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Post by The Wolf on Jun 2, 2017 10:46:26 GMT -5
At Moby Dickens video - Mr. Fenn says: "They're contiguous. I knew where I wanted to hide the treasure chest. So it was easy for me to put one foot down and then step on it to get to the next foot. " Ok, we have used this to justify how the clues must be followed in order, but put that aside for a second. The master puzzle maker always embeds a subtle surprise within the intended message. Something much more important but almost invisible until it use becomes obvious we are on the path of discovery. This statement has always bothered me. Mr. Fenn is fairly good at articulating his points, but this statement is explained very awkwardly (kind of what I am doing right now  ). If one looks at it the way he intended, it will make perfect sense. Can anyone else see the significance of this awkward contiguous statement? Is the answer printed on the treasure chest full of gold coins? "Fortunately, I talked a museum friend into selling me his beautiful cast bronze chest that had three-dimensional female figures on its four sides and on the lid. I know I paid way too much for it but once in a while something comes along that is so special as to discount all logical rules of value."~TOTTCIs it coincidence that we have "coined" a new phrase, form where those " coins" are hidden... Let’s coin a new phrase. You can’t have a “correct solve” unless you can knowingly go to within several steps of the treasure chest. Otherwise you have a “general solve.” What do you think? f [MW] |
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Post by rahrah on Jun 2, 2017 11:17:26 GMT -5
I totally get what Fenn is saying with the new words....in fact, it sealed the deal for my solve; now I have to figure out exactly how it's supposed to end; I know, without doubt, my solve is a "correct solve" now and it isn't because I think Fenn is speaking to me, I've never sent him anything...I just know exactly what he's saying in these new words.
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Post by The Wolf on Jun 2, 2017 11:29:36 GMT -5
I totally get what Fenn is saying with the new words....in fact, it sealed the deal for my solve; now I have to figure out exactly how it's supposed to end; I know, without doubt, my solve is a "correct solve" now and it isn't because I think Fenn is speaking to me, I've never sent him anything...I just know exactly what he's saying in these new words. Care to share your vision? If not, I will try an nudge this along. Many will insist a correct solve can only be one which leads us to the recovery of the treasure chest. Yet, Mr. Fenn has clearly made a distinction. One only has to "knowingly" get to within a "couple of steps" to have a correct solve. So is that a hint or is that a requirement or both? Has he not just explained how we cannot "stumble" onto the chest? Did he just tell us what the barrier is? Is it now possible to have the correct solve and not have the chest because of this barrier? Is this how he will know if the treasure has been found? Is this the reason, that person will "walk to the treasure with a smile on their face?" Is it because we need to solve it first to within a few steps and then return to retrieve it with the right plan? |
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Post by rahrah on Jun 2, 2017 12:03:18 GMT -5
All I can say is that today I now know, 99.99%, what is the end of Fenn's rainbow and it's part of what I missed when we were out in our area last week  You can't stumble upon the chest because of how he hid the treasure; if I am correct, it is impossible to stumble upon it. I now realize the poem's last clue is telling you how to find it, it's what I didn't understand last week. |
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Post by The Wolf on Jun 2, 2017 12:11:17 GMT -5
All I can say is that today I now know, 99.99%, what is the end of Fenn's rainbow and it's part of what I missed when we were out in our area last week You can't stumble upon the chest because of how he hid the treasure; if I am correct, it is impossible to stumble upon it. I now realize the poem's last clue is telling you how to find it, it's what I didn't understand last week. I am happy for you, just please don't go IW on us, ok? lol |
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Post by rahrah on Jun 2, 2017 12:16:08 GMT -5
All I can say is that today I now know, 99.99%, what is the end of Fenn's rainbow and it's part of what I missed when we were out in our area last week You can't stumble upon the chest because of how he hid the treasure; if I am correct, it is impossible to stumble upon it. I now realize the poem's last clue is telling you how to find it, it's what I didn't understand last week. I am happy for you, just please don't go IW on us, ok? lol LOL...not a chance! I can't do much anyway until the end of July, when we'll be heading to CA for vacation and I'll be able to spend a few days where I need to be (if I'm correct, of course)....but now, I'm not really all that worried about having to wait a couple of months. |
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Post by rahrah on Jun 2, 2017 12:52:04 GMT -5
Wolf - why did you delete your contiguous thread over at CC? I was starting to reply, then POOF, it's gone?
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Post by The Wolf on Jun 2, 2017 12:59:26 GMT -5
Wolf - why did you delete your contiguous thread over at CC? I was starting to reply, then POOF, it's gone? I didn't delete it. There is something wrong with that thread, it shows 10 pages but only 8 exist. I checked it is still there so I posted something else as a test. Just click on "last post" rather than the "10" page and you can see it. |
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Post by rahrah on Jun 2, 2017 13:12:20 GMT -5
Wolf - why did you delete your contiguous thread over at CC? I was starting to reply, then POOF, it's gone? I didn't delete it. There is something wrong with that thread, it shows 10 pages but only 8 exist. I checked it is still there so I posted something else as a test. Just click on "last post" rather than the "10" page and you can see it. Yeah, I can get to the end of page 8, then the next page(s) are poof, gone it seems? Weird! |
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Post by The Wolf on Jun 2, 2017 13:17:20 GMT -5
I didn't delete it. There is something wrong with that thread, it shows 10 pages but only 8 exist. I checked it is still there so I posted something else as a test. Just click on "last post" rather than the "10" page and you can see it. Yeah, I can get to the end of page 8, then the next page(s) are poof, gone it seems? Weird! It could have been the sever upgrade, or sometimes when people delete posts, the thread doesn't recount properly. Don really know, I have seen it before |
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Post by mthead on Jun 2, 2017 16:17:42 GMT -5
I don't see the contiguous comment as akward. I see it from a different perspective I guess. I get the meaning behind it but like so many other aspects of the poem the definition is not in its proper and accepted logic. I guess a way to explain it would be to describe an echo. The very word has to do with sound. But what, if you can visualize, would a visual echo be. A reflection I suppose. Transferring logics from one form to another. Just like the word contiguous. By definition the clues are touching and flow from one into another. There is a different word with the same logic to it for literature. That word also crosses into medical and also into other interesting areas Forrest has eluded to.
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Post by The Wolf on Jun 3, 2017 9:48:17 GMT -5
Steps from TTOTC
"So now I sit here past midnight, beside my juniper fire, reflecting back to the year when my awareness took its first few steps. *"
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Jun 3, 2017 20:21:30 GMT -5
I totally get what Fenn is saying with the new words....in fact, it sealed the deal for my solve; now I have to figure out exactly how it's supposed to end; I know, without doubt, my solve is a "correct solve" now and it isn't because I think Fenn is speaking to me, I've never sent him anything...I just know exactly what he's saying in these new words. Care to share your vision? If not, I will try an nudge this along. Many will insist a correct solve can only be one which leads us to the recovery of the treasure chest. Yet, Mr. Fenn has clearly made a distinction. One only has to "knowingly" get to within a "couple of steps" to have a correct solve. So is that a hint or is that a requirement or both? Has he not just explained how we cannot "stumble" onto the chest? Did he just tell us what the barrier is? Is it now possible to have the correct solve and not have the chest because of this barrier? Is this how he will know if the treasure has been found? Is this the reason, that person will "walk to the treasure with a smile on their face?" Is it because we need to solve it first to within a few steps and then return to retrieve it with the right plan? Wolf, I don't understand what this "barrier" is that you are talking about. I thought until now that I had a correct solve, but Fenn has cast some doubt in my mind as to whether I have a correct solve or a general solve. The 9 clues that I have solved take me to a general area but not to a specific spot. |
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Post by decall on Jun 4, 2017 14:31:01 GMT -5
Steps from TTOTC "So now I sit here past midnight, beside my juniper fire, reflecting back to the year when my awareness took its first few steps. *"
The way FF put this page in his book... sticks out like a sore thumb. Wolf, what do you think it means? Asterisk? (this steps word has a new context) (Yoda a while ago attributed the "word distance" idea to something similar) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2018 17:37:43 GMT -5
I don't see the contiguous comment as akward. I see it from a different perspective I guess. I get the meaning behind it but like so many other aspects of the poem the definition is not in its proper and accepted logic. I guess a way to explain it would be to describe an echo. The very word has to do with sound. But what, if you can visualize, would a visual echo be. A reflection I suppose. Transferring logics from one form to another. Just like the word contiguous. By definition the clues are touching and flow from one into another. There is a different word with the same logic to it for literature. That word also crosses into medical and also into other interesting areas Forrest has eluded to. This one I know how to work it. |
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). If one looks at it the way he intended, it will make perfect sense.
You can't stumble upon the chest because of how he hid the treasure; if I am correct, it is impossible to stumble upon it. I now realize the poem's last clue is telling you how to find it, it's what I didn't understand last week.
