THE HINTS- VITAL TO SUCCESS

[Chris Yates]

part of what you stated to represent my assesment was

He states “as the clues are solved” one will be able to figure out more focused geographical areas.

you aren't, and haven't, said anything that disagrees with this statement. right?

then you go on to say

What I see Chris miss here is that the clues can’t be solved by just using the clues themselves.

but i have never made any such claim. you created your own fake counter point and then go on to disagree with yourself. the way your post reads you make it sound like you are disagreeing with something i said.

your point that we need more information and ingredients is true, and obviously i agree. as you pointed out f said as much but its so obvious he didn't need to say it. there is no way to identify with certainty a specific geographic spot just from "begin it where war waters halt"

you are taking this idea of needing more information, and further describing at as "backstory in the poem". hadn't thought of it like that, but yes, i agree with that too. my own solve uses stuff relating to the Ute indians that could be described as some of their back story.

point being, you are introducing a new subject, "backstory in the poem" which is a different subject than the one i am talking about in the reply you posted from me. that subject is backstory separate from the poem. which f has given us a lot of that in stories and what happened leading up to the treasure hiding etc etc

so my belief, which i think i said in that post, is that because i interpret many comments from f saying only the poem can lead us there, then nothing is required from backstories (separate from poem) to solve any clue.

so thing is, you start off saying here are reasons you disagree with my assessment, but then you don't say anything that disagrees with my assessment

and why did you mention there are "some other" things that you disagree with? i mean, thats kinda odd. if there is something you disagree with, then just say what it is LOL. because as of now, you haven't.

i mean, seriously, feel free to say whatever you might disagree with. and if you have a good point to make that doesn't contradict anything i've said, then just make the point. you don't need to "pretend" to disagree with me.