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Post by zaphod73491 on May 20, 2020 21:23:22 GMT -5
There is no difficulty for Forrest to safely transport the chest to any of the four states. He is a man of means, which is a nice way of saying that he has options available to him that aren't available to most. "I was going to make it work, no matter what" (paraphrased) are not the words of someone too concerned with logistics.
If you're trying to make a case for NM, let me ask if you are familiar with the general attitude of Texans toward New Mexico (and quite possibly vice versa)? Born in Texas, always a Texan. Forrest has lived in Santa Fe much of his life, but he's still a Texan, and I think he would have considered hiding the treasure in his birthstate long before NM ever entered his mind. Since Texas is off the map, childhood favorites would be at the top of the list.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2020 22:03:33 GMT -5
There are still discoveries to be made in the land of enchantment. As far as we know, though, New Mexico is the only state we know he has gone alone in. I'm not saying the spot has to be in New Mexico, but what if he discovered a place that he never got to share with any of those other guys. I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, because I've always been in the wrong spot.
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Post by heidini on May 22, 2020 12:55:57 GMT -5
There is no difficulty for Forrest to safely transport the chest to any of the four states. He is a man of means, which is a nice way of saying that he has options available to him that aren't available to most. "I was going to make it work, no matter what" (paraphrased) are not the words of someone too concerned with logistics. If you're trying to make a case for NM, let me ask if you are familiar with the general attitude of Texans toward New Mexico (and quite possibly vice versa)? Born in Texas, always a Texan. Forrest has lived in Santa Fe much of his life, but he's still a Texan, and I think he would have considered hiding the treasure in his birthstate long before NM ever entered his mind. Since Texas is off the map, childhood favorites would be at the top of the list. |
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Post by astree on May 22, 2020 13:04:16 GMT -5
If you're trying to make a case for NM, let me ask if you are familiar with the general attitude of Texans toward New Mexico (and quite possibly vice versa)? Born in Texas, always a Texan. Forrest has lived in Santa Fe much of his life, but he's still a Texan, and I think he would have considered hiding the treasure in his birthstate long before NM ever entered his mind. Since Texas is off the map, childhood favorites would be at the top of the list. Zaphod, Are you suggesting a favorite childhood state, or a specific area within a state? |
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Post by engr101 on May 22, 2020 21:20:52 GMT -5
The hunt sounds local to New Mexico to me. What do you make of this statement by Mr. Fenn from an interview back in May 2011(my words in parenthesis)? "I got a friend here in town (Santa Fe) who has been out looking for it on nine different days. He owns a shop here and he only gets off on Sunday but he heads out. I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." @10:15, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqC--RV2Ww Also he talks of the first edition of his book TTOTC of which only 5,000 copies were printed. He said, @27:40 "I'm giving all the books to the Collective Book Store here in town. All that they can sell they can have for free." At the time I feel the book and hunt was for local consumption only thus the small number of copies. It wasn't until the treasure hunt, by chance, made it to national TV that it become such a major undertaking and 15,000 books were ordered for the second printing. |
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Post by rahrah on May 22, 2020 22:15:34 GMT -5
The hunt sounds local to New Mexico to me. What do you make of this statement by Mr. Fenn from an interview back in May 2011(my words in parenthesis)? "I got a friend here in town (Santa Fe) who has been out looking for it on nine different days. He owns a shop here and he only gets off on Sunday but he heads out. I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." @10:15, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqC--RV2Ww Also he talks of the first edition of his book TTOTC of which only 5,000 copies were printed. He said, @27:40 "I'm giving all the books to the Collective Book Store here in town. All that they can sell they can have for free." At the time I feel the book and hunt was for local consumption only thus the small number of copies. It wasn't until the treasure hunt, by chance, made it to national TV that it become such a major undertaking and 15,000 books were ordered for the second printing. There was a good amount of press before the Today Show...the largest reach was publication in United Airline's Hemisphere Magazine. I think that is likely how the Today Show learned of the chase. |
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Post by zaphod73491 on May 22, 2020 23:11:59 GMT -5
If you're trying to make a case for NM, let me ask if you are familiar with the general attitude of Texans toward New Mexico (and quite possibly vice versa)? Born in Texas, always a Texan. Forrest has lived in Santa Fe much of his life, but he's still a Texan, and I think he would have considered hiding the treasure in his birthstate long before NM ever entered his mind. Since Texas is off the map, childhood favorites would be at the top of the list. Zaphod, Are you suggesting a favorite childhood state, or a specific area within a state? Of course. Rosebud is in force. |
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Post by Jenny on May 23, 2020 9:12:56 GMT -5
The hunt sounds local to New Mexico to me. What do you make of this statement by Mr. Fenn from an interview back in May 2011(my words in parenthesis)? "I got a friend here in town (Santa Fe) who has been out looking for it on nine different days. He owns a shop here and he only gets off on Sunday but he heads out. I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." @10:15, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqC--RV2Ww Also he talks of the first edition of his book TTOTC of which only 5,000 copies were printed. He said, @27:40 "I'm giving all the books to the Collective Book Store here in town. All that they can sell they can have for free." At the time I feel the book and hunt was for local consumption only thus the small number of copies. It wasn't until the treasure hunt, by chance, made it to national TV that it become such a major undertaking and 15,000 books were ordered for the second printing. That quote is interesting: "I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." Forrest knows he is searching New Mexico...... In which case, if the treasure was buried in another state, then Forrest would know he hadn't found, and not because 'He hasn't told me'..... but because there is no way he could have found it if it was elsewhere. |
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Post by Bownarrow on May 23, 2020 10:00:56 GMT -5
Dancing with the millennium
dancing = danse(F.) = dance = saltare(L.) = last era(anagram) = ultimus(L.) saeculum(L) = the end of century(1999) with = apud(L.) = at the house of = at the domus(L.) but(D.) = at the seat at(L.) = at the locus at(L.) = at the post at = at the spot at the millennium = the year 2000
dancing with the millennium= the end of century+ at the spot at + the 2000 = at the spot at the end of the century -year 2000 or 1999
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Post by zaphod73491 on May 23, 2020 18:06:19 GMT -5
The hunt sounds local to New Mexico to me. What do you make of this statement by Mr. Fenn from an interview back in May 2011(my words in parenthesis)? "I got a friend here in town (Santa Fe) who has been out looking for it on nine different days. He owns a shop here and he only gets off on Sunday but he heads out. I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." @10:15, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqC--RV2Ww Also he talks of the first edition of his book TTOTC of which only 5,000 copies were printed. He said, @27:40 "I'm giving all the books to the Collective Book Store here in town. All that they can sell they can have for free." At the time I feel the book and hunt was for local consumption only thus the small number of copies. It wasn't until the treasure hunt, by chance, made it to national TV that it become such a major undertaking and 15,000 books were ordered for the second printing. That quote is interesting: "I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." Forrest knows he is searching New Mexico...... In which case, if the treasure was buried in another state, then Forrest would know he hadn't found, and not because 'He hasn't told me'..... but because there is no way he could have found it if it was elsewhere. Hi Jenny: but don't you think Forrest would be well aware that the wrong kind of answer would have told everyone the treasure was in New Mexico ... or that it absolutely wasn't? With this answer he neither favors New Mexico nor eliminates it. |
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Post by davebakedpotato on May 24, 2020 0:26:42 GMT -5
There is no difficulty for Forrest to safely transport the chest to any of the four states. He is a man of means, which is a nice way of saying that he has options available to him that aren't available to most. "I was going to make it work, no matter what" (paraphrased) are not the words of someone too concerned with logistics. If you're trying to make a case for NM, let me ask if you are familiar with the general attitude of Texans toward New Mexico (and quite possibly vice versa)? Born in Texas, always a Texan. Forrest has lived in Santa Fe much of his life, but he's still a Texan, and I think he would have considered hiding the treasure in his birthstate long before NM ever entered his mind. Since Texas is off the map, childhood favorites would be at the top of the list. No, I don't agree that childhood favourites would necessarily be top of the list. The specific place is very dear to Forrest, and yes, such places can be when childhood memories or formed. They can also be from major events later in life, or even a blissful day's fishing. Where did Forrest propose to Peggy? Where was he when he found out he was going to be a father? Where did he last go fishing with his dad, or his brother, or see Eric Sloane? What was his biggest artifact find? The list is endless... D |
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Post by astree on May 24, 2020 6:47:19 GMT -5
The hunt sounds local to New Mexico to me. What do you make of this statement by Mr. Fenn from an interview back in May 2011(my words in parenthesis)? "I got a friend here in town (Santa Fe) who has been out looking for it on nine different days. He owns a shop here and he only gets off on Sunday but he heads out. I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." @10:15, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbqC--RV2Ww Also he talks of the first edition of his book TTOTC of which only 5,000 copies were printed. He said, @27:40 "I'm giving all the books to the Collective Book Store here in town. All that they can sell they can have for free." At the time I feel the book and hunt was for local consumption only thus the small number of copies. It wasn't until the treasure hunt, by chance, made it to national TV that it become such a major undertaking and 15,000 books were ordered for the second printing. That quote is interesting: "I don't think he found it. He hasn't told me." Forrest knows he is searching New Mexico...... In which case, if the treasure was buried in another state, then Forrest would know he hadn't found, and not because 'He hasn't told me'..... but because there is no way he could have found it if it was elsewhere. Or, the other more basic information is that forrest cannot tell when someone has found the treasure |
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