Theme: The Bone Head connected to the Tail Bone. The end of each theme entry can follow the word BONE to yield an in-the-language phrase.
17. *Carrier with a Beijing Capital hub: AIR CHINA. The Chinese national airline. BONE CHINA is a ceramic made with BONE ash in its composition.
25. *One barely awake: SLEEPYHEAD. A sleepy or distracted person. A BONE HEAD is a stupid person, or somebody who does a dumb or erratic thing.
36. *Keurig Dr Pepper brand since 2008: CANADA DRY. This is a brand name for a less sweet Ginger Ale. Over time, it expanded to include other soft drinks. Ironically, this company now also owns Vernors. BONE DRY is a descriptor for something that is extremely DRY.
51. *Nutritious intake: SQUARE MEAL. A repast that is large and satisfying. BONE MEAL is phosphorus-rich mixture of ground up animal bones used as a plant fertilizer and dietary supplement for animals
The unifier -- 61. Coccyx, familiarly, or what the ends of the answers to starred clues can do?: TAIL BONE. The TAIL bone is the final segment of the vertebral column in all apes, and certain other animals. It is the remnant of a vestigial tai. Here, the word BONE is at the end of, or TAILING the fill.
Hi Gang - JazzBumpa, your resident 'BONE player, here to lead you through today's BONE yard. Let's see if we can find something to chew on.
Across:
1. Flying fox, e.g.: BAT. A large fruit eating bat, indigenous to south-east Asia, east Africa, Australia and some near-by island groups.
4. Has the flu, say: AILS. Suffers from an illness
8. Seed on a bagel: SESAME.
14. All Hallows' __: EVE. The night before.
15. Halt: STOP. Go no farther.
16. More silly: INANER. It's non common English to paste an -er suffix on polysyllabics. Should be more INANE, though that doesn't fit the space, and there might be an irony in there.
4. Has the flu, say: AILS. Suffers from an illness
8. Seed on a bagel: SESAME.
14. All Hallows' __: EVE. The night before.
15. Halt: STOP. Go no farther.
16. More silly: INANER. It's non common English to paste an -er suffix on polysyllabics. Should be more INANE, though that doesn't fit the space, and there might be an irony in there.
19. Unemotionally, after "in": STRIDE. Without feeling to ignoring the effects of some action or even.
20. Reid of "The Big Lebowski": TARA. Millionaire Jeffrey [the BIG] Lebowski's trophy wife. There is confusion with Jeff [the DUDE] Lebowski, causing the ruination of the rug that tied the whole room together, and much hilarity ensues.
21. Feudal peasant: SERF. One in indentured servitude in medieval Europe.
23. "The Travels of Marco Polo" setting: ASIA. He was born into a family of wealthy merchants, and traveled extensively throughout Asia.
24. "Without delay!": STAT. From the Latin word statin, meaning immediately
28. "Excusez-__!": MOI. French for me. This phrase is often used in a satirical way.
29. Nondairy milk ingredient: SOY. Derived from soy beans.
30. Whopper: LIE. A big one. Can you handle it?
31. Automne preceder: ETE. French seasons not involving tarragon.
32. Banks nicknamed "Mr. Cub": ERNIE. He played short stop and first base for them from 1955 to 1971, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1977. HE was an 11 time all star and 2 time MVP.
34. Toxic but fragrant shrub: OLEANDER. It contains several toxic compounds, but is so bitter that poisoning is rare.
39. Crude conduit: PIPELINE. Also used for gasoline and natural gas. It's been a rough few months for PIPELINE stocks.
42. Training line: LEASH. A strap or cord restraining or guiding an animal.
46. Sean Lennon's mom: ONO. Yoko.
47. Jodie Foster, in college: ELI. A Yale student.
48. __ pride: GAY. Confidence, self-respect, and solidarity as expressed by gay people, associated with openness about one’s own sexual identity, and the celebration of gay culture and history.
50. Teensy: WEE. Very small.
54. Prefix with tasse: DEMI. Half sized.
55. Adjust for pitch: TUNE. Listen to the oboe.
56. Rank above viscount: EARL. Nobility.
57. "Like that'll happen": AS IF. Skepticism.
58. Black __: scary spiders: WIDOWS. Black widow spiders are arachnids that are known for the females' unique appearance and tendency to eat their mates. They are considered the most venomous spiders in North America; however, their bite is rarely fatal to humans.
63. Ain't using proper language?: ARE NOT. Grammatically correct.
64. Tommie of the Miracle Mets: AGEE. Tommie Lee Agee (August 9, 1942 – January 22, 2001) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder from 1962 through 1973. The two-time Gold Glove Award winner was named the AL Rookie of the Year in 1966 as a member of the Chicago White Sox.
65. Deface: MAR. Cause surface damage.
66. Biblical escape obstacle: RED SEA. From Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula.
67. Crammer's concern: TEST. Studying hard at the last minute. Good luck.
68. Triage ctrs.: ERS. Emergency Rooms.
Down:
1. "I haven't the foggiest": BEATS ME. I do not know
2. Sunglasses style: AVIATOR. "The perfect solution to protect a pilot's eyes against the elements."
3. Part of ATV: TERRAIN. Between "All" and "Vehicle."
4. __-blond: grayish shade: ASH. Read about it here.
5. Formal affirmation: IT IS SO. If not, make it so.
6. Needing company: LONELY. Sad because one has no friends or company.
7. Bowler's pickup: SPARE. After leaving some pins standing with the first ball, knocking them all down with the 2nd.
8. One in the fam: SIS. Female sibling.
9. Strep-treating doc: ENT. Ear, Nose and Throat specialist; not a talking tree.
10. Emmy-winner actress Paulson: SARAH. Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the artists category.
11. Ouzo flavoring: ANISEED. A flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia. The flavor and aroma of its seeds have similarities with some other spices, such as star anise, fennel, and liquorice.
12. Help to settle: MEDIATE. Intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.
13. Modern library?: E-READER. A handheld device on which electronic versions of books, newspapers, magazines, etc., can be read.
18. Litter box user: CAT. Feline house pet.
22. Dude: FELLA. Just some guy, y' know.
26. Like a noted piper: PIED. Dressed in multi-colored clothing.
27. How some taxes are paid: YEARLY. One time, every year.
29. Undercoat: SEALER. A paint layer applied after the primer and before the topcoat.
33. Crushed __: ICE.
34. Dedicated poem: ODE.
35. Science guy Bill: NYE. William Sanford Nye (born November 27, 1955),[3] popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American mechanical engineer, science communicator, and television presenter.
37. Khartoum's river: NILE. The longest river in Africa.
38. Japanese art genre: ANIME. Japanese animated art work.
39. Like boomers' birthdays: POST WAR. The war ended in September, 1945. Mine is in 1946
40. Ask: INQUIRE.
41. Throbbed, like one's heart: POUNDED. With excitement or fear.
43. Really cool: AWESOME. Inspiring great admiration or fear.
44. Advanced college course: SEMINAR. A class at a college or university in which a topic is discussed by a teacher and a small group of students.
45. Some young bovines: HEIFERS. Young female cows that have not borne calves.
48. Usually unheated home part: GARAGE. A building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles.
49. They're on your side: ALLIES. Persons or groups that provide assistance and support in an ongoing effort, activity, or struggle.
52. Long stretches: AEONS. Immeasurably or indefinitely long periods of time
53. Really bother: EAT AT.
54. Tiny bit: DAB. A small amount.
59. Misfortune: WOE. A condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
60. Greyhound destination: Abbr.: STA. Station - a regular stopping place in a transportation route.
62. Give permission to: LET. Allow.
That wraps it up. A nice adventure, with no bone head plays.
Cool Regards!
JzB
Where OLEANDER once did grow
ReplyDeleteNow are milkweeds, row on row.
Where monarchs rule,
Milkweed's their fuel.
Butterflies flourish, IT IS SO!
It was ERNIE's time to leave this Earth,
He prayed that in Heaven, he could surf.
His angel heard
His dying word --
His next life he was a feudal SERF!
{B, B+.}
De arm BONE connected to de HEAD bone,
ReplyDeleteDe head bone connected to de lip bone!
De arm bone he goes in and out,
De lip bone makes a sorta pout,
And dey all connected to JazzBumpa's trom🎺bone!
{A-.}
Good morning!
ReplyDeleteWow, that went fast. The theme was just a whoosh over d-o's head. It was another Wite-Out-free day. Yay. Thanx, Craig (I'll forgive INANER) and JzB (definitely not a bonehead.)
TARA: The Big Lebowski is a very intellectual, uplifting adventure. It's where I first encountered the word "micturate." The dude abides.
PIPELINE: There's a natural gas pipeline about a quarter-mile south of our house. The plus side -- we've never had a natural gas outage during severe weather.
E-READER: I'm on my third one, a Kindle Paperwhite. Haven't bought a dead-tree book in a long time.
POST WAR: Just two weeks in my case -- technically too old to be a boomer.
FIR with no erasure. Guess it wasn't as hard as I thought. DNK "The Travels of Marco Polo" but guessed its setting wasn't the pool, a viscount's subordinate, SARAH or Khartoum.
ReplyDeleteI knew coccyx because in my ute Johnny Carson fell on and injured his. Hilarity ensued in subsequent monologs.
I knew ANISE, but ANISEED is new to me.
STA always seems forced to me. I would abbreviate it STn. Might be regional. In any case, my greyhound's destination is usually the middle of my bed.
We got SEMINAR again today, clued better IMO.
I think I mentioned before that my barber is next door to a mediation office. Their sign declares "Virginia is for Lovers. Mediation is for ex-lovers."
Thanks to Craig for the fun exercise. My favorite was "Jody Foster, in college" for ELI. And thanks to JzB for the fun and informative review.
What was the unifier? BEATS ME. I found out at TAIL BONE. A fast Wed. puzzle with just a couple of unknowns filled by peprs- TARA & SARAH.
ReplyDeleteTERRAIN- an SUV by GMC.
AVIATOR sunglasses- I prefer frameless wraparound to keep wind out of my eyes.
JazzB- I'd never heard of 'influential' Sarah Paulson but when it comes to Time Magazine it's the magazine that is not influential. No sales or online readers. Companies are now PAYING influencers who have followings in various forms of 'social media'.
D-otto- in S. LA we don't have a gas shortage and I'm glad. During Hurricane Ida electricity was out for 9.5 days at my house but the generator kept us in power. If's still out in many places.
I finished this puzzle in a little under 7 minutes, missing the theme in the process. Inaner seemed wrong; heffer did too, which, of course, was wrong. That helped demi make a little more sense than demf. Otherwise, no bones to pick with this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteWhy do we have so many words in English? I agree the use of MICTURATE was amusing in the movie, do we really need to add to "drain the snake, make, make water, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee etc?"
ReplyDeleteOLEANDER was code name for Katrina Rostova's father on Blacklist .
Enjoy your sukkah
Another FIR in my recent string. Woohoo! A few WOs as usual: Ache/AILS, SPlit/SPARE, and geT AT/EAT AT. Since I had written the second g in GARAGE carelessly, I thought it was an s. Filling in AsEE puzzled me a while until I figured out my problem. It's happened before. But slowing down a WEE bit just made this delightful puzzle last longer. Thanks, Craig. Nice theme too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jazz B, for directing us to the right answers today and providing some learning moments. With a birthday just a few months after Pearl Harbor, I am definitely too old to be a BOOMER. Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.
Hi Y'all! Yay! Another fun & doable puzzle from Craig. Thanks, Craig & Rich. Thanks, JzB, for BONing up on the subjects & enlightening us.
ReplyDeleteLike D-O, I never saw or looked for a theme. Duh! 47 degrees with 70* in the house -- cold makes me a BONE HEAD, methinks. I dug out my little cap because my ears were cold.
DNK: TARA, SARAH, ERNIE, AGEE as clued but these & several other words perped in before I saw the clues.
A pleasant Wednesday puzzle. I had to pause a bit at the CANADA DRY clue because I couldn't figure out how a soda brand from my youth related to a hip and trendy coffee-brewing pod. JzB, it really did tie the room together. Check your toes, don't criticize cab drivers' musical tastes, and don't "mess" with the Jesus.
ReplyDeleteLemony @8:05 AM You should submit your micturation litany to THESAURUS.PLUS!
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteNo wite-out, no strikethroughs; just a straight solve - west to east.
A cow that has had one calf (usually at age 2) is called a 'first-calf HEIFER'
BONE seems to be a cognate of German 'Bein' "leg", L. German and Dutch "Been". [long 'a' sound'.] German for BONE is Knochen.
The Blue NILE and the White NILE meet at Khartoum to become the NILE.
This all went smoothly - though I hesitated waiting for the perps on ANISEED as that is the less popular spelling than ANISE SEED which I knew there weren't enough letters for!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Keurig had merged with Dr. Pepper or CANADA DRY but it was perpable as well - so many food and drink manufacturers have been put together into megaconglomerates!
Thanks JzB for the write-up - though I missed a musical link- but looking over the answers, there aren't many that would lend themselves to that. And thanks Craig for a creative puzzle!
Musings
ReplyDelete-Subbing today and have to do less than nothing with these great kids.
-A BONE theme and a fun blog by a trombone player? It’s karma, baby!
-BONE HEAD – All some recent NFL backs had to do was not fumble and their team wins but…
-INANER joins INCOG from yesterday in the ranks of “of any port in a storm”. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
-ERNIE Banks leads this list for me
-We get some strange looks when we put our kitty (all right, she’s a CAT) on a LEASH.
-A litter box is a real boon during a blizzard
- How big do you have to be to handle a 1,000 lb HEIFER?
in the show ring of a fair is amazing
-I once had to MEDIATE between two very bitter families in planning a funeral
Thank You Mr. Craig Stowe for a nice and easy Wednesday puzzle, and JazB for an interesting review. Our 'Bone player ....
ReplyDeleteLemonade, micturate ( for urination - ) would be a euphemism a doc would use to save the patient from potential embarassment. I just learnt the word, and it doesnt seem to be very helpful in common parlance. Thanks for the explaination.
Happy Sukkot or Sukkoth, for those who celebrate ... like the salesman for our new(ish) car. There is an Israeli movie, I saw long ago, Ushpizin, or Sukkot Guests where I also learnt the important of the Etrog, a generally inedible citron - lemon that is very important, as a symbol, for this festival.
BTW, in India, where any food is rarely wasted, the citron is cut up and used, salted with chilli powder to make a bitter pickle. or for a bitter marmalade.
BTW, 'sukka' in many indian languages means 'bone dry' or arid, todays theme.
I confused Coccyx with Cochlea. the spiral cavity of the inner ear, so was looking for Ear bone, before Tail bone .... wrong end ... I guess I was 'primed' ( thanks, Picard ! ) by the ENT clue earlier.
Keep well you all, and have a nice day, all.
Got the fun BONE theme right away with the reveal. My hikes are often on steep, slippery areas and I warn people to fall on their butts rather than fall forward. I tell people that I have broken my TAIL BONE and I have injured my wrists. TAIL BONEs heal much better!
ReplyDeleteVidwan I am honored that my lesson about psychological priming stuck with you! Yes, a perfect example!
Jazzbumpa Thank you for the learning moment about the meaning of PIED. I never knew. Now I know that I am a PIED PIPER, too!
Here is the first of four clips in a playlist of me being a PIED PIPER with my music teacher Nancy while hiking in the mountains.
The video was taken by our friend Pali who is in his homeland of Hungary right now. I posted these videos recently as a memorial to Nancy who died hiking in Peru at the end of June. A terrible loss that is very hard for me.
From Monday:
Can someone please explain how/why my post got deleted and later restored?
AnonT Amusing comment about ICE SKATING in San Francisco! Yes, I remember going to July 4 fireworks with friends at Candlestick Park and needing my East Coast winter jacket!
Hola!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Craig Stowe and JazzBumpa! I enjoyed this solve though it filled so fast, no bones about it!
I knew Jodie Foster attended Yale and is an ELI but the biggest surprise was to learn that she is GAY.
I love anything that tastes of ANISE, especially licorice.
The EARL of Grantham and his family kept us entertained for six years and counting since I have a set of the Downton Abbey DVDs.
OLEANDER shrubs abound in the desert. As children we tried to suck the juice and were bitterly surprised.
My niece's husband and her son are both AVIATORs. Her husband now teaches aviation and her son is a pilot for a private company.
SEMINARs provide a nice chunk of credits, sometimes six and that really helps accumulate enough for a degree.
CSO to all of us WIDOWS here on the Corner.
Have a happy day, everone!
Thank you Craig for an enjoyable Wednesday morning and thank you JzB for a very informative review that hit all the right notes.
ReplyDeleteOh I forgot to say: BONE CHINA is not REAL China, although it does contain ground BONES. REAL China is PORCELAIN, invented by the Chinese during the Sung Dynasty.
ReplyDeleteWhile you CAN throw both of them, you can only THROW porcelain on a potter's wheel. This Wiki explains the difference
Cheers,
Bill
Waseeley, betcha I could throw both of 'em. No potter's wheel necessary.
ReplyDeleteA fine humpday treat from Mr. Stowe--well explicated by Jazzbumpa.
ReplyDeleteFIR in good time. BONE seems a strange theme. I did not know real BONE was involved n the making of its namesake china. I think I just assumed the porcelain looked like bone, so the label served as a kind of descriptor. Like mock turtle soup.
Picard ~ Yes, I remember how cold it could get at Candlestick. I never went to the ball park. (I couldn't be so disloyal to my old San Francisco Seals!) But before the stadium was built, my stepdad and I used to go out to the point to do target practice with my Benjamin air rifle.
We would set cans and bottles up along a ridge against the hillside and blast away--as much as BBs could "blast."
The wind would blow in with an unknown chill factor, and I recall often climbing back in the car with my teeth chattering.
~ OMK
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DR: A single diagonal on the back end.
It offers an unusual anagram (14 of 15 letters), celebrating a well-practiced aspirant, a past-master "romantic," one who earnestly desires to achieve his or her (or "their") idealized state.
Yes, I am writing of a Well-...
"-DRILLED YEARNER"!
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteThanks Craig for the fun puzzle. Thanks Jazz for the Bumpa review
WOs: started Vehicle b/f checking perps, HEfFERS (Hi @7:39a)
ESPs: SARAH, BAT (as clued), DEMI (what's a tasse? - oh, demitasse == a small coffee [ILU])
Fav: GARAGE - my favorite space at my place.
Runner-Up: Mr. Cub ERNIE Banks
{A, B+, A}
Wait - which WAR?
//I was born during Nam 'cuz Pop was Air Guard -- just like W. :-)
Picard - always the PIED shirted ;-)
Lucina - I often eat ANISEED candies 'cuz Licorice is bad for hypertension (I still eat it but after a few pieces, I switch). The difference.
D-O: LOL smashed plates.
This Dude must abide... back to the salt-mines.
Cheers, -T
I liked this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteVidwan -- I read your link to Ushpizin, and it mentions paying $300 for an etrog, which is a piece of fruit. Even allowing for its ceremonial importance, that seems excessive for essentially a commonly grown 29¢ lemon. I went down the rabbit hole of further links, but found no reason for the high price.
ReplyDeleteBill, I doubt that I am the first to marvel at the American capacity to creat "synonyms" but thank you for the thought. You did inspire me to go down China rabbit hole to learn some very precise information about Bone China and Fine China sightlty swayed by your anglophile notions. I enjoyed reading at SPINNING POTS . Maybe we will need to copywrite our comments.
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Clever puzzle, Craig, many thanks! Enjoyed your commentary, JazzB--even without pictures. Very helpful.
ReplyDeleteI loved your first poem, Owen. Right at this moment, there are five Monarch butterflies flitting around the milkweed in my back patio. They have been here since early spring and I am so happy that they are still here at the end of September. They are one of the greatest pleasures of my summer.
I commented on enjoying the German words in the puzzle yesterday. Today we got French words--MOI and ETE--and I got them both. Woohoo!
Yes, I knew Jodie Foster went to Yale and was therefore an ELI.
Nice to see GAY pride in the puzzle.
And thank you for the shout-out to us WIDOWS, Lucina.
Have a good evening, everybody.
When the San Francisco Giants used to play at Candlestick, if you stayed to the end of a night game you would be awarded the 'Croix de Candlestick', a pin with the team logo ... festooned with icicles.
ReplyDelete"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." Maybe the funniest thing Mark Twain never said.
ReplyDeleteI used to attend games in Dodger Stadium frequently. When I would see tourists coming through the turnstiles in shorts and tee shirts, I knew that the concessionaires would be selling them overpriced Dodger logo jackets by the seventh inning stretch.
ReplyDeleteOwenKl @3.37 pm 1537 Hrs ...
First of all, I must mention, How Much I enjoy your poems and Limericks ... but rarely comment on them, since I'm always running out of space to write .... and I should marvel at how early you must be getting up to write all those wonderful poems, in the first post of the day ... I sure many Cornerites are grateful to you for them ....
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Re: Etrogs ( and Citrons ) in Wiki ...
If, you read, or will read the above article, you will realize the efforts that certain Jewish denominations take, to select a Perfect Etrog for the Sukkoth festival.
And, this for a mutated, lower order of fruit, which you can't even eat. ;-x)
It is selected not because of its juice, of which it has little ... but how pretty it looks, whether it has a pitum ( see wiki article ) and whether the skin is free of dimples, black marks, or blemishes, sometimes certified by a Rabbi !
As the wiki article makes clear, the fruit, generally, even has its own silver carrying case .... thats how important it is.
And, for what ? ... to carry to the temple, and wave it around ...
I have a great respect for jews and their traditions, and may they prosper. This is one of je ne sais quoi ... that each religion has for its own.
There are over 700 citrus fruit cultivars ... and the kosher etrog may have been only less than 10 of them ... but they were imported in olden times from Greece, Italy, Morocco and all over the Mediterranean ... and were grown with persnickety care and due diligence. so, obviously they are and were a very significant economy.
In India, there are limes and lemons, of a rustic stock, which are very bitter, very smelly - good or bad, and with very little juice. Even they have a value, and they can be salted for a year, to make the bitterest pickles, seasonings and and an extremely bitter marmalade, especially for diabetics ...
There are limes that will numb your tongue, for five seconds ... and there are curry dishes, where the numbing effect is indispensable. To each their own.
Good night. excuse me for the TMI.
Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Craig and JazzB.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed and saw the TAILBONE theme.
Trust a Canadian constructor to give me a CSO with CANADA DRY. (I think Boomer likes it)
I noted WEE and a DAB.
French today (hi Misty) with MOI, DEMI, and the ubiquitous ETE.
The unknown to me TARA filled with perps. Yes, Jinx, I waited for perps to decide the A or N in Station abbreviation.
IM - sorry to hear that you are not well. Hope things improve soon.
Wishing you all a good evening.
Looks like I’m the only one with an FIW today. I didn’t correct the spelling in either HEIFERS or ELI.
ReplyDeleteGot the unifier first again today, and the theme answers weren’t difficult.
Never froze in Candlestick Park or Dodger Stadium, but only because I’ve never been to either one. I did once at Wrigley Field, though. It was the middle of the summer and 95 degrees. My ex-wife’s cousin and I went to see the Mets (Tom Seaver pitching) against the Cubs. It was 1970, so Ernie Banks was probably still playing first base.
Anyway, we were sitting in the shade on the first base side, and the wind was blowing off the lake around 300 MPH, and we were wearing shorts and tee shirts. Froze our tuchuses! We finally gave up in the seventh inning and left and watched the rest of the game in the bar across the street.
Spending long hours on the ramp at the airport in the bright Houston sunshine requires AVIATOR sunglasses for me!
Thanks for the nice puzzle and expo, Craig and JazzB!
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteAnother ballpark that can have chilly weather during the summer is Fenway. I recall going there one day - back in either 1976/1977/or 1978 - when I lived outside of Springfield MA. It was plenty warm in W Mass, but shortly after arriving at Fenway, the weather changed dramatically. By the third or fourth inning my friend and I had to buy both a long sleeved RedSox shirt as well as a wind breaker. Probably the most expensive game I ever attended!
LEOIII - I've been to Wrigley once for my (CEO) Bro's bachelor-party weekend*. No lake-effect chills for us -- a great venue to take in a game.
ReplyDeleteC. Moe - I still want to visit Fenway. Almost went once when I was attending a vendor class in Boston but no one in the class wanted to go-with :-(
The only time I froze at a BALL PARK was earlier this May in Houston at Minute Maid.
I was dressed for summer (shorts & a tee) -- right under the air-conditioner vent :-)
Cheers, -T
*that's a whole other story for a different day.
Been busy all day. Driving mostly. Then the 6 miles drive from riverview to sun city took an hour. They'd closed two lanes. Criminal, they should work midnight to 7 am.
ReplyDeleteQualifiers of multi-syllabic modifiers? How about uniquer.
Smooth fill. Now I have to get Thursday done because I may be busy tomorrow too. FIR.
A late post like my early days in here
WC
Wilbur: I hope you are joking about doing road work at night. How could they possibly see what they were doing especially driving bulldozers & dump trucks & paving machines? Wouldn't want to travel on a road that was built at night. Some built in the daylight are treacherous, ENUF.
ReplyDeletePK:
ReplyDeleteHere much of the road work is done at night and is illuminated by powerful portable lights. We motorists appreciate that the roads are then clear for traffic to move through without interruption.
As Lucina said. But 8pm is too early to shut down lanes.
ReplyDeletePK - you do live in the sticks :-)
ReplyDeleteLike Lucina's AZ home, here in Houston it's 12a-5a to fix roads. And they have lights that turn night into day for about 1/4 mile.
It really messes with the drunks leaving the bars.
WC - 8p? That is too early - rush hour is just winding down.
//Don't get me started on the 610/I69 interchange - we had a year of C19-lockdown and they didn't drop the bridge 'till we had to commute again!?!
:-)
Y'all have a wonderful eve.
Cheers, -T
Another thing that happens is that we are warned on the overhead message boards about upcoming projects or about narrowing roads ahead. Of course, if traffic is greatly backed up that is all the warning we need!
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