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GregT · Boot Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 23

Sorry to spam. For what it's worth, my reading on the others is:

#1

Bottle
Octopus
Spoon
Hand / Palm
(BOSH?) (BOSP?)

#2
Leaf
Apple
Spectacles/ Sunglasses / Glasses
Snake / Serpent / Eel / Worm
(LASS?) (LASE?)

#3
Turtle
Owl
Lemon
Domino
(TOLD)

Thanks to the clearer art in the more recent pictures it's a bit easier to tell what they're supposed to be. Possibly they all string together to form an ongoing sentence - Something Something TOLD GOLD CITY.

Good luck.

**Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:06 am

requin_devrais · Kilroy Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 2

[puzzle] sans instructions

**Posted:** Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:05 pm

JohnnyCon7

I got a package from tCotSA today, and I am completely lost.

Package Front
Package Back

When I opened it there was a shingle inside marked with dot impression poked into it.

Shingle Front
Shingle Back

And, writing on the inside of the cloth.

Cloth interior

I've been trying braille, but to no avail. Wink

Any ideas?

Lovek · Unfettered Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 434

After staring for a few minutes, I've go nothing.

I'm starting to think we may fail the Sedulous Amalgamation after all.

They send out some tough puzzles!

**Posted:** Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:24 am

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JohnnyCon7

Well I couldn't sleep so I made some edits on the shingle images to make it easier to see the holes.

tCotSA Shingle Front Edit
tCotSA Shingle Back Edit

And, I scanned the hangman that was on the back of the envelope

Hangman

Ya Lovek their puzzles are tough indeed, but we've also been hampered by the fact that we always seem to be missing one packet that gives us the last vital clue. I'm really enjoying this game, its awesome coming home from work and being greeted by a new tCotSA package! It's like Christmas!

**Posted:** Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:02 am

GregT · Boot Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 23

Right way up?

**Posted:** Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:23 am

StainlessRat · Kilroy Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Got a letter (11x8.5 in.) from tCotSA a few days ago, sorry I just got to it, but life is busy. In any case the link to view and download it is http://filer.case.edu/pjb23/tCotSA%20Jan%2020.jpg. Nothing particularly remarkable about the envelope, the sending PO was Royal Oak MI 480, and the stamp was of a Gee's Bend quilt.

Edited because I'm an idiot.

RedHatty

I get a log in page from tht link, not a pic

**Posted:** Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:44 pm

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skywing

Obligatory first post nonsense...

Anyway, been lurking for a while, but never thought of anything insightful 'til now. A few things spring to mind about the cloth - have you heated it yet? It doesn't seem like the type of puzzle encountered before, but it's either hidden or it's something we are supposed to overlay.
And the shingles, what size are they? Could we get a ruler in one of those pictures? I think the spacing is what's important. (or all this could be wrong, I wouldn't be surprised.)

Edit: I fiddled around with the cloth lettering and unrustyrat's letter, and couldn't find any letters that line up. I don't think they are related that way.
Any other unsolved disassociated lettering floating around that you think might work?

Edit 2: Requin Devrais, post that hangman! I've compiled the ones we have so far to get:

O G _ _ _
_ _ C _ M
...........V J

Just to make sure they aren't forgotten.
And having cooled on the text (finding nothing important) I'm taking a vow to analyze that shingle and not just jump somewhere else. Like I did with everything else.

Edit 3: Hmph. I checked to make sure it wasn't the same code as the dot sheets we got earlier - you get:
13 - M
17 - Q
26 - Z
5 - E
16 - P
18 - R
Which has no ROT-x'es or anagrams (none of its ROT-x'es had anagrams either, I checked, but feel free to confirm it.)

Now, I tried to measure the distance between dots, some seem to have a consistent spacing (especially in the clusters) but it doesn't carry over to any workable numbers.

JohnnyCon7

Heres images next to a ruler, the board is 10 inches long, 3 inches high.
Nothing jumps out at me right away.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/johnnycon7/ShingleFrontRuler.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/johnnycon7/ShingleBackRuler.jpg

The cloth is some sort of thick cotton, I think heating it up would only result in me causing a small fire, and a lot of panic.

_{Edit: Spelling}

**Posted:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:21 am

skywing

Mucho Gracias!

**Posted:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:49 am

jamieroert · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

Got a letter

**Posted:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:05 am

skywing

I hate shingles!

jamieroert · Greenhorn Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

Transcript of the letter from tcotsa

**Posted:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:40 pm

RedHatty

Got a new one - outer envelope nothing but my address, tCotSA return, no address Inside was

On the INSIDE of the envelope flap was

Larger sizes are available on my flickr by clicking images

**Posted:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:05 pm

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