Theme: Pedestrian Span - the word FOOT bridges the theme entries.
17A. *Grocery store: FOOD MARKET
28A. *Vessel for a cheesy dip: FONDUE POT
37A. *Ballroom dance that's also a phonetic alphabet "F": FOX TROT
44A. *All-terrain high shoe: FIELD BOOT
56A. Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues: FOOT BRIDGE
Argyle here. There are circles but not really needed.
Across:
1. Cried on cue, say: ACTED
6. Nimble-fingered: DEFT
10. Auntie on Broadway: MAME. Before the musical.
14. Africa's Sierra __: LEONE
15. Butterlike topping: OLEO
16. Beatnik's "Understood": "I DIG"
19. Join the chorus: SING
20. Like the chains in a chain necklace: LINKED
21. Camp beds: BUNKS
22. Swear (to): ATTEST
25. Pair in a dinghy: OARS
27. Employee's reward: RAISE
33. Cone-dropping trees: FIRS
34. Recycling receptacle: BIN
35. Maps within maps: INSETS
36. Therapists' org.: APA. (American Psychological Association)
39. Shatner's "__War": TEK. William Shatner
40. Cash in, as coupons: REDEEM
42. "I __ only kidding": WAS. text JK
43. Shoulder muscle, for short: DELT
46. Sandburg and Sagan: CARLS. The poet and the astronomer.
47. Highest in quality: BEST
48. Gives a thumbs-up: SAYS OK
49. Wrinkle-removing injection: BOTOX
52. Acquires, as debts: INCURS
55. State firmly: AVOW
60. Filet mignon order: RARE
61. World power initials until 1991: USSR. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
62. How contracts are signed: IN INK
63. Iditarod vehicle: SLED
64. Fishing rod partner: REEL
65. Occur as a result: ENSUE
Down:
1. 1980s TV ET: ALF. Gordon Shumway from the planet Melmac.
2. Corporate VIP: CEO. (chief executive officer)
3. Also: TOO
4. Tiresomely long: ENDLESS
5. Downfall: DEMISE
6. Nerdy sort: DORK
7. Sommer of cinema: ELKE. For Splynter.
8. Get nourishment from: FEED ON
9. Trike rider: TOT
10. Applies incorrectly: MISUSES
11. Score after deuce: AD IN. (tennis) The server's advantage.
12. Ermine cousin: MINK
13. They're often scrambled: EGGS
18. Tiny farm denizen: ANT
21. Main impact: BRUNT
22. Repetitive barking: [ARF! ARF!] and on the opposite side of the grid, 32. "You should be ashamed!": "TSK!, TSK!"
23. Taiwan's capital: TAIPEI
24. Rabble-rousing outburst: TIRADE
26. "Hasta la vista": "ADIOS"
28. Predicament: FIX
29. Quarterback's "Snap the ball at the second 'hut'": "ON TWO"
30. Fizzles (out): PETERS
31. Verdi opera with Desdemona: OTELLO
34. Lays an egg on stage: BOMBS
37. UPS alternative: FEDEX
38. Word before or after pack: RAT
41. Nudged sharply: ELBOWED
43. Best Western competitor: DAYS INN
45. Lazy: OTIOSE. Straight from Latin.
46. Underwood who performs the "Sunday Night Football" opening: CARRIE
48. Classroom stand-in: SUB. CSO's
49. Happy hour places: BARS
50. Mirror shape: OVAL
51. Ran like mad: TORE
53. Smoke detector?: NOSE
54. PC corner key: CTRL. (control)
56. Calico coat: FUR
57. Put down: DIS. (disrespect or disparage)
58. Oxlike antelope: GNU
59. Barely manage, with "out": EKE
Argyle
Argyle
Note from C.C.
Happy
72nd Birthday to our constructor John Lampkin, the master of crossword
construction. John also enhances our solving pleasure by regularly
providing us fantastic pictures related to this grid entries. Thank you,
John!
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| Lemonade and John |
Good Morning Cornerwriters,
ReplyDeleteThank you Bruce Venzke, and Gail Grabowski for this Monday level CW. I was able to FIR.
Thank you A+ for your excellent review. The trailer for "Auntie Mame" made me nervous. I would not enjoy the movie.
I'm not a fan of football, but I am a fan of --Carrie Underwood.
Can you hear the phrase --easy peasy.
BR549
Dave 2
A much-needed easy-peasy offering after my tough weekend flails. I did erase flops for BOMBS, and didn't know OTIOSE. I would have guessed the latter would be related to the ear or hearing.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed EKE and ELKE and Santa's Splynter tribute. Seems the fair lady is having a resurgence in CWs.
I knew Desdemona's rocket work before I knew her from OTELLO.
Drop an anchor in the bay at St. Anywhere and you'll find more dinks powered by outboards than by OARS.
Contracts are just as binding when signed in pencil, but are more vulnerable to fraud.
Thanks Santa for a fun tour. I agree that the circles weren't needed. And thanks to Gail and Bruce for another enjoyable puzzle.
Greetings!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Gail and Bruce and Santa!
Happy Birthday to our incredible John Lampkin!
No problems.
Have been doing poorly at word game. Also, seem to need to sleep 12 hours. Any suggestions?
Have been getting exercise in the pool, which is difficult as my right arm is causing horrible pain.
Hope to see you all tomorrow!
Thanks Gail , Bruce and Argyle. Off to a good start . If this week will have as few glitches as the cw all will be well. Love ballroom dancing so foxtrot was a quick fill.Smiled a little at endless tirade arf arf
ReplyDeleteCan you hear Carrie Underwood sing the phrase --easy peasy? Nope, wrong video.
ReplyDeleteLet's try --Easy Peasy again.
Dave 2
He AVOWED, at being lazy, he was BEST!
ReplyDeleteTo this, any test would ATTEST!
He was so OTIOSE
When he bid ADIOS
His wave was exceedingly DEFT!
{C.}
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to John Lampkin.
Very easy puzzle today. FOOTbridge helped; one could go back and prefill the circles. ARF ARF and TSK TSK book-ended the mid-section as Argyle noted. CSO to Husker.
ELKE - My niece's name.
Happy Birthday Mr. John Lampkin. I want you to continue to eat your cruciferous vegetables. They help you to construct excellent CWs.
ReplyDeleteJinx 545A
I'm too OTIOSE to care what OTIOSE means, but I did watch Desdemona blast off.
Speaking of blasts, here is the Carrie Underwood / Miranda Lambert Look Alike Contest.
BR 548 We're Having a sale. One ringy dingy.
Dave 2
Fun and fast Monday - their puzzles are always precise - like the FOOT being split different ways. OTIOSE was a new word/meaning for me as well - I'm with Jinx - it sounds ear-related like OTIC.
ReplyDeleteCSO to HG for SUB - wonder if he is doing just that this morning!
Happy birthday JL!
And thanks for Argyle, Bruce and Gail!
I agree with Argyle, why did they need the circles in the grid? It's becoming a pet peeve of mine, and seems to becoming more common. These Monday puzzles are easy enough.
ReplyDeleteEasy-Peasy, you said it! I thought of claiming it was too easy, then I remembered my "something for everyone" philosophy. Yesterday I was happy to see a real challenge, even though some resented it. Even for experienced solvers, sometimes the puzzle is in our wheelhouse and sometimes not.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, John Lampkin. I love your puzzles and photos. I like that you drop by to chat.
I learned OTIOSE from crossword solving. That one may be a stumbling block for beginners.
Otiose more often means futile or useless. Latin otiosus from otium, leisure.
"This is not an otiose question but rather a serious one that goes to the very root of the ethics of photojournalism, its training and practice." New York Times, Apr 24, 2015
"There is no superfluous ornament in his orations, nothing tawdry, nothing otiose." Abraham Lincoln
We love fondue. Sometimes I buy it packaged, but for company I make my own with wine and Gruyere and Emmental cheese, very expensive, but delicious. My only gripe is that my electric fondue pot has an 18 inch cord for "safety." You put the pot in the middle of the table and everyone dips in. It needs an extension cord which is longer than a sensible length appliance cord would be and less safe.
ReplyDeleteAfter I retired I preferred tutoring to substituting. It is much more self directed. I enjoyed tutoring pre-algebra. I was amazed that kids didn't think of applying the math they learned earlier to this subject. I also enjoyed mentoring writers of essays and research papers. Am I getting otiose at 80? Now I don't even tutor.
"Puzzling Thoughts":
ReplyDeleteDespite FIR, I had a few write-overs. But that was more carelessness than anything else. Nice start to the week, thanks to Gail/Bruce, and Argyle. (Nice photo of ELKE, BTW)
Had lots of words fill in themselves, as I mostly completed the puzzle solving "down" rather than "across". The one head-scratcher clue/solve for me was 44a = FIELD BOOT. Huh? But I won't go on a TIRADE critiquing it ...
Saw that GNU showed up again!
Lots of limerick possibilities but I'm on a time crunch this morning, so I'll repost one from last year:
Going fishing all day sounds appealing,
At least that's what I thought; my gut feeling.
Until seas got so rough
I said, "That's quite enough.
I can't handle the rod when I'm REELing."
And my personal "pat-on-the-back" was seeing my limerick in print, in the Palm Beach Post, yesterday! Check out Frank Cerabino's column, where my submission was recognized. Those who know me by my actual name will find it ...
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteGail and Bruce deliver again! Their puzzles are always fun to solve and have cute themes, to boot. I guess the circles aren't necessary to experienced solvers, but Monday and Tuesday offerings are geared toward rookies and beginners who need a little extra help understanding the theme. Hand up for a learning moment at Otiose. Saw the Foot theme at once but the reveal was still a nice Aha moment. Loved the arf arf!
Thanks, G and B, for a fun start to the week and thanks, Argyle, for the tour.
Happy Birthday, John Lampkin, hope it's a special day. 🎂🎈🎉🍾🎁🎊
OAS, FLN, I'm sure you know how blessed you are. And judging by your comments, I'd say the apple didn't fall far from the tree. 😉
Did any of the fans of "This is Us" catch the important foreshadowing moment in the last episode? I just watched it last night as my DVR queue is so backed up.
Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteNo issues today after I figured out 21A was BUNKS, not cots.
Musings
ReplyDelete-A blizzard raging outside my window has closed all schools and precluded all SUB jobs today. Otiose activity will fill my day
-A Vel Vinod poem celebrating idleness starts – “Insitu otiose makes my day, Day spent in placid thoughts”. Unlike yesterday, this obscure word had lots of perp help
-Can you name these two musical characters who met at the FOOT BRIDGE? For 10 bonus points, name the song they sang there that was reprised by the Beatles.
-The worst teacher gets the same RAISE as the best
-MISUED gov’t Money? How ‘bout the Bob Kerry Pedestrian/Foot Bridge from Omaha to Council Bluffs Iowa? For 10 bonus points, name that river!
-With an alcoholic father in a small town, I was raised in BARS
-Away to the window I flew like a flash, TORE open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
-Happy Birthday John!
Chairman- they want us to pay to read your Palm Beach Post article!
ReplyDeleteLemony @ 9:57 ~ I clicked on Moe's link and got the column with no problem.
ReplyDeleteMoe ~ Very "punny"! Congrats.
Good Morning!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gail and Bruce. This was a fine way to begin a new week. I found the FOOTBRIDGE easily, but also did not think about it as related to the circles. I usually work on Mensa so the circles are missing. Over time I have learned that not everyone has grocery stores, but many places have FOOD MARKETS or food shops.
Argyle, thanks for setting us on the right FOOT today. I like the solitude of your Sierra LEONE photo.
The Music Man was the first live theatre we attended--the Schubert in Chicago. I knew all the music before hand, so it was all the more delightful. Forrest Tucker played Harold Hill and Barbara Cook, Marian. I think it was 1959. A great memory.
The Patriots played their first Super Bowl in 1985. The Bears played their first Super Bowl in 1985. There must be an algorithm to explain what happened--or didn't--in Chicago. These Septuagenarians just listed our six seat licenses for sale.
Happy Birthday, John. Thanks for all the fun you provide us.
FLN: Thanks again for all your good wishes.
HG: Yep, Madame did knit yesterday--during the football games.
Picard: Merci! It's all genetic.
Bluehen: DH and I laughed out loud! Some days I wish we had those shoeboxes. Glad to see you back live.
CED: Great cake. Thanks.
OMK: I hope Septugenarism will lead me to the "ways of the wise" as you put it.
Irish Miss: I do know it's St. Agnes' day. I remember wondering if we shared a birthday as once we were named for our Saint's day.
C.C.: I, too, would like to gather with Chicago area Cornerites. We'll have to find appropriate large sunglasses for TTP to protect his identity. A good idea for better weather.
Have a great day everyone. Stay cozy and dry.
Happy birthday, John Lampkin! Enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteThank you to Gail and Bruce for providing us with an easy and amusing grid. I liked the differently divided FOOT pattern.
ARFARF is exactly what I hear from the four puppies next door. They are left out most of the day and often at 3:00 A.M. Do I sound annoyed? I hope so, because I am, not only for myself listening to their ENDLESS barking, but for the puppies being out in all kinds of weather as well.
I tried to learn the FOXTROT once but was hopeless at it. REEL can also be a dance.
ALF again.
Thank you, Argyle; nice pics.
Adios for now, everyone! Have a beautiful day.
I love seeing a Gail and Bruce puzzle on a Monday morning and this one was a delight--just a tiny bit crunchy but totally doable--especially with the FOOT circles, which helped a lot. (Some of us need those circles, I'm afraid). Anyway, great fun, many thanks, Bruce and Gail. OTIOSE caused me the same problem as others have noted, and I didn't know ADIN, but figured I DIG had to be right, even if I wasn't a beatnik back in the day. So, a total FIR (did I get that right?) on a Monday morning!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures and write-up, Argyle--thanks, as always.
Have a wonderful birthday, John Lampkin.
Yellowrocks, you can't possibly be 80--not with all your erudition and research skills!
Hope you get some relief from your arm pain, Fermatprime
Have a great week, everybody!
YR 823A
ReplyDeleteWrote "Now I don't even tutor." Au Contraire mon Sistaire. Not only do you TUTOR us, but sometimes you even threetor or foutor. Thank you fo4r (it's so cute I'm going to leave it.) each explanation of this fluid language that we use and love.
Viva la English, and you, YR!
Chairy 831A
I read each limerick, and enjoyed yours. They are so much fun. Thanks!
HG 933A
Marian the librarian, and Mr. "Music Man" himself, ________. They sang "Yellow sub sandwiches."
As for the Bobkerrypedbridge, that water looks like the Yser, Nile, Ural, Aral, Rhine, and Nebraska, where they convolute.
Le Mon 957A
I got in for free.
Dave 2
Irish Miss-- thanx for your kind words. When I see your name and logo I ' m reminded of Celtic music and dance. Some years ago DW and I took it upon ourselves to learn the choriography to River Dance . Great fun
ReplyDeleteQuick fun Monday theme and easy FOOT walk!
ReplyDeleteMadame Defarge: You seem to be enjoying life and I am sure that keeps you young, too!
Two years ago I was this space alien TRIKE RIDER in our Solstice Parade.
In 2014 I had a unicycle accident near San Francisco and I could not ride or dance for almost a year. My dear artist friend Pali arranged the TRIKE as an alternative that year! Glad to be back unicycling and dancing again!
William SHATNER is viewed by many as kind of a jerk. But a few years ago he came here and gave a one man show about his life that showed another side of him. He grew up in Toronto as a rare Jewish person there and he had to be street tough to survive the taunts. I don't seem to have any photos, but somewhere I have pages of notes.
Good thing we have seen OTIOSE before as it is a bit crunchy for a Monday!
Hi everybody.
ReplyDeleteI love the classic old musicals. The Music Man is at the top of the list. It has an enjoyable story and you can sing every song after you leave the theater and even years later.
Lucina, my sincere sympathy. I've had that problem in the past. A next-door neighbor was renting the house and had a dog who would bark often, sometimes late at night. Somehow I got his phone number and called when his dog's barking was keeping me awake about one o'clock in the morning. He picked up right away and answered alertly. I asked him if he would please let his dog in the house. He replied, "Uh, OK." Clueless and inconsiderate...
Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Gail and Bruce, for fine puzzle. Thank you, Argyle, for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteGot through easily. Caught the theme. FOOT.
Could not get the puzzles over the weekend. Too tough and not enough time.
Have to run. Volunteering at the Elgin Community College Book Store this afternoon. Then off to Amazon for work this evening.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Thank you, Misty and Dave 2. I suppose tutoring is just baked into my makeup. Years ago in a TV factory making electron guns I worked the 3 to 11 shift so I could be home with my toddlers most of the day. I never explained or really discussed anything at work there before, just small talk. But they chose me to instruct the newcomers. I never said, "Watch me. You do it like this." But, "You take this little thing that looks like a T and turn it upside down," etc.etc.
ReplyDeleteLucina, how annoying that the neighbor's dogs keep you up. No wonder you sometimes mention lack of sleep.
Chairman Moe, I very much liked your limericks on the blog and in the paper. Congrats.
Foot circles were part of my PT when I had my badly broken foot reconstructed. The orthopedist said probably you never will dance or hike again. I said to myself,"Wanna bet?" Still dancing. I hiked for 10 years more. Years later the knees have nixed the hiking.
I thought this had a bit of a Monday crunch, but zero issues solving, a nice beginning to the week.
ReplyDeleteBill G:
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea! I think I can find my neighbor's telephone number. If I'm not mistaken, one of them arrives home from work or leaves for work at 3:00. I never see them so don't have a chance to talk to them, but I can call! Thank you.
YR:
Yes, you are right. Sometimes I can go back to sleep, but many times not.
Yesterday shortly before I had to go to a party, one of my tires went flat so just now I went to replace it. $$$
HOW 'BOUT THEM IGGLES! I can hardly wait for the Stupor Bowl. They will probably still be the underdog. Good, I think this team likes that role. OK, I'm back now. Thanks to all for the expressions of support yesterday. I guess sometimes I let the curmudgeon in me take over and I go sulk in my corner. Just give me a cookie and I'll be OK.
ReplyDeleteIM, I'm surprised you would find this interesting, but for the games we had chili, BBQ ribs, brats, baked beans, and German potato salad, along with the usual assortment of chips and dip, nuts, cheese and crackers, etc. Since I married a GRITS, there had to be deviled eggs and pimiento cheese stuffed celery sticks. And one or two adult beverages.
Looking forward now to the weekend of Feb 4. Not only is that Super Bowl Sunday, it is also the date of the Lewes Polar Bear Plunge to support Special Olympics. Several of us hard core party animals make a weekend of it at the shore, culminating with the plunge into the Atlantic on Sunday at 1PM, then make a mad dash to dry off, get home, and watch the game. We usually take turns opening our house for game watching for the others in our party. Should be a lot of fun this year.
Cya!
I liked this puzzle. Fun to solve. Happy birthday, John Lampkin.
ReplyDeleteHBD, John Lampkin! Your pzls have been much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the Grabowski/Venzke team for starting our new week - and to Argyle for keeping everybody honest! (Kudos for a very tasteful photo of Ms. Sommer!)
No difficulties today. Except for pondering whether 6D should be GOOF or JERK or GEEK before arriving at DORK, this was a smooth & steady ride to a comfortable Ta- DA!
Yellowrocks is certainly correct in pointing out that OTIOSE does not often mean "Lazy." How curious that our constructors found their way to that clue. Fortunately, we could all fill it through the easiest of perps.
Madame Defarge, no need to "hope" for wisdom now. Once you've begun your 71st year, experience supports your words while knowledge rains its truths on you and sagacity bedews every observation.
____________
Diagonal Report: Today we have another rarity, two sub-diagonals on the mirror side, forming forward slashes from the NE to SW, squares 14 to 196 & 30 to 212. No hidden messages.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY John !!!
ReplyDeleteNice write-up Argyle.
Bruce & Gail: Thank you for a FUN Monday puzzle.
Fave today, of course, was 49-d, Happy hour places, BARS.
I've been known to enjoy many a "Happy-Hour" ... LOL
Cheers!
I wonder if anyone else will pick up on Husker Gary's outing of MISUSED Gov't Funds? He named the Bob Kerry FOOTBRIDGE*. Any other nominees?
ReplyDeleteHow about the MISUSED moneys going into the salaries still being collected by the so-called legislators who have shut our government down?
__________
* The answer to HG's challenge is the Missouri River. I see real pedestrians crossing it, which means it is less useless than our current congressional bipeds.
Happy Monday! I'm enjoying these above freezing temps!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gail and Bruce for the entertaining start to the week. Always enjoyable expo and links, Argyle.
No write-overs and didn't pay any attention to the circles. Dumb!
Belated birthday wishes, Madame! I hope you had a great day!
Congratulations, C.C., on 10 years of a well-respected blog! Thank you.
Happy Birthday, John L. I hope you have a wonderful day.
Really enjoyed today’s puzzle after yesterday’s challenge. Only unknown was otiose. In 5 months of doing these puzzles, I always manage to finish no matter how difficult and challenging they are. Or however long it takes me. I look at each puzzle as a learning experience and look forward to all the pithy comments on the blog. I especially enjoy Yr’s, Lucina’s and Misty’s comments. And a big shoutout to C.C.
ReplyDeleteJace and Anon-T.....look forward to your take on things too. And to all the others on the blog, thank you for the enjoyment you bring to my day.
Cheers,
Mark
Bluehen @ 1:36 ~ I guess I just miss hearing about what you are up to in the kitchen. Your Sunday-games menu sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank you for the kind words, Mark S. You've made my day.
ReplyDeleteHBD John Lampkin!
ReplyDeleteThe puzzle?
OMK said "I wonder if anyone else will pick up on Husker Gary's outing of MISUSED Gov't Funds? He named the Bob Kerry FOOTBRIDGE*. Any other nominees?"
ReplyDeleteThe Congress of the U.S., the Legislature of the State of California, et cetera ceteraque ... but I might be getting too political here,
so I will merely call out CalTrans and I-80 in Fairfield, CA ... man-made idiocies qualify, no?
Otherwise, easy-peasy for sure today.
I got careless and INKED in OTHELLO. Of course I was a letter too many and was unfamiliar with TEK.
ReplyDeleteHBD John L. I didn't go back and check aliases but I'm pretty sure which l'ick was C-Moe.
This is two Mondays in a row I've screwed up after getting the weekend. Except for SAPOR.
WC
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gail & Bruce for an easy Monday Puzzle after getting my butt kicked Friday & Sat. Thanks Argyle for kicking off the new week and cool pics of LEONE & TAIPEI. May everyone enjoy warmer weather this new week!
WOs: CTlr & DAY SUIT[e] because of a brain-fart
ESP: OTIOSE; I've too lazy to even try to pronounce that so I'll make the Internet do it [oh, great, two ways to go... Which is more pretentious? :-)]
Fav: This DORK could say ELKE b/c of Argyle's pic (I WAS joking!) but will go with TEK Wars... That was a short-lived series that felt a little like The Neuromancer with worse'r drugs.
{B+} {Cute & LOL/Congrats!}
Happy Birthday JL! Always enjoy your puzzles (and pictures).
What D4 said - YR, you tutor us each day; we FEED ON your language posts.
LOL @CED's FOOT BRIDGE. Looks similar to the ones we built in Boy Scouts (only lost one platoon :-)).
OMK - The Bridge to Nowhere comes to mind.
IM & BlueHen - on tonight's menu is Red Beans & Rice. I was too OTIOSE to build it yesterday so I've got it melding now. //did I even use that right? :-)
FLN - OAS a) no. b) Your mom sounds like an amazing person. //and I WAS kidding about "what were they thinking?" Apologies it didn't come off that way.
Cheers, -T
Hello Puzzlers -
ReplyDeletePossibly my fastest solve time today. Mondays are good for that. Thx Argyle!
I see that Prof. Harold Hill and Marion Paroo were identified early on. Music Man is one of the best (even though I can’t stand Buddy Hackett’s big number “Shipoopee”).
HBTY John!
Bluehen 136P
ReplyDeleteDon't be blue Hen. I've found the Blue Hen Disposal - Official Site if you get too many of them, or they go bad.
Dave 2
Mark S:
ReplyDeleteI thank you as well.
Hi Y'all! Snowing off and on all day but melted until darkness brought temps down. So with the wet, I again had no internet until the freeze. Betcha when I get a tech out here to climb the pole and roof connections, he won't be able to find a problem. I don't want them climbing when it is slippery.
ReplyDeleteLiked the puzzle and found all the FOOTwork without the circles. Moe, by coincidence when I was reading your post about the FIELD BOOTS, in the margin there was a local work boot outlet advertising "military-type FIELD BOOTS".
Lucina, know your ARFARF frustration. I am happy to report that since the renters next door moved out, I no longer have any barkers near enough to annoy. That is unless I call my daughter. Her two cairn terriers always have to raise the roof at least once when we're talking.
I've been on a liquid diet today with the room whirling if I move my head wrong. I hate this brand of flu! My car battery has been dead again and I'm almost out of food. My son brought up his battery charger yesterday, but I've been too sick to go out and hook it up again. I didn't want to run it all night in a garage attached to my house. I've heard of a couple fires from such projects. My trickle-down charger was okay until sub-freezing weather set in. Oh well, I'm just thankful I don't have to hitch up a horse to go places. And wade through snow to feed said horse. Hope the new snow melts tomorrow so I don't have to wade through snow to the FOOD MARKET to feed ME. Hope the whirly head is over tomorrow.
Mark S, and Anonymous T, thanks for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteCE Dave, what a lovely cake. Right up my alley.
Anon -T I have a strong protectionist streak in me when it comes to my Mom or other family members . I've been told I'm overly sensitive and therefore get offended at times when no offense intended. I get it now . I read your question LN about "are we doing right?" Our generation may be guilty of erring on the side of striving too hard to provide a better standard of living for our kids than we grew up with . Is it better? We hope so .
ReplyDeleteOh no! PK - you got it. Rest. Tea & Honey helped my cough (after I could get out of bed). Rest and don't worry about your car. BTW, you had the best theme meme... May I add to it? Gail & Bruce's 'Fancy FOOTwork w/ a FOxTrOT ta'BOOT.'
ReplyDeleteDang, I wish I thought of that earlier.
OAS - We hope so... Sometimes when I look at Pop and Gramps, I feel like we have 2 generations (including me) of creame-puffs. As far as protectionist - I know my mom is nuts but you can't say that :-)
Lucina & YR - Mark & I are just buttering you up... That's Phase 1.
Phase 2 - ?
Phase 3 - Profit!*
I think I missed a phase in my Red Beans... It wasn't as good as last time. MIL said she'll steal some leftovers tomorrow and help me out there [she made fun of me putting carrots in it last time -- I was thinking of the Trinity - carrots, celery, onion... And bell peppers & garlic for lagniappe. She'll tell me what I forgot.]
Time to rest. IM, the neighbors are good about their ARF ARF-ers so no need to TSK TSK 'em like you should do. I get a solid 5 hours b/f Youngest is ready for school.
That reminds me... I'm still in awe of Picard not partaking of the magic Coffee bean. I started at 14 whilst delivering winter papers (cheaper than coco) and both my Girls started swilling the caffeine at a young age (6? --of course w/ copious milk & sugar - they take it black now). How one could function without coffee (and still get the gumption to ride a unicycle?)... Thoughts above my pay-grade.
Cheers, -T
*If you've never seen the Underwear Gnomes.... //I'm trying too hard but GNU has the GN too :-)
AnonT:
ReplyDeleteNo, I've not seen the underwear gnomes before. Thank you for posting it. I think.
PK:
I hope you feel well by tomorrow. Is there no one who can do an errand for you?
RE: going coffeeless. I don't understand that either. It's what I look forward to in the morning along with my newspaper and CW puzzle.