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oraclle
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Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 129 Location: Mission Control
Ha, cool - A UK ARG and it's near me!
I live about 20 minutes from Banbury. As Amandel says, the Rollright Ley passes within about half a mile of the outskirts.
I'll keep an eye, as much as I can, on this thread but if you're stuck for on-the-ground help and I'm not around just drop me a quick email.
ETA:
Sent this
"Sir,
I believe I have some useful information regarding your missing persons case. The substitution cipher that you snapped with your phone was broken on a website I frequent. As someone with local knowledge, I put two and two together and would be surprised if the message referred to anything other than the Rollright Ley.
The Ley line runs North-East from the Rollright Stones outside Chipping Norton all the way to Chipping Warden and passes within half a mile of Banbury. I would suggest you focus your efforts in this area. I wish I could be more helpful, but without some more information I'm afraid this is all I can come up with.
Regards,
O."
ETA2:
TheBruce: Yup, too long matey. Been lurking but no time in amongst courses. Trying desperately to get back in to the games but nothing's really grabbing me atm - 'til this.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:08 pm
Last edited by oraclle on Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:31 pm; edited 1 time in total
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
oraclle! Long time no chat
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:27 pm
Brian Morton
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Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 178 Location: San antonio
I'll give it a try but I cant make out the side text either. Here goes
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:33 pm
Adm_BlackCat
Unfettered
Joined: 18 May 2010 Posts: 666 Location: Spokane, WA
Email from Louise
Quote:
Well spotted, as they say the devil is in the details.
Normally L33T but leet will do.
The site is quite basic but Wallace didn't want much, nice of you to say
so though.
L.
From about 3 hours ago.
LOL, she caught my n00b "leet" spelling.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:13 am
oraclle
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Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 129 Location: Mission Control
The site has been updated. It seems our detective friend is being surveilled.
Meanwhile, more information on the physicist's current work is coming to light - apparently he was researching alternative energy.
His last known position puts him between two quite famous historic sites at Avebury and Uffington, both of which have connections to Ley lines. There is also the Ridgeway, an ancient footpath 87 miles long according to the website, that links Avebury, Uffington and beyond.
Unfortunately, you can't cast a stone without hitting a historic site in this part of the UK, so it's still unclear what he was looking for.
EDIT: 'cos I don't know English, apparently.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:15 am
distilled
Unfettered
Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 732 Location: Midlands, UK
Ok, I'm going to jump in here. I've got a friend who lives up in Banbury (well, actually closer to Chipping Norton, but hey). So I could grill him for info/might be able to go up there soon.
[edit]oops oraclle pretty much has that covered, but still - many hands make light work!
[editedit]
WEIRD COINCIDENCE!
The friend I mentioned above is called Edward and is doing a degree in alternative energy sources... I'm beginning to think his brother/mum/dad might be the PM...
Quote:
Incidentally when I asked Esmeralda what area Edward was currently working in she seem a little embarrassed to say but she finally admitted that he was working on alternative energy sources, why she would be embarrassed by that I really don't know.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:56 am
catherwood
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 4109 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
distilled wrote:
WEIRD COINCIDENCE!
The friend I mentioned above is called Edward and is doing a degree in alternative energy sources... I'm beginning to think his brother/mum/dad might be the PM...
Quote:
Incidentally when I asked Esmeralda what area Edward was currently working in she seem a little embarrassed to say but she finally admitted that he was working on alternative energy sources, why she would be embarrassed by that I really don't know.
Um, i'm getting a flashback to steorn ... but I have faith in this being much better.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:13 pm
booba
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433
Bloody hackers! I had the misfortune of contacting Louise about the new site "Bob".
Got this in return:
Quote:
THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET!
Men! Always wanting it yesterday! No patience at all!
8£00)Y [-]4(K3R5
L.
PS. You can tell Wallace he can bloody well wait for it. I'm off to the pub with Roy
You can kinda see why she's an ex.
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:39 pm
ndemeter
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Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 1037 Location: Sunny California!
Wow....
1$ 17 7H47 71M3 0F 7H3 M0N7H?
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:56 pm
booba
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1433
4ll M0N7H 3v3RY M0n7h
I passed along her glad tidings to Wallace..
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:02 pm
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enaxor
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Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Posts: 2395
ndemeter wrote:
Wow....
1$ 17 7H47 71M3 0F 7H3 M0N7H?
5H3'Z d3FINIT3lY Pm5iN'
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:02 pm
ModalRealism
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Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 138
So what's this mean:
? Am I being dense?
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:18 pm
enaxor
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ModalRealism wrote:
So what's this mean:
? Am I being dense?
"Bloody Hackers", I think.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:28 pm
catherwood-offline
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ModalRealism wrote:
So what's this mean:
? Am I being dense?
I see it as "bloody hackers"
although this applet doesn't quite get it all
http://www.jayssite.com/stuff/l33t/l33t_translator.html
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:30 pm
ModalRealism
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Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 138
Thanks for the link. (I feel somewhat dense. Must be that "eenglish, she is not my mother tongue"
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:47 pm
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