Theme: "EU Trade" - E sound is replaced by a short U sound, changing spelling as needed.
23. Red misplays?: CINCINNATI BUNGLES. Cincinnati Bengals. Red refers to the Cincinnati Red.
37. Golf pro's instructive stroke?: TEACHER'S PUTT. Teacher's pet.
52. Loser who finds a silver lining?: GRATEFUL DUD. Grateful Dead.
70. Mysteriously-appearing debris?: RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE. Rebel Without a Cause.
95. Groans from a Russian egg producer?: FABERGE UGHS. Faberge eggs. Ah, "egg" should not be in the clue.
104. Big Apple mongrels?: NEW YORK MUTTS. New York Mets.
127. Confusion about who really won an international competition?: OLYMPIC GOLD MUDDLE.
Olympic gold medal.
All the key words experienced spelling changes. Very consistent.
As
I said before, this type of letter change theme requires skills and
imagination. I sure can't do it. Jim is a skilled wordsmith.
Across:
1. Dutch actress Verbeek of "Outlander": LOTTE. Unknown to me.
6. Chews (on): GNAWS.
11. "Point Break" plot, e.g.: CAPER.
16. One coming out: DEB. Not GAY.
19. Type of eye layer: UVEAL.
20. 348-seat Parisian body: SENAT.
21. __ drab: OLIVE. Is this olive drab?
22. Talkative fighter: ALI.
26. Three sheets to the wind: LIT.
27. Completely: IN TOTO.
28. Lab do-over: RE-TEST. We also have 67. Follow again: RE-TRACK.
29. Gophers and gardeners, say: ENEMIES. They sure are.
31. Word from the French for "clear the table": DESSERT. Dictionary says it's "derivative of desservir to clear the table". Dis-serve. Good to know.
33. It's usually the hit: SIDE A.
34. DDE's domain: ETO.
35. Cry during an argument between siblings: MOM.
43. Hard shoe: SABOT.
48. Inventory acronym: FIFO. First In, First Out.
50. Greek portico: STOA.
51. Slaughter of old baseball: ENOS.
55. Online marketplace: ETSY.
58. "__ Believer": '60s hit: I'M A.
59. Prius producer: TOYOTA.
60. Becoming an item, maybe: DATING.
63. Worrisome engine sound: SPUTTER.
65. __ Paulo: SAO.
66. Furious state: IRE.
68. Thieves' home?: DEN. Gimme for regulars.
69. Major Hindu deity: RAMA.
78. Mark not to play: REST.
79. Red or Black: SEA.
80. Red Baron's conflict, briefly: WWI.
81. Berlin article: EIN.
83. Like Earth: BIPOLAR.
86. Call for assistance: HELP ME.
89. Annoying type: NOODGE. Not a word I use. I'm a NOODGE to those who always answer my "Help Me" emails.
92. "__ du lieber!": ACH. Literally "Oh you dear", right, Spitzboov?
93. The littlest bit: A TAD.
97. Virginia __: REEL.
99. End notes: CODA.
102. Level-headed: SANE. What D-Otto is. Always so calm.
103. Takeoff times?: DIETS. Why "times?".
108. Easy mark: SAP.
110. Short brew?: IPA.
111. Indian wraps: SARIS.
113. Lowered in dignity: DEBASED.
119. Marshmallow-filled snack: MOON PIE. Never had it.
123. Medium condition?: TRANCE. Psychic "medium".
125. Looking up: ROSIER.
126. Many get snacks during them: ADS.
130. Med. lab letters: LDL.
131. "So long": SEE YA.
132. Small-truck company: TONKA.
133. Freshwater bulrushes: TULES. New word to me. We also have 76. Marsh plant: SEDGE.
134. Menu general: TSO. You won't find General Tso's chicken in China. Or Orange Chicken. Or Egg Foo Young. They were all created by early Chinese immigrants.
135. Pelé's first name: EDSON.
136. Snidely Whiplash look: SNEER.
137. Playoff rankings: SEEDS.
Down:
1. Clear: LUCID.
2. Sheepish?: OVINE.
3. Big tops, e.g.: TENTS.
4. Folded food: TACOS.
5. Upper crust: ELITE.
6. "Catch 21" airer, initially: GSN. Game Show Network.
7. Approaching: NEAR.
8. Starts a pot: ANTES.
9. Stay put until the storm ends: WAIT IT OUT. Sparkly fill.
10. "Venerable" Eng. monk: ST BEDE.
11. Something in your eye: CONTACT. Lens.
12. Mor. neighbor: ALG. OK, Morocco. Algeria.
13. Stack: PILE.
14. Score-tying shot: EVENER.
15. Starts over: RESETS.
16. "Lobster Telephone" artist: DALI.
17. Tahari of fashion: ELIE. Like his works?
18. Pieces' partners: BITS.
24. Regular at Sam's bar: NORM.
25. "__ directed": USE AS.
30. Gloomy Gus: MOPE.
32. Vegan staple: TOFU. When I was a kid, there was a marketplace closer to our home. We went there every day for fresh veggies and a block of Tofu.
36. Fungal plant coating: MILDEW.
38. Low-tech weed whacker: HOE.
39. Consumes without cooking: EATS RAW.
40. __ price: UNIT.
41. One in a researcher's stack: TOME.
42. Title derived from "Caesar": TSAR.
43. Some NCOs: SGTS.
44. Like a delirious crowd: AROAR.
45. Catfish habitat: BAYOU. I tried catfish once. Too fishy for me.
46. Nebraska native: OTO.
47. Saigon holiday: TET. Same day as Chinese Spring Festival.
49. OTC drug regulator: FDA.
53. Is unsuccessful in: FAILS AT.
54. Finished 50% (of): DID HALF.
56. Typographer's concern: SPACING.
57. Arizona county or its seat: YUMA.
61. Classical beginning: NEO. Neoclassical.
62. African antelope: GNU.
64. 19th Greek letter: TAU.
71. Frat guy: BRO.
72. Composer Bartók: BELA.
73. Language suffix: ISH.
74. Good place for driving: TEE. Tee pad.
75. Some junior high students: TWEENS.
77. Word before ball or after figure: EIGHT.
82. Untouchables leader: NESS.
83. Old MacDonald surely had one: BARN.
84. Big name in frozen treats: ICEE.
85. Sound of relief: PHEW.
87. Choosing to skip: PASSING ON.
88. Many a CEO's credential: MBA.
90. 20-volume ref.: OED.
91. Francine's "For sure": OUI.
94. __ Pérignon: DOM.
96. Part of CD-ROM: READ.
98. With 122-Down, Eagles classic: LYIN. 122. See 98-Down: EYES.
100. One involved in a sweeping gesture?: DUSTPAN. "One" made me think of a person.
101. Pong maker: ATARI.
105. Hinder: OPPOSE.
106. Complained: RAILED.
107. Expanses of land: TRACTS.
109. Salon offering: PERM.
112. Quick bread choice: SCONE. Have some sweet potato scones.
114. Ring features: BOUTS.
115. When required: AS DUE. Can you give me an example of how the clue matches the Answer?
116. Move like a crab: SIDLE.
I've learned to move like a penguin on icy roads. We had a few more inches of snow yesterday. Will continue today. I
told Brad (a solver based in Nebraska) that I looked forward to
seeing patches of green on our lawn. He said "Mid-June!".
117. Fished with pots: EELED.
118. Scold, with "down": DRESS.
119. Parlor purchase: MALT.
120. What gamblers weigh: ODDS.
121. Scandinavian capital: OSLO.
124. Sommer of cinema: ELKE.
128. Prefix with cardial: MYO. Meaning "muscle".
129. Patriotic org.: DAR.
No more spots for the Cru Dinner. You can ask Mike to put you on the wait list, in case someone cancels at the last minute.
Below is a picture of the proud grandpa Mike and his cute grandson Luca, who is a little over 3-month old. Mike took these fantastic pictures of Marti and Rich a few years ago.
If
you attend the Cru Dinner, say "Hi" to Mike and take a picture to share
with us. Our Jeffrey Wechsler will be the tournament judge again,
though I'm not sure he'll swing by the Cru Dinner this year.
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| Mike and Luca |
Good morning Cornies.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jim Holland for this challenging Sunday CW. I was able to FIR after much study, and luck.
Thank you C.C. for your enticing review. The pictures of food are so amazing that I want my breakfast NOW.
CanadianEh! FLN at 7:24 PM
Thanks for the "Let It Go" link. The song, and video were beautiful.
I'm posting as I solve. I just got 23A. Groan ! Groan again at 37A, 52A, 72A, 95A, 104A, and 127A. The theme helped me to parse these long fills. They were so punny.
I can hardly wait to have 12D explained. Thanks C.C.. Morocco, and Algeria.
How fitting to have 15D today. Time to Spring forward.
In Rehab we had a man who called out 85A, "Help me, help me, help me" all the time. If an aide did help him, he would be back at the call again in no time.
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Dave, thank you for continuing to participate here and share your journey.
ReplyDeleteAlso interesting to see NOODGE as I am currently teaching a class in Yiddish at our synagogue. Noodge, also Nudzh: To pester, nag, whine; as a noun, a pest or whiner (from Yiddish נודיען nudyen, from Polish or Russian).
C.C. TIMES makes sense for diets because theoretically you diet for a while, reach your goal, and resume a regular menu.
I too did not know LOTTE VERBEK or TULES which has its first appearance in an LAT today. This should be a gimme for our California contingent.
We have our customary glue, EVENER and the A word of the day AROAR.
AS DUE is put on invoices that are payable upon the occurrence of certain events.
Jim Holland is a bit of a Sunday specialist with 6 of his 8 LATs Sundays (and a Sunday NYT) I go to blog his two Fridays back in 2013.
Finally, I leave you with a musical INTERLUDE
FIWrong. eN TOTO > IN TOTO + LICeD > LUCID, and StUTTER > SPUTTER + StACING > SPACING. Two words wrong, and two perps not checked. Considering how much I struggled with this one, not too awfully bad. This is the first time I've ever seen the Mensa site not have the puzzle, tho. First time I've ever worked the revised LATimes website. Not as bad as I was expecting from the complaints I've read here, but I still prefer Cruciverb/AcrossLite, and Mensa second. I didn't realize the LAT site had the skip option until I went to find the red-letters, which would have made it a better experience.
ReplyDeleteWhen his car began to SPUTTER,
Then Dave began to stutter!
When he called to yelp,
Road service came to HELP,
But first he had an hour's wait to mutter!
They say that I'm BI-POLAR, I guess it's true
I'm like a compass, always wavering's what I do.
I'm really such a NOODGE
Wandering thru the BAYOUS,
Looking for polar bears, and polar penguins, too!
All I find in BAYOUS are the SEDGES.
TULE rushes formed into wild hedges.
The swamp is filled with bulrush,
And whole lots of pussy-willow stuff
That TRUMP is grabbing all around the edges!
{B+, C+, A-.}
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteGot 'er done, but found it to be a slog. Got the theme, and learned that it's not spelled CINCINATTI, but needed C.C. to explain CINCINNATI BUNGLES. Thanx, Jim and C.C.
RESETS: My "atomic" wristwatch failed to leap forward this morning. It's still an hour behind. It's past 7:30 and still mostly dark outside. I don't like that. I'd vote for standard time all year round.
TULES: Some folks say boonies, we always said we lived out in the TULES (pronounced two-lees).
Hi Y'all! Quite an interesting challenge from Jim, thanks. Thank you, C.C., for shining light on the dark spots. Always enjoy your input.
ReplyDeleteRead the title before I started on Mensa so found the theme early. Last to fill was BUNGLES altho I had CINCINNATI early. I forgot about the Bengals. Just before finishing that, I finally got OLYMPIC GOLD MUDDLES. I'd had GOLD a long while.
DNK: TULES, LOTTE, CAPER, UVEAL, FIFO, NOODGE, EDSON, ELIE.
Couldn't dredge up ST.BEDE today. Duh!
I watch "Catch 21" on GSN with lunch often.
MOR. Morman? Nope. ALG. perped in but had to let C.C. 'splain why.
"Score-tying shot" was not a "buzzer beater", but an EVENER. Sure it is, but did you ever hear an announcer use that term?
Haven't seen MILDEW in years, since I learned to spread out a wet shower curtain & hang wet towels to dry. Didn't expect MILDEW in a puzzle.
I'm an Eagles fan but needed a few perps to see those "LYIN' EYES". Good song.
Funny pun day! I really laughed at RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE! And I enjoyed all the puns.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't too hard to see the EU trade which is surprising since I often don't see the theme.
Unknowns: LOTTE Verbeek, NOODGE, ALG (Mor.) and TULES though I'm familiar with the saying, "out in the TULES" though didn't know the exact meaning. I also need to get acquainted with Yiddish. Thank you, Lemon.
Unlike most Sunday grids this one filled quite easily as most of the answers were known or could be easily sussed.
Last week I made blue berry SCONES and I've seen EDSON Pele before.
C.C., thank you and yes, I consider that DRESS OLIVE drab. If eggs had not been in the clue I don't know how we would have known it was FABERGE. I saw some in St. Petersburg at the museum which were truly fabulous; all were jewel encrusted.
Have a serene Sunday, everyone!
FIW, missing NOOrG x SErGE.
ReplyDeleteIf I ran the language, SARI would be plural for SARum.
Add an RC Cola soft drink to that MOON PIE and you have gourmet dining in the south.
I wear one CONTACT. My left eye has extreme astigmatism which can't be corrected by glasses, but can be with a rigid gas permeable lens. Bad radial radial kerototamy surgery in the '80s.
Cornerites just had an interesting discussion of Caesar ---> TSAR, so I DID know that.
DNK that quick bread is "any bread leavened with leavening agents other than yeast or eggs".
Thanks to Jim Holland for the fine puzzle. I liked the puns, and learning the origin of DESSERT. And thanks to CC for another fine review.
Musings
ReplyDelete-Learning and cleverness abounded for this Nebraska native
-I thought I was so smart when I saw …GLES and I thought the Red was ENGLES and I had never heard of ST BEDE but laughed out loud when the Red in question was a baseball team!
-“Way out in the TULES” was familiar to me but I always thought it had to do with THULE, Greenland being so remote
-A struggling musician named Neil Diamond wrote I’m A Believer for the Monkees. I wonder if he ever had a career.
-BIPOLAR cluing was great
-Sure, I was the only one who saw A T _ _ for smallest bit and put ATOM. As if…
-USE AS directed? Oh, I can’t use my screwdriver as a chisel?
-Clock change got me started late and so I have to run. DST has to rank down there as one of the most stupid things ever implemented by the gov’t. Pros and Cons
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteC.C. Re: "ACH du lieber" The literal translation is correct but it is idiom. There is a noun missing. Usually it is in the sense of: It's short for " Ach, Du lieber Gott", which translates as the English expression "Dear God!". I did not hear it much from my parents as the home patois was mostly Low German.
No significant problems with the solve. Never heard of LOTTE either. Cut theme substitution.
OTO - First thought of Husker for native Nebraskan. 😀
WWI - I've seen a bit of the Red Baron's plane covering at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto. I believe he was shot down by a Canadian.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteI'd rate this easy, peasy for a Sunday as I had minimal unknowns, I.e., Tules, Elie, Lotte, and GSN and even fewer w/os, Atom/A Tad (Hi HG) and Retrace/Retrack. Wasn't keen on evener and was surprised that Scone is a bread. I always thought of a scone being more like a muffin or a pastry. My favorite C/A was Big Apple mongrels=New York Mutts.
Thanks, Jim, for a pleasant solve and thanks, CC, for the entertaining expo. I always enjoy your cultural-related comments.
I hope Ferm is able to join us soon.
Have a great day.
Woohoo! Woohoo! I got this complete, wonderful Sunday puzzle with only two letters that I didn't know. Have never had MOON PIE and didn't know the Med. lab letters, but got every single other word without any look-ups whatsoever. My best Sunday puzzle ever--thank you, thank you, Jim, for this great treat! I still can't believe that this worked, and I loved the theme. Got the U early and that helped with the themes, and like Lucina, found RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE to be my favorite. Didn't know LOTTE and TULES but perps filled them in. Loved getting GOLD MUDDLE which gave me OLYMPIC even before I had any letters to work with. Total treat and delight--I am going to save this puzzle as a reminder that if I just patiently work my through a puzzle, and take chances on words I'm not totally sure about but that look likely, I can do this. And C.C. always love your great Sunday commentaries.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day, everybody! Mine has sure gotten off to a great start!
Good morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteThank you to Jim Holland and C.C.
I am so glad for the learning moments this morning. I had heard of living in the “toolies” but didn’t know tule. Also, every time we had Pelé I would wonder about his first name but was always distracted after the solve to go look it up.
Re: The Red Baron being shot down by a Canadian. My first thought was “Snoopy was Canadian?l. My much younger brother was gifted an LP by The Royal Guardsmen. Since that was one of his first albums and his favorite, the rest of the family heard of Snoopy and the Red Baron several times per day.
My favorite C/A was Faberge Ughs, probably because I had to work harder for that one than the rest.
Have a great Sunday!
Dave, forgot to say how wonderful it is to have you back on the blog.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon, folks. Thank you, Jim Holland, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for a fine review.
ReplyDeleteLiked this puzzle. Took about 2 1/2 hours. Not bad for me.
Caught the theme with RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE.
Knew SABOT. Used to be a common crossword word.
Liked DID HALF. Clever.
NOODGE was a new word for me.
Tried FARM before BARN became obvious.
SIDLE was easy.
Well, have to go out back and pump out my back yard for a while. This snow melting is causing water. I did it every year.
See you tomorrow.
Abejo
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Hi. Enjoyed the puzzle theme, as puns are one of my favorite things. I guess there aren't many Outlander fans on the blog, or Lotte Verbeek would have been familiar as the evil Geillis Duncan, who came to a disastrous end.
ReplyDeleteThe Marine Corps Winter Service uniform was described as OLIVE DRAB.
ReplyDeleteENOS was accused of trying to injure Jackie R. when Jackie played 1B in 1947. Robinson was inexperienced at 1B so it could have been unintentional. ENOS scored from 1B in game 7 against our beloved Sox in 46
Speaking of The Eagles: I claim "Hotel California" is all about shooting up heroin. I heard a contrary opinion yesterday (eg going back in time).
Knowing that the Beatles tried to deny "Lucy. " was about LSD I don't credit either apologiea.
HG, if you're a Golfer DST is terrific. DST plus Western Michigan by the lake means ten pm finishes, 36 holes after 4 pm.
But..... Do you know Pele's last name. I know it but I'm unsure of the spelling. I will LIU
I knew the middle name
Well, Mac HAD to have a FARM but I still tried it and ATOM. Curveballs.
I started in a room where a guy sat down. We had a conversation and I'd sneak in a few boxes. I can't help myself
WC
Surprisingly, there's a lot of denial about"Hotel" and "Lucy". But at least the consensus agrees with me that Melanie's "Brand New Key" being about juvenile sex.
ReplyDeleteWC
Sunday Lurk say...
ReplyDeleteHi all!
{A+*, C+, A++ & LOL}
PK - for you, an Eagles two-fer [15:58 but it goes left at 11:28 - so stop there]
D4 - It's like you never left. Welcome back and let's both send Fermat [you may have missed it, she broke her hip] our love.
WC - I'm familiar with the Army's OLIVE DRABs too. Good call.
Alright, someone's gotta link it - R C Cola and a MOON PIE. It's one of the 1st things one learns when moving from IL to Shreveport who's best friend has a cap that says "Keep the South beautiful; Put a Yankee on a bus."
DW's in D.C. So,,, I volunteered and spent an inordinate amount of time developing a puzzle for work's new newsletter (they asked!). With the fine help of four very generous Cornerites (Thanks yous!) it's pretty good (if you're an IT nerd). Anyway, regardless of DST, my body-clock doesn't know night from day right now.
//Oh, and DW said she still hasn't found a new project (i.e. my replacement**), so that's good.
Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon!
Cheers, -T
*been there/done that #Alfa
**I mean, I mean,... I quit drinking (almost), smoking (ibid), and started exercising 3x/week. What else is there to fix? She needs a new "project" before I'm doing yoga or some such :-)
C.C. and Lucina: Could 95A have been clued as "Groans from a Russian jeweler"? Wouldn't have been as funny, but . . .
ReplyDeleteSuper Sunday. Thanks for the fun, Jim and C.C.
ReplyDeleteI was one square shore of a finish today, but I enjoyed this CW, and smiled as all the EU trades appeared. RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE was my favourite too. (More than A TAD of U's in that sentence!)
My Natick was the cross of BOUTS and TULES. I was thinking of circular rings, not the rings in which ALI fought, and the T required a red-letter run. Tada. (I guess TULES was my Canadian disadvantage today; I had never heard of it, but then I am a long way from California!)
I wanted that marshmallow snack to be a S'More, and surely at least one of those marsh plants should have been a Reed.
I had never heard of NOODGE. Thanks Lemonade.
I did not recognize the abbreviation Mor. Thankfully ALG filled with perps.
My colouring does not suit OLIVE drab. Give me Red.
Perps also decided between LDL and HDL (low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein). (You can think of lethal for LDL to help you remember which is the "bad" vs. the "good" cholesterol.)
I LOLed at "Cry during an argument between siblings: MOM." You know the inflection that will be used on the word.
Yes HuskerG, I filled in Atom before A TAD.
Spitzboov - I had not heard about that Canadian connection to the Red Baron. I LIUed and there has been some controversy. RedBaron
C.C. - for 115D, you pay your bills as required or AS DUE. Oops, Lemonade beat me to it.
I agree with you that One usually refers to a person not an inanimate DUST PAN.
D4- Glad you enjoyed the Let It Go song and video. It is a favourite of my granddaughters from the Disney movie Frozen. Some parents are sick of hearing it LOL.
Fermatprime - hoping your recovering is coming along more quickly. We're all AROAR for you.
Wishing everyone a great day.
Sandyanon@3:30 - yes, your clue might have worked better.
ReplyDeleteLook what I found when I went looking for FABERGE eggs. Fascinating story.
NotAnUgh
AnonT & Jinx- This Canadian will be getting an education in gourmet dining today re RC Cola and MOON PIEs. Don't you love the diversity of the Corner!
ReplyDeleteHappy to see my hometown at 57 across. Yuma, Mesa, and Tempe are frequent crossword answers.
ReplyDeleteThank heaven AZ doesn’t do DLS, we don’t need longer daylight hours when it is 110 degrees.
Canadian Eh! - I'm aware of the controversy, but somehow some Canadian glommed on to the canvas plane part and it resides in Toronto. I was hosted there by a Hydro operative who was the Colonel commanding your Lincoln and Welland Regiment, so he seemed to be knowledgeable. (We had lunch there - - late 1970's)
ReplyDeleteThe clue for Cincinnati was "Misplayed Reds." It's the baseball team in Cincinnati that's called the "Reds." The football team, the Bengals, have uniforms that are orange and black. They have never been referred to as the Reds.
ReplyDeleteThe"U" in the answer refers to the original clue. The result, with the U changed to E is a commonly used phrase.
ReplyDeleteYes, Red's and Bengals happen to both be Sports teams. Both have been "bungling" lately.
WC
PS. I wasn't going for controversy re. my lyrics post . I was interested in what was obvious to me vs other folk .
Hi everybody. That was a fun theme. Barbara sat down and shared the solving with me for a few minutes. She thought the theme was clever too.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the time change much at all. My preference would be having DST all year. Second choice would be having Standard Time all year. Just no changing. That's my winge for the day. I'll pipe down now.
I liked this puzzle and enjoyed the E to U substitutions. Plenty of fun! I especially liked the clue for ENEMIES. Nice to learn about the root meaning of dessert.
ReplyDeleteI really really dislike changing the damn clocks twice a year and resetting my body clock.
There is something called tule fog that occurs from time to time along interstate 5 in California. It is very thick and reduces visibility to virtually 10 feet or less. We have driven through it; well actually we have stopped in it because all traffic basically slows to a crawl through it. Of course there's always some idiot who decides to skootch over to the left lane and drive real fast, in spite of not being able to see more than 10 feet.
By the way, when I was stationed in Great Falls, Montana, where it gets very cold in winter, one of my colleagues had been stationed in Thule, Greenland; he used to say that Great Falls was downright warm in comparison. We all often wore parkas in -40 degree temperatures. The parkas, Air Force issue, were olive drab colored.
For some reason SIDLE made me think of Lucina, even though her trademark word is sashay.
Tony, I hope you can successfully continue to stop smoking. Congratulations on your progress so far.
LW and I finished up our taxes and e-filed on Friday. Sheesh, what a pain!
Good wishes to you all.
Bill G, I would vote for DST all year, because I am retired, have no commute, and prefer more daylight in the evening than in the morning.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we should compromise and have DST for half the year and standard time the other half?
ReplyDeleteJayce and everybody, suppose a state voted to stay on DST year round and not change the clocks. How disruptive would that be? Would TV programs start at different times? Would interstate commerce and communications be disrupted? My grandmother lived in a tiny town in Virginia. They didn't change their clocks in the summer. Their limited TV reception was via antennas from Washington D.C., about fifty miles east. In the summer, all of the programs would be off schedule by an hour. I'm not sure if things are more complicated now or if our ability to solve those problems would make them moot.
ReplyDeleteJayce:
ReplyDeleteThank you for thinking of me even though it wasn't sashay! It's always nice to be thought of and I do like SIDLE. Perhaps I'll use in after solving some future puzzle. Saturday puzzles especially require that movement.
Sandyanon:
Your clue would have required more thought but maybe that's a good thing.
Canadian Eh!:
That's a fascinating article! Thank you for posting it.
My family left just a while ago. They stayed longer than usual because the children started spring break and they can stay up tonight. My daughter showed me her hew Nissan Rogue. What a beautiful car! It's her first ever new car; usually she has had one with many miles on it. I'm happy for her.
Bill G, have you heard about the Sunshine Protection Act? Proposed Congressional legislation would make DST the permanent norm nationwide. There's an article about it in the March 8 Washington Post online. It's meant to respond to the many state initiatives that would create the confusion you describe. Sounds like a fine idea to me.
ReplyDeleteSandyAnon - I thought it was just Florida... [NPR]. There was another story that discussed DST and proximity to the equator [the closer you are, the less likely you want changes but folks in northern climes are elated].
ReplyDeleteIt would still take an act of Congress to approve Florida's Bill.
I, for one, like changing time. It's just that little god-like feeling when messin' with the Universe :-)
Cheers, -T
This likely won't get read, but FWIW, I wish the bozos that run things would make up their minds about what time it's going to be, and when.
ReplyDeleteWe have a number of items that are programmed to change at the OLD dates, so I don't dare change the times until the OLD time, because if I change them to the NEW time, before it's the OLD time, they will need changing AGAIN in another month.
Bizarre is the polite word for this. (It started out that noon was when the sun was at the zenith. Then the railroads noted that noon at, say, Denver, was umpteen minutes before it was noon at Durango, which finally led to the 24 world time zones, with an imposed noon within each zone. But the tinkerers will not rest, as we all suffer.....)
Anonymous T, you can check it out about DST. I believe there is/was a Florida bill, but Marco Rubio is sponsoring the Senate version of a nationwide bill. There's a House version too.
ReplyDeleteSandyAnon - A quick Google shows you're right. [WaPost]. Thanks for setting me straight. -T
ReplyDeleteinteresting article, AnonT and Sandyanon. I hope national DST doesn't pose a problem for those states that opted out of it. We don't need more sunshine!
ReplyDeleteLucina, I'm guessing you're making a joke but...
ReplyDeleteDST won't add more sunshine but it will take a sunny morning and move it to the evening. The only problems that I can see are with people who would have a problem with sunrise an hour later like maybe farmers or people (kids?) who have to catch an early bus or ...
You solve one problem in one place and it's likely to cause another problem somewhere else.