Scavenger hunt: Contests.. and Speeches, and (t)ales...

@christinewas go ahead. I'm fine with getting the e-mail, I've set it up for this... I think it should be working by now :)

@sohmageek Thanks. It looks like I went down a completely wrong path.

@djslack I still don't have it. I really thought I was on the right path... but I'm clearly not.

@christinewas I got a mail that didn't bounce but it didn't match with Sohmageek's comment about what day 148 meant. Tried again with that day and also no bounce.

Mailer daemon says i failed...well fuck.

@studerc Me too! Failure buddies!

@Thumperchick @studerc Oooh. We could start a club.

@ceagee I am on a completely different path. Thus far, it has led me nowhere, though. I think I know what the 148 means, but I'm having trouble with it.

@christinewas you want to share ?

@ceagee My biggest concern is whether or not @sohmageek wants us to share, at this stage.

@ceagee typing some into google yields bible verses...tried that. Nope.

@studerc That was my first route, too.

@studerc @ceagee I believe he has included additional clues. If I am reading them correctly, though, I still can't find anything with 148.

@studerc @christinewas @Thumperchick 148 and Star wars came up w/ a SW comic number. But that seemed wrong. And force and 148 came up w/ some armed services squad.
But underneath all that was WORD so that's what led me to the maytheforthbewith you instead of the number. or maybe Word was not connected ?

btw: I tried the bible thing too.

@ceagee - 148 is May 28th on the Julian calendar. Does that help?

Oh, and you might be spelling "fourth" incorrectly. Then again . . .

@KDemo I tried May 28th, but the "5,4th" didn't work out there. Have you had any luck?

@christinewas - No, I have the clues and the numbers, but haven't been able to make something logical yet. I'm a zombie tonight, I'll have a better chance tomorrow. Good luck!

@KDemo Good luck to you, as well! (I am probably done searching until tomorrow afternoon.)

@christinewas go ahead and colaborate on this. And I'll let you know of something comes through.

@ceagee oh I wish I was clever enough to think of a Star Wars reference. But I was keeping it mediocre.

@KDemo you have solved the first part. Although it only points you on what date to look at. It's a little mediocre however.

@sohmageek so you posted this on that date
but what does 5,4th mean to get the rest from that post. I've tried the all sorts of ways of looking at posts on that thread on may 28. I even signed up for an account a untappd to see if there was something there. am I in the right direction ?
anyone else want to take a crack at this ?

I give up for now.

@ceagee Maybe it's the product that day? Wine fridge.

@sammydog01 Comment 5, reply 4, May 28th:

" alexpope well, depends on the beer. We use ours for our stouts and porters, each style of beer has it's optimal drinking temp. Def not for buds. smsica said Thu, May 28th 2015 at 3:00am eastern 1 "

@sammydog01 I'd look at mediocre's content for that day, and review the CLUES for where to look.

@ceagee I went to the 148th meh product page - and hit all possible connections on that page and the product thread. No dice. I think @christinewas is on the right track with there being other clues. Like "speach" perhaps?

@Thumperchick All I can say is, review the OP again, and review all the replies under this comment.

@KDemo Thanks for the direction. I realized this morning that I was way off track last night.

@Thumperchick - Me too. I was so tired last night that nothing made sense, but when I got up this morning it all clicked into place.

@KDemo Ok. Now that I'm not working through silly software vendor issues for my MIL and I'm much more awake... I'm almost certain I got it. Haven't gotten a bounceback yet, so it looks good. Thanks for the help. I'm genuinely bummed we're on different teams. Good luck!

@Thumperchick - Once you get it, it makes perfect sense. Thanks, maybe we should go rogue and merge teams. :-)

@KDemo I really like your team, too! My team is great, but I was pretty sad that I didn't get thrown in with you, @jaremelz, and @stardate820926. The three of you would have been my top picks and you ended up on the same team.

@KDemo It does, too. I wasn't that far off last night, actually. I was just picking the wrong starting point. Right idea, wrong execution. Totally acceptable at 1 am.

@christinewas - Agreed, that would have been great. I like my team too, and yours - guess we should go for a 3-way team merge. It might come down to who can spend the most time here.

@christinewas oh, it's cool. I see how it is. Team moose is going down!

@Thumperchick Once I secured those three, I would have wanted you on my dream team, too. (All better?)

As it is, I ended up with a great team. Team Moose is going down... in history as the masters of scavenging!

@christinewas pfft. "After I got the good ones, I'd take you..." I see how it is.

@Thumperchick But... those three. Can you blame me? (I also know @stardate820926 IRL.)

@sohmageek Seeing other comments I'm pretty positive I know exactly where to look, now that I know what the 148 was. The rest I figured out earlier just wasn't sure what to do with the info!

@zdunklee Pretty sure that was you that send me something from a Mathematics... :)

@sohmageek Sure was!

@sohmageek I'm pretty sure I just got it.. I feel really good about it, and all the hints fell in line with it..

@sohmageek I tried something that seems like it would be Mediocre enough and the email hasn't bounced yet...fingers crossed lol

@kadagan I got an email reply, so my guess was right :) Stay focused on the date that @sohmageek mentioned above, and you'll figure it out! Look for other clues in his OP in this thread too.

@sohmageek - You are diabolically clever, goat!

@Kidsandliz possibly lucky... I mean... I don't think I can send live skunks... but I am trying to do this on a budget... (kiddo's 1st birthday is on the 15th. So... I'm trying to pull off a party, and gifts, and still holding out hope that Irk may do something nice for him!) :)

@sohmageek in case you haven't noticed, Irk is sort of a dick.

@marklog yes he is... but we got his autograph

@christinewas I'm sorry and I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's been a blast to try to get together also... I need to start a spreadsheet up to track points. :) Yes they can be a nightmare to navigate... I'll reveal how I found it later... but for now... I'm off to "hide" the next item... :)

@Bogie - If it was mine, I've since deleted it. Don't know if @sohmageek would think it was too much. Hope you have it!

@Bogie - Did it work?

@KDemo i didnt see your original hints, so i worked it through my own. I got a response to my email, so i think thats a confirmation

@sohmageek Add @Pamtha to this one.