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01-21-2008, 08:13 AM
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Team Honeywell Takes the "Treasure Hunt" Gold!
Just got back from San Diego, where my company (Honeywell) held it's annual 4-day kick-off celebration. This year the theme was "Go for Gold" with an Olympic look throughout.
Throughout the 4 days - we were divided in teams (by business group). Each team was provided athletic warm-up suits (each team a different color) to wear in the "non-business meeting" potions of the event. We had team competition in the following events: * Sailing (a boat race in San Diego Harbor) * Golf * Tennis * A "Re-build San Diego" work project - where we helped renovate a fire station that was damaged in the wildfires earlier this year. And the ALL IMPORTANT event - the Amazing Race Scavenger / Treasure Hunt - where your's truly was elected as team captain! We were provided clues to identify specific locations throughout the city where we would find instructions to obtain certain objects...we were NOT allowed to take any cash or credit cards in order to keep us from purchasing the hunt items...or for transportation throughout the city...so it was up to me to "sweet talk" taxi drivers into taking us places...what a blast! For example: one clue led us to a restaurant section in "Old Town" where we were to obtain (in any legal way we could) a drinking glass with the restaurant's logo on it. I managed to trade the owner of a mexican restaurant my Honeywell baseball cap for one of his drinking glasses! The toughest clue was to locate a site where a local festival was being held - talk the band into letting our team on stage to perform a song - and document it by taking a picture of the fiasco...needless to say - there were no shy people on MY team - so on-stage we went...performed 'Living La Vida Loca'  (it was a hispanic festival) and then off to the finish line...what a great time!Long story short...we won the GOLD medal for the event! Overall in the medal competition - we came in Silver - the "Beasts from the East" team kicked out butts in golf - so we placed second overall...  The highlight of the 4 days was a personal appearance by Jim Craig - the goalie from the 1980 USA Olympic Team - who won the gold for beating the Russians and the Finns in ice hockey...remember the movie "Miracle"? Jim talked about what it took to become a team - and never to let anyone dissuade you from becoming a champion...good advice in anything we set out to do... NE WAYZ - just thought y'all would be interested in the TH portion of the event...I thought about all of you as we were racing around town looking for treasure...AND I've got some more great ideas for hunt clues for all of us to enjoy!
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Cap'n EPC - TQ Mountain Pirate Scottish Prayer Dear Lord, please make me right, for Thou knowest I won't change my mind! Last edited by EPC Guy; 01-21-2008 at 08:50 AM. Reason: misspelled a couple of words - hey, it was early! 
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01-21-2008, 08:20 AM
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Awesome
 Thanks for posting that!
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Sometimes I wake up grouchy, Sometimes I let her sleep!  "Always expect the unexpected"  F-2 Ace 250 Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX old "Sears Best" by Whites (Mod.6000/Di Series2) Coins 2008 Dollars Halves Quarters Dimes Nickles 1943'S Memorial 10 Wheats 2 Misc. Jewelry 14 K Ring  w/ 6.5mm Simulant Indiana Jones Pin Relics Solid all brass 12ga shell 22 shell casing Fishing seine lead weight Very Old Spoon
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01-21-2008, 08:31 AM
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That sounded like a blast...Now would love to see that pic of you all performing on stage!!!
RingDancer 
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01-21-2008, 08:45 AM
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Cap'n EPC - TQ Mountain Pirate Scottish Prayer Dear Lord, please make me right, for Thou knowest I won't change my mind!
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01-21-2008, 08:54 AM
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ooooooo there's an idea!!!!
 
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01-21-2008, 09:03 AM
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The blackmail would have to be for the other folks on the team...I played for a number of years in a band...what we all now refer to as "classic rock" - and in my job I'm always speaking in front of groups of people...so I don't have a problem with a picture being floated around...now the OTHER folks on the team might have a different opinion!
I just wish the band in SD had known some Jimmy Buffett tunes!
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Cap'n EPC - TQ Mountain Pirate Scottish Prayer Dear Lord, please make me right, for Thou knowest I won't change my mind!
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01-21-2008, 09:04 AM
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Shawn, sounds like you had a blast for sure. Work should not be as fun as that.. I would also like to see photos of this event... Congrats on the glass. That was some talking I am sure. Hopefully there will not be any hunts like this in the hunts on Treasure Quest. Or will there be????buster....
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01-21-2008, 09:08 AM
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Cap'n EPC - TQ Mountain Pirate Scottish Prayer Dear Lord, please make me right, for Thou knowest I won't change my mind!
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01-21-2008, 09:23 AM
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Shawn, count me in if you do...Buster.......
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Bottle Caps and Pull Tabs Are My Friends.... Spam is the answer..Also it's a tasty treat... Fetal Position Master I am, I am
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