Rogue Trader
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"Don't cry because you are leaving, smile because you were there."
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Post by Rogue Trader on Jan 11, 2009 3:46:35 GMT -5
Well done to all of you that tried this. Naturenut is the winner !!! Well done naturenut, you certainly deserve it, because I know you certainly must have been searching like a lady possessed. ;D ;D Here is the clue and how it was worked out by myself: CLUE Made from RED ELM. Forever in Blue Jeans, this Hint, will Indicate the Item Number Immediately.Made from Red Elm - an anagram - Red Elm - DremelForever in Blue Jeans - a song by Neil Diamond - Diamondthis Hint - hint (hnt) n. a. A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip: stock-trading hints. b. A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue: Give me a hint about the big news. - Tipwill Indicate the item Number Immediately - in·di·cate (nd-kt) tr.v. indi·cat·ed, indi·cat·ing, indi·cates 1. To show the way to or the direction of; point out: an arrow indicating north; indicated the right road by nodding toward it. - PointSo we have, Dremel, Diamond, Tip, Point type all of those into the ebay search bar and it only gives one item. And here is the screen dump of my ebay watched items:  You will notice, just for those that doubt this was the item I had first selected, that the 2 middle items have a time of 7 days 16 hours to run (at time of taking screen dump.) |
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 11, 2009 7:59:15 GMT -5
Thanks!
Just in case anyone wanted to know how I got it, I had diamond, but wasn't sure if blue was also a clue. Then, I was on red elm being slippery elm used for glue and consequently a lubricant, but couldn't nail down if it was an ingredient in a lapidary superglue type epoxy, which would have worked with the word "crack" in the last clue. So I hit all the Opticons and epoxys that I could. Then, I used a word scramble helper website to work on red elm some more and got the words "melded" and "delmer". So I was looking for a type of solder, but I felt that the diamond part wasn't fitting in, so I looked at melded and delmer and a light bulb went off... duh. Then, when I saw how many diamond dremel items there were, I complained. ;D So, I thought it might have been the one that was stickied at the top, because in the first clue, RT said that we'd see it immediately. But, it was a set and it didn't seem like it was right, so I just picked out various diamond dremel items. No clue how I hit the right one. LOL. Got up this AM expecting to get another clue and try to narrow it down some more. LOL.
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Post by akansan on Jan 11, 2009 11:17:59 GMT -5
I had wondered if the last phrase was also part of the hint. If it had been another person's contest (say, Lady B or Sparkles (LOL!)) I would have been especially suspicious of it.
Now that we know your style...we're on to you. Bring on the next contest!
Whoops! And congrats, Naturenut!
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Jan 11, 2009 12:19:38 GMT -5
You deserve it naturenut. You tried harder than anyone else. I'm just happy that I got the Neil Diamond song.
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Post by sitnwrap on Jan 11, 2009 12:27:37 GMT -5
Congrats Jo. The amount of effort you put into this seemed super human. I'm glad you won.
Thanks for the contest RT.
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Post by frane on Jan 11, 2009 12:30:01 GMT -5
I never even tried this one..just kept reading it and saying...What??? Everyone that tried this one had their work cut out for them and great job Jo! You deserve this one and Paul, you get an A for all the effort you put into it too!
Great Competition Rogue Trader!
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Tigger
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The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers is I'm the Only One!
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Post by Tigger on Jan 11, 2009 13:12:28 GMT -5
Made from Red Elm - an anagram - Red Elm - Dremel
Forever in Blue Jeans - a song by Neil Diamond - Diamond
this Hint - hint (hnt)
n.
a. A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip: stock-trading hints.
b. A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue: Give me a hint about the big news. - Tip
will Indicate the item Number Immediately -
in·di·cate (nd-kt)
tr.v. indi·cat·ed, indi·cat·ing, indi·cates
1. To show the way to or the direction of; point out: an arrow indicating north; indicated the right road by nodding toward it. - Point
I never would have got it thinking like this. I had diamond. I was also going by lapidary cause you said it had to do with lapidary. Actually I did see that auction but again I was looking for items of lapidary.
Oh well, Congratulations Naturenut.
Tigger
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 11, 2009 14:15:13 GMT -5
You all deserve to share in this with me, even attempting to wrap your head into it was a challenge! We had such bad weather here yesterday, I was stuck inside and had the time. LOL. Thanks everyone! Huggs all around!
Jo
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Post by rockrookie on Jan 11, 2009 17:15:43 GMT -5
wow !! congrats naturenut !! YOU are an ANIMAL that is a compliment !! i tried hard , but nothing compared to you . -----------------------------------paul
thanks again RT !!! i was way off base i was even searching through ROGUE TRADER items on ebay UK but was convinced ,after hours that they had no connection to lapidary .
naturenut , at one time i saw that you were starting into dremmels . sorry but i thought , no there not made of red elm , but guitars play rock & some are made of red elm . so that is where my energy went to.------------------------------paul
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 11, 2009 17:39:46 GMT -5
Paul. LOL! I saw that you found Rogue Trader items and I lost it! About that time, I was looking at diamond shaped, motorcycle side mirrors that were coated with something, so it could be called lapidary (looked up the definition of lapidary). I was on glue and lube when you and looked and saw you were into guitars! I thought, "guitars are made of red elm? hmmm, didn't know that." LOL. Thank goodness he stopped us from going into the records, cds, books and dvds. LOL. Paul, I should really be sharing this with you! I will always take being called an animal as a compliment. LOL.
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 11, 2009 17:42:33 GMT -5
JO:
Congrats GF, I totally gave up on this one, you totally deserve this one!!! Enjoy it!!
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 11, 2009 18:08:06 GMT -5
Thanks Sweetie! I just got lucky. Hey Rogue... what was the "lateral thinking" thing all about?  ? Jo |
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Post by sparkles on Jan 12, 2009 11:51:09 GMT -5
I had wondered if the last phrase was also part of the hint. If it had been another person's contest (say, Lady B or Sparkles (LOL!)) I would have been especially suspicious of it. Hey Buddy! What ddya mean?!??  We plays fair! ('ish!) I shall take it as a compliment anyway!    I probably shouldn't mention but there's some "brewing" occurring as we speak.... Better get some practice in folks - there's a whole lot of fun around the corner! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Congratulations Rogue, you had 'em on the run there! Very cunning plan! I like it! Cheers, Sparkles. |
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Rogue Trader
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"Don't cry because you are leaving, smile because you were there."
Member since December 2008
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Post by Rogue Trader on Jan 12, 2009 12:52:56 GMT -5
Thanks Sweetie! I just got lucky. Hey Rogue... what was the "lateral thinking" thing all about? ? Jo Lateral thinking is methods of thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception. Lateral thinking is about reasoning that is not immediately obvious and about ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. |
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Post by Lady B on Jan 12, 2009 13:07:28 GMT -5
I had wondered if the last phrase was also part of the hint. If it had been another person's contest (say, Lady B or Sparkles (LOL!)) I would have been especially suspicious of it. Now that we know your style...we're on to you. Bring on the next contest! 'Twould seem that my dearest Buddy - Sparkles - and I have been maligned!!!!  Why would anyone be suspicious of a contest we sponsor? ?? Oh, right...Ronda and Tigger and Mel and Adrian and a few others perhaps have had lots of experience with the " contests" that Harry and I have sponsored!!!! ;D ;D ;D [glow=red,2,300]BUT![/glow] No one can ever again accuse me of being the only member of this wonderful Forum who gives convoluted clues and drives all contestants MAD, I tell you, simply MAD!!!! Mr. Trader did a wonderful job of torturing our minds!!!! ;D ;D ;D When I saw the first clue I took a look outside the box and considered that Jean is French for John and so went looking for Blue John items - especially since the Blue John mine has been there for just about forever!! AND Mr. Trader lives across the pond. And... ;D This was a devilishly devious contest...just the sort I love. Congrats, Naturenut!!! Ya done good!  Oh, and Harry my dear, I'm just about ready to instigate some "rocking good fun" here at RTH. And I promise this little contest will definitely involve thinking inside the box!!! ;D ;D ;D Lady B - maligned but rightly so! ;D |
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