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Re: Park Pool Winner
OMG, I have been kicking myself for not going out to the disc golf course. I thought about it. I have played that course a ton, it is probably the only part of any park I am really familiar with. This should have been my year. My name is Anita Braunstein. Can you tell me again when the rehash bash is, maybe I can go to that?
Re: Pity Party
I remember that. We burned clues as I recall and people brought some food to share too. Fun times!
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Pity Party
In 2000 the medallion was found at Newell in the early afternoon of Clue 7 which was a Saturday. People had already made plans to be out for the night hunting and were facing an empty schedule. The weather was unusually nice that day so we decided to go to Newell anyway, light a bonfire, and have ourselves a Pity Party. Since then the Pity Party has become an annual tradition for hunters to come to grips with the end of the hunt. When possible we try to have it near to the park where the medallion was. And thus we will be having one tonight at a place called Sweet Peas in the Highland Park area. It is on Snelling and Randolph, just north of Plum's. The plan is to meet at 7pm though anyone is certainly free to head over earlier (or later) if you like.
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
Line 3 bodies water with a private pool outside the park? Wtf is that?
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
If we didn’t know before we know now who the clue writer is.
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
The only person who knows who lived there, is someone who lives RIGHT THERE.
Like, say a newspaper columnist who lives at 2059 Upper Saint Dennis Rd #r, Saint Paul, MN 55116....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2059+Upper+St+Dennis+Rd+r,+St+Paul,+MN+55116/@44.9084431,-93.1664961,17.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f62bc5a70f33e7:0xd2455a84d0d6fe97!8m2!3d44.9080598!4d-93.1653179?hl=en
Like, say a newspaper columnist who lives at 2059 Upper Saint Dennis Rd #r, Saint Paul, MN 55116....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2059+Upper+St+Dennis+Rd+r,+St+Paul,+MN+55116/@44.9084431,-93.1664961,17.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f62bc5a70f33e7:0xd2455a84d0d6fe97!8m2!3d44.9080598!4d-93.1653179?hl=en
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
David they are downright down a rabbit hole of ludicrous ridiculousness!
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
The bodies of water weren’t the water towers?
And, clue 4 can suck it.
And, clue 4 can suck it.
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
I would have at least guessed the explanation this clue was the golf courses, the only reason Highland hit my radar (once). One patterned neat and trim (the nicely manicured golf course) and one salvaged life and limb (kind of haphazard layout through trees and ungroomed disc golf) the two cutters (bad throw/swing) who lived down the way (also was found by a set of neighbors last time at Highland), you decide which will play (the fact that it was on the disc golf course makes it seem more like this should be the explanation). Herringbone and Sawbone... to try to get you to think of people not "things"?
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
It is definitely worse. They should never ever write clues that involve us knowing where private citizens live. Though it's not like those were the two guys that come to mind for this clue anyway. In fact, if you had somehow figured that out I would have laughed it off rather than saying "Oh yea, that sounds right!". Absolutely terrible clue. The correct answer to this clue was President Johnson and Dr. Gillette.
David B. Allison
David B. Allison
Re: Clue Explanations are Out
The Clue 4 explanation is almost as bad as the Snap Crackle and Pop cutouts from last year.
Clue Explanations are Out
And they're about as bad as we thought they would be.
https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/28/2020-love-your-melon-pioneer-press-treasure-hunt-clues-explained/
https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/28/2020-love-your-melon-pioneer-press-treasure-hunt-clues-explained/
Re: Blah
Also there were a lot of cherry looking trees planted and cherry and plums are in the peach familybut l thought that would be plum and cherry street in IM,
Re: Blah
I totally agree with Rebecca! I also enjoy taking photos besides talking to people l meet. I was more confused this hunt than ever. The clues fit so many parks. I was going to post some photos of Highland, but for some reason they come out blown up so l gave up. I am happy it was found before the midnight clue!
Re: Blah
The beauty of this hunt is reconnecting with people I see only once a year. We are always happy to see each other again and if we run into each other at a park, we reassure each other that our noodles are on par. I was convinced it was at IMP and all the clues except for the last 2 were "fitting" for me. I learned a lot about trees doing the tree trek and was convinced at one point that the medallion was near the Ginkgo tree (noodlers treasure noggins) and tennis court (nyet = sounds like someone yelling "net")! I'm glad PP makes it hard to find, it is after all worth $10,000! I'm also happy that the hunt didn't go to the 12th clue because I really dislike the mosh pit and being told precisely where it is. David, thank you for continuing this wonderful forum. I think the io site is fantastic and I doff my warm cap to you!
Re: Blah
Although in defense of clue writers, sometimes there are things out there that you don't know about that will fit the clue better than what you intended. You can't do much about that, but it certainly shouldn't be a regular occurrence in your clues.
Re: Blah
I knew there was a good chance it would be at Highland, but I excluded it after the noodle about the streetcar line to Phalen. I was all in on Phalen or Trout Brook after that. I even figured that the bodies of water was water towers, but I didn’t remember there were three at Highland (I haven’t lived there for 10+ years). I just assumed there might be some that you could see from other parts of the Phalen or I was wrong completely and you had to be in lower town (I mentioned that the other day).
Regarding clues: The thing about clues for me is that if the solution to a clue is worse than the best possible solution it is a bad clue. In other words, the best possible solution to the clue that I assumed was the streetcar line is the streetcar line. Not the plane (Mounds). So, when we see the answers, if there is a half-assed solution to that clue, it was a bad clue. (IMO). Maybe there is a better Highland solution, but we will see. You can half-ass any answer (snow, ice, water, etc.) but you can’t always write good ones.
Regarding clues: The thing about clues for me is that if the solution to a clue is worse than the best possible solution it is a bad clue. In other words, the best possible solution to the clue that I assumed was the streetcar line is the streetcar line. Not the plane (Mounds). So, when we see the answers, if there is a half-assed solution to that clue, it was a bad clue. (IMO). Maybe there is a better Highland solution, but we will see. You can half-ass any answer (snow, ice, water, etc.) but you can’t always write good ones.
Re: Blah
The memorial in hindsight works on a couple levels.
You doff your warm hat at the memorial but also - A warm winter hat is also called a cap - Clarence "Cap" Wigington designed the historic water tower.
You doff your warm hat at the memorial but also - A warm winter hat is also called a cap - Clarence "Cap" Wigington designed the historic water tower.
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