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Post by davem on Dec 2, 2020 21:41:15 GMT -5
Well, there should be two holes on top of the U if there was an umlauted U. I don't see it. The other writing looks like Sclptr unless it's Sdate as in sculpted date with the actual date missing! If you don't like CC for 200 then 76 bike trail (now oak leaf trail) will do. 76 for bi-centennial year. It's really not a "Climb" though. It's mostly all downhill from the Grand Staircase. Barely. But certainly not uphill or a climb. I kinda thought Scl too - for something related to sculpture. But there aren't enough letters for Sclputr.
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Post by choice on Dec 2, 2020 22:53:38 GMT -5
Not Sclputr but Sclptr. There may be a period after Sclptr too making it an abbreviation. Too lazy to engrave the vowels OR spend $250 to buy vowels! Agree on the 76. In the Japanese clues it mentions that nature is "leaf" so Step on nature -- Cast in copper fits perfectly for Oak leaf Trail and Lincoln Memorial since they both mostly run side by side. So back to C Ɔ unless you have a better one. From top of the stairs, if you go right to the foot of the bridge then you end up where you started; at the base of the stairs. So turn left at the compass to the base of the bridge (north lion bridge) go 100 paces. That gets you to the 3rd or 5th lion depending on how you count while staying to the west side. Unless we should be counting trees in which case we're lost.
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Post by davem on Dec 3, 2020 13:49:09 GMT -5
Well, there should be two holes on top of the U if there was an umlauted U. I don't see it. The other writing looks like Sclptr unless it's Sdate as in sculpted date with the actual date missing! If you don't like CC for 200 then 76 bike trail (now oak leaf trail) will do. 76 for bi-centennial year. I don't recall you mentioning these before, must have missed them. Where does the "CC" come from? When was it still named 76 bike trail? Must have been Oak Leaf in 1982 if the theory of nature = oak leaf applies.
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Post by choice on Dec 3, 2020 14:23:15 GMT -5
76 won't work as I explained above (will clash with Japanese clue). Here's C Ɔ
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Post by davem on Dec 3, 2020 14:51:13 GMT -5
76 won't work as I explained above (will clash with Japanese clue). Here's C Ɔ Oh sorry, I see. Yes, I guess I did see that before. Ain't buyin' it though, like I said the other time.
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Post by 0o The Puzzler o0 on Dec 8, 2020 14:32:55 GMT -5
"Step on nature cast in copper" is the reason I think this is the wrong verse for Milwaukee, but instead it's for Montreal.
Montreal has sidewalk stamps that are copper (now green with patina) in the shape of leaves.
I've found at least 2 in online images with dates before 1980, both at the foot of Mount Royal on opposite ends (one near the G-E Cartier monument, the other by Westmount).
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Post by eastcoaster on Jun 15, 2021 12:16:41 GMT -5
"Step on nature cast in copper" is the reason I think this is the wrong verse for Milwaukee, but instead it's for Montreal. Montreal has sidewalk stamps that are copper (now green with patina) in the shape of leaves. I've found at least 2 in online images with dates before 1980, both at the foot of Mount Royal on opposite ends (one near the G-E Cartier monument, the other by Westmount). I agree a little, feel your going too literal. I believe that its a simple "Canada" clue IE verse is for a Canadian location. Keeping it simple: Step on nature cast in copper with the hint "think of a leaf" is referring to Canadian penny which is a maple leaf cast in copper. Sociable
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Post by 0o The Puzzler o0 on Jul 14, 2021 9:37:25 GMT -5
Interesting interpretation...which also has me wondering if there is a place that has a Canadian penny embedded in the ground, maybe a mint or money museum or something like that?
"Step on" seems too specific to be just a general reference to a Canadian penny IMO.
My feeling is that Preiss wanted this to be a pop culture sensation, and so those riddle-poems aren't nearly as metta as people try to make them...they are quite literal with simple leaps of logic (in my no-so-humble opinion). Use the image to ID the city, use the poem to find the path within the city using some of the image as landmarks.
If we use Cleveland and Chicago as the templates, it's pretty straight forward.
Forget Boston--that one was solved by accident, the EU episode "solution" was ridiculous, that guy didn't solve anything, to me he deserves credit for asking the construction workers tearing up a Boston park to keep their eyes open just in case, but that's all LOL.
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Post by canuck on Jul 14, 2021 11:29:46 GMT -5
Interesting interpretation...which also has me wondering if there is a place that has a Canadian penny embedded in the ground, maybe a mint or money museum or something like that? "Step on" seems too specific to be just a general reference to a Canadian penny IMO. My feeling is that Preiss wanted this to be a pop culture sensation, and so those riddle-poems aren't nearly as metta as people try to make them...they are quite literal with simple leaps of logic (in my no-so-humble opinion). Use the image to ID the city, use the poem to find the path within the city using some of the image as landmarks. If we use Cleveland and Chicago as the templates, it's pretty straight forward. Forget Boston--that one was solved by accident, the EU episode "solution" was ridiculous, that guy didn't solve anything, to me he deserves credit for asking the construction workers tearing up a Boston park to keep their eyes open just in case, but that's all LOL. Montreal has several maple leaf sidewalk stamps, which are metal copper coloured maple leafs embedded in the sidewalk so you literally step on nature. Sounds exactly like what you are looking for as the maple leaf is on the Canadian penny. Fun fact: Canada stopped making the penny in 2012 because they cost more to make than their face value, Americans would be wise to follow suit.
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Post by 0o The Puzzler o0 on Jul 14, 2021 12:05:29 GMT -5
Interesting interpretation...which also has me wondering if there is a place that has a Canadian penny embedded in the ground, maybe a mint or money museum or something like that? "Step on" seems too specific to be just a general reference to a Canadian penny IMO. My feeling is that Preiss wanted this to be a pop culture sensation, and so those riddle-poems aren't nearly as metta as people try to make them...they are quite literal with simple leaps of logic (in my no-so-humble opinion). Use the image to ID the city, use the poem to find the path within the city using some of the image as landmarks. If we use Cleveland and Chicago as the templates, it's pretty straight forward. Forget Boston--that one was solved by accident, the EU episode "solution" was ridiculous, that guy didn't solve anything, to me he deserves credit for asking the construction workers tearing up a Boston park to keep their eyes open just in case, but that's all LOL. Montreal has several maple leaf sidewalk stamps, which are metal copper coloured maple leafs embedded in the sidewalk so you literally step on nature. Sounds exactly like what you are looking for as the maple leaf is on the Canadian penny. Fun fact: Canada stopped making the penny in 2012 because they cost more to make than their face value, Americans would be wise to follow suit. Yes, that was my original comment (3 comments back ↑) that I think the verse refers to Montreal because of stepping on those sidewalk stamps. Eastcoaster suggested it may be just a reference to Canada because of the penny. I think that "step on" suggests more than simply a loose reference, it means something you encounter on the path to the treasure. For those who haven't seen them, this is what we're talking about... www.flickr.com/photos/62061799@N05/5917169942/
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Post by choice on Jul 14, 2021 12:10:43 GMT -5
Actually Canuck, US stopped making copper pennies in late 1982. You can't spell coincident without cent coin! Pennies are copper-coated zinc now.
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Post by choice on Jan 12, 2022 2:19:00 GMT -5
So looking at her hand, next to the bell you may see a lighted "3". I suggest the 3 may be "VU" stacked on top of each-other. The lower curve of 3 clearly comes to a sharp point as the upper curve is round. So E. Belleview Pl. would be a good guess. The three fingers next to the bell could be an E for east.
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Post by diceycat on Jan 12, 2022 10:47:39 GMT -5
Try applying the line “ Pass three staying west” to the picture. You have the number 3 , the hand is on the west ( left) side of the painting. The hand could be passing the red ball. I see a foot outline made by the hand. That’s why I think the bronze bell the foot and shape that the fingers make is a representation for the bronze drainage grates. I can’t seem to find foot applying to any parts of a draimage system, so I’m going to presume that the drainage grate section is the foot and the exit point is the tail. Certainly concrete footings surround a drainage grate. You could even say that the foot image is stepping on nature cast in copper ( the bronze sewer grates). The hand could spell out Belleview , but how does that fit into the puzzle?
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Post by choice on Jan 12, 2022 13:14:52 GMT -5
The hand could spell out Belleview , but how does that fit into the puzzle?
If you consider the red ball to the north of the hand being a golf tee marker then her index finger points to the E. Belleview Pl. and Oakleaf Trail intersection. Notice how they come to a point like a finger south of the golf course. So could be the area indicator between Golf course and Oakleaf Trail/E. Belleview Pl. Lion bridges and lighthouse area. tinyurl.com/yeymv29w
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