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We Lost Our Gold (welostourgold.com)
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glovenboots
Kilroy

Joined: 10 Oct 2010
Posts: 1

Re: by PMing him, Giant meant to say
PM him at Cap'n Slim

Giant's Shadow wrote:

Or you can tell him personally at Flushing Meadows where he is madly digging.

Stop digging, ye codfish!

NYC Dept of Parks & Recreations says the following:

"- No person shall possess any tools commonly used for gardening, or any plant, tree, shrub or other vegetation, in any park except where such possession is specifically designated to be permissible by the Commissioner.

- No person shall use a metal detector in any park, except in unvegetated beach areas. Use of metal detectors in other park areas will be permitted if the prior written consent of the Commissioner is obtained."

If we have to DIG up the treasure, it would be illegal for that treasure to be in a park. Unless the commissioner permitted their placing it there, but then it would be illegal for us to access the treasure there.

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:50 pm

Swift Laundry Matt
Guest

I think the Mario and Fafa videos as giving important clues
and student videos are not really student videos

Mario and Fafa videos, IMO, are giving important clues.

In one video, they give a number for Swift Laundry which I don't find to exist. I didn't try the telephone number, and merely googled, but when you flip it upside down using a flip text generator you get

900ᄐ-ᄅᄅㄣ 9⇂

Swift Laundry
900 E 22 #491

http://www.sherv.net/flip.html

It's adjacent to Brooklyn College.

Here is another possibly useful tool.

Reverse Text Generator - Backwards, Flipped or Upside Down!
http://textmechanic.com/Reverse-Text-Generator.html

Does this commercial for Swift Laundry illustrate some tool or principle we should be using?

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:30 am

Van Gogh
Guest

Mario and Fafa mention Van Gogh
to include cutting off his ear and then something I can't understand

What does Mario say about Vincent? I can't make out a key word.

Is the clue a pun: VAN GO.

Or is he talking about Vincent Van Gogh's self-portrait under felt hat.

Or Starry Starry Night at the Metropolitan Museum? I have no idea.

But I think VAN GOGH should be given a weight equal to LOST and DA VINCI CODE.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:33 am

Spaniard
Veteran

Joined: 25 Sep 2010
Posts: 109

10 digit magic number (ala LOST) and some odds and ends
"do you need more time"

As I mention on page in the summary post on page 237, I think the number for Swift Laundry may be what I call your magic 10-digit LOST number.

The ad says "Need more time?" It then gives you a 10-digit number that is not in service.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

And so while the number in Casper, Wyoming gave you the standard LOST Numbers, I would consider these 10 numbers as an alternative: 516-422-3006.

I'm not from NYC and am not free to come to NYC because of the press of other matters. If anyone would like to work with me on a flexible, site-specific basis, email me at rocketdocketSPLATrocketmail.com or PM me. You can have the $10,000. I would ask to get a pat on the back and the premium over $10k that I know we can get for it. (It would be a cool thing to have.) I mean, these aren't dollar coins you should be spending in a laundry.

I've also added to the earlier discussion at page 237 this picture of the colored balls being washed before being put into storage at 111 Empire Blvd. in Brooklyn at Safeguard Ministorage.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29767&start=3540

Finally, here is a picture of a very naughty Santa uploaded by the Captain on his personal account where he advertises the treasure hunt. (accessible by searching Twitter). Mulligan says "Santa" , "Satan" heheh -- pointing again to the enjoyment he takes with his code in which he switches letters around. Where is the location? Southport Seaport, the location of the old Fulton Fish Market? It is in front of an UNO. Is the next Times Square? Wherever you are, Mulligan used to think that everything goes better with a gorilla. And in the second Santa picture, what is that statuary someone is carrying?

You've seen the emphasis in the videos on the number "4" in the videos. That was Lou Gehrig's jersey number which they retired. Now in his closet, hanging right next to his Santa outfit, our beloved Captain may have a jersey. It may clue Lord Nelson and Jerry Nelson -- and also the former Sesame Street director Stone who co-directed Follow That Bird with Jim Henson and directed Mr. Willoughby's "Christmas Tree." In his New York Times obituary, Joan Ganz Cooney describes Stone as "probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America." Mr. Stone's bench number is 10097 while Mr. Henson's bench number is 10098 (a key NYC zipcode).

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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:53 am
Last edited by Spaniard on Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:01 am; edited 20 times in total

captain12fingers
Decorated

Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 209

Tutty?
Sit down dinner?

Hicks Street between Middagh Street & Cranberry Street

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:36 am

prodigalOne
Veteran

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 84

I just want to thank you for that santa pic.
Cool

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:30 am

Spaniard
Veteran

Joined: 25 Sep 2010
Posts: 109

outdoor locations
may have been filmed in James Baird State Park

From movie poster in one of the trailers

A BEFORE PADDED PLAYGROUNDS PRODUCTION
Co-starring THE CAPTAIN . CROTHERS
MULLIGAN and TOSHIRO NAKADAI as BLACK TOM
Written by JOHNNY LONGBOTTOMS
Directed by FILM DIRECTOR
Produced by LARRY McFINNIGAN
Color by CRAYOLI
Locations provided by JIM BEARD SP
Soundtrack Available for Listening in Videos Coming out on Web(site)

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:22 am
Last edited by Spaniard on Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:25 pm; edited 1 time in total

Sickshot
Guest

Re: I think the Mario and Fafa videos as giving important clues
and student videos are not really student videos

Swift Laundry Matt wrote:

What happened to the 5? (from 516-)

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:41 pm

mlssry
Unfettered

Joined: 04 Aug 2010
Posts: 324

Does anyone know what Tom is saying at the end of episode 8 that makes them all laugh?

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:47 pm

prodigalOne
Veteran

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 84

Re: outdoor locations
may have been filmed in James Baird State Park

Spaniard wrote:

From movie poster in one of the trailers

A BEFORE PADDED PLAYGROUNDS PRODUCTION
Co-starring THE CAPTAIN . CROTHERS
MULLIGAN and TOSHIRO NAKADAI as BLACK TOM
Written by JOHNNY LONGBOTTOMS
Directed by FILM DIRECTOR
Produced by LARRY McFINNIGAN
Color by CRAYOLA
Locations provided by JIM BEARD SP
Soundtrack Available for Listening in Videos Coming out on Web(site)

Correction, it says color by CRAYOLI

And the Naughty Santa is at the South Street Seaport, located by what used to be the fulton fish market

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:34 pm

Spaniard
Veteran

Joined: 25 Sep 2010
Posts: 109

You�d Better Watch Out: SantaCon Returns
"Dark Is The Con Of Man" is the main anagram to solve in DaVinci Code

Mario and Fafa point to DaVinci Code to aid in clue solving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m35F2MnLmY0

"Dark Is The Con Of Man" is the main anagram to solve in DaVinci Code. Is there an anagram in this wonderful webseries that similarly is centrally important? (that is, besides Mulligan's SANTA <--> SATAN). From The Da Vinci Code: On the glass over the Mona Lisa, Sauniere wrote "So dark the con of Man". It was an anagram for Madonna of the Rocks, a nearby painting.

Why did the Captain burn Crothers' blue felt hat? In the Muppets pirate treasure movie, the captain threw the blue hat into the fire after acting treacherously toward his crew in regards to the treasure. ('Dead men tell no tales")

Mario may clue Van Gogh also -- who he mentions before discussing Da Vinci. He notes that Van Gogh cut off his ear and mailed and then he said something I couldn't make out -- I think he said that Van Gogh did something to revolutionize things.

It would be oool if some key sentence was an anagram for Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Felt Hat" which perhaps describes the picture of Tutty.

What is the best anagram of
"A BEFORE PADDED PLAYGROUNDS PRODUCTION"

What is the best anagram of LOCATION: Jim Beard SP? (That's a deliberate misspelling of a proper noun -- flagging a word that likely was intended to be anagrammed). One brainstormed possibly anagram would be LOCATION: Red Jibs Map (That could be the Christmas Tree medallion where the direction to which the vault turned pointed to the British Empire Building).

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29767&start=3540

Here is an article about SantaCon -- the Captain uploaded pictures of SantaCon to his personal account where he advertises the treasure hunt. (accessible by searching Twitter).

"You'd Better Watch Out: SantaCon Returns

This annual red-suited pub crawl takes over NYC on Saturday. Mommy, why is Santa walking funny?

Dec 12, 2009

NBCNewYork.com

What if you could distill the very best things about the holiday season � Santa, dressing up, and drinking, not necessarily in that order -- into a single event?

Good news! There is an event that combines all three, and it's coming to town on Saturday, December 12. That's when SantaCon descends on New York City (also Kalamazoo, Nashville, and Vienna, Austria, among other cities � SantaCon is a global phenomenon).

What is SantaCon? According to organizers, it is "a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious and non-logical Santa Claus convention, attended for absolutely no reason."

Last year, 1,000 Santa impersonators descended on Midtown. To join in the chaos, head to

nycsantacon.com

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and sometimes it's Dr. Evil's little pinkie in his mouth.
http://twitter.com/vbova

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:49 pm
Last edited by Spaniard on Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:57 am; edited 11 times in total

FindersKeepers
Boot

Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Posts: 28

Nonsense

"Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe." - Sigmund Freud

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:12 pm

BertandEarnie
Boot

Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Posts: 64

Re: Nonsense

FindersKeepers wrote:

"Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe." - Sigmund Freud

Sometimes a lost treasure is just a lost treasure-Bert and Earnie!

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:20 pm

FindersKeepers
Boot

Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Posts: 28

Re: Nonsense

BertandEarnie wrote:

FindersKeepers wrote:

"Sometimes a pipe is just a pipe." - Sigmund Freud

Sometimes a lost treasure is just a lost treasure-Bert and Earnie!

Sometimes a phone number is just a phone number. Especially if the website specifically states "No clues here." That's all I'm saying, Captain.

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:00 pm

Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee

Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Posts: 4751
Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth

I keep looking in this thread and can't help but think how in 2000 years, when they're digging to build the sub-light transport tunnel between the spaceport and the cloning facility, they're going to dig up this chest full of coins.

Since gold will have no meaning by then, they will simply drop it into the fusion reactor fuel chamber on their plasma cutters and move on.

_________________
"Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:04 pm

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