Theme: Saturday Silkie
Words: 70
Blocks: 27
Words: 70
Blocks: 27
Welcome to the June 2012 edition of the Saturday Silkie ~! Today's offering has a geometrically pleasing grid pattern, with two 12-letter spanners, one that is both a seed entry and a shout-out to our constructor, and triple spirals of 8- and 6-letters. Firstly, let us say this one was ->
33A. Without a hitch : SMOOTH AS SILK - well, it's about time Barry gave himself a little credit; this one did go easily for me, ironically, once I got this answer....
41A. Reality cooking show with a pitchfork in its logo : HELL'S KITCHEN - Gordon Ramsey's cooking show; I used to watch regularly with my (now Ex-) wife, because she liked his raucous "it's rubbish~!!!" dish reviews; now I can't get into it anymore.
ONWARD -!-!-!
ACROSS:
1. Crams : JAM PACKS - I goofed with "WaLk up" & "St Etna" to start, left me with W_S PACKS (?)
9. Tool that requires steering : JIGSAW - this one took a minute, but it is true
15. Credit union offering : AUTO LOAN
16. Lab subject : AMOEBA
17. Buffet platform : CREDENZA
18. Evidence of a choice : BALLOT
19. Kit __ : KAT - can't stand the commercials for this candy
20. Physicist Ohm : GEORG
22. Stick in a percussion section : CLAVE - huh - as a drummer, this is new to me....but I know the sound they make
23. __ Reader : UTNE - I must be getting better at crosswords - I nailed this one, and who could say that? (alright, no bragging....)
25. Dixieland jazz highlights : SOLOS - somehow, I did not think it was "ARIAS" - JazzB, show us more ~!!
27. North Sea feeder : YSER - which four-letter European river did you try?
28. Rings : PEALS
30. Encouraging word? : ATTA - as in "Atta Girl/Boy ~!"
32. EuroBonus frequent flyers' airline : SAS - had this on Thursday
37. Riding a train, say : ON BOARD
40. Begin, for one : ISRAELI - Such a great mis-direction~! not BEE-gin, but Bay-GEEN - this guy
43. Displeased reaction : BOO
44. Slice and dice : HASH
45. Sticker : DECAL
49. Austrian river : ENNS - map; lots of good CW fill to be found in them rivers....
51. Event monitored by the CIA : N-TEST - nuclear detonations
54. Caramel candy brand : ROLO
55. Couldn't not : HAD TO
57. French toast : SALUT
59. NCAA athlete's eligibility factor : GPA
60. Top performers : A-TEAMS
62. Like one who can't hit a pitch? : TONE-DEAF - sorry, C.C., no baseball today
64. Depression : VALLEY
65. Fame : EMINENCE
66. Page and others : ELLENs - Don't know her; I recognize her from "Juno"
67. Frontman, often : ROCK STAR - for me, the ultimate "Frontman" was David Lee Roth, as exemplified here; honorable mentions go to Vince Neil, of Mötley Crüe ( although he was emulating DLR ), and of course, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin
DOWN:
1. Hike, in a way : JACK UP - ah, like prices, not 12 flights of stairs
2. Salt containing gold : AURATE - considered Pyrite, which is fool's gold
3. Eur. peak mentioned in the "Aeneid" : MT. ETNA - yeah, not SAINT Etna
4. Okra unit : POD
5. Shake __ : A LEG - show me your legs~!
6. Dairy Queen supply : CONES
7. Instrument honored in a Beaufort, South Carolina, museum : KAZOO - and here it is~!
8. Speak angrily to : SNARL AT
9. Poke : JAB
10. Jobs creation : IMAC - Steve Jobs, Apple computers; I'm a PC; too many problems with editing software when I used any Apple product, and my ex-wife's iBook crapped out regularly, too.
11. "Wow!" : GOLLY - we just talked about Gomer Pyle, too
12. Rasta's messiah : SELASSIE - frequently mentioned in Thievery Corporation tunes; this guy, from the WIki
13. Most important : ABOVE ALL
14. Sports item usually seen in pairs : WATER-SKI
21. Literature genre : GOTHIC
24. Common Latino newspaper name : EL SOL
26. Cache : STASH; and 29D. Big hit : SMASH - funny, but going through the clues, I did not see this semi-clecho
31. Start of an embarrassment simile : AS RED as a beet
34. Sitcom spender of brandels and grebbels : ORKAN - here's the Mork from Ork dictionary
35. Some lyrical writers : ODISTS
36. More stable : SANER
37. Austin Powers catchphrase : "OH, BEHAVE~!" - I liked his "shagging-ness" - and his arch enemy, Dr. Evil even more....
38. Like some nurses : NEO-NATAL
39. Joan nominated for an Oscar in "The Blue Veil" (1951) : BLONDELL - from IMDb
42. Play area : THEATER
46. Effective, as an argument : COGENT
47. Fleece source : ALPACA - WAG, but then again, I had all the "A"s
48. Good-for-nothing : LOAFER
50. Passé : STALE
52. Certain reviewer's tool : SLO-MO - sports reviews, mostly in NFL football, though in the NHL, any goal ( or "non-goal"; we had one in this year's play-offs, and it was overturned ) may be reviewed "by Toronto"
53. Belted ancient garment : TUNIC
56. Sign : OMEN
58. Endurance race, for short : TEN-K
61. Part of Mac OS: Abbr. : SYS - Operating SYStem
63. Bouvier __ Flandres: herding dog : DES - total WAG, but then again, Des Frenche has shown up in DES plaines, and DES moines....
Answer grid.
Splynter
Note from C.C.:
Click here to see a few beautiful pictures Kazie took during her anniversary trip to Spain, where she and her husband Barry first met. Such an interesting looking hotel. Love the last picture. What's the color of Kazie's sweater? Cranberry?
59 comments:
Morning, all!
This was definitely not a speed run for me today. Sometimes, I am just totally in sync with Mr. Silk's wavelength, but this was not one of those times...
A few unknowns had me grasping at straws, including GEORG, AURATE, CLAVE, ENNS and BLONDELL (the last two were especially bad since the crossed). I did eventually drag BLONDELL up from somewhere, but even then ENN just didn't look right to me.
I don't recall brandels and grebbels, but was able to guess ORKANS after getting the initial O.
The NW corner was by far the hardest for me. I had BANJO instead of KAZOO at 7D and really didn't even consider letting it go until the bitter end. I finally made a WAG with AURATE based on the fact that AU is the symbol for gold. GEORG took awhile to guess as well. I think I tried Kit CAR instead of Kit KAT at first, which didn't help matters. Oh -- I also had SNAPS AT instead of SNARL AT, despite the fact that it didn't match the clue. And I couldn't remember what an okra looked like to save my life...
Anyway, once I finally replaced BANJO with KAZOO and guessed AURATE, I managed to also guess GEORG and things finally fell into place up there.
Good morning, folks. Thank you, Barry Silk, for a great puzzle. Thank you, as well, Splynter, for a great write-up.
Enjoyed this. Easier than yesterday, in my opinion. Only took me two hours instead of three.
My first answer was POD for 4D. Even though I do not like boiled okra, I do like it in soups/stews.
My next was SAS for 32A, then SMOOTH AS SILK, and ISRAELI. That gave me SKI for the end of 14D.
Then I thought we might see an answer with BARRY in it somewhere. No cigar.
Bounced around all over and slowly filled it in. Liked 55A, Couldn't not, HAD TO. Double negative, very clever.
For 10D, Jobs creation, I think there should have been an apostrophe after Jobs, Jobs' creation. That really slowed me down for IMAC for a while. Any thoughts?
I have no idea what UTNE Reader is for 23A. Got it with perps.
French toast for 57A was clever. I am not good at French anyhow. Finally figured it was not cooked bread. SALUT, a toast to all.
All done. Fun puzzle.
Off to work in the garden since it is not raining now. It poured all day yesterday.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
Good morning Splynter, C.C. et al.
Thanks for sharing you beautiful pictures with us, Kazie! It looks like you had a great time.
And thanks for the informative write-up, Splynter. When I saw CL-VE, I thought “I’ll bet Splynter knows this one!” So I felt better when I saw that even you had never heard of a CLAVE! I also nailed UTNE Reader, because it’s on my bookmark bar right there. (See it up there, at the top of the page?) (No?)
I had “router” at 9A to start. And I tried “Mary Jane” instead of SELASSIE at 12D. So lots of write-overs in that corner.
Once I figured out SMOOTH AS SILK, things finally started to fall into place. I loved “Begin, for one” for ISRAELI, “French toast” for SALUT and “Like one who can’t hit a pitch” for TONE DEAF.
Have a great day, everyone!
Good Morning, Saturday Soldiers!
This one solved just like a Saturday Silkie -- a little bit here, a little bit there, a lot of writeovers over yonder, and finally it all fell into place.
My biggest stumbling blocks were in the southeast. I wanted SANTE for the toast and ANGORA for the fleece. That gave me AGE for the NCAA eligibility factor. Sounded OK to me. It took awhile for those errors to sort themselves out, but I still finished with 10 minutes to spare.
Off to clean out the pool house and spruce up the furniture. The Improvement District came through with a grant for the pool improvements, so the neighborhood kids will get to swim this summer after all.
I watched Guns Of Navarone the other night and one scene is Gregory Peck desperately searching for a toehold while climbing a cliff. That’s what I did today! The bottom right fell with COGENT, DECAL, et al and then up I went and it came down to one cell – the U_NE/AURA_E crossing and I wagged an L and will see if I’m right as I read Splynter’s write-up! A wonderful Barry “Smooth As” puzzle.
Musings
-I saw Buffet and Dairy Queen together and since Warren owns DQ, I thought…
-Cooking as competition? I don’t get it and dislike rudeness.
-I played the sticks in grade school not the CLAVES
-Hey, the T was right! Even a blind squirrel…
-Got YSER, Splynter. The Ebro is fed by the rain in Spain.
-A running joke among teachers is that a excellence is only rewarded with an “Atta boy/girl”. What movie contains the quote, “Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but…”
-I put a lot of DECALS on my Revell Cars growing up. You?
-SALUT to my friend, Tin, at Sunset!
-Athlete GPA’s get more doctoring than a hypochondriac
-Tone deaf peeps I sing with get louder when the pitch goes up
-JACKUP? Try to get a reasonable room in Omaha during the College World Series.
-I thought the Rasta messiah was Willie Nelson!
-Good for nothing (and expensive)? Some college degrees today!
-Spectacular pix, Kazie! Were you the Flamenco dancer?
Addendum
-I wagged the correct T not an L in that crossing. I typed the wrong dang letter! I worked too hard to give the impression I had a DNF! Stupid keyboard! A bad workman blames his tools. Right Splynter?
Kazie, great photos. Loved seeing the EBRO that wasn't the 4-letter river in today's puzzle. But is that fortress really in PENISCOLA?
Hi Again~!
Ah, good thought Abejo, a Barry in the puzzle would have been cool...
as for Rastas, Mary Jane and Willie Nelson are good choices, too~!
I, uh, never blame my tools, HG (LOL)~!
I, too, took great care in getting the DECALS just right on all my scale models, especially the "STP" logos on Richard Petty's Dodge~!
Splynter
Oooh ~!
Forgot to mention the great pics from Kazie
- I could go for a cliff-side dwelling like that (is that an AERIE~?)
Splynter
Wow, it really is there! Who knew? I'll bet lotsa touristas have their photo taken next to the town's sign.
Splynter, thanks for the fine write up. This was a very good puzzle, but not at all SMOOTH AS SILK for me. I got a rare DNF. Mr. G gave me SELASSIE (I had most of it and should have known.)
Also he gave me BLONDELL, HELLSKITCHEN and TONEDEAF (My mind was stuck on baseball. I had written "in a slump" where I was with this puzzle.)
Great pictures, Kazie. It was nice to see such a clear, pretty picture of you.
Happy Saturday, all. Nice expo, Splynter.
I can't say this was SMOOTH AS SILK, but at least Barry provided enough toeholds to fan out in each corner and get it done.
Another four letter European river... I'll never keep them all straight.
As an Indians fan, I wanted Minn Twin for 'one can't hit a pitch'.
Bill G brought up, and I commented on, the Jobs' vs Jobs creation last night. Quite a surprise to see it in the puzzle this morning.
A little slower solve than usual, but I liked this one a lot
Pyrites are Ferrous sulphides, and generally have no gold bearing ore, whatsoever, except in the pun on the words, 'fools gold'.
A crossword clue only his mother could love.
Even seawater has more gold than pyrites.
Saturday Puzzles, Grrrrr!
I beleive it`s "Gah-uh-ah-lee!" if it`s by Gomer Pyle. El Sol (The Sun) is a favorite Mexican restaurant of ours. When we travel, we like to "rest-your-rant" at such places.
Perhaps we should tell the anons (especially the very bitter ones) to "Oh, behave!" I love a name that just rolls off your tongue like "Haile Selassie!"
BTW: I like a new clue for the ubiquitous "oreo" I found in another puzzle today: "vowel-rich cookie."
Nice pics, Kaz...handsome hubby...I, too am doing pool work, vacuuming! I hate it, but less than I hate the gunk on the bottom after Flock!
If you`re interested (and can sit that long,) all three "Hatfield and McCoy" episodes air on History beginning at 7 PM EDT today.
Carry on.
Hello Puzzlers -
Managed to zip through most of today's Silkie as if it were Wednesday, but bollixed that NE corner. Don't know a thing about Rastas other than the hair. Never heard of a CLAVA. The light didn't come on until I realized we were looking for a singular WATERSKI.
I've never seen a whole Austin Powers movie, just bits and pieces. What I have seen I can't stand. Somehow those characters are simply repulsive.
Morning, Splynter, and thanks for today's dose of clarity.
Bumpy as Shantung.
Almost identical to Barry G.
My first sweep yielded only 3 correct answers: SELASSIE, TONEDEAF and KAT.
When I dicovered KAZOO instead of banjo, I Googled it. This Boaz Frankel is a fascinating fellow.
I wanted to insert a graphic of an ALPACA drinking from a Slurpie machine, but the process must have changed. So, imagine.
Sfingi. for you. Thanks for suggesting this.
Link alpacadrinking Slurpee
ANON @8:47. Did I miss something? I didn't see PYRITE in the puzzle.
Good morning all:
This was the easiest Silkie I have ever done. Not to say it was a speed run but the cluing was spot-on and with help from perps and a few wags, I finished w/ o help and no write-overs.
Thanks, Barry, for a Saturday offering that didn't induce any hair-pulling or teeth-gnashing! And thanks, Splynter, for your fine expo.
Happy Saturday to all.
From what I know about waterskiing, no serious skier would consider using two water skis. If you're any good at all, you use one.
Good morning Splynter and all.
I found this one a little harder than some Silkies. But it had the signature texture, and clever cluing with mostly ordinary words. I liked Barry's shout out to himself. Well done. My solve developed mainly along the NW - SE spine and branched out from there. New learning - CLAVE. Somehow I was able to dredge up BLONDELL from the past for a WAG. Did not remember ENNS, but it seemed Austrian enough. Guessed YSER since a 'Y' would be a good ending letter on the intercepting 11d. AURATE seemed like a good guess because of gold's symbol, AU. The ATE suffix is common for salts as in 'sulfate' or 'nitrate'. Loved the clues for SALUT and THEATER; also for ISRAELI. The German for French Toast is 'Arme Ritter', literally translated as 'poor knights'. Go figure.
Nice pictures, Kazie. Loved the one of the hotel.
Have a great day.
Good afternoon everyone.
Kasie, thanks for the pictures of your anniversary trip to Spain. Great fun.
And I have the same question as Desper otto about that fortress.
Being a long-time Mac user, I didn't get 10D because there was no apostrophe. There needed to be one to make sense of the clue and answer.
This was, as usual on a weekend, a DNF. But I did get JAMPACKS & JACKUP. Missed many others.
Cheers
Hello everybody. Before I read your comments, I gotta say how struck I was by the coincidence of our having that "Jobs creation" discussion yesterday and it being an entry today. Now to read what you all had to say.
What a strange collection of people as is here!
What a strange collection of people as is here!
Aaarrrgggh--a dreaded Saturday Silkie. Was so intimidated before I even got started that although I got SMOOTH AS I blocked out on SILK. Finally had to cheat because of so many mistakes: 'Compacts' instead of JAMPACKS, 'Oder' instead of YSER, and I even missed ENNS even though I grew up in Austria. Because of all the mean posts yesterday I put SNARKED AT instead of SNARLED AT, which gave me SOKOS instead of SOLOs--arrrghh. Then there was Joan FONTAINE instead of BLONDELL, and ANGORA instead of ALPACA. And so on and so forth--not a great Saturday, for sure.
But Kazie's Spain photos brightened the morning a little, and thanks, Splynter, for not having heard of CLAVE either.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
Hello again, everybody. Loved this puzzle, although I felt more and more apprehensive as I read clue after clue and was unable to fill in anything. Then I got to "French toast," filled in SALUd, and gave myself an ATTAboy. Sigh.
The first down I filled was POD, but of course I thought maybe that was wrong because it was too straighforward and not sneaky enough. Speaking of sneaky, "Begin, for one" was very sneaky.
I think Barry Silk is a master craftsman, and this is another one of his masterfully crafted works. Awesome structure, stacking, and cluing. Some really cool words, too, such as CLAVE, BLONDELL, NEONATAL, TUNIC, AURATE, and many others.
I felt bad that I didn't know GEORG Ohms' first name, but then again, who does? Anybody know Tesla's first name off the top of your head?
Thank you, kazie, for sharing the wonderful photos of your trip. Great stuff.
Um, I always used two skis when I used to water ski. Come to think of it, I always used two snow skis also when I used to go cross-country.
Jayce -
Nikola (Sp?)
SALUT, Mes Amies! And, merci, Splynter, for your blogging. Tres bien!
I'm trying to tune into French and hope I got it right.
Kazie, thank you for sharing your lovely pics. Will La Sagrada Familia cathedral ever be finished? I doubt it. You?
GOLLY, wow, tres bien, Barry. Love the SMOOTH AS SILK entry!
My solve was much like a patchwork quilt, a quadrant at a time with the SW first in place. Joan BLODDELL was a wonderful actress and appeared in many movies in the 40s and 50s though I had BENEDICT at first, not sure why.
I've never see any Austin Powers movie as I find them unappealing but have heard the term BEHAVE quite often.
Like some of you I had -PACKS then sussed AURA meaning gold and wagged UTNE to complete it. Rings yielded CALLS, TOLLS and finally PEALS.
ODER was my first North Sea feeder but once GOLLY fell in, so did YSER.
The NE gave me fits as I wanted something akin to THE YARD, THE TURF, THE SAND for play area. Imaging my surprise when THEATER emerged.
Also A LLAMA seemed right for fleece source but ALPACA soon trotted in.
I had a lovely time with this, thank you, Barry Silk.
Have a delightful Saturday, everyone!
Grr. BLONDELL! Darned cataracts!
Happy themeless Saturday everybody!
I know myself well enough to have started with red letters turned on. It makes the Saturday puzzle doable for me.
"Jobs creation" again! I'm beginning to suspect some aliens are using radio frequencies to intercept my brain waves. I must start wearing aluminum foil hats. I still don't like "Jobs creation" much though I finally got my head around "It's quarry." I'll say no more for fear of starting an Anon uprising.
The Dodgers' early season magic has disappeared along with their timely hitting. I guess I'm glad the Kings are doing OK.
Spitzboov, yep, you got it!
This may be a silly question but what is a WAG?
Man oh man, I'm sure glad I don't have a name like Jobs. Or Leakey. There is, of course, the old joke about Franz Liszt's wife's first name being Christmas ...
No such thing as a stupid question, Anonymous@12:55PM. WAG stands for wild ass guess.
Actually, now that I give it 10 seconds of thought, I guess there are such things as stupid questions. This isn't one of them, though.
Bill G, I'll risk starting the uprising by pointing out what you (I think it was you) said yesterday about an IBM creation. It's like, "Ah yes, the Walkman, another Sony Creation." Or, "That character was a John Updike creation."
Happy 75th birthday to Morgan Freeman. My favorite two roles of his are as Hoke, the chauffeur, in Driving Miss Daisy and as Red, the con, in The Shawshank Redemption.
Grumpy 1 said: "Big Blue is an IBM creation, or Big Blue is IBM's creation," pointing out that it could be written either with or without an apostrophe.
Christmas Liszt, heh heh, that's a good one! There is a real person who opines often on MSNBC called Crystal Ball. My wife reminded my of a singer named Phillip Phillips.
~ You're never too old to learn something stupid.
@Fender Tucker has it right about water skis. Somewhere in the bottom of the ski locker on my boat there is a matched pair of WATERSKIs, but one of them has the extra binding for use as a slalom, or single ski. Only rookies use two waterskis. Poor clue.
Had trouble with riffS before SOLOS, Store before STASH, and guLLEY before VALLEY. However, in general, the solve went smoothly, if a little slowly.
Never heard of CLAVEs before. It's my Crosswordese WOTD even though with only 2 vowels out of 5 it's not very crosswordesey. Both UTNE and GEORG Ohm have appeared in crosswords recently.
Thanks Barry... fun puzzle.
@Bill G. It's best to wear a metal colander. I get messages
all of the time when I don't have it on
Wonderful '2-cup-of-java' solve.
Fave was the self 'shout-out' SMOOTH-AS-SILK.
Also liked Barry Silk's 'shout-out' to the Anons with OH, BEHAVE!
UTNE Reader I learned from crosswords. Now it is a gimmie.
@Fender-Tucker & @Rube; I agree.
I haven't used two WATER-SKIs in probably 50 years. One is enough, none is even better. lol
SALUT to all at Sunset.
I actually tried to do this Saturday Silkie with a pen! 1st pass only gave me Pod, 2nd pass gave me cones, stash, peals. Had to look up Georg, but it gave me gothic, solo's & kazoo.
Once i had a foothold i was amazed at how far i went until i was totally stymied.
Rube- Just curious... Why is "Sports item usually seen in pairs" for WATERSKI a "Poor clue"?
Jerome. Just maybe 14D pairs should be skis.
The clue read: Sports item usually seen in pairs : WATER-SKI
If there's something wrong with that, it's plumb evadin' me. It asks for a singular answer, but tells you that you'll most often see two of them. Even if good water skiers typically use only one, they are usually seen in pairs. Besides, it's Saturday.
PS I never got the hang of one. Got to be halfway decent on two, but one was just too tough to master.
What AJ said: If I'm looking at a ski and it's usually sold in pairs, that's OK. 2 disconnected facts, both true.
If I'm looking at a sock in a drawer and it's usually sold in pairs, that's OK. 2 facts both true; not connected.
14d, seems adequately clued. Can we drive on?
One ski, two skis, trick skis, no skis. All thrilling!
Link water ski show
Give me a break. Only beginners use 2 waterskis. Any more advanced waterskier uses a single, or slalom, ski. My kids graduated from 2 skis when they were about 12 and have used single skis since, (~20 yrs).
Most water skis are sold singly, and not in pairs!
The fact is: waterskis are NOT usually sold in pairs. Go to any waterports store and you'll only find a few options at a pair of beginner skis(usually tucked aside). The main display will showcase 20 to 30 single slalom skis and just as many wakeboards!
On a lake the only pair of skis you'll see are only a family boat. Most ski enthuiasts will only have slalom skis and wakeboards.
And trust me, if you were unable to get up on one ski you were never halfway decent!
OK. What is a UTNE Reader? I got it with perps and wags. But still don't know.
Kazie. Checked your photos. Nice trip.
Abejo
I care about my blog friends.
I warned Yellowrocks about the danger of sushi.
YR said I was lying.
I reminded YR that bad things happen to good people.
If that makes me a snarky troll, so be it. I tried because I don't want anyone to be as sick as I am.
IMO Sushi may be the Japanese rebuttal to Hiroshima. They can use parasites to invade us without expensive military hardware.
I'll have to side with Rube on this one. I have been water skiing since I was 11 years old. I haven't water skied on 2 skis since I've been 12.
Per Google Images unless you are a squirrel, a dog, or Santa Claus, your skiing on a single slalom ski!
ANON @5:50. I did not say you were lying. I said you were alarmist. There are very few incidents in the USA. Salmonella is far more common.
How dare you bring up my disabled son and still hide behind anonymity!
The threadworm of man occurs from about 35° north latitude to 30° south latitude. Generally the distribution is limited to warm moist areas because such climates are favorable to the survival of the juvenile stages. In the United States, strongyloidiasis is relatively uncommon. Endemic concentrations exist in rural areas of the southeastern United States and Appalachia, with prevalence rates close to 4%.
The southeastern USA is not where sushi fish originate.
Tell you what. Gather a petition as to whether the clue was a POS and submit it to Barry Silk. Then report back with his response.
Yellowrocks: and just what is wrong with box wine? There are some very good ones on the market that even wine snobs can't distinguish from the so-called expensive wines. I know you think you never make mistakes, but sometimes even you must watch what you say.
Abejo@5:46:
UTNE Reader is the name of a magazine. I learned that from crosswords.
Ladies and gentlemen...aj has spoken...conversation is over.
Gee, Rube, you admitted you have a pair of skis on your boat. First two google pics are ski pairs.
Greetings!
WBGS!
Favorite answer: TONE DEAF.
Just read yesterday's blog. What a disaster! This should not happen.
Big disaster here. Barclay Bank Mastercard (from Barnes and Noble) withdrew ~$2500 from my checking account. Bill was only ~$600. (It is on autopay.) I also noticed that they have been charging a late fee and interest for the last few months. Huh? (Also, there were false charges from Amerimark totalling ~ $360. After several conversations, when I insisted that they play me the tape wherein I signed up for their service, supposedly, they gave up and said that they were going to return all of the money.)
Need some sleep!
The world is really getting to be a terrible place to live. (Needless to say, I have spent quite a bit of time changing all autopays to this card. After everything is corrected, I will tear up the card. BYW, several months ago there was another issue involving ~$7200. This took several months to resolve and cost me two $35 insufficient funds charges from the bank.)
fermatprime:
That's terrible! The only thing to do is tear up the offending card and never use it again. I did not even realize that BN had one.
Thank you, Jayce.
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