tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1186043745596758190..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, April 10, 2014 Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44568854360818587632014-04-11T03:03:09.287-05:002014-04-11T03:03:09.287-05:00Spitz - I am positively in awe of that ship length...Spitz - I am positively in awe of that ship lengthening operation. Wow! Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45143179257991465282014-04-11T00:05:41.294-05:002014-04-11T00:05:41.294-05:00Spitzboov:
I just watched the video of the ship...Spitzboov:<br />I just watched the video of the ship's surgery. That is astounding! I had no idea something like that could be done and how efficiently. Thank you for posting it. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85174719094559661562014-04-10T23:41:57.247-05:002014-04-10T23:41:57.247-05:00Lemonade714, thanks for the info on where to find ...Lemonade714, thanks for the info on where to find the breakdown of Sundays puzzle. I really had no idea what goes into the creation of our crosswords! Wow!Maci45https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678580163776078289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46690052905797581392014-04-10T23:27:29.963-05:002014-04-10T23:27:29.963-05:00Spitz, what an astounding thing! I wouldn't ha...Spitz, what an astounding thing! I wouldn't have thought it was reasonable or even possible.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10910863956511006302014-04-10T22:58:08.294-05:002014-04-10T22:58:08.294-05:00Spitz, I enjoyed the ocean liner stretch-out. I wi...Spitz, I enjoyed the ocean liner stretch-out. I wish they had showed the welding/joining process. My husband was a welder. One of our friends taught welding at the local vocational school. We enjoyed hearing him tell about working as a welder in the big shipyards in California during WWII. I was wondering if they use a more automated larger welding procedure now instead of a bunch of guys lined up with their torches in 1940's. I'm also assuming they cut it apart with a big cutting torch(es) which we didn't see. I wonder how long the work actually took to complete?PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51006622413213681142014-04-10T21:54:10.223-05:002014-04-10T21:54:10.223-05:00I didn't realize that Sunday's puzzle was ...I didn't realize that Sunday's puzzle was by LemonAde714! Wow. That's terrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43123266508006844002014-04-10T21:40:34.805-05:002014-04-10T21:40:34.805-05:00Mary Keller, if you go to C.C.'s write up of t...Mary Keller, if you go to C.C.'s write up of the Sunday April 6,2014 puzzle, she posted the original clues which we had submitted as well as the final clues and you can get a sense of what the editor does.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31892498023660230992014-04-10T20:41:46.183-05:002014-04-10T20:41:46.183-05:00I look on I GOT AN IDEA as regional vernacular, no...I look on I GOT AN IDEA as regional vernacular, not literary, but, like slang, representing one facet of our language as it is spoken by many.<br />"Mark Twain . . . transformed elements of regional vernacular speech into a medium of uniquely American literary expression and thus taught us how to capture that which is essentially American in our folkways and manners. For indeed the vernacular process is a way of establishing and discovering our national identity."<br />(Ralph Ellison, Going to the Territory. Random House, 1986)<br />"[W]hen I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive."<br />(Raymond Chandler, letter to Edward Weeks, Jan. 18, 1948)<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2kyAKrmQ5c" rel="nofollow">Link I GOT Rhythm</a><br /><a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=I+GOT+NOTHING%2c+PLENTY+OF+NOTHING&FORM=VIRE7#view=detail&mid=13D5B7A9890599619EB713D5B7A9890599619EB7" rel="nofollow">Link I Got Plenty of Nothing</a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34415549273467159162014-04-10T20:34:27.711-05:002014-04-10T20:34:27.711-05:00My son and I spent a delightful day on a bus trip ...My son and I spent a delightful day on a bus trip with my friend and her fellow club members. We went to Spring Lake down the shore to Doolan’s, a dinner theater type place, but they serve it at noon. We had a delicious dinner and were entertained by a very funny standup comic followed by a great singer backed up by a combo. He sang an olio of Broadway hits from the 1920’s through 2014 and had great fun and rapport with the audience.. It was a 1 ½ hour drive in the AM and a 2 ½ drive at evening rush hour. We spent the extra hour sitting on the Garden Sate Parking Lot. Oops, I mean the Garden State Parkway.<br />Lucina, I sympathize. My 9 year old Nissan, 187,000 miles, was beginning to drain my bank account every time I took it in for service. I bought a new one last week. At least, I have something good for all that money I was throwing away on the old one, There will be no big trips this year.I am also gutting and redoing a bathroom that has water in the walls.<br /><br />Marti, thanks for the Heartbleed advice.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79450340157377492702014-04-10T20:24:26.269-05:002014-04-10T20:24:26.269-05:00A big set of Ginsu knives.A big set of Ginsu knives.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77137748967943591352014-04-10T20:21:06.749-05:002014-04-10T20:21:06.749-05:00Spitz,,, Oh Wow!
But why would they do that?
(&a...Spitz,,, Oh Wow!<br /><br />But why would they do that?<br /><br />(& how do you cut a ship in half?)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43253010758764707002014-04-10T20:11:02.742-05:002014-04-10T20:11:02.742-05:00"The fringed curtains of thine eye advance&qu..."The fringed curtains of thine eye advance"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=4627a8984ac8" rel="nofollow">Placing a Center Section in an Ocean Going Cruise Ship</a> time lapse; about 3 minutes.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13002027360603977792014-04-10T18:59:22.440-05:002014-04-10T18:59:22.440-05:00With a little bit of help from my friend, Marti, I...With a little bit of help from my friend, Marti, I was able to finish this one. Thank you, Marti. And thanks to you, too Jeffrey Wechsler. It was an enjoyable experience.<br /><br />Dennis, thanks for the link to the oldies! My kind of music!<br /><br />Today was sunny and temperature was 77*! Finally got to work in the yard. Next week we go back to late winter/early spring chilly temps. Enjoy it while I can.<br /><br />Happy Thursday evening.<br /><br />PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59172324961117150112014-04-10T18:50:52.933-05:002014-04-10T18:50:52.933-05:00WEES-EA (Except Anonymouses).WEES-EA (Except Anonymouses).OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9823585165381465062014-04-10T18:36:41.315-05:002014-04-10T18:36:41.315-05:00Dennis, I just read that your doctor's visit h...Dennis, I just read that your doctor's visit had some good news.<br /><br />Best wishes for the future.Not a doctor ...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25877411859321780072014-04-10T18:01:41.315-05:002014-04-10T18:01:41.315-05:00Okay....the above post was from me....no idea when...Okay....the above post was from me....no idea when Anonymous jumped in.....:-(Maci45https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678580163776078289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89996475048217202492014-04-10T17:56:48.331-05:002014-04-10T17:56:48.331-05:00Thanks, HeartRx and Bill G! I really had no idea ...Thanks, HeartRx and Bill G! I really had no idea the complexity of the "editing" job for crosswords. You are right, he does an amazing job!<br /><br />These captchas are gruesome sometimes! Maybe my glasses need stronger lenses!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49435412897651317782014-04-10T17:31:09.391-05:002014-04-10T17:31:09.391-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Jeff Wechsler, ...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Jeff Wechsler, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, HeartRx, for a fine review.<br /><br />Really got started slowly today. Finally headed way South and started there. My first couple were TAE and ETUI.<br /><br />My first theme answer was WIRELESS DEVICE. The rest were slow in coming.<br /><br />AGUA took a while since I did not know that LAGO was a lake. But, I got it.<br /><br />When I was started with the third theme answer I had RAFTER for the tail end. I knew Huck Finn was a river rafter, so I thought I had a good start. Then I got TEAIN for the front end, but could not tie them together. I had FOOT for 45D (Podiatrist concern). Finally got CORN for 45D. Then Character appeared. No idea who OCK was, but it fit. Phew!<br /><br />WIDOWS PEAK was a good one.<br /><br />I did most of this in a car on my newspaper heading to a funeral on the way south side. Oak Lawn and Alsip. Three of us that went wound up being pallbearers. By the time it was all done, I had finished the puzzle.<br /><br />We stopped at a great restaurant in Summit, on Harlem Ave. Grand Duke's Restaurant. It was Lithuanian cuisine. Food was outstanding!<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />(5140 68585634)Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77835828411071666902014-04-10T17:03:52.085-05:002014-04-10T17:03:52.085-05:00This was a fun solve today. Toff was an unknown, ...This was a fun solve today. Toff was an unknown, but I got it through perps. I thought 32A was referring to Isaac Newton, and I couldn't figure out what figs had to do with him. Wow, did I feel stupid when I read Marti's expo. I didn't even think of Fig Newtons. Maybe because I don't like them. <br /><br />Nancy<br /><br />NancyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964101357124950300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65706335645194403192014-04-10T16:50:54.151-05:002014-04-10T16:50:54.151-05:00Definitely a put it down & come back puzzle......Definitely a put it down & come back puzzle...<br /><br />It was "I got an idea" that threw me, but I did not know why. Thanks Marti!<br /><br />Opens seemed weird also. Thanks Barry, that makes some sort of sense.<br /><br />I couldn't find anything (that I) thought was funny about the theme, <a href="http://www.artfire.com/uploads/product/2/162/162/2900162/2900162/large/thank_you_berry_much_-_say_it_with_a_very_-_funnycard_by_mv_57e8db40.jpg" rel="nofollow">so I will just go with this...</a> But in looking, I did have pause at this tiny thumbnail, which I had to enlarge to find out it was <a href="http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1396448342171793.jpg" rel="nofollow">a hedgehog with a raspberry.</a><br /><br />I went online to see (if I could see) mars tonite, & thought this looked familiar. <a href="http://en.es-static.us/upl/2014/02/2014-february-19-text1-spica-mars-arcturus-big-dipper-night-sky-chart1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Did somebody post this recently?</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLOt4qK9NE" rel="nofollow">Scientifically speaking, little known facts about Hermey...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22440642643316962342014-04-10T15:59:26.493-05:002014-04-10T15:59:26.493-05:00Bill G. @ 2:35, thanks for the link. I love readin...Bill G. @ 2:35, thanks for the link. I love reading about words, and the origin of the word "decimate" was fascinating to me.<br /><br />@3:31, "I got the idea from Facebook" uses "got" correctly - it is in the past tense.<br /><br />Mary Keller, Rich Norris is the editor of the LA Times crossword puzzle, and one of my heroes. He is the person who decides which of the submitted puzzles he receives (and I believe there are hundreds each month) would be acceptable for publication. Then he works with the constructor (author) to tweak some fill he considers undesirable. Sometimes that requires re-doing sections of the grid to get rid of the undesired words(s). He also sometimes works with the constructor to come up with better theme entries. And of course, he almost always re-writes many of the clues that were originally submitted. So yes, his name on the title page is very much well-deserved! Thanks for asking.HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23570985220005603702014-04-10T15:31:00.119-05:002014-04-10T15:31:00.119-05:00Lucina, I never knew much about old 'Beau'...Lucina, I never knew much about old 'Beau' but he can keep his 'introduction' as far as I am concerned. :>) <br /><br />Yes, the oarfish look amazing. I had never heard of them until a few months ago.<br /><br />"I got an idea" sounded wrong to me too at first. But if you were looking for inspiration and found a good idea on a website, you might say "I got the idea from Facebook" or something similar. Seems OK...<br /><br />Mary, this is just my opinion, not a statement of fact. Rich Norris has been the crossword puzzle editor for the LA Times for a number of years. He chooses the puzzles, decides which ones are appropriate for Monday, Tuesday,...Saturday, etc., makes sure all the guidelines are followed, reworks many of the clues and is ultimately responsible for the final product. He does much more than look for typos. So he gets some of the credit along with the puzzle constructor.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8773180539547433762014-04-10T15:15:45.166-05:002014-04-10T15:15:45.166-05:00Didn't have an easy time with this one. No ide...Didn't have an easy time with this one. No idea on TOFF, and several others had me looking thing up. <br /><br />I have a question...on all the puzzles ,it says who created it, but it also says 'edited by' as well. Is this done to look for typos? Once again, basking in my ignorance.Maci45https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678580163776078289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78361493232672999472014-04-10T15:14:50.729-05:002014-04-10T15:14:50.729-05:00Fun Pzl!
I really got a kick out of Mr Wechsler...Fun Pzl!<br />I really got a kick out of Mr Wechsler's unusual answers (WIDOW'S PEAK) and word choices (EXPEND, EPOCH, TOFF). <br />The theme answers were nicely unified yet different. It was tough in places requiring re-writes (EMBRYO to EMIGRE; STEAL to SNEAK; SEALY to SERTA), but that seemed just right for Thursday. <br /><br />Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48012806185822711532014-04-10T14:39:27.776-05:002014-04-10T14:39:27.776-05:00Hola Everyone, No cheats, though I did go to Goog...Hola Everyone, No cheats, though I did go to Google to verify Doc Ock and couldn't find that. I'm glad Marty knew where to look!<br /><br />Loved the berry theme. Great second definitions for the berries. <br /><br />I struggled with the North mid section so started around clockwise and filled in from there. Goal line play and Doc Ock were both unknowns and they just happened to cross so this was a WAG. <br /><br />I have to agree with Fermatprime as I got an idea sounds wrong.<br /><br />Have a great day, everyone. Off to run errands before my trip this weekend.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.com