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3M TA3 posted:What is up with Q4T lately? There was a chunk of Cornellhole clogging the pipes. It's been flushed. Still a lingering aroma, but that's nothing new. Q4T is back to its regular, dysfunctional (yet somehow beautiful) self. 
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football is coming home lads     .  All the Letters are here to see   Eighteenth Day, Twelfth Hour [thats the Longfellow]  Lit by Lamplight  .  In truth be free  .   .  
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Oct 26, 2018 04:59
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xie posted:football is coming home lads how's your wrist
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Oct 26, 2018 05:09
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Crusty Nutsack posted:how's your wrist good, but now im old and my knees are poo poo. i got a little too into the secret and then dropped it for a very long time. ive never been too weirdly into something like that and it was weird, i dont know why i thought people were like racing me to it and i had to be all secretive. i got a new job and i got married and life has been busy, but im working again with the DCR to see about digging with their assistance because its pretty obviously the correct solve & i'm not digging on state land without them present. last time they reached out to me after i emailed them and said someone was loving arrested for digging in the park and i got really weirded out and just never followed up with them tbh. i was young and didnt handle it well. i also visited the chicago solve and, yep, the boston solve works the exact same way. im still awful at racquetball tho 
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Oct 26, 2018 05:11
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xie posted:good, but now im old and my knees are poo poo. i got a little too into the secret and then dropped it for a very long time. ive never been too weirdly into something like that and it was weird, i dont know why i thought people were like racing me to it and i had to be all secretive. Idiot
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Oct 26, 2018 10:08
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Xie, Any chance you are willing to rehash your compass rose theory? I’ve always been interested, but I admit that I never completely understood your (and 421’s) take on it. Also, not sure who you are dealing with at DCR, but I am a Boston local and have worked with those guys on multiple occasions in multiple areas. They seem very easy-going to me. Hope you are willing to share. Welcome back and enjoy the ballbusting that is sure to ensue.
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Oct 26, 2018 10:13
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3M TA3 posted:Xie, No, I don't spend any time on these puzzles anymore - like casually when I'm on vacation it's fun to walk around with my wife and look at statues anyway because we're nerds, but I don't like... sit down and try to solve them? if that makes sense. This is the only place I'd be willing to dig is this spot, I've taken a number of people there and pretty much everyone agrees. I've also learned that these puzzles are poo poo and impossible to explain to people, so i'm not really going to try - you always look like Charlie Day in front of the chalkboard. Personal travel took me to Chicago so I went over to Grant Park with a friend and retraced it for fun, which is what made me pick this back up because the Boston solve is exactly the same. There's a permanent structure in the park that looks exactly like something in the painting. 421's take was that a specific (very specific) part of the compass rose looked like something in the painting. I'm not shy about sharing my theory anymore or anything like that, you can stand there on Google maps. https://goo.gl/maps/ovGo236tprQ2 And bluntly I'm never going to dig if the DCR isn't physically present. I got excited and over promised in the past but now the only thing I can say is I'm talking to them and I hope my youth didnt blow the chance a few years ago. quote:Also, not sure who you are dealing with at DCR, but I am a Boston local and have worked with those guys on multiple occasions in multiple areas. They seem very easy-going to me. and duly deserved *shrug* ive been around the internet a while it's not a big deal. shoot me a PM if you have a more local contact, ive always dealt with Ellen the DCR state archaeologist xie fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Oct 26, 2018 |
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Oct 26, 2018 12:59
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Ah yes but does the Japanese translation support your Boston solve?
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Oct 26, 2018 13:38
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How did you age 25 years since 2014?
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Oct 27, 2018 00:21
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xie posted:more bullshit 3M TA3 posted:Also, not sure who you are dealing with at DCR, but I am a Boston local and have worked with those guys on multiple occasions in multiple areas. They seem very easy-going to me.
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Oct 27, 2018 02:50
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I hope you find it Xie. That said, you're tunneling. The statue hand holding the book looks absolutely nothing like the hand holding the box in the image. Statue has two prominent, parallel fingers... image hand doesn't Finding a spiral that sort of matches a spiral in the image is nothing, spirals are everywhere "All the letters are here to see" being a match for a rock in a field with someone's name that half of sounds like the word "letter" when mispronounced is John Henry tunneling Her neckline has three nested squares, the random spot on the ground you found has two. It's cool that you noted how different that particular section of her neckline is, I'd never thought of that as significant but now Im pretty convinced it must be a site marker I guess the nose on her face matches the statue, but the eyes(oval vs round), the cheeks (bony vs smooth), and the lips (upturned vs not) don't match at all I like that other statue hand match, what statue is that? I really like your street lamp match, especially with "lit by lamplight" in the verse, but aren't there a frustratingly large number of those lamps? Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Oct 27, 2018 |
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Oct 27, 2018 17:29
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xie posted:football is coming home lads
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Oct 27, 2018 20:49
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xie posted:football is coming home lads u are mentally ill
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Oct 28, 2018 02:32
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a hot gujju bhabhi posted:u are mentally ill With a broken hand
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xie posted:good, but now im old and my knees are poo poo. i got a little too into the secret and then dropped it for a very long time. ive never been too weirdly into something like that and it was weird, i dont know why i thought people were like racing me to it and i had to be all secretive. so by your usual pattern it's almost winter and you won't be able to dig until the summer when you'll be too busy but then it's the winter and you can't dig and will have to wait until the summer when you are too busy before it's winter again
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Oct 28, 2018 05:50
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Rectal Death Adept posted:so by your usual pattern it's almost winter and you won't be able to dig until the summer when you'll be too busy but then it's the winter and you can't dig and will have to wait until the summer when you are too busy before it's winter again Xiedigger’s cat.
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Oct 28, 2018 13:46
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That rock has been moved a couple of times from what I understand. I'd have to look back in the archives to find out where it was in the early 80s.
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Oct 29, 2018 19:31
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burnstyle posted:That rock has been moved a couple of times from what I understand. use wayback machine on google maps and you're set
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Oct 30, 2018 23:18
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Cobalt60 posted:use wayback machine on google maps and you're set I dread the day where this kind of opinion won't be given ironically. It's not far away.
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Oct 31, 2018 00:57
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sharknado slashfic posted:The last time I read this thread was in 2013 Circa 2016 or so a fragile goon broke his arm and posted about it.
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Oct 31, 2018 06:27
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What if the author of these puzzles took some of their secrets with him to the grave... time for a dig?
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Nov 1, 2018 18:09
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I didn't expect the thread to dig up xie. For real, though, somebody who has more than a casual interest in this (i.e. not me) should check xie's idea with the Japanese translation.
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Nov 1, 2018 18:28
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Preiss did not give any hints in the Japanese edition for the verse currently being applied to Boston, saying if he gave a hint it would be a dead giveaway for the whole verse.
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Nov 1, 2018 19:13
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homullus posted:I didn't expect the thread to dig up xie. 
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I'm going to print out this post, put it in a spoon, hold a lighter under it, then inject it in my veins in the bathroom at a Starbucks: I'm writing a serious post for Q4T about tunneling that pretty much boil down to, "if there are more than 10 million other examples of your interpretation of a clue solve, it is not useful..." I just can't get over the logical Triple Lindy of "metal rails = metal walls" "the coliseum with metal walls = some building that's not a coliseum and doesn't have metal walls but IS near some metal railings" and "these metal railings are therefore the solution, and not the 17 billion other metal railings in the universe." Definitely a grounded approach to getting arrested for tearing up an extremely protected landmark
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Nov 3, 2018 01:15
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm going to print out this post, put it in a spoon, hold a lighter under it, then inject it in my veins in the bathroom at a Starbucks: Thomas tells us his mind never rests. Judging by his 'solve', he should rest it much more.
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So what's the over-under on this being a roaring success?
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GoldenFuckingGate posted:So what's the over-under on this being a roaring success? "In negotiations," must mean he's trying to get a local to dig right? Because he never seemed to care about permissions before
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Drunk Nerds posted:"In negotiations," must mean he's trying to get a local to dig right? Because he never seemed to care about permissions before Since his "solves" are apparently "indisputable," I don't see what could possibly go wrong.
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Nov 13, 2018 21:58
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The only part of one of his solves I remember was that some mountain was the "Grey giant" because it was named after someone who was a giant in their particular industry
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Nov 13, 2018 22:11
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GoldenFuckingGate posted:So what's the over-under on this being a roaring success?  He won't find the Boston casque. He won't find ANY casque.
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Josh is convinced that the Boston casque is inside the courtyard of the Boston Public Library. I’ve heard his rambling rendition of a “solve” for Boston. It’s total garbage and he hangs his hat on several landmarks that were placed after the book was published. Josh did visit Boston and was denied access to dig inside the library. To the best of my knowledge, he is pimping his story to local newspaper reporters trying to get them to vouch for him and gain access that way. Bottom line, his story is poo poo, his attitude sucks and even if someone does help him, there is no chance.
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Nov 14, 2018 20:34
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3M TA3 posted:Josh is convinced that the Boston casque is inside the courtyard of the Boston Public Library. I’ve heard his rambling rendition of a “solve” for Boston. It’s total garbage and he hangs his hat on several landmarks that were placed after the book was published. It's buried in the potted plant by the newspapers.
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Nov 14, 2018 20:56
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Someone mentioned that the "subject" of the paintings has something to do with the solves. The ethnicity of the Cleveland solve was that it was in the Greek gardens, and there was a centaur in the image. I think Charleston obviously shows the lion and the African faerie, so the solve might have something to do with the slave trade in the city. Maybe it was buried near where the slave auctions used to be held?
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Out of curiosity, I was watching an eBay auction that ended about an hour ago. It was for an original copy of the book. I have a couple beat up original copies and a new hardcover version. I had heard rumors that the originals were selling for rediculous prices. It sold for $310 plus shipping! I’m impressed, shocked and puzzled. An original copy of the book may actually be worth more than some of less precious gems that are offered as prizes.
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3M TA3 posted:Out of curiosity, I was watching an eBay auction that ended about an hour ago. It was for an original copy of the book. I have a couple beat up original copies and a new hardcover version. I had heard rumors that the originals were selling for rediculous prices. It sold for $310 plus shipping! Less than 10 years ago a copy signed by byron sold for $5
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Nov 20, 2018 22:19
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Did you check in the couch cusions?
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Spirtr and others on Q4t have been spending $800 + on original copies. That said, he also bought a couple of the Japanese editions which he's now apparently trying to auction on eBay for 400-600 bucks, so maybe he'll break even in this nutty book-fever environment? I get that the original editions are undeniably cool, that image quality is far better than in the second printing, and contextually it can help by referencing the images in their original size as they were meant to be interpreted... but it's batshit crazy to think that owning an original copy will provide you with access to additional insight not available via the high res scanned images or in the text and other illustrations from the $20 reprint. GoldenFuckingGate fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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GoldenFuckingGate posted:
It does help a little bit... but not enough to be worth $400, especially the Japanese versions which are half the size of the US version. It's better to just let people take pictures of the details you cant see. Though I say that as a dude who spent $300 on a us copy... but it was a special copy.
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