Themeless Saturday by John Guzzetta
Happy to have my first themeless Saturday puzzle in the LA Times. I hope solvers enjoy it! The seed entry was 10-Down. The clues are definitely harder than my original submission--I especially like what the editors came up with for 14 across!
Across:
1. Chunk: GOB.
4. Arizona city within the Coconino National Forest: SEDONA - In north central Arizona
1. Chunk: GOB.
4. Arizona city within the Coconino National Forest: SEDONA - In north central Arizona
10. Medical capacity measure: BEDS.
14. It includes the study of roots: ARITHMETIC - Botany? No. Word derivation? No. Math? Yes! Square roots, cube roots, etc. that today kids do with calculators.
16. Go: EXIT.
17. Profile: SILHOUETTE.
18. Saharan republic: CHAD - Okay, what number is it? (*answer at bottom write-up)
19. Fireplace accessory: POKER.
20. Get out of the cooler, with "for": POST BAIL - The sponsor for the The Bad News Bears
22. Cautions: ALERTS.
24. "For sure!": YOU BET.
26. Save, in a way: REDEEM.
27. Walking area in a Depression Era novel: WILD SIDE.
29. Pressed: IRONED.
31. "Tundra" series coolers, e.g.: YETIS.
31. "Tundra" series coolers, e.g.: YETIS.
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| $400 and it's yours! |
32. Some four-legged toys, informally: POMS - Just when I thought I would never be fooled by "toy dogs" like POMeranians, this turned out to be my last fill.
35. Ancient Greek physician: GALEN - Here ya go
37. Philippic: RANT.
35. Ancient Greek physician: GALEN - Here ya go
37. Philippic: RANT.
38. __ horizon: astrophysics boundary: EVENT - Here ya go
40. Patsy: STOOGE - Lee Harvey Oswald went to his grave claiming he was one
42. Fortresses: REDOUBTS
40. Patsy: STOOGE - Lee Harvey Oswald went to his grave claiming he was one
42. Fortresses: REDOUBTS
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| REDOUBT of the Royal Fusiliers in Yorktown, Va |
44. Binging: ON A JAG.
48. One of Willie Mays' MLB career 140: TRIPLE.
48. One of Willie Mays' MLB career 140: TRIPLE.
49. It separated from Serbia in 2008: KOSOVO.
50. Something to check before picking up: CALLER ID
54. Relocation figure: MOVER.
55. Cuba libre mixer: COLA.
54. Relocation figure: MOVER.
55. Cuba libre mixer: COLA.
56. It features exquisite settings: FINE DINING - Lady Mary and the Dowager Countess survey such a setting at Downton Abbey
58. Arabian Sea nation: OMAN - More geography: Name the # for OMAN (**answer below)
59. Buttering-up: EGO MASSAGE.
60. 2012 U.S. Open champ Simpson: WEBB - The scoreboard here shows WEBB in third place at +1 but the others faltered and he won at that score
61. Breakfast pastry: DANISH.
62. Conducted: LED.
Down:
1. Crèche figure: GASPAR - One of the Three Wisemen in this crèche
2. Camden Yards athlete: ORIOLE.
3. Cheated: BILKED.
4. Like Teller, vis-à-vis Penn: SHORTER.
5. Cassowary kin: EMU.
6. __ dive: DEEP - A thorough investigation
7. "The Simpsons" bus driver: OTTO - His route comes by here frequently
8. Quibbles: NITS.
9. Radical in vinegar: ACETYL - If you must
10. Nonspecific and terse response to "Why?": BECAUSE REASONS - John's seed entry. It made me think of all the reasons I heard the day the kids twelve-week projects were due.
11. It might be the murder weapon: EXHIBIT A - These may not have been labeled EXHIBIT A but they are among the most famous EXHIBITS ever
13. Normal: Abbr.: STD.
15. Bad news about options: THERE IS NO PLAN B
21. Shampoo ad buzzword: BODY.
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| 1960 Breck Ad |
23. Pollution portmanteau: SMOG.
25. Check: TEST.
27. Paintball mementos: WELTS - Here are some
28. Prefix with gram or graph: IDEO.
25. Check: TEST.
27. Paintball mementos: WELTS - Here are some
28. Prefix with gram or graph: IDEO.
30. Tweed's caricaturist: NAST.
32. Fresh: PERT.
33. Verklempt: OVERCOME.
33. Verklempt: OVERCOME.
34. On-campus area for communications majors: MEDIA LAB.
36. Common library area: NOOK.
39. Rock's Jethro __: TULL.
36. Common library area: NOOK.
39. Rock's Jethro __: TULL.
41. Like some garden figures: GNOMISH - Okay
43. Bellyached: BEEFED.
45. Festive: JOVIAL.
46. Retaliate for: AVENGE -
47. Consumed in large amounts: GORGED - Joey Chestnut's record is 71 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs eaten in 10 minutes.
43. Bellyached: BEEFED.
45. Festive: JOVIAL.
46. Retaliate for: AVENGE -
47. Consumed in large amounts: GORGED - Joey Chestnut's record is 71 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs eaten in 10 minutes.
51. European capital on its own gulf: RIGA.
52. Privy to: IN ON.
53. "Give Your Heart a Break" singer Lovato: DEMI - If you'd like
55. Strong-arm: COW - Herding dogs can really COW, uh, cows
53. "Give Your Heart a Break" singer Lovato: DEMI - If you'd like
55. Strong-arm: COW - Herding dogs can really COW, uh, cows
57. Brief brief filers: D.A'.S.
*Chad is country #10
**Oman is country #12
DNF. It's Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI had it about 85% done when I threw in the towel. I'd made two passes (one acrosses, one downs)without adding a single letter. Eliminating the reds, it was still about 75%. The last cell that defeated me was BE_S + _IALED IN. BEDS I was trapped by a tricky clue. DIALED IN I've never heard used in that way, so essentially an unknown. Several C/As I disagree with, too many to list. If I timed myself, this would be the longest.
THERE WAS NO PLAN B, but to fail.
my wife had to come and POST BAIL.
On my trial day
D.A. showed EXHIBIT A.
This time I'd BILKED the wrong frail!
If you caught the GOB of SMOG,
You might not think this puz a slog.
The word SILHOUETTE
I do detest,
And RANT that this puzzle is a bog!
{B+, B.}
Good morning (Ufda)!
ReplyDeleteThis was a worthy Saturday stumper. My problem area was the southwest. When I finally changed STEALS to TRIPLE (tense situation) and PUGS to POMS, things finally fell into place. Whew. DNF avoided. The stacked tens in the NW and SE are very nice. Good job, John. Enjoyed the tour, Husker.
DNF, giving up after 16 fills,13 correct. I did a swan dive instead of a DEEP dive in aden instead of RIGA, and misread the clue as "brief brief fliers" and penciled in "sst".
ReplyDeleteBut I knew WEBB because I watch a lot of golf on TV. And I knew the parts of fire husbandry, as well as being prepared to provide dating advice: lifter legs and POKER.
Thanks to Gary for the fun tour.
ReplyDeleteGood morning. Thank you, John and Gary.
One sloppy error.
Originally had "BECAUSE wE ASked"
Letters from MOVER, DINING and MASSAGE made it wEASONS. Never looked back at the errant w.
So why does BECAUSE REASONS work ? Because evolution..
Word evolution.
It's what linguists have dubbed the new form as the "prepositional because" as the article in the link explains.
Not new, but newerish.
As far as I can recall, Dash T has been the only one here that has used because in the prepositional form, and he's used it many times.
Such as in, "Play later. Because work"
In that vein, I gotta go. Because breakfast.
Good Morning:
ReplyDeleteAfter much teeth gnashing and hair pulling and lots of P and P, I finished w/o help in slightly less than 40 minutes, the longest Saturday solve in quite some time. I found some of the clueing very clever and fair an some too clever by half and a tad unfair, e.g., Philippic=Rant. Others that gave me pause were the clues for Event and Verklempt. My w/os were Pets/Poms, Coke/Cola, and Swan/Deep. On the positive side, there were only 4 three letter words, a welcome treat, and several fun pairings: Riga/Kosovo, Chad/Oman, Exhibit A/Plan B, Lab/Poms, Cow/Beef(Ed), Arithmetic/Test, and You Bet/Poker. Lots of CSOs, too: Moe (Stooge and Sedona) Lucina (Sedona), Ray O and Inanehiker (Galen) Oriole (Bill W), DO (Otto), and Hahtoolah and Lemony (DAs and PostBaik).
Thanks, John, and congrats on the tough themeless debut and thanks, HG, for the sparkling commentary and visuals, especially the already forgotten geography lesson. I’m lucky I know how to get to Albany! 🤭
Today is the Feast of St. Joseph, the traditional day that the swallows come back to Capistrano.
FLN
Anon T, our belated celebration was a lot of fun. There were 27 adults, 3 babies, and 11 MIA, mostly grandkids who had better places to go and things to do and a few who were under the weather. I had a Reuben which was yummy, but so big I could only eat half, the other half providing my lunch today. I’m not much on dessert but others had a choice of Apple, Blueberry, or Chocolate Cream Pie, plain or ala mode. A good time was had by all. (I played my usual role of taking to task those who were Green-less! I wore a Kelly green sweatshirt proclaiming “Not Only Am I Perfect, I’m IRISH, too!) ☘️
Have a great day.
Excuse the typos, my proofreading needs improvement.
ReplyDeleteNortheast was my final area, held up by 24A Yessir > 25D rEin. Kinda knew what a Philippic is but crosses wouldn't click.
ReplyDeleteFIR, but this was a workout. Nice Saturday puzzle!
ReplyDeleteA tough DNF today for the preacher man's offering. Trouble at both 1A & 1D to start. CASPAR instead of GASPAR for a couple of mistakes but I couldn't get the NE filled. I was sure of EXIT, CHAD, STD, & YETIS but I just wasn't DIALED IN for the rest.
ReplyDeleteI HAVE MY REASONS was a perfect fit for 11D, knew it was wrong, but it got stuck in my head. BECAUSE was never a thought. YES SIR instead of YOU BET wouldn't work. The only "Walk on the WILD SIDE" I know is by Lou Reed and it's definitely not a novel. 'Philippic' is a new word for me; no guess was possible.
Simpsons today. WEBB & OJ. Oh, and me. And this bald Big Easy Simpson's hair has no BODY.
Uncle, rabbit.
Simon and Garfunkel recorded "A Simple Desultory Philippic" on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme album. It was basically a rant.
ReplyDeleteTook me 18:07 to finish it, as I wasn't exactly dialed-in today.
ReplyDeleteMy time is probably 8 minutes slower than our dear UncleFred today.
I really wanted Caspar and ego-massaging, but "cob" didn't make any sense, and ego-massage works.
Tough, but doable. A very good Saturday-level puzzle.
Well, this was quite a slog. I had trouble with a number of answers, including "Because reasons", "exhibit A" and, a small word but an important one, "cow." It took me having to buy two papers to do it, but through P & P I eventually got things right. FIR, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteYikes! It took me all morning to fill it, but had two bad squares in the end. FIW.
ReplyDeleteGASPAR and WEBB were my unknowns and for the perps I had cOB and COn. Should have caught the first after I entered BILKED, since as Anonymous noted: cOB didn't make sense. Since "BECAUSE I said so" fit , I struggled longest in the NE. I did eventually get it with RANT, also unknown. Never heard of BECAUSE REASONS. Wow, quite the challenge, John! But thanks anyway.
Husker Gary, you did it again! Super review for our Saturday puzzle. Thanks for the maps. I'm doing WORLDLE now and need geography practice. It's always interesting to hear from the constructors, too. Now it's time to fix lunch and get on with the day. Everyone enjoy!
ATLGranny, how does geography practice relate to the Wordle?
ReplyDeleteSaturday Stumper. Thanks for the fun, John and HuskerG.
ReplyDeleteit’s noon and only 12 posts are ahead of me - that’s a sure sign of a hard slog.
Several trips to Google required today.
Philippic is new to me, and verklempt required a reminder.
Hand up for Steals before TRIPLE (yes, one in clue indicates singular not plural), and Swan before DEEP.
I was so happy with my first long fill of BECAUSE I said so. I stuck with it for far too long. I still don’t like BECAUSE REASONS (yes I read the linked article).
My second long fill was THERE IS NO other. PLAN B finally perped.
With ING in place at the end, I thought the exquisite setting was for a dINner rING. Well, we are at the table.
CALLER ID was clued cleverly. We don’t have it- I picked up two calls from Service Canada yesterday that were taped scams.
Saturday chores await.
Wishing you all a great day.
Hand up this was really difficult! Last fill was GOB/GASPAR. Hand up very slow to get BEDS and EXHIBIT A as clued. Next to last area to fill. Also hesitated at COW/unknown WEBB. Amazed to FIR.
ReplyDeleteLearning moment for this guy with a math degree that ARITHMETIC includes ROOTS.
JETHRO TULL is one of my favorites.
Here is my very short clip of JETHRO TULL lead Ian Anderson doing a final encore.
desper-otto Hand up I immediately thought of the Simon and Garfunkel song "A Simple Desultory PHILIPPIC", but it didn't help to figure out it meant simply RANT. Filled with crosses.
From yesterday:
AnonT That would be great if we can meet up with you for the Escher show. Is it tolerable to visit Houston in summer?
Oops, two more posts jumped in while I was composing.
ReplyDeleteATLGranny, you sent me to Wordle- I got it in four, but I echo TTP. Geography practice? BECAUSE REASONS? LOL
"Because I Said So" fit perfectly and really slowed me down, plus I was "sure" it was Caspar, not Gaspar. Fun puzzle, thanks.
ReplyDeleteIf I "ever" finish a Saturday without cheating
ReplyDeleteI intent to have an extra special apres ski here on the Blog!
I really wanted "because I said so,
but never tried it. I was surprised to read above it
is the same amount of letters...
(I must have had some perps against it...)
Learning moment: cassowary
4. Like Teller, vis-à-vis Penn: SHORTER.
I had S blank, blank RTER
I thought Smarter?
(No, there is no way, it would create a brewhaha!)
Then I thought " we'll, he does keep his mouth shut..."
I was actually relieved when shorter appeared.
I haven't thought about that Simon & Garfunkel song in many years,
Never did understand the title...
(I guess it's another learning moment)
While we're at it, what the heck is desultory?
musical interlude
Chairman Moe,
FLN
That is a fav Young Sheldon episode also,
I am surprised you didn't hotlink it?
here it is...
But you must add the next clip where George
Is massaging the brisket as his wife looks on jealously...
Irish Miss,
What typos?
(I read yr post 3 times looking?)
DO and C Eh, WORLDLE is a spin off from WORDLE. It gives you the shape of a country and you have six guesses to name it. Hints given with each guess show direction and how far you are from it. Very challenging for me.
ReplyDeleteCED @ 12:02 ~ First typo is at the end of line 2, An instead of And, the second one is the last word in the first paragraph, Baik instead of Bail. 😉
ReplyDeleteHola!
ReplyDeleteTough Saturday puzzle! However, I solved all but the NE in good time. REDOUBTS surprised me so I had to LIU afterward to ensure it was right even though it clicked in my mind.
CSO to desper-OTTO! 7D
We had a Sister GASPAR in the Community. She was the science and biology teacher and teeming with energy.
With NAST I always wait to see if it's T or H, NAST or NASH. REDOUBTS confirmed it.
After too long I finally quit in the NE and I'm sure I never would have guessed BECAUSE REASONS since it barely makes sense.
WILDSIDE was stymied because I had ACETIC as was YOU BET and RAGE instead of RANT at philippic.
You beat me to a pulp, John Guzzetta!
Irish Miss, your festivities sound JOVIAL and I'm glad you enjoyed all with your family.
I love the expression on your shirt!
Have a great Saturday, everyone! It's a gorgeous 72 degrees here and will likely climb higher.
No, I haven't the patience for this.
ReplyDeleteMore than a DNF, this one was a classic HSI.
"Hardly Started It."
On my first scan, I filled nothing but 19A, 30D, and 55A. Oh, and 49A, I almost forgot. That's POKER, NAST, COLA (well, initially COKE), and KOSOVO.
2nd and 3rd scans added nothing. The cheating started on the 4th--and thereafter.
Sadly, I wasn't finding any humor, or cleverness, to combat or reward the fatigue.
Anyway, that's my report. I am glad some colleagues found it more entertaining.
And glad too that Mr. Guzzetta gave us some diagonals. Please see the DR, below.
~ OMK
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DR: Two diagonals, one per side.
The near diag gives us an anagram (13 of 15 letters) that ought to be a warning to companies that do not take sufficient pride in their signage.
In a nearby commercial street, I see two decaying brand names, one in need of fresh paint (a "beauty" salon) and another lacking two wooden letters (a tax preparer!).
This anagram tells of the fate of such neglect.
Please, everybody be on guard against...
"LOGO MOLDERING"!
Hi All!
ReplyDeleteTook one Google (DEMI) and one straight-up cheat (LED; I had ran and was really stuck [thanks HG's grid!]) but I finally ink'd the grid with only one FIW letter - rIVIAL [sic] @45d.
//ON A JAG is much more PC than ON A rAG :-)
All-in-all, a good (for -T) Saturday fill attempt.
Fun puzzle, John. Why? BECAUSE REASONS. //++stacks == impressive construction
HG - It's always fun to read your post-game RANTS [just kidding; you seldom]. Loved the Bad News Bears & SNL verklempt refs.
//C.C. has picked the best of us posters to expo; you, HG, have a different POV from Splyter's Sat re-caps and yet very something to look forward to when the grid gets me down.
WOs: ALaRmS->ALERTS, IN ON in 51d's squares [oops], ran->LED [cheat], bOSnia -> KOSIVO
ESPs: GASPAR(?), RIGA, GALEN, WEBB as clued [no Jack dragging a net?]
Fav: CALLER ID. My cell is setup to NOT ring if you're not in my contact-list. No!, I'm not selling my house. No!, I don't need extended car (boat|motorcycle[?]) insurance|warranty. No!, I don't want to win a cruise. //end RANT
Runner-up: MEDIA LAB.
Backstory: DW was an RTVF [radio, television, and film] major at NLU b/f a Shakespeare class changed her to English Lit. I'd play w/ her and the mix-machines in the LAB. For one of her projects, I helped multi-track a 'deep-fake' commercial for Pink Floyd coming to Monroe, LA. We finished the 'commercial' at 3am. Fun times.
Surprised me: WILD SIDE was before Lou Reed.
Jethro TULL - Who let a flautist into the band? :-) All y'all R&R fans, enjoy this. [FF 2:26]
//Picard - great vid!
Other learning... Philippic is a word. I'm going to try to use that next week for giggles.
{A++, B}
LOL TTP: BECAUSE Breakfast :-)
//ATL Granny - I was toying w/ 'I said so' like, forever!.
LOL "SHORTER" comic, CED. Thx.
IM - Mom is a Cadigan [if anyone thinks you have 'mother-maiden-name' for my credit-card info, you #fail].
Anyway... I Love your Irish fest description!
//St. Joe is GrandPop's middle name :-)
BigE - You brought this on yourself. Dusty Springfield.
Picard - No. Houston in the summer is cold; everything is air-conditioned to 66F ;-)
//You'll be fine; it's not Phoenix hot. Just a little humid at times.
Love'd (in between gardening) reading everyone this afternoon.
Cheers, -T
Two blemishes. I had BODY/YETIS and looked up to see if YETIS* was the name of those coolers. I needed a clean slate in NE so I went online. I accidentally went to the completed puzzle and saw GOB(1A) before I could look away.
ReplyDeleteWhen I finally got RANT/DIALED IN to complete the scurrilous NE I rechecked my ink and remembered it was GASPAR not Caspar for the Magi. And of course GOB not cob.
As if the rest wasn't WILD enough. All I had was Willie's 140 TRIPLES and WEBB Simpson who I'd just watched at Valspar but still needed perps. Don't get old
Let's see Gary's write-up
Immediately, I second the Rev. on 14A.
The V8's were flying: BEDS, STD, fe. WILD SIDE was a prayer but it fit with BODY
CHAD or Mali. BECAUSE(is the REASON
I actually knew GALEN, a big fill when fills were scarce. It gave me NOOK which gave me KOSOVO. I knew NAST and TULL too
I was thinking NYSE Options.
Go and Check clues gave me fits
DEMI was all perps. Anon-T confirmed that Take a Walk on the WILD SIDE was a song
I had REASONS solid, I just needed the lead-in.
Aha, Dusty is a She!?
Excellent Saturday xword. Doable and difficult even in retrospect
WC
** We'd had it here so the lookup wasn't necessary . Same for GASPAR
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR! Not the usual for me for Saturday puzzles. I didn’t have to look anything up this time
A few w/o’s: PARA/IDEO; I’LL BET/YOU BET; DIALED UP/RAPT before DIALED IN/ RANT (plus, YETUS didn’t sound right)
I don’t keep track of the time when I solve puzzles; this was about as usual a time as any. I can’t recall which foothold got me off and running
CED, thanks for linking the Young Sheldon clips. For some reason I can’t do the <a href= on my iPhone. Works fine on my laptop, obviously, or I couldn’t do the blog! I’d make a terrible IT geek
THERE IS NO PLAN B was good; BECAUSE REASONS not so much
Enjoy the rest of the weekend
Getting to the puzzle late as we had overnight guests who just headed home. I agree about this being a challenging puzzle but ultimately do-able.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely helped by having my terse computer geek son often using BECAUSE REASONS
Also having long time friends who have lived in CHAD >25 years doing work in missions.
My Sporcle trivia habit has definitely upped my game in Geography answers so RIGA and OMAN were gimmes.
Thanks HG and congrats to John for a Saturday debut!
Chairman Moe@ 3:31
ReplyDeleteI am not an IT Geek,
as I only know this from 3 frustrating years
of not being able to post links when I went to Florida
because I was using my iPad.
Pls refer to this image.
Unfortunately Apple gadgets (iPad,iPhone etc...) come with a keyboard that
Uses quotation marks that are curved like the ones shown lower left.
It is required that when hot linking the quotation marks must be straight
Like the ones shown upper left...
Luckily, apple iPhone and iPad have an option in settings to change your keyboard.
You need to choose the one (of the many) keyboards available that have the
Quotation marks that are straight and not curved...
Believe it or not, that is the whole problem. But no one ever tells you this...
I think it is late enough in the day to post this PSA.
ReplyDeleteI only do this because this site is dedicated to words and learning,
However, I wish I never learned what I must alert you to.
Ignorance is bliss...
Many of you have pets, especially dogs and cats.
I used to walk my neighbors husky and she would love to find holes to
Sniff into in search of squirrels/mice/rabbits whatever.
She would stick her whole face into any hole she could find
and I thought it was ok and she was having fun getting out...
I had no idea...
The other day I was surfing YouTube, and a link came up
Referencing the word "Warble."
(I thought it was a wordle variation and clicked on it)
DO NOT WATCH these, as I think I have been scarred for life by
The images of giant larvae being pulled by tweezers out of
Cats noses, eyes, and necks!
It is absolutely the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my life
(Current news videos excepted)
They are called cuterebra, or bot fly larvae,
And they can be found anywhere in the U.S. and Canada!
Here is a link explaining more
that is not as graphic as YouTube videos that make me want to give up going outside...
I liked this puzzle okay even though it took a lot of help to solve.
ReplyDeleteBECAUSE I SAID SO was only half right. I confess I have never heard of the phrase BECAUSE REASONS, but wouldn't it be plural and therefore need to be clued as "Nonspecific and terse responses to..."?
It was neither SWAN dive nor NOSE dive.
At least I knew SEDONA, OTTO, SMOG, NAST, TULL, and GALEN, and DANISH turned out to be the right guess.
LW and I did more TurboTax today. We really screwed up yesterday and had to go back and fix our mistakes. Saved ourselves some significant money, because we had over-reported our income. All good now. Ready to file.
Good wishes to you all.
Hi Y'all! Well, I'm GOB smacked and VERKLEMPT. I filled 'er, but think it must be a record most red-letter runs I ever did. Usually one or two runs to get a hint. Today some fills took almost a run every square. Then I'd sit and wonder what the right word had to do with the clue. Why do I keep on flogging myself with these hard ones?
ReplyDeleteACETic acid? Nope ACETyl. What? I used a lot of it in pickling and canning.
Never heard of Philippic among other things.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who suffered over this. Thank you much, Gary, for your courage and perseverance.
Got a letter from Verizon that by the end of the year they will upgrade their system & no longer support my flip phone. Well, guess what. I'm not planning to support their system after that then.
ReplyDeletePK, I got those messages from a Verizon subsidiary earlier this year. My old Trac phone wasn't going to be supported because it was 2G or 3G, and needed to be 4G or 5G. Something like that. The fine print was that they would give me a replacement phone. They sent me a refurbished Samsung Galaxy A51 phone at no cost to me. Works well; no problems. Hopefully you have the same deal. Or, they lose you as a customer.
Chairman Moe, Cross Eyed Dave et al., turn OFF Smart Punctuation (the default is On) in the keyboard settings of your Apple phones, and you won't have that problem. That should be the fix for your fruit based phones. Because Unexpected Unicode. :>)
Totally annoying for us. “Because reasons” WTF? Who ever says that in a reply.
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ReplyDeleteYoung people.
ATLGranny- thanks for explaining WORLDLE. I WILL LIU. Funny how my eyes (and TTP’s) read WORLDLE as WORDLE!
ReplyDeleteI think the explaiation is the lack of punctuation
ReplyDeleteBECAUSE _______ :(REASONS)