Happy Birthday Forrest! (1)

 

AND Special Weekly Words from Forrest:

“Save your best smile until after you raise the lid.” f

 

Best of luck with the Thrill of the Chase and all that you seek!  Treasure the Adventure!

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      1. Astree,
        the twelve link you provide I find interesting, but I have ventured into that site before and if I click on certain links inside twelve it likes to lock up my computer, that being said I have come to distrust the site.

        JL

          1. No I didn’t pay the ransom, I fought my way out twice. You would think i would learn my lesson after the first time. Guess I’m a slow learner, or just like mixin it up ever now and then.

            It seems that you have a peculiar understanding, maybe you could work on that.

            JL

  14. That’s a great picture Jenny, and a lovely quote to live by everyday. Thanks. Happy Birthday Forrest =) 86 years WOW! Amazing. Thanks for the weekly words. They look kind of big today and that’s a lot of red 8-}.

    Ramona

  15. Happy Birthday Sir. If we could divide you into fours, you’d be 21.5 years old. Just drinking age! Then we’d go and get all four of you drunk, to answer all our nagging questions! Then maybe we’d get some betters hint!!!!!! 🙂 God Bless & Stay Blessed,, OH.

    OH!

      3. Could also mean someone is red hot on the trail of the chest…the smile could be a reference to a photo of a smiling person – taken close to the potential spot; a spot that has been searched but not yet written off.

        Or, could be that person has written off that spot, but is smiling because s/he is one step closer, having eliminated an area.

        Or, could be a twist to distract from the real hints…

        Chris_ASD1018

  23. Like sp many others, you have made me smile every day that I ponder the poem, and experience the “Thrill of the Chase” Thank you SOOOOOO much for the gift that you have given us all. I hope to be able to return your bracelet soon. If not me, I hope that someone will return it to you soon. HAPPY BIRTHDAY my friend. A FENN-atic JDA

    JDA

  25. Happy Birthday Forrest!

    I leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the movie Young Guns (by Billy the Kid):

    “You see if you have 3 or 4 good pals, then you got yourself a tribe, and there ain’t nothing stronger than that.”

    We (on Jenny’s website) are your pals. Keep sending us the goodies!

    Your Pal,
    Mike Forni 😊

    Mike Forni

  35. I don’t know why this post reminds me F this funny nearby landmark called “Grandpa’s Cheese Barn” not funny cause they sell cheese but funny because of the AMOUNT of cheese some all the way from Green Bay. have to stop in there and pick you up a birthday wheel on my way home. Don’t worry about the summer heat I’ll send it out priority boxed. You can hold your breath if you like. HAPPY Bday F….rock on!

    jonsey1

  39. For your present next year Mr. Fenn I have requested a complete Solar eclipse in 365 days, that should arrive the day before your birthday so will not affect any party plans that might be made. I will call it Fenn’s eclipse. I am located in one of the best spots to view and you are invited to stay at my little abode and your lovely wife Peggy also. I promise to not mention the chase, we can sip ice cold tekilla and watch the sunset.

    JL

  41. I’m always thankful to Jenny and Forrest and all the Searchers who ask questions but I’m wondering why this is Weekly Words. Doesn’t the Weekly Words usually come on Friday? Wouldn’t this be Surprise Words? Does this mean there will be no Weekly Words on Friday? Or is someone trying to shake us up and keep us guessing? Like butterfly is sometimes flutterby, Weekly Words on Monday and Surprise words on Friday? Or will there be two Weekly Words? Weird. Have a great day everyone.

    Ramona

        1. Ramona,

          I sent this in an email to Forrest last year:

          My wife passed on some wisdom, from her father, to me. She told me that on your birthday, you should give a gift to someone else. The spirits look kindly upon that gesture… because one’s birthday is not special just because of what people have given to you… what makes it special, is what you have given to others (especially on that particular day).

          –TW

          Timberwolf

  42. I should probably clarify that with “positive heartfelt gestures”. There are some gestures that should not be shared with others ever. Like negativity and hurtful gestures. I only pick up good vibes from Mr. Fenn, TTOTC, and you Timberwolf. Have a great day.

    Ramona

  43. FF did say “put in” . Maybe, just maybe the path is made by nature and not man. “There will be no paddle up your creek” . If we couple that with ” Do not follow where the path may lead you, go instead of where there is no path and leave a trail.” Let us for a moment think about the possibility that instead of following a trail made by man we are walking in a shallow creek. Each step would “leave a trail”, would it not? Each step would disturb the bottom sediment and in effect leave a trail behind us.

    I am not saying I am correct. I have been wrong just as many times as everyone else. I do however think that it might be something to think about.

    Again my words above are not meant to offend. I can be very straight forward and if anything I have stated here has offended anyone It was not intentional.

    GOD bless everyone involved with TTOTC and FF for providing it for all us us to enjoy.
    John Boy

    John Boy

  45. Now that the birthday wishes are over, I’ll write what this statement made me think of.
    As a child we played the game jump-rope. As we jumped, the “turners of the rope” would say “Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Depending on what they called out, would be how fast the rope was turned. “Hot peas meant really fast, cold peas meant really slow……….oh the memories!”

    BW

    1. Gosh, BW. Now you just brought me down Memory Lane. Oh the many songs I jumped rope with. Remember, “Johnny went over the ocean. Johnny went over the sea. Johnny broke the sugar bowl and blamed it on me. I told Ma. Ma told Pa. Johnny got a lickin’ with a ha, ha, ha. How many lickins did Johnny get?”? Then how many jumps you did before the rope tangled is how spankings he got. Those were the simpler days, BW. Thank you for bringing back one of them for me.

      pdenver

      1. I just remembered something about “Peas porridge hot…”. When I was a child, rather than the song being jump roped to, it was a game friends played. Let me try to describe it. One would sit crossed leg/Indian-style/Crisscross Applesauce, etc. on the ground and the other person would do the same, but facing you. It’s a hands game. For each word in the song, you would do the hand gesture. Again, let me try to explain. Peas (your hands/arms are crossed in front of your chest), Porridge (hands placed on your lap), Hot (you and your friends hands come together/palms touching). The hand gestures repeats the pattern for each word of “Peas porridge hot, etc.” until you reach “9 days old” at the very end of the song and that’s when the hands touch each other 3 times, but they touch a bit harder. Not sure if kids play it this way or not. It’s been over ?? years since I did back home in New England.

        pdenver

                1. Hello Chesney. I concur. Getting back to basics may be a breath of fresh air. Go outside and shoot some hoops, kick a ball or throw a Frisbee. Put some color on the cheeks and take a deep breath. We’re responsible. I think we know what to do. 🙂

                  pdenver

  46. To whom is Forrest directing this comment? “Save your best smile until after you raise the lid.” f
    Is someone that close, or is this just a general statement to all? I sure wish I knew the answer to
    that.
    Good luck to all searchers, and may the quote be directed to YOU ! ! ! TRY to STAY SAFE ALL
    JDA

    JDA

        1. Gosh, you two have me giggling. Remind me not to play Poker with you. You’d have me laughing so hard, you’d try and take a peek at my cards. (Back to my straight face………”Try not to laugh, pdenver. Try not to laugh.”)

          pdenver

      1. Please allow me to add more to this, and what Mr. Fenn did. Money cannot buy you happiness, more time with loved ones here on earth, true love, and you sure can’t take it with you. To me, it is more about solving his puzzle… the gold is a bonus! 🙂 Saving my best smile “If” I find it!

        Chesney

            1. Chesney, Just another Ridgeback, looking down from his perch, making sure the coast is clear of big cats so his Sweetie can dance down the trail with him. Then again, maybe your right, he’s just another fence jumper with a shaded composure. Since that picture the fence has been raised a few more feet and still can’t fence the two in.:)

              Strawshadow

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