I know our webmaster has a dry sense of humor, but what happened on this day in 2005 that caused AQ to go downhill? Did the site go live?

Someone joined on that day. The answer can be found in today's "Anniversaries" list.

No clue. Probably best to just ignore it...

Clue 8 Im Here Today and Wouldn't it be Nice to get a tenth correct answer!

Will remain open for guesses until 4pm Monday. First correct answer closes the tracker. Everybody with the correct answer is already been added to the tracker.

To quote Caddyshack :

"Some People Just Don't Belong"

Maybe one day!!!

Friend is taking teen boys and preteen girls to Nashville. Can anyone suggest a good restaurant, a good local unique restaurant.

Wow, what an amazing coincidence!!!!
If I was ANYWHERE near Indiana, I'd be there!!!

What a great (unintended) AQ-versary gift!

I wasn’t letterboxing 20 years ago, so cannot accurately compare the two time periods to say if it had indeed gone downhill. But it certainly has been entertaining, like the downhill run on a roller coaster. Thanks for all the crazy corkscrews and loop-de-loops you’ve thrown our way!

This is not far from Clear Lake where our family had a summer home.

When we plan roadtrips, DH is in charge of finding Triple-D spots. If I were looking for one of these, Mas Tacos Por Favor would be at the top of my list.

Peg Leg Porker...... Under normal circumstances, I do not enjoy barbecue, but I will openly admit their ribs are the finest I've ever had, including those my husband did. They're not hideously expensive, but you do have to wait in line and it's near the college so there's a lot of young people there

Gather ‘round my little Tupperware seekers and I’ll regale you with tales of the great moose-turtle war. You see, there was a time when turtles ruled the roost around here. It seemed like a great sport for the great antlered forest dwellers but the turtles denied them entry.

The meeses organized a protest and throngs stormed the AQ headquarters. They held the turtle-king hostage until he relented and agreed to allow one moose to join the ranks of the letterboxers.

The meeses formed a committee to elect a representative but it was just a formality, for they a knew there was only one moose worthy of being selected, and that moose was Wassamatta U.

And so it came to be. And far from being the downfall of AtlasQuest, it’s been a glorious place to be ever since.

Solution = The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album.
Clue explanations:
1. We are family – Four of the five original band members were related. Three brothers and a cousin.
2. Males – The band name includes boys and were all males.
3. Sixties – The band was prolific in the 1960s. Pet Sounds was made in 1966.
4. Glen Campbell – Glen Campbell didn’t strike me as a Beach Boy but filled in briefly for Brian when he stopped touring. Glen played on Pet Sounds.
5. 5.1 Mike, Dennis, Carl, and Brian – Four relatives from the band
a. 5.2 Banana – Banana and Louie were Brian’s dogs. They can he heard, on the album. This was a rabbit hole possibility with the Minions’ The Banana Song being a parody from the Beach Boys’ Barbara Ann. I had planned a further parody reference with the clue Pancreas. This was a Weird Al song parody of Pet Sounds.
6. Prime number when squared, cubed, or to the power of 4 is a palindrome (same forward and backward). A single digit of course cannot be a palindrome and of course the number 1 is NOT a prime number. Eleven squared is 121, cubed 1,331 and the 4th power 14,641. Pet Sounds was the 11th studio album.
7. Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper. Brian attributed the Beatles Rubber Soul as the inspiration for Pet Sounds. The Beatles had mentioned that there wouldn’t have been a Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club album without Pet Sounds.
8. The dialogue had two song titles from Pet Sounds album.
Brian stopped touring and spent the time creating Pet Sounds which was definitely not your typical Beach Boys sound.
There were three additional clues (song titles from the album) buried within my apparently rambling dialogue in the board posts. You just never can be sure what will be an actual clue.
Clue 5 You know there’s an answer
Clue 6 Away for awhile
Clue 7 God only knows.

Watch for Mystery 2503 in early September.

I really hope today’s meeting goes well. At least with the other European leaders in the room (hopefully!), at least one of whom is a native English speaker, Trump and Vance won’t be able to double-team President Zelensky, for whom English is a third language.

I wish Trump would explain to the American people why he went into the Putin meeting saying that a cease-fire was critical to starting negotiations but then changed his mind after speaking with Putin.

I lived in Nashville and there are many good restaurants. For a true Nashville/southern food experience I would suggest a “meat and three” such as Monell’s or Puckett’s. There are many restaurants on and near Broadway and the live music is everywhere and amazing. It can get VERY crowded with tourists.
If you want to try Nashville hot chicken, Red’s Hot Chicken is good for takeout and walking over to Centennial Park for a picnic may appeal to the kids. A similar suggestion would be picking up food at the Farmers Market and walking next door to explore the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.

Hi Redbird. So good to see you. Agree with all Redbird's recommendations. The downtown restaurants/bars/live entertainment are overwhelming and awesome.

My Mental wellbeing is starting to outweigh my desire to be informed and its stressing me out. As a good us citizen I want to keep myself informed but at what point do I take a break and not think about politics. I feel like something horrible happens every other day.

Oh, I know! They’re doing that deliberately to exhaust us. We all need to step back occasionally to take a break from the craziness.

But today, Trump said he’s going to get rid of mail-in ballots—which he himself has used on multiple occasions—and voting machines. According to Trump, Putin said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting.”

We need to stay engaged when foreign dictators are encouraging our leader to roll back our rights…and our leader is listening.

these recs are fantastic!!! thank you! they are leaving tomorrow (Tuesday) so I'll be checking for any additional ideas until then.

Is this game still going on? If so I would like the next musical postal.
LbH2018

Is this game still going on?

Hi just stumbled upon this thread on the board, is it still going on? If so, I'd like to play.

Inky hugs ,
LbH2018/Tina

Would anyone be interested in a new musical postal or continue a game that's still running?
Let me know, I'm interested.
Inky hugs!
LbH2018/Tina

I'd like to play!!

I hope everyone is having a great day! Happy Birthday to everyone everyday!

I'd be willing to make one to throw in the mix. As long as folks use Tracking #s from the PO - they might not get lost like they used to. :)

Happy Birthday!


I'm confused. Isn't that Mighty Mouse? Underdog's was "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

Or maybe I just don't get the reference. ☹️

This is fitting for this thread… our LTCs arrived at the hosts today. They were mailed July 30th. It’s now almost 3/4 of the way through August! Slow mail, indeed.