Words: 70
Blocks: 28
Plenty of 63D. "D'oh~!" moments for me today. A pleasant offering from Mr. Peterson; lots of clues that made me think, plus a few write-overs. A good-looking grid with triple 9's in the across, triple 8's in the down, and two 'cheater squares' to add to this week's 'blogversation'. Two 12-letter spanners that are 24D., 'hardly easy' to fit;
33A. Evidentiary home movie studied by the Warren Commission : ZAPRUDER FILM - Abraham Zapruder, the man who captured the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with his home-movie camera in Dallas, Nov. 22nd, 1963. Seed entry?
41A. Programs for quick studies : CRASH COURSES - first "D'oh" moment for me - stared at this one for too long.
On - WARD~!
ACROSS:
1. St. Basil's Cathedral locale : RED SQUARE - my next "D'oh" moment, as I was thinking "Basil" is a British Isles kind of name - yet I know this place...
10. "Whereupon ..." : AND SO...
15. What Henry taught Eliza : ELOCUTION - "My Fair Lady", "Pygmalion"
16. Diner choice : BOOTH
17. Rash : HOT-HEADED
18. Did stable work : SHOED - MUCKED didn't fit
19. Heaps : A PILE - meh, I had "PILES", and it wasn't working out
20. Forever, it seems : AGES - Not "EONS"
22. Arctic explorer John : RAE
23. Good-hearted : BENIGN
25. Building with a dome : ROTUNDA - CAPITOL fit, and it has both a DOME and a ROTUNDA, but....
28. Snorkel, e.g.: Abbr. : SGT - Crossword regular, Sergeant
29. Shell mover : OAR - another "D'oh" moment, was stuck on 'shell game', and considered "rat" as the answer....but we're looking for this
32. Angora goat fabric : MOHAIR - and another "D'oh" moment, as I was trying to "59A." Cashmere, Kashmir, and Kasmir in there....
36. Short-term funding source : ATM - Fresher clue for this old answer
39. Site of regular slopping : PIG FARM - ah, you guessed it, I wanted PIG STY, needed another letter....
40. Soap component : LYE
44. Hoodwink : TAKE IN - Like in a Shell Game
45. Catch on : SEE
46. AMEX, e.g. : MKT - stock exchange 'market'; a learning moment for me
49. Indulged in to excess : OVERDID - yep, I overdid the beer (1D.)
51. Aglow in the gloaming : TWILIT - such eloquence, pronounced "TWY-lit", and yet the word looks like an insult - "you Twilit~!!!"
54. Morass : FEN - I tried MUD first, seemed sensible
55. Michael of "Juno" : CERA
58. Colleague of Clarence and Ruth : ELENA - Supreme Court justices; is this 'annotated'~??
59. Squeeze : WRING - yeah, I get it, but I think of these "compressions" as being different from each other....
62. Target for some keglers : CANDLEPIN - kegler, from German "to bowl", is a perfect score of 300 in American bowling, or 12 straight strikes - isn't Boomer a bowler ??? (From C.C.: Yes. In fact, Boomer just had 9th perfect game two days ago. To me, kegler = bowler.)
64. Dandy's accessory : ASCOT
65. Like many bibliographies : ANNOTATED
66. Bagpipes and saxes : REEDS - not HORNS or WINDS
67. Overdrawn account? : FISH STORY - well said~!
DOWN:
1. Recovery locale : REHAB - been there, done that....
2. Gets together quietly? : ELOPES
3. Prone to spoiling : DOTING - grandparents, not grapes
4. "The beer that made Milwaukee famous" : SCHLITZ - despite my 1D. stay, I never actually had Schlitz, go figure
5. Wouk captain : QUEEG - The Wiki, for those who would like to see more
6. First name in acting instruction : UTA
7. "O patria mia" singer : AIDA
8. "Walkabout" director Nicolas : ROEG - one of those "constructor friendly" names
9. Rear-__ : ENDER
10. Chiseled muscles : ABs
11. Masked drama : NOH - Japanese theatre
12. Epitome of deadness : DOORNAIL - Dead Horse wouldn't work here
13. With regularity : STEADILY
14. "My heavens!" : OH DEAR ME
21. Cheddar's county : SOMERSET - Today's map
24. Hardly easy : NO PICNIC
26. Self-titled jazz vocal album of 1958 : TORME
27. Old dial letters : UHF - TV dial, remember those?
30. Castor and Pollux sailed on it : ARGO
34. Plant pest : APHID
35. Provoke : DARE
36. Pearl Harbor attack, e.g. : ACT OF WAR
37. Pass over : TRAVERSE
38. Act friendly : MAKE NICE
42. Source of Sun. light? : SER
43. Flirt with, in a way : SMILE AT
47. Pick-up artist? : KLEPTOmaniac, a thief; one who uses the "five-finger discount"
48. More minuscule : TINIER
50. Joltless joe? : DECAF - none for me, thanks, I like my coffee with kick
52. Painful paintball mementos : WELTS - and HOW~!! Stings like a mo***f'er
53. Early personal computer maker : TANDY
56. Mumbai royal : RANI
57. Journalists Compton and Curry : ANNs
60. Show boredom : NOD - needs "off" to make more sense, really
61. Alfa Romeo sports cars : GTs
63. Head-slapper's cry : "D'oh~!" - Homer Simpson, and his now dictionary-worthy expression
Answer grid.
Now go out and have your tequila with salt, and your Coronas with lime - do one for me
Cinco De Mayo ~!!!
Splynter
My choice for the Kentucky Derby? Obviously it's the 12 to 1 horse "I'll Have Another."
ReplyDeleteI'm thinkin' eddyB likes "Take Charge Indy" @ 15-1.
Today's grid ... in it's first 'put-down' phase though I liked how it started with RED SQUARE.
Cheers!
Morning, all!
ReplyDeleteBlew through this one in pretty fast time for a Saturday. Only one total unknown (RUFUS) and a smattering of obscurities (ROEG, RAE, ANNS) got in my way today.
I wasn't crazy about the clue for SER (light?), but the puzzle was chock full of other really nice clues. I particularly liked "Short-term funding source" for ATM, "Overdrawn account" for FISH STORY, "Pick-up artist" for KLEPTO and "Joltless joe" for DECAF.
And yes, my first computer was a TANDY TRS-80 with a whopping 16K of RAM and a tape recorder "drive" to record your programs.
Hi again ~!
ReplyDeleteBarryG, I had the VIC-20, with the external tape player for recording your programs ~!
Splynter
Mine was external as well, Splynter. That's why I had "drive" in quotation marks.
ReplyDeleteThe fun part was that we could make copies of our programs by bringing the tape to the school library because they had a machine that could copy audio tapes. You always wanted to copy it at least two times, though, in case one didn't copy well...
A record of about 10 minutes for a Saturday! Talk about being on a wavelength and having a good time. Thanks Doug.
ReplyDeleteMusings
-Sorry to hear about your piles, Splynter!
-If you go to Dealy Plaza, there are many people hawking pamphlets that will tell you what really happened on 11/22.63, for $20.
-I am very familiar with the movie and musical My Fair Lady and it was very entertaining to watch the b/w movie Pygmalion from 1938 with much of the same dialogue. That Liza was NO Hepburn!
-The movie had a very funny scene at (not wearing an) ASCOT - “Move yer bloomin’ arse!”
-We eschewed the BOOTH for a table last night
-Our ATM’s now ask for English or Spanish (money/dinero)?
-There’s an old joke about a drunk pitcher named Mel Famey and the punch line is, “That’s the beer that made Mel Famey walk us!”
-I got rear ENDED once. Uh, I was driving a car.
-Old dial info _ _ F. DEF on my rotary of course! Oh, not so much!
-DECAF? What’s the point?
-What the heck are you doing up so early, Tinman?
Splynter: As usual, and outstanding write-up & links.
ReplyDeleteDoug Peterson: Thank you for a FUN, though NO-PICNIC, Saturday offering.
Well that 2nd cup of 'High-test' did the trick. Never had DECAF (I enjoy the "jolt").
Funny thing, I wasn't gettin' anywhere with the "across" clues.
The "downs" though gave me some traction ... STEADILY.
Fave today was "Epitome of deadness" - DOORNAIL.
Hand up for wanting 'pig-sty' before PIG-FARM.
Also, for "Show boredom" my yawn wouldn't fit before I got the NOD.
As always, I'm not a fan of "MAKEN'-ICE" ... lol.
Oh well, I hope, whatever your choice, that your horse wins later.
Either way ... I'll Have Another !!!
Cheers to all, a wee-bit-before, Sunset.
Husker - I'm up testin' my Avatar Julep's.
HG -
ReplyDeleteHAR-HAR-HAR~!!!
Well, I did write that, didn't I...
Splynter
Hello, Saturday soldiers!
ReplyDeleteI thought sure that when I got here I would learn this was another Saturday Silkie. At first pass I had REHAB, DOORNAIL, ZAPRUDER FILM and ACT OF WAR. That provided just enough of a foothold to fill in the rest. Thanks, Doug, for a nice Saturday-level challenge.
My first computer was a HeathKit (remember those?) H-8 with 16K memory and three external 100KB diskette drives -- one for the operating system, one for the program, and one for data storage. Hours and hours of assembly required. You had to punch in an octal code on the keypad and then hit the "go" button to make it boot. By the time I added a dot-matrix printer, I had $3,000 tied up. DW did her dissertation on that monster using a rudimentary word-processing program that I wrote in BASIC.
Good morning. Happy weekend. I found the bottom easy, but I got stuck in the NW. I had forgotten Wouk's QUEEG and so did not get RED SQUARE at first. Finally I looked up ROEG which gave me a leg up on all the others. Fun, but a technical DNF.
ReplyDeleteRUFUS crossing ZAPRUDER was my Natick which I wagged.
I liked shell mover/OAR and source of Sunday light (enlightenment)/SERmon.
We toured the Schlitz plant in Milwaukee and were treated to a free cold one.
Years ago our schools had TRS 80's, not a happy experience. They were always slow or down completely.
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
ReplyDeleteSplynter, I had many of the same D’OH moments that you did. At 39A, I furnished your extra letter by putting in PIG STYE (maybe they had an eye problem, too?) But then Chaka Khan finally jolted RUFUS out of the memory banks, and I changed it to FARM. That got me going in the middle, and everything else spread out from there.
I scanned “Like some bibliographies”, and thought it said “b-i-o-graphies”. So ANNOTATED took a long time to fill.
I loved the clues “Overdrawn account?” for FISH STORY, and “Prone to spoiling” for DOTING.
Fun Saturday – thanks Doug!
Even though I had the by-line in my paper, I also thought this was Silk worthy. Very challenging for me. Technical DNF, since I had PINIk. Kera seemed good enough and even though I'd never heard of candlepins I couldn't come up with anything else.
ReplyDeleteGood job Doug, and thank you Splynter.
Oh. Never had a Trash 80, but knew several people that did. My first experience was with a PC Jr. Does anyone here remember Osbournes (sp?)? I never had one of those either, but my sister often brought one home from work. It was about the size of a sewing machine.
Difficult, many unknowns for me: RUFUS, CERA (he's Sicilian!), SOMERSET, RAE.
ReplyDeleteWanted Sun Ra for TORME, but he was nice too.
And the corssword Qs - fat or LYE? RAja or RANI?
Took me a while to get ELENA, though hubster has a shelf of books on these coleagues (Brethren? what's the female counterpart? Sistern?)
So who's the best Aida - Price or Callas?
I'll use Peterson's expression "joltless Joe," as a put-down for the Sanka wimps.
CANDLE PINS - Boston, mostly.
@Avg Joe - we used to call it the Trash-80, too. Of course, in the Mohawk Valley, we had the Mohawk Data Sciences CRT/keyboard - not meant to be a Personal Computer - who ever heard of such a thing? with its own language, MOBOL.
Nice to see Doug P. back in the saddle, very creative as you all have already pointed to the many great clues. I thought the Caine Mutiny movie was one of Bogart's most compelling roles.
ReplyDeleteSplynter our word happy group will never let a blog get away with any careless speech so grab your doughnut and enjoy.
I got off to a good start with REDSQUARE but slowed down after that. I thought this was just about a perfect themeless. Lots of great entries and really nothing ugly. Hard to do with a 28-block puzzle. One of the funnest solves in recent memory.
ReplyDeleteAJ, I think everybody called 'em Trash-80's. I do remember the Osborne and also the PC-Jr with it's chicklet keyboard. The Osborne was one of the first so-called portables, going 30-40 pounds. But the keyboard, screen, cpu and diskette drives did all fit into one semi-compact case. Kaypro was another similar early entry.
ReplyDeleteBarry G.:
ReplyDelete"I wasn't crazy about the clue for SER (light?)"
I liked this clue - "light" I took to mean as "illuminating" - which a good sermon would be.
Like others, I also liked the clue for FISHSTORY and I don't think there could have been a better clue for ELOCUTION than the one used here.
Good morning Splynter and everyone.
ReplyDeleteNot the blow-through that some of you had but enjoyable, nevertheless. Wanted PIGbARn before PIGFARM. The NE was slow coming together . Did not know RAE. WAGGED SOMERSET. There was some great fill; CRASH COURSES, TRAVERSE, ELOCUTION to name a few. Favorite clue was for 67a, FISH STORY. I liked 50d, joltless joe - DECAF, too.
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeleteSome right clever cluing today! I vote for "overdrawn account" as the favorite.
Hand up for trying variants of cashmere. MOHAIR is one of those words I've rarely heard in life.
Spitz from last night - I've seen those lawyer exchanges before, but they're still funny!
While in college I took some courses on image processing, fairly new science at that time; we had a field trip to a once mighty corporation named ITEK in Lexington, MA to see their image processing suite. They had recently been hired by the government to enhance the ZAPRUDER FILM, in hopes of sussing more clues. We students were treated to many slo-mo replays of that dark moment in history. By the way, it took a lot more computer power than that of the TRS-80 to clean up that film!
@Spitzboov - read yesterday's comments and see your up.
ReplyDeleteIf you see my Focus with plate SFINGI, say hello. Hubster usually drives it. My car says OCDOCD. I have to go to New Hartford since all the stores are there. But you children of Jedidiah Sanger got your comeuppance when you had to build a bigger night court for all the shoplifters which accompany malls!
A challenging puzzle from Mr. Peterson, but once I got to the blog, I enjoyed it a lot!
ReplyDeletePiles, doughuts....ROTFL! oh, sorry, should be offering sympathy.
My Dad used to keep a case of Schlitz in the basement. Nothing like a nice cold beer after a day in the hayfield. We kids would sneak a sip when we could.
Not sure why an overdrawn account would be a FISH STORY, but I'll probably have a DOH moment when someone explains it.
Bet Mari got 46A right away!
I wanted "winds" for 67 across, which really goofed up the SW corner. Using PIGBARN did not help, but TORME helped correct that.
Have a good Saturday, everyone!
No picnic today! I really wanted 15A having just watched My Fair Lady. I only got a couple of words on the 1st pass. Normally i would dig in & start sussin', but this puzzle really got me mad! 10D ABS was easy enough, but it gave me a "B" for 16A Diner choice. BACON is my diner choice! Sure Booth is correct, buts that's unfair! It's like messing with Apple Pie!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, i was on red letters, & so disgruntled i just kept hitting that "solve" button. Dang PC sounded like a slot machine in Atlantic City.
(Beginners, do not start with this puzzle!)
Argyle, thanks for the email, but you should have put it on the Blog for all to enjoy!
Hello.
ReplyDeleteNo Derby or Julips today. Staying with my single malt. It works almost as well as the hydrocodone.
Rangers first and then NASCAR. See that NBC has a three hour bloc for the two minutes of racing.
First computer: Acer (Apple II)
with external floppy drive.
Just finished Winds of War. Now re-watching War and Remembrance.
Take care. eddy
QLI, Fisherpeople have a well documented tendency to exaggerate their experiences. In doing this, they give accounts that are overdrawn.
ReplyDeleteOld joke: Do you know the difference between a fairy tale and a pilot's story? A fairy tale begins with: "Once upon a time." A pilot's story begins with: "Now this is no $h!t."
Incidentally, the new avatar was a visitor to my back door a couple days ago. A snapping turtle. We have a pond on either side of our house, and I've seen turtles making their way from one to the other several times. This time, he came right up to the back door and was making this tapping noise on the door. Drove the cat crazy. True story. Really.
Tough one. Had to Google for RUFUS in order to open up the middle, so a DNF. Why not clue something like that in a more educational manner such as "Humming bird"?
ReplyDeleteNever heard of CANDLEPIN so looked it up. Apparently it's basically the same as "regular" bowling except that the pins look more like candles than, um, bowling pins. A New England/Maritimes thing.
Needed all the crosses to get ZAPRUDERFILM, tried PIGstye too, and had Atari before TANDY. Me too with the Trash-80. Those tape drives were worthless... constantly failing. Eventually put a pair of floppy drives in. Only slightly more reliable.
Waaaayyyy over my head. First filled in ROME ITALY for 1A. HAH! You don't think that screwed me up for a long while? That whole corner was a mess. I couldn't spell Schlitz either.
ReplyDeleteGood puzzle, DNF, but challenging like a Sat. puzzle should be....I guess. LOL
So I'll be celebrating the Super Moon, the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo. Margarita's, Mint Julep's and lots of howling!! I love a theme!
Adios Muchachos y Muchachas.
Splynter, somebody raise a Mint Julep for the Kentucky Derby today! Yesterday's KY Oaks race was a thriller - the winner carries a motto for living "Believe You Can" and was ridden by a FEMALE jockey - the first female jockey to win America's premier race for the fillies. All this before a record crowd which had to find shelter shortly after because of a dangerous storm approaching. I'm hoping Dullahan, owned by an Iowa syndicate, will cross the wire first. I'm off to a sober Derby party - they really can be fun. BTW -Enjoyed the puzzle but bogged down on the NW corner.
ReplyDeleteYep, it was a real toughie, but oh, what fun! Many thanks, Doug, and Splynter, for a challenging but rewarding morning. The ZAPRUDER FILM got me started, and after I got QUEEG, I also got RED SQUARE. Some thirty years ago, in the bad old days, I took my son on a trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg (then called Leningrad, I think). St. Basil's was spectacular, of course.
ReplyDeleteHad trouble with AMEX because I kept thinking of my American Express credit card, which I've been using a lot lately.
Loved the misleading clues for KLEPTO and FISH STORY.
My only small nit: I've rarely seen an ANNOTATED bibliography (well, except when I used to ask students to annotate theirs when writing a prospectus for their papers). But seeing 'My Fair Lady' and 'Ascot' in a puzzle at Kentucky Derby time more than made up for that.
So, thanks again, Doug and Splynter, and have a great weekend, everybody!
Hello, puzzlers. Splynter, I thought you would have DOORNAIL in a flash. Good commentary,
ReplyDeleteGreat puzzle, Doug Peterson. I sashayed through the top, loved RED SQUARE as St. Basil's is an absolutely breathtaking sight in person.
Moved on the the NE worked STEADILY to finish that then could not think of ZAPRUPER. Stared at it until the light went on.
Loved the clue, source of Sun. light with a play on "sun" and "Sunday."
The SW was quick, too, and all that happened at 4:30 A.M. By the SE I was tired and returned to bed. Awoke again at 9 and tackled the bottom but other than DECAF, RANI (or could be RAJA), DOH and SMILE AT I could not finish CANDLE PIN as I've never heard that. Finally googled ANNS and must confess that Splynter's notes came up and I saw ANNOTATED which I didn't have but then it all fell into place.
Great fun!!
Have a fantastic Saturday, everyone! No hand WRINGing!
Spitzboov @10:32 AM was in the spam filter. Recovered @12:28
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon everyone:
ReplyDeleteThanks, Doug, for a fun and challenging Saturday offering, and, Splynter, for a good expo.
Finished w/o help and no write-overs, so a good start to a nice, sunny Spring weekend. Liked the clues for decaf, fish story, ATM, etc.
Happy Derby Day and Cinco de Mayo.
Well, I got Zapruder mixed up with Magruder from All the President's Men, so that confused me for a while. I think the clue and answer for aglow in the gloaming was one of the clunkiest things I've ever seen in a puzzle, and I have to say, after two children, my target for kegles (although I did them somewhat sporadically) was not in a bowling alley! Good puzzle, though. I'm surprised I finished it.
ReplyDeleteSfingi, hope you didn't special-order that OCDOCD license plate. Looks like you've got a double dose of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! It makes one want to repeat things.
ReplyDeleteHello everybody. I liked this puzzle a lot! Fabulous fill, clever cluing, and plenty of challenge. Splynter, thank you for your excellent writeup. Had many of the same experiences you all did during the solve. Not a speed run, but I usually like to take it slow and enjoy the multiples. Best wishes to you all.
ReplyDeleteFirst computer was a Commodore PET. Second one was a Trash-80. Both used cassette tape to store programs and data, but were not compatible with each other. Third computer was a Commodore VIC-20. Fourth one was a Commodore 64. Loved writing programs in BASIC, and wish it were still possible to slap together some quick'n'dirty programs on today's computers with as much ease.
ReplyDeleteYou all know the story of how the Chevy Nova did not sell well in Spanish-speaking countries because of its name. Similarly, the VIC was a laughing stock in Germany.
Here's wishing you all an enjoyable day and evening.
Oh Bennie she's really keen
ReplyDeleteShe's got electric boots, a MOHAIR suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
ANNOTATED was a gimme for me. Being an aficionado of seriously researched historical fiction I have found annotated bibliographies attached to quite a few of these books. I like to look at the record to learn more about the subject and to see how well the writer adhered to the facts. Non-fiction history books contain annotated bibliographies, as well.
ReplyDeleteGoogling “annotated bibliography “ I found many articles about how to write one.
PS We called TRS 80's Trash 80's, too.
Yesterday, I was in awe of all those bloggers who made their own radio sets as young men. But, when I think about it and consider the caliber of posters, it is really what one would expect to find.
YR@1:52
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you on yesterday's revelations by so many who made their own radio sets. Very impressive! My late DH built them, too, and for many years volunteered on Saturdays in an economically depressed neighborhood to teach youngsters how to build them.
Musings 2
ReplyDelete-I’m the king of misstatements and laughed when I saw that Splynter! Nice write-up my friend!
-I’ve toured three Bud plants but since beer and I are not on speaking terms, I declined free suds.
-I played golf today with a former student who is north of 300 lbs and had 6 beers and two hot dogs on the course.
-No clue on CANDLEPINS and RUFUS but they took care of themselves
-The self-contained OSBORNE looked like the wave of the future to me, Joe
-I wrote a fun little BASIC program that would allow kids to enter their data, tell them if they were within the tolerance or not, clear itself and wait for the next group. Hard to do that now!
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteI didn't finish today's puzzle although I did get the NW. Figured out Red Square,elocution and the rest of the corner.
The reason I am posting today:
My DH told me to come look out the window at the bird feeder.Spitz-there was a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK like the one you showed us a few daya ago. It was beautiful. I really am glad you showed it to us here on the blog.
Have a good day all.
Marge
PS Why do I have to re-enter my password somtimes. Does anyone know why?
Marge - Our GROSBEAKS are gone. My theory is they flew to your corner of Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteSfingi - I'll keep a lookout for those plates. I shop mainly in NH. (when I shop:-)). Sometimes BJ's in N. Utica.
Dudley - I've seen those lawyer exchanges before, too, but someone sent me an enhanced list yesterday, and ROTFL'ed all over again.
Jayce@1:36. D'oh.I feel dense. Why was VIC the laughing stock in Germany?
ReplyDeleteAvg. Joe @ 8:47, one of my first computers was one of these. I wrote a program in Basic to print out the day’s sales calls. I would start the program, make coffee, take a shower, and come back downstairs just as the printer started spitting out the day’s schedule!
ReplyDelete@Desperotto - yes; they're called Vanity plates, here. Also have a Support Your Library Logo, books being one of my areas of OCD. My son had the clever idea.
ReplyDelete@Spitzboov - I also do BJs to the extent that they send me a check.
@Marge - isn't that annoying? And you never know when.
Sfingi:
ReplyDeleteI can see you are still new to this sometimes degenerate website, as the temptation for DF comments following up on you BJs reference would have been too great in the old days. No matter, it is nice to be paid? Will see what the morel of this story is now. Dennis have you adjusted to this weather?
Can't pass up this opportunity to pass on a Bob and Tom witticism. (For those who haven't heard them, it's a syndicated radio show....very raunchy at times). Anyhow... Tom is an acknowledged OCD victim. But! He insists that it be called CDO since alphabetizing one of the symptoms of the mindset. :-)
ReplyDeleteYellowrocks @ 3:41, because in Germany "vic" is pronounced "fick," which is "f**k" in English. I imagine "fick 20" would be quite a feat (depending over how long a period of time one is referring to.)
ReplyDeleteMarge @ 2:24, Google automatically and routinely expires your login after 2 weeks, requiring you to log in again every couple of weeks. It's supposedly for security, so you won't stay logged in forever.
Man oh man, I remember the Osborn. The Compaq, also. They were heavy to lug around.
ReplyDeleteTinbeni - what a pick!!
ReplyDeleteThey say that the fact Elvis did not show up to object when his daughter married Michael Jackson is definitive proof that he is dead.
ReplyDeleteOn that basis, I'm very concerned about both Dennis and Lois, after BJ references were made and neither commented. It may be time for a blog APB.
I've said it before.
ReplyDeleteThis blog needs a "rec" feature.
In response to Windhover's APB, I haven't seen 'em.
ReplyDeleteFun race. I should have followed Tinbeni's hunch. Say, how about giving me a stock pick for Monday?
I'm listening to Prairie Home Companion as I type.
I cut my teeth on an Apple II+. I still have it tucked away in a closet. I'm not sure I even remember how to start it anymore. I was never a sophisticated programmer but nevertheless, I wrote several programs in Basic that I was proud of.
Wow!
ReplyDeleteWe have Dish network. We found out this week that we now have Sirius radio as part of the package. Playing with that new toy, I just heard an absolutely wonderful song by a singer/songwriter named Eric Bibb. He sounds a lot like Keb Mo, but the instrumentation is fuller and not as traditionally bluesey, while still retaining the basic elements (even a dobro). I love it. Let me know what you think.
The Cape
Tinbeni: Hope you had lots of money on "I'll Have Another". It could keep you in Avatar for lots of sunsets.
ReplyDeleteDennis is probably too busy keeping abreast of his new vocation to check in.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks for amusing puzzle, Doug, and swell exposition, Splynter!
WEES. Used red letters after a while. Surprised that I did not get DOORNAIL immediately. Oh, well, not a lot of sleep lately. (Yeah, that's my excuse!)
There is another "Sherlock Holmes" on Masterpiece Mystery Sunday. These are great!!! Really get a kick out of Bernard Cumberbatch.
Still working on loan papers and suffering with swimmer's ear.
Have a great Sunday!
Fermat - we agree! DW and I love the new Sherlock.
ReplyDeleteNote: In order to get a copy of one's 2011 Social Security award letter, one has to pay a third greedy party 30 bucks! I will wait until my tax preparer returns from his vacation Tuesday. This is an interesting fact--in case of emergencies, one should scan every bit of tax-related stuff and back it up!
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