the hunt in almost clear english
Well I did some digging tonight. The other two members of my crew are AWOL, however, one wasn't feeling well....the other drunk and disrespectful...so what can I say...better luck tommorow. Good night all!
shovelmaster...had a hell of a crew going, i will get stoned next time to complete the group
Laughter will help in our long search, both mental and physical, for our prize so how about a joke. Its clean, but i always laugh. It's this pirates first day with his new ship and crew. He is givin many remedial tasks to keep him busy, but finally he is told he gets to meet the captain. Relieved of his tasks he gladly walks to the captains quarters. He opens the door and sees a man standin there with a peg leg, a hook for an arm, and a patch on his eye. The man cannot hold back his anticipation and asks the captain whats with the leg. "AARRRGGHHH, was in a bad storm, fell overboard and a shark bit off me leg." That answers that question for the man, he then inquires about the mans hook. "AARRRGGHHH, was a knife fit, and i lost me had." The pirate accepts that answer but you know for sure he is gonna ask about the patch, and he does. "AARRRGGGHH," replied the captain," Was a sunny day, looked up, bird pooped in my eye,........(long pause for effect)....... was my first day with the hook" Well g'nite
Well, after sleeping on it, the thing that strikes me is the second line. "If your grasp of these clueS is astute..." They refer to the clues plural instead of saying "If your grasp of THIS CLUE is astute". This makes me think that setting your own pace might refer to some kind of word game that involves all the clues. I have one guess right now, but it seems like a bit of a stretch. Let's just say though if tonight's clue starts with the letter "E", I'll be out digging tomorrow.
"E" ?
Allison, do you think they'd try spelling something out. That's one of the first things that I look for and I'd probably bet pretty much everyone else would look for that as well. I'm not saying that they wouldn't starting spelling the location, but it would be too easy to figure out. I think they enjoy toying with us for a while. I wouldn't starting really looking for actual useful hints until the 5 or so clue. That's when we usually have it down to a few parks. I'm behind you all the way if you're onto something.
Reading some past posts, my comment is that if the park is locked and the medallion is actually hidden there, the park will remain open just for the hunt. As far as any security personnel knowing if the medallion is hidden in their park, my comment is no one knows where the medallion is hidden than the two people who hid it. That's the information I received from an employee of the PP. I've been reading into the clue and I just keep running into circles. They know they leave it so open for almost anything we think of to fit. I have to admit, you guys are good at throwing out ideas. What is more impressing is that you're so quick. I'm the book worm type of person. I pull out the past clues, maps, and dictionary, you name it. I make a list for each clue of any ideas that work and continue for each clue. I hope you're onto something, Allison.
They might be spelling something, but not as clearly as when it was Battle Creek. Hence, "Set your own pace" possibly refers to reading it in a different way, like an anagram. At this point I'm not too sure about that theory, unless my guess about the letter E proves correct. I do have some other sketchy reasons to believe in this park, but if I'm right, it seems like it would be a lot of information in just two clues, especially for a small park, so another reason to not be sure about it. But I do think the fact they said "clues" is important, and there is a word game, even if its not the one I'm thinking of.
My guess is that clue #2 has to do mostly with what it is hidden in. It is very vague but I feel that that is what #2 is saying.
Bringing up a previous hunt, setting your own pace could refer to an "iconoclast"...meaning it's hidden somewhere where it hasn't been hidden before. Ace...the flying idea isn't a bad one...near the airport. Race...could mean the standard: running trails, skiing, etc... Let's also not forget that the first letter of the clues could plainly spell out something, and then retract it towards the end by saying "no or not," as in previous years. Would Mom tip her hand so early in the hunt, Allison? I understand the importance of noodleing, and that the simplest explanation is often the correct one, but this is the Almighty Clue-Wizard after all. If you've got it figured out by the 3rd clue, Allison, my hat's off to you...you deserve the 10 large. Heck, "set your own pace" could mean the frog-pond for all I know, after all no one expects it to be there!
Hey Gang!
Great to see Allison, Green, Dave Young, Terri V., etc at kickoff bash Saturday night - you guys are great!
My comments on clues so far:
Clue #1:
a) The PUCK is in St. Paul, not any of the Ramsey Cty suburbs that could be fair game.
b) According to the explanations of last year's clues on the Cooler Page, Como, Highland and Phalen have been eliminated by the 'no golf' clue.
Clue #2: (Obviously, not all of these could apply, but one might!)
a) PACE: Near a run/walk area - most hiding places are....
b) ACE: A flying ACE, near Holman Airport downtown???
c) ASTUTE: Rearrange letters to spell "STATE U." - Metro State is near the airport.
d) "get yourself OUT: Obvious baseball connotations...
e) CHASE: More running, also a Chase St. on the St. Paul map but much too early for street giveaways
f) LOOT: Reference to Pirate's LOOT or rioting/looters...
See ya online tonight for #3!!!
Hollywood
Jim Carrey certainly could have been said to have been setting his own pace in Ace Ventura. And he just won a statue! (Ok, so I'm flailing wildly now.)
Hollywood, I looked at the official explanations from last year on the Winter Carnival page and it says that the clue indicates its in a park, but not on a golf course, which isn't the same as saying its in a park that doesn't have a golf course. i'd still eliminate Como because of how recently it was there, but not Highland or Phalen.
It would be interesting if it were at Phalen though. Is there a reason they lock it? And if there is, how would that reason react to having hundreds of people in the park at midnight? And there would be. It would take a lot more than a gate over the driveway to keep people out.
It is great to see everyone here noodling about! I agree with some of the others before me that this is way to early to begin locating the park let alone digging. I spent some time going through old clues and the explanations and found them to be mostlsy at face value when viewed with hind site. I suggest we do the same! I may not be out digging until at least Wednesday or Thursday.
To contradict what I just wrote I do have some strong feelings/ideas on Battle Creek and Highland. Those thoughts coming soon!
I agree, keep off the golf course could mean just that: keep of the golf course.
Hollywood, I like the State U noodle, though.
2 clues and 2 references to a Pirate theme...hmmmm.
Speaking of flailing wildly, how could U TASTE work into the mix?
I like the state u, along with Holman aiport, so all these would then point to Mounds?
Allison & Duane -
I know that the offical explanation said 'not on golf course' but Cooler Crew page said 'not in park w/ golf course'.... Just trying to read in too much, too early as usual!
I think State U is a huge longshot Duane, but its sure fun to throw out everything you can think of for the consideration/entertainment of all....
Talk to you guys soon...
HWood
Birdie,
Mounds is as 'due' as any park and would be a good central choice!
Detractions: 1) Fear of burial desecration 2) East side last year 3) Many of the clues from cherokee (domes, river, stacks, etc.) would have to be rewritten or worked around for fear of repetitiveness...
Just my HO!
HWood
I believe that it might be like last year where they point you to one park while they wait til later clues to tell you exactly what park it is at.
Hi, again. I said this in many a post ago, but I'm going to say it again. I believe that the west or north side of St. Paul is due. It's been on the south and east sides of St. Paul (or Ramsey Cty) so the other sides are due. There is always going to be those who do not respect property only because they do not read the rules of the hunt. I believe tonight's clue will give us enough information to contradict what last nights (or today's) clue said. I agree with the clues being pretty forward with information but they only seem that way after the hunt is over and the explanations are given for each one. I'm going to look over my maps tonight for the entire St. Paul area and see what roads or surroundings are in the area. As far as, Phalen having locked gates, it doesn't matter when the hunt is going on. They'll leave the gates unlocked and there will be patrol cars in the area during the night hours. PP hid it there before and they easily can do it again. The word "ace" first struck my as a pilot/aircraft meaning. I do like the "astute" be changed to "state" as maybe State Capitol. What about the word "taste" for "astute" as in Taste of Minnesota? What do you think?
Make your own pace - you do that with walking/running/independent study (adult program). Hmm...a walking path where you'll see the First Bank sign? And then there's the sleuth, ace detective, chasing the bad guy who has the loot. Or, of course, a fighter pilot, but not just any pilot; one that shoots down five planes would be an ace. It's just too early for this one.
Puppy, that's what I was thinking. Not just any pilot, a specialized pilot. Only the best is considered an "ace" with many a hits/kills. Lots of practice. The word "chase" is really sticking out at me. Can't quite grasp why. Still have to noodle more on that concept.
Chase has a very obscure meaning, which goes something like:
an unenclosed game preserve or wildlife refuge.
ShovelMaster, what's up with the pic icon?
I dont know...can you see it? I cant...the link is right, but its just not happening today..btw...Mound is out because of a certain case of destruction of Indian burial mounds that happened a short time back...
well an ace is a pilot with 5 or more kills in dogfights. the term dogfight comes around because of the way pilots would chase eash other in a astute way. but i dont think this is going anywhere. if you notice cherokees clues were complicated, last years were very simple in comparision, i think this is the same person as last year. just means no golf course, in st.paul, and a tennis court. its so easy, but were looking too deep. theirs no big clues that'll give it away so early anymore.
87 was the mounds park iccident
I don't see a picture. Just something that wishes it could be a picture. If it doesn't work, why do it?
good call Allison...It does work sometimes and when it does work it's cool..but, its being a bastard...so Im sick of it.
If you look at how easy it was to figure out the sledding clue last year, it would then seem hard to believe that they would suggest a tennis court in such an obscure fashion. I have to believe this clue wasn't meant just to be an excuse to use the word ace and thereby suggest tennis. I have to believe the less a clue makes sense, the more important it must be. The 954 clue last year was by far the most puzzling I'd say, and it practically pinpointed the medallion.
"Ace" is a golf term, you know...
Totally off-topic, but what's it mean in golf?
Back on-topic: We have a pretty vague view of whether or not a golf course is present in the location of the medallion or not. I doubt that we'll actually find out until Friday or so.
True, ace is a golf term. It also could be used in baseball and tennis terms. It can be for piloting, it could be a hardware store, it could mean the number one. just have to keep these various definitions in mind for the later clues.
Well since we're hung up on "Ace," maybe we're supposed to disect its letters to make a word. A C E (A see "E") or a (A sea "E"). Being able to see in an easterly cardinal direction, or something pertaining to the River, seeing an "E" or towards the east. Perhaps this means the east side of St. Paul again. With the stretch I'm making on this one though I may need to say "go, go gadget arms,." Oh, well, alas I have nothing to do but noodle anyway.
When I cut to my own chase, I say it's way to early to discover any true meaning in this/these clue(s). Clue 4 or 5...that's where it's at.
I'm stuck on the word chase also. It would have been easier to use race if it was refering to a jogging path etc...
ShovelMaster - 01:53pm Jan 24, 2000 CST (#597 of 609) 1998's "Shovel Boy" Chase has a very obscure meaning, which goes something like:
an unenclosed game preserve or wildlife refuge.
Hey T hows it going, interestingly someone brought up yesterday about the MN Wild, and how they certainly could be a new obsession to sway fans away from their fretting about the Vikes. Now it says to get yourself out into the "chase" (wild). Perhaps it will be close to the arena, or my thought still being attached to a Wild logo hockey puck. What do you think so far of the anagrams for astute (Statue, U Taste, State U).
ShovelMaster
I'm glad you like the medallion!
If you would like to see the graphic that the ShovelMaster is trying to display, stop on over to Treasure Hunt Headquarters. It is the medallion shown on the home page.
More thoughts....Profitable Profession, a professional building, possibly a psychiatric clinic for depression, rebellion. A clinic? "Out into the chase" I think could have a meaning. Astute...statue.
Does Chase Mortgage or Chase Manhatten have any branches or buildings in St. Paul?
Main Entry: 3pa·ce Pronunciation: 'pA-(")sE; 'pä-(")chA, -(")kA Function: preposition Etymology: Latin, ablative of pac-, pax peace, permission -- more at PACT Date: 1863 : contrary to the opinion of -- usually used as an expression of deference to someone's contrary opinion; usually italics <easiness is a virtue in grammar, pace old-fashioned grammarians -- Philip Howard>
So lets see if you "set your own pace" that would suggest coming up with your own grammatical rules then look at the second part of the "and it could make you an ace" those last three words phonetically are U-N-A-C-E, is there anyone in the U.N. or who was in the U.N. that either was an ace, or perhaps who is the number 1 guy now.
its great to see that we are on pace to overanalyze this all.
Well here is my early guess. I am taking ace as meaning cards maybe. Could it be hidden in a box that holds a deck of cards? It seems like it would be the perfect size for the prize.
George_Y2G_ - 04:18pm Jan 24, 2000 CST (#615 of 616) THE OTHER HALF OF THE DUB-C KNOBS its great to see that we are on pace to overanalyze this all.
A noodling-we-will-go!
Hey birdie i am back, but only for an hour or so then i gotta go to work. Like the idea about the box. Somethin that would be easy to hide in the snow and possibly what was on the box, like a picture could be significant.
I'll be on for a bit, got baseball practice at 6:00, Cards= loot?
Like i said Shoveler right on pace
Anybody know what happened to the chat?? Cannot get it to come up at all.
My first thought on seeing Clue #2--"Set your own pace and it could make you an ace--"-I seized on 'ace' which makes me think of pilots,especially the old-time dogfighters who shot down other pilots.Makes me think of Holman Field which has a Confederate Air Force exhibit every year.There were some ace dogfighters in early WW2-although WW1 was the war they were famous for.Yes-this is a tad convoluted,but so are these clues.I'm thinking now that Indian Mounds Park has the best view of Holman Field.Tomorrow,something will steer me in a different direction.
lets see, who would qualify as a an ace U.N. pilot perhaps one with an astute statue near bye.
Shoveler is that a random thought or do you know of a statue like that??
random thought I am trying to think of all important U.N. people who may have been "aces" during WW2, I believe the U.N. was founded right around WW2 so who founded it, could that be a lead?
Where does the UN come from?There are no UN aces.The blue helmet people kept getting pushed around and tormented by the Serbs in Bosnia.
The name "United Nations" was devised by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
I just found this, anyone know of any statues of FDR?
SHOVELER:They wouldn't be old enough.Most WW2 veterans are past 70.Most diplomats are younger than me(58).
Where does the UN come from?There are no UN aces.
go back a few posts to my regrammatization of the phrase "and it could make you an ace" The previous line suggested to set your own pace, pace can also mean a non-standard grammar, so if set your own grammar to the words "you an ace" you get U-N-A-C-E.
Despite all the CCC projects,there probably aren't any statues of FDR.
Yeah baby...i can finally talk!!
Gotcha on that.The PP does throw in those dumb things.It's plausible.
Shoveler
Now I see how you got your name. You can shovel it with the best of them.
Anyone in here?
You can shovel it with the best of them.
Pass the spaghetti, I'm in the mood for noodles :)
Man,I can't believe the posts on this topic.I looked at the figure,about 1,200,and thought it was a carryover from last year.
Oh we are in here Stepdog, where you at??
what up map master?
what's up George!
Do we all agree that it's not on a golf course?--Clue #1.
what's up George!
not much man, done with class for the day, got some homework to get done and gotta work for an hour, but after that, all medallion all the time.
it CAN'T be on a golf course...
como has some ccc projects, heres somelthing interesting, i looked up chase in a big dictionary, it it a tennis term as well as ace. chase is do like "a redo" i think, big dictionarys are vague and mysterious. the downtown air field did do its part in WW2, b-24 s were thier being worked on alot (thats what my grandpa did for a while) and in 42 a group of special b-25's came thru their. that group was doolittles raiders
AGREED Stepdog
I am not convinced that it is absolutely not at a park without a golf course
I don't discount the previous logic--but could 'set your own pace'also have to do with running or jogging.
of course it could, and it probably does, but that takes away all the noodling fun!
BIRDIE:I was thinking that it was a park with a golf course,but that the PP folks didn't want searchers on the course.Proximity,but not on the course.I think that's a clue.
It says we have to be "astute" or "cunning" with the clues this year. I think they will be tricky. Alot of you are looking WAY too far into these early clues....in my opinion.
BIRDIE:I was thinking that it was a park with a golf course,but that the PP folks didn't want searchers on the course.Proximity,but not on the course.I think that's a clue.
STEP DOGG:That's easy to do.I look for the thing every year,but am appalled at some of the clue explanations later.
Chase and pace both suggest running or moving fast.I think the two are germane somehow to the location.
Gotta go,gang.See you in 1,200 messages.
what types of races are in town?? we have the TC marathon that ends at the capitol and the car races on Phalen. Anyone know of any other ones??
Birdie i am out for now. I am gonna be on later, around 9 or so. C ya then.
ok
"Chase" is also the barrel of a cannon.
But, IMO, in Clue #2, chase pertains and refers back to the first line, "Set
your own pace and it could make you an ace."
After that line, all the rest of the clue is fill in to have a clue.
And, I *really* think rapscallion's vvveeerrry important. Much like, kind'a,
in a way, like "iconoclast" last year.
ms. green..............
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There is a 'chase court reporting' on kellogg Blvd
HAY, NEW DADDY!!! We still co-workers? How have you been? Ittiz so good to
see you bock!!!
ok
I gotta
take the
evil
Satanic JOE!!!
Hi Green!! Yepp I'm at the Haze every friday morning. I looked for you, but they always keep me pretty busy. The Haze looked like a medellon site all summer didn't it.
Fur shure! After The Hunt (I'll prolly bee off this Fri...), lettuce do
lunchies, OTAY??? I'll email you my addy and number!
Nice Triple Six Satanic Joe you got there Shoveler!
400 posts since I was here last! You people are maniacs! :-)
This time of year. . . darn right I am a maniac
THX, I resemble that remark! I'm *not* a maniac! I'm an obsessed lunatic!
;)
LOL
"I'm *not* a maniac! I'm an obsessed lunatic! ;)"
Oh, I'm glad you straightened that out for me. :-)
Don't make to much out of the clues you clueless wonders!
If yall recall in the past, half the clues don't mean squat!
Hey PIE, you have such a way with words. I especially like the reference to Candy Ass in your tag line.
Hello all!!
Hello, I am awaiting the next clue... Need more info; I feel the need to Dig....
Did I miss anything? I see that their were 400 more messages than last night, and I'm all slogged out! I hope Derrick stoped I was getting pissed! The reason I like this site is you can retrace old messages(slog). Also I try to support mom!!!!!!LOL!!!!
could the word ace be refering to a type of ace like a ace of diamonds??? maybe a baseball diamond?
Ace can mean any number of things really. So just keep it in mind when future clues come out. Until then we can just wait, and of course Over Analyze!
I wish I could be up ther with yall but I'm stuck in CRESTTED BUTTE for the next few days!
Might be up this weekend though!
I might have to come back as aaron neirdorf!
Remember last year when I got yall wound up after he found it!
Yall were going to go down to the PARADE and egg him!
I called it at CONWAY when there were only a handful of people there!
Remember not to read too much into the clues because an idiot wrote them!
Think like an idiot and yall will have a better chance of finding the stupid thing!!
I just wanted to say hi to all the searchers. I am relatively new to the TC and last year was my first year searching. My husband has had to put up with me for the last 12 months excitedly talking about this year's contest. It is great to see so many enthusiastic people excited like me.
hi leelabell
if we have a rebellion, and a rapscallion, and an ace, with a chase (part of a gun) it would be simple if the cofederacy had a member who left that was a fighter pilot, but that didnt happen
if we have a rebellion, and a rapscallion, and an ace, with a chase (part of a gun) it would be simple if the cofederacy had a member who left that was a fighter pilot, but that didnt happen. hitler had planes in the spanish civil war though.
interesting winger, interesting
Pace Ace Chase PACkers, Vikings in Clue 2. could be anything here?
What? please explain to this rather sleep deprived mind
P-ace A-ce C-hase spells pac, the vikings arch rivils. vikings mentioned in the first clue, maybe something meant with the letters.
Nevermind I see (hit self on head) Winger, you come up with some interesting points!!
thanks tim, but i personaly think its a simple as english. no golf, but tennis at park
pal-ACE????
I spent a good deal of time at palace park last year! Gotta Jet Bye!!!
ice castile?
hmm, where is palace park?
No palace park, but that is also a good point!!!! Bye again!!!
Sheesh, WW! You've gone over the edge! You belong on the Vikings' Board!
ROFLOLPMP!!! ;)
Welcome, Leelabell! Yes, you're in the rite place. This is "Hunt Fever
Central," for sure! Don't ever feel strange (tho you really are, just like the
rest o'us!) as you're in like company. None of us are really sane. Who can be?
Doing what we do to ourselves for the thrill o'The Hunt and the excitement???
But we're safe crazies. Very benign. Good gods! The greater St. Paul area is
populated with THOUSANDS of us! Izz this a GREAT place or what???
New Daddy... Your email duzunt work... :(
JOE!?
I mizzed how "pal" got attached to "ace." Where did the p-a-l come
from????
Damn! GREAT Joe!, WW!
dont know how pal did, but Pace Ace Chase spelles pac.
listing to kingston trio, seeing if they have any insight to the clue
if you notice the clues last year started out with giving you where to look in the park, but not how to pick out the park. the year before that was the oppisite. assuming this the clue writer from 99, but not 98, we shouldnt even look at these clues till friday.
we look for a PAL, we are only on the 2nd clue you know. Anyway what does packers and vikings have to do with finding the medallion? Pal-ACE has a lot to do with it- both a park, and the ice palace! Just noodling
oppisite?
Well here goes. Since this is my first year in Minnesota, I have to find out what goes on here in wintertime. I looks like this medallion hunt is right up my alley. Crazier the better!!!! I've been lurking for the past two days and everyone has some really good ideas. I've been doing past research and I think I will default to the veterans - I believe that we need more info. The clues so far leave lots of possibilities. But since I'm new - Have Map Will Travel when the time is right.
where did pal come from?
we don't have it-----YET!!!!!LOL!!!!! PAL can be any kind of friend or buddy, just keep your eyes peeled
all righty then. i dont their is a treasure.
What? please explain (i dont their is a treasure)
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