MobileRead Winter Contest - 3 PocketBooks and 15 E-Book Vouchers - Page 19

LazyScot · 12-04-2009, 05:27 PM

Perhaps we should extract our revenge. The first person to find the letter keeps quiet about it, smuggles it out of wherever they've put it and we hid it somewhere else....

pilotbob · 12-04-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Perhaps we should extract our revenge. The first person to find the letter keeps quiet about it, smuggles it out of wherever they've put it and we hid it somewhere else....

The next contest we will be geo-caching the clues. So, you have to travel the world to find them.

BOb

(and if no one get the correct entry the moderators get the prizes.)

zelda_pinwheel · 12-04-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

The next contest we will be geo-caching the clues. So, you have to travel the world to find them.

BOb

(and if no one get the correct entry the moderators get the prizes.)

and just so you don't start complaining that it's too hard, i'll give you a little tip : the first clue (it will be pretty easy, to get you started) will be hidden somewhere in the Himalayas.

pilotbob · 12-04-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

and just so you don't start complaining that it's too hard, i'll give you a little tip : the first clue (it will be pretty easy, to get you started) will be hidden somewhere in the Himalayas.

You planning on scaling Everest to hide it? I was going to hide mine in the local park next to a tree.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 12-04-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

You planning on scaling Everest to hide it? I was going to hide mine in the local park next to a tree.

BOb

nah. i've got a deal with harv : he's going to fly over and drop it out of the goose somewhere on his way.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-04-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

The next contest we will be geo-caching the clues. So, you have to travel the world to find them.

BOb

(and if no one get the correct entry the moderators get the prizes.)

Geocaching is easy compared to yesterday's (UK time) clue. :grumble:

On the other hand - painkillers are fuzzing my brain so I'm not thinking straight.

dreams · 12-04-2009, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Geocaching is easy compared to yesterday's (UK time) clue. :grumble:

On the other hand - painkillers are fuzzing my brain so I'm not thinking straight.

Oooo, painkillers sound good. My eye is still twitching from spending so much time searching and trying to translate pages while looking for this last letter.

I'd have to say, I'm beginning to think that geocaching might have been easier.

Hope the headache is getting better, AM.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-04-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Oooo, painkillers sound good. My eye is still twitching from spending so much time searching and trying to translate pages while looking for this last letter.

I'd have to say, I'm beginning to think that geocaching might have been easier.

Hope the headache is getting better, AM.

Still haven't found it!

TY! They're for my ankles (both of them) - so geocaching probably wouldn't be such a good idea right now...

Faenad · 12-04-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I think tomorrow we are going to replace the front page and the logo with the letter.

BOb

(well ok it won't be THAT easy)

If you're gonna do it easy, do it at once in the morning!

What is the point of putting us early risers hard at work

, while if one come in the evening he can find the name of the correct forum, the exact page, the name of the correct thread and even the name of the poster?

dreams · 12-04-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Geocaching is easy compared to yesterday's (UK time) clue. :grumble:

On the other hand - painkillers are fuzzing my brain so I'm not thinking straight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Still haven't found it!

TY! They're for my ankles (both of them) - so geocaching probably wouldn't be such a good idea right now...

Oops, sorry

I thought you got a headache trying to find the letter.

Hope you ankles feel better soon.

MickeyC · 12-04-2009, 11:42 PM

This is kiling me because we don't have an 'International' section. We have a 'Non English' section but that doesn't mean 'International'.

Maybe I need another drink.

pilotbob · 12-05-2009, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

This is kiling me because we don't have an 'International' section. We have a 'Non English' section but that doesn't mean 'International'.

Maybe I need another drink.

It is an English language section.... Those people in the EU just think everybody lives there... GDRVVF!

BOb

macr0t0r · 12-05-2009, 01:45 AM

Well, that took me nearly 40 minutes of pounding the forums to get that little bugger. I have great sympathy to anyone trying to do this over a slow connection!

However, I learned a valuable lesson today: wait about 10 hours until everyone starts giving additional clues on where to search.

I was stupid enough to start searching before catching up on this thread. I don't know, maybe the other hints just SEEM obvious now that I know where it is.

Hey, as far as I'm concerned, they can crank the difficulty until only three of us complete it.

My perseverance is much better than my luck!

- Jim

boating · 12-05-2009, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by macr0t0r

My perseverance is much better than my luck!

- Jim

I pretty much only have internet perseverance!

nikkie · 12-05-2009, 02:17 AM

I had no problem finding the letter after I dug through 11 pages of posts and managed to find the *clue* itself. For those still having problems: the letter was exactly where I initially thought it might be when I read the clue. Shouldn't take more than 3 minutes of clicking if you know the layout of mobileread and have some patience. No special tricks are necessary.

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12-04-2009, 05:27 PM	#271
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Perhaps we should extract our revenge. The first person to find the letter keeps quiet about it, smuggles it out of wherever they've put it and we hid it somewhere else....

12-04-2009, 11:42 PM	#281
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	This is kiling me because we don't have an 'International' section. We have a 'Non English' section but that doesn't mean 'International'. Maybe I need another drink.

12-05-2009, 01:45 AM	#283
macr0t0r Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 108 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Palm Treo 680, Sony Reader	Well, that took me nearly 40 minutes of pounding the forums to get that little bugger. I have great sympathy to anyone trying to do this over a slow connection! However, I learned a valuable lesson today: wait about 10 hours until everyone starts giving additional clues on where to search. I was stupid enough to start searching before catching up on this thread. I don't know, maybe the other hints just SEEM obvious now that I know where it is. Hey, as far as I'm concerned, they can crank the difficulty until only three of us complete it. My perseverance is much better than my luck! - Jim

12-05-2009, 02:17 AM	#285
nikkie Guru Posts: 614 Karma: 73700 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WA, USA Device: Android, Kindle Paperwhite, lots of ancient readers	I had no problem finding the letter after I dug through 11 pages of posts and managed to find the clue itself. For those still having problems: the letter was exactly where I initially thought it might be when I read the clue. Shouldn't take more than 3 minutes of clicking if you know the layout of mobileread and have some patience. No special tricks are necessary.