Two for the Price of One: Today's theme answers give us two pairs of pants.
17-Across. * Saddle attachment for a tall jockey?: LONG STIRRUP. Long Pants and Stirrup Pants
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| Long Pants and Long Legs |
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| Stirrup Pants |
28-Across. * Stevedore school instruction?: CARGO TRAINING. Cargo Pants and Training Pants
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Cargo Pants |
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| (Need to) Pull-Up Pants |
46-Across. * Relaxing exercise for skydivers?: PARACHUTE YOGA. Parachute Pants and Yoga Pants
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| Parachute Pants |
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| Yoga Pants |
And the unifier:
61-Across. Trousers, and what the answer to each starred clue literally is: PAIR OF PANTS.
Across:
1. Item sold with an envelope: CARD.
5. Olive Garden selections: PASTAs.
11. "Dropped" drug: LSD. Short for Lysergic acid
diethylamide. Tune in and Drop out.
14. Nabisco cookie: OREO. The company keeps on making
variations on a theme. You can often find Oreos with all sorts
of weird fillings.
15. Wool source: ALPACA. What's the difference between an
Alpaca and a Llama?
16. Reverent feeling: AWE.
19. "__ I help you?": CAN. Grammatically speaking, the
question should be "May I help you?" You probably physically can help
me, but do I really want you to?
20. Supplement: ADD TO.
21. Sweet potato kin: YAM. Do you know the difference
between a Yam and a Sweet Potato?
22. Targets: AIMS.
23. Oodles: ALOT.
26. "I Dream of __": JEANNIE.
32. "A Sorta Fairytale" singer Tori: AMOS.
33. Shop __ you drop: 'TIL.
34. Thaw, as a wing: DE-ICE.
37. Familial nickname: SIS. Last Tuesday, the family
nickname was a Sib.
38. Billiards stick: POOL CUE.
41. Org. with seven teams in Canada: NHL. Hi, CanadianEh!
Can the rest of us name all 7 Canadian teams in the National Hockey League?
42. One-named "Hello" singer: ADELE. Adele (née Adele Laurie
Blue Adkins; b. May 5, 1988), just celebrated her 34th birthday. Hello
is a good song, but my favorite is the one below.
44. Swiss peak: ALP.
45. Air conditioner nos.: BTUs. As in British Thermal Units. Everything you wanted to know about BTUs, but didn't know to ask.
50. Beach scavenger: SEAGULL. Been there, done that.
52. Tusked beast: BOAR.
53. See 69-Across: WARS. // And 69. With
53-Across, "The Mandalorian" franchise: STAR. Together we
get Star Wars.
54. "WandaVision" actress Dennings: KAT. I am not familiar
with Kat Dennings (née Katherine Victoria Latwack; b. June 13, 1986).
56. Thesaurus name: ROGET. Peter Mark Roget (Jan. 18, 1779 ~ Sept. 12, 1869) led a very interesting life /
existence / essence / viability.
60. Pretty-picture link: AS A.
64. Albertan's last letter: ZED. Another CSO to CanadianEh!
What's the difference between Zee and Zed?
65. __ milk: ALMOND. What's the difference between Cow Milk and Almond Milk?
66. Polling results, say: DATA.
67. Project conclusion?: -ILE. As in a Projectile. My first thought, however, was Projection.
68. Title usually abbreviated: MISTER. That's Mr. Mister to you!
Down:
1. Fast-food beverage: COLA. It was either going to be Soda
or Cola. Or the generic Coke, if you live in the South.
2. Three-time A.L. MVP: A-ROD. We haven't seen A-Rod (aka
Alex Rodriguez; b. July 27, 1975) in a while.
3. Tear apart: REND.
4. Military IDs: DOGTAGS. Did you know that the dogtags were
used in the American Civil War?
5. Basketball coach Summitt in the Hall of Fame: PAT. Pat
Summitt (née Patricia Susan Summitt; June 14, 1952 ~ June 28, 2016) was the
head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols from 1974 until 2012.
6. "Baby Cobra" comedian Wong: ALI. Ali Wong (née Alexandra
Dawn Wong; b. Apr. 19, 1982) appeared recently in a puzzle. Her stand-up
routines are not suitable for family viewing.
7. Nimble: SPRY.
8. __ P. Henson of "Empire": TARAJI. I am not familiar with
Taraji P. Henson (née Taraji Panda Henson; b. Sept. 11, 1970).
9. Keen insight: ACUMEN.
10. Tree goo: SAP.
11. Giving an earful: LACING INTO. Lace into synonyms.
12. Hindu teacher: SWAMI.
13. Tightly packed: DENSE.
18. Recital piece: SOLO.
22. Novelist Tyler: ANNE. Anne Tyler (b. Oct. 25, 1941) is
an American novelist from Minnesota. She has written over 20 novels,
most recently French Braid, which was published just this year.
24. Miranda of "Homeland": OTTO. Miranda Otto (b. Dec. 15,
1967), is an Australian actress who portrayed Alison Carr, the CIA Station
Chief in Berlin and was a double agent in the television
series Homeland.
25. Rascal Flatts, e.g.: TRIO. Rascal Flatts was a country
music band. I believe the band disbanded last Fall.
27. Deputy: AIDE.
28. Where to find a cocina: CASA. Today's Spanish lesson.
Hi, Lucina! My מִטְבָּח is in my בַּיִת.
29. In a group of: AMID.
30. Annual floral procession in Pasadena: ROSE PARADE. The
first Rose Parade was held over 130 years ago.
31. God to more than two billion: ALLAH.
35. Guzzle: CHUG.
36. "Frozen" sister: ELSA. I recently saw a stage production
of Frozen.
38. Chile neighbor: PERU.
39. Driver or putter: CLUB.
40. Capable of: UP TO.
43. Drops back: LAGS.
45. Detour routes, often: BY-ROADS. Also known as Byways.
There are lots of scenic byways in Louisiana.
47. High-pH compound: ALKALI. Time for a Chemistry Lesson.
48. Insurance filings: CLAIMS.
49. Wyatt of the Old West: EARP. Wyatt Earp (né Wyatt Berry
Strapp Earp; Mar. 18, 1848 ~ Jan. 13, 1929) was a lawman and a bit of an
outlaw. He is probably best associated with the infamous shootout at the
OK Corral.
50. Language of Southern Africa: SWAZI. Everything you
wanted to know about Swazi but didn't know to ask.
51. Artist's stand: EASEL.
55. Brisk pace: TROT.
57. Puny pest: GNAT.
58. Blues legend James: ETTA. We haven't seen Etta James (né
Jamesetta Hawkins; Jan. 25, 1938 ~ Jan. 20, 2012) in quite a while. She
often makes guest appearances in the puzzles.
59. Russian sovereign: TSAR. The Russian Tsar visited us
last Tuesday.
61. Nonstick spray brand: PAM. It comes in all sorts of
flavors.
62. Common Scrabble tile value: ONE.
63. Pres. on a dime: FDR. As in Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(Jan. 30, 1882 ~ Apr. 12, 1945).
Here's the Grid:
חתולה
Is the ALPACA in the ALP?
ReplyDeleteNo, it's in the Andes.
Is the Alp in the Alpaca?
Yes, it is, if you please!
{C-.}
I'm not a big fan of proper names in a CW, and this one has eleven. Other than that, a fair CW that I managed to FIR in an award-winning 26 minutes. Had to wait on PERPS for MAY/CAN decision. DNK: OTTO, PAT, TARAJI, or COCINA. No W/Os for once. Thanx, DP, and also thanx Hahtoolah for the wonderful write-up. How's Boomer doing?
ReplyDeleteI was not familiar with "stirrup" pants, but I had heard of Taraji P. Henson. Other than that, the puzzle was pretty smooth sailing. FIR, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteThis was a smooth solve. D-o even got half the theme -- realizing that the first part of each themer was a type of pants. D'oh. Noticed the CSO to C-Eh! with ZED. Remember TARAJI from Person of Interest and Miranda OTTO as Éowyn in LOTR. Somewhere among my six moves, my DOGTAGS were lost, along with my irreverent "lifer" belt buckle. Is battery acid really more acidic than sulphuric acid? I thought they were the same. Maybe it's dependent on the concentration? Inquiring minds want to know. Enjoyed the outing, Doug, and the well-illustrated write-up, Hahtoolah. (Great entry for ROGET.)
Oh, and I forgot to mention I also wasn't familiar with the "Swazi" language. But other than that, no problems.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteI needed the reveal to see the theme, my kind of puzzle. Adding to the fun was the mini creature theme with Alpaca, Seagull, Boar, Dog, and Gnat. Ali was an unknown but Kat and Taraji were known from their TV shows. We also had some cute pairings with Deice above NHL, Peru/Alpaca, Club/Pool Cue, Star/Tsar, Swami/Swazi, Pam/Pat, and Up To/Add To/Into. CSOs to DO (Otto), Vidwan (Swami), Pat (Pat), Ray O and Anon T (Pastas), Lucina (Casa), Rose Parade (California Crew), Golfing Gang (Club), and CanadianEh (Zed, NHL, Deice).
Thanks, Doug, for a fun solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the chuckles and commentary.
FLN
Picard, your photos were outstanding; thanks for sharing.
YR, so glad to hear of your speedy recovery. You’re a real Iron Lady!
Have a great day.
Good Morning, Crossword friends. There were a lot of proper names in today's puzzle, but maybe that's the new norm. Usually, the names I don't recognize can be filled through the perps. SWAZI gave me pause, but the perps all seemed solid, so I just let it go.
ReplyDeleteLeoIII: I emailed you last week. We will take you up on your offer to see the air museum the next time we are in Houston.
QOD: People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts, but it’s worth it, and it’s a great thing. ~ Sugar Ray Leonard (né Ray Charles Leonard, b. May 17, 1956), African-American boxer
Had barge training for 28A before perps corrected my error to cargo training.
ReplyDeleteA rousing start to the day with a fun Tuesday from DP who has been making puzzles since 2003 and has hundreds published. C.C. did this great INTERVIEW among her earliest.
ReplyDeleteThere were so many CSOs in today's I will see what our in house detectives unearth. Hahtoolah, an awesome write-up and DP, you are an all-star.
Took 4:46 for me to ring the bell at the bottom.
ReplyDeleteSwazi and Otto (not the Simpson's bus driver?) were unknown, as was the spelling of "Taraji".
I thought "lacing into" should be "laying into," but "yan I help you?" was evidently wrong.
Ella Fitzgerald was an answer yesterday, and the pants in the picture of "parachute pants" look more like harem pants to me, but then again, no one asks me for fashion advice.
FIR, but I was slow to get the theme. Really didn't need it though, it was a nice Tuesday solve
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ReplyDeleteFrom Last Night's Posts .....
I wrote an extensive note thanking Picard for his Lunar pictures and the pic on the Borobudur Temple in Java, Indonesia.... and also a link on the temples in Khajuraho, in India ...
... and the whole post, which is atill on my desktop. this morning, inexplicably disappeared ... with nary a mention.
If we are going to be Censored on this blog for some common sense - intellectual discussion, at the least, the fact should be noted for the deleted entry ....
It is very disheartening to spend so much time and effort to write and compose an entry, all in the spirit of this blog, towards greater learning, .... only to discover that its been flushed down the drain into nether space.
End of Rant.
FIR, but erased may for CAN, and fixing STuRRUP when ALu looked odd. UNTIE!!! I even knew some of the naby show biz names!
ReplyDeleteI Dream of JEANNIE [sic] was good, but I liked "Bewitched" better.
AMOS is autofill when paired with "singer Tori", like "oboe" and "OREO". Additional description is just noise.
I went down the "buffalo" wing BYROAD before I figured out it was an AIRPLANE wing, dummy.
I thought for sure Hahtoolah was linking this Mr. Mister.
Thanks to Doug for a fun Tuesday puzzle, even though all the names made it Thursday-hard for me. And thanks to Hahtoolah for the chuckles.
A FIR Tuesday and a fun theme by Doug. Thanks! I got the theme only after the reveal, but realized I had only noticed half of it when I started reading Hahtoolah's excellent review. (Hi DO!) Oh sure, PAIR OF PANTS literally! Thanks, Hahtoolah!
ReplyDeleteInteresting words used in the fill and only one Natick for me at SWAZI and ZED until I thought of Alberta in Canada and remembered Swaziland and filled in the ZED to complete the two words. Geography rescued me. As for my WOs, I unthinkingly put in SOng/SOLO and EASel/EASEL but perps fixed them.
FLN
Nice eclipse pictures, Picard. And good to hear how well you are getting along, YR. What a special summer your youngest will have, AnonT!
Best wishes to Boomer and everyone else.
Fun puzzle to sweep through- needed the reveal to figure out the theme.
ReplyDeleteLike D-O, I always enjoyed TARAJI P. Henson in the "Person of Interest" TV Show and also the movie "Hidden Figures" about the unsung black women in the NASA program in the 1960s.
SWAZI is the language of the tiny country in Africa of ESWATINI (renamed in 2018 from the colonial name Swaziland to the name of the country in the SWAZI language- similar to Peking changing to Beijing and Bombay becoming Mumbai)
Thanks Susan and Doug!
Susan, I always enjoy your wonderful blogs, but this one was even more so. I laughed at "Pull up your pants." Even worse than showing underwear is giving a crack show. I also laughed at the yoga pants cartoon. We have a family member like that. Her exercise is bending her elbow. I also enjoyed the music.
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle and its great theme, with one exception. I now subtract satisfaction points for excessive use of proper nouns whether I know them or not. We "wordies" find words very interesting and many of us find names boring.
I like the Oreos with a green mint cream filling and also the lemon Oreos with a vanilla wafer.
There were several blocks of stores on a street blocked to traffic in the Japanese city I was visiting. Many tourists with multiple shopping bags were literally plopped down in chairs and tables in the street. A great illustration of shop til you drop.
I read that most parachute pants were tight fitting. The parachute part refers to the material. "Parachute pants, originally known as flight pants, are a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon. In the original tight-fitting style of the early 1980s, "parachute" referred to the pants' nylon material, similar to a parachute's." Wikipedia
A fun Tuesday puzzle. A clever clue about Albertans last letter. A few too many names to know.
ReplyDeleteTerrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Doug and Hahtoolah.
ReplyDeleteI FIRed in good time and saw the PAIR OF PANTS theme.
I agree that there were too many proper names, but they were “perpable”.
Of course, my favourite was ZED (it really is clued as a CSO to LfromAlberta).
Second favourite was NHL (below DEICE), although it brought a sad reminder that our Maple Leafs are out of the race for the Stanley Cup. The drought since 1967 continues. But Calgary and Edmonton continue (playing each other, which is a great rivalry). (Spoiler Alert that I have now given you three of the seven teams)
IM beat me to the critters, pairs, and CSOs. I also noted CLAIMS/AIMS, AIMS/AMOS, and LSD crossing LACING.
Is it a stretch to see a reverse pairing of LSD (acid) and ALKALI?
OwenKL- I loved how you caught the ALP in ALPACA.
Hand up for May before CAN.
I started with Missus before MISTER.
Wishing you all a great day.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah, I agree with Yellowrocks. For me, today's review was one of your very best.
I know of Al Pacino, but don't know who this Al Paca guy is. :>)
Vidwan wrote, "... and the whole post, which is atill on my desktop. this morning, inexplicably disappeared"
Vidwan, neither C.C. nor I would have removed your comments.
If you still have your comments, post them again. Does it get published ? Then refresh/reload the comments a few times over a few minutes. Does it disappear ?
If so, then there is something in your comments that Google/Blogger's artificial intelligence suspects as a probable violation of their content policy.
Try rewriting your comments without sexually suggestive comments, or any links to sexually explicit material. Perhaps a link you posted is to a site that is known to host malware. Something in your original comments triggered the removal.
Musings
ReplyDelete-I first thought S_AZI/_ARS was an issue but Swaziland and popped into my vacant head and STAR _ARS was a shoo in.
-Me too, D-O. Seeing only the first pants were good enough for me
-M.C. Hammer made millions in those pants and then blew it all and PARACHUTED into bankruptcy
-My former student does this with Alpacas
-Sea World put up nets over outdoor seating to keep SEAGULLS from taking French fries
-MISTER
-If you knew TARAJI, ANNE and OTTO, you’re a better woman/man than I am Gunga Din!
-CLAIMS – My daughter just gave notice to State Farm that she is quitting after 20 years and is going to take a lower stress job at Duncan Aviation in Lincoln. That’s a great hire for them!
-p.s. We just broke our movie embargo. Crappy movies and Covid have kept us away but we just reserved seats for the new Downton Abbey for Friday.
ReplyDelete-p.s.2 We have more money in the bank than ever but were happy to take the senior rate that was $4/ticket less
Fun puzzle in spite of proper names I didn’t know. I too liked Taraji P in “Person of interest”.
ReplyDeleteHi All!
ReplyDeleteLots of wasted ink today... ++names!
Thanks for the puzzle, Doug.
Hahtoolah - your comics always brighten my Tuesday morning. Thanks.
WOs: ADD on-TO, ProjecT conclusion wasn't TEE, mAy->CAN, tried to fill Wyatt for EARP (#brainfart)
ESPs: 11(?) names ;-)
Fav: PASTAS -- duh :-)
{solid B}
Jinx beat me to Mr. MISTER's Broken [not Buffalo] Wings.
Why do we Americans still use BTUs instead of Joules? C, Eh!, y'all still use the imperial unit too?
POOL CUE made me think of John Candy in the SCTV sketch "The Man With the Golden Arm" (I think that's the title). I couldn't find the clip (CED?)... Basically he played a pool sharp (think The Hustler) and [spoiler!] his arm was golden because of nicotine from his smokes.
My (CEO) Bro really wanted a pair of PARACHUTE PANTS in the '80's. By the time he saved up for them, they were out of style :-)
Gotta run!
Cheers, -T
Fun Tuesday puzzle, Doug--many thanks. And Hahtoolah, your pictures are always terrific! As soon as I see them, I know they came from you. Many thanks for this delight.
ReplyDeleteLots of food and drink references: starting with PASTAS and YAMS, with OREOS and ALMONDS for dessert, and with some COLA you can CHUG.
Hope the SEAGULLs and the BOARs get along, and that the GNAT doesn't bite them. Good thing they don't have to wear DOGTAGS.
Some music here and there, with Tori AMOS, and ETTA James, and also a number of actors.
And, of course, STAR WARS.
Have a good day, everybody.
AnonT- still BTUs here. We are not consistently metric, but at least those units are British!
ReplyDeleteIs this the John Candy sketch you were thinking of?
TheHustler
Fairly str8forward but didn't completely parse the theme connecting "pants" with just the first word. Didn't realize STIRRUP and YOGA pants were a thing. PARACHUTE PANTS never really caught on (thankfully). Maybe not bad apparel to don when traveling by plane though 😅
ReplyDeleteInkover: acuity/ACUMEN and my perpetual error: easle/EASEL.😒. TARAJI was an unknown. "Rascal Flatts"?.. almost put town. "Capable of" doesn't really sound right with UPTO.
"Rectal piece???" Oops sorry. "RecItal"😃
Wouldn't be a puzzle week without at least one OREO. ( My favorite "variation"? : double stuffed and dipped in chocolate! 😛). Is ALMOND milk expensive because milking almonds is so time consuming? 🙊
VIDwan: when you resubmit try spelling it sects..😆
Is the "Albertan" ZED one of Canada Eh's provincials? I learned most of my Canadian lore from one of my university roomates who was from Toronto.
ROGET must get quite a workout from constructors.
Two dogged dogs....PAIROFPANTS
John Cameron ____ .....SWAZI
"No Diving"... POOLCUE.
PICARD: Amazing series of lunar eclipse pictures. 🌖🌔🌓🌗
H2LH funny as ever.
Puzzling thoughts:
ReplyDeleteFIR; no mistakes. Perps helped fill in those I did not know, or infrequently use: TARAJI, BYROADS, and SWAZI
About the right difficulty for a Tues puzzle. ''Twas a plethora of 3-letter entries but very few abbreviations
Great puzzle, Doug; and as always, Susan, a very entertaining recap
Why was Popeye's flesh
Tone neutral, instead of orange?
"He YAM what he YAM 🍠"
Hahtoolah Thank you for your humorous and well illustrated review. Especially appreciate the Timothy Leary LSD video. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am always in AWE of such constructions where both words of the theme answer have to fit the theme. Loved it!
MANDALORIAN, TARAJI, PAT SUMMITT, ALI WONG, ANNE TYLER, KAT DENNINGS unknown. But perps were do-able. FIR.
Here I had the privilege of asking questions of SWAMI Sarvapriyananda about the Advaita view of the nature of reality and consciousness.
It has over 5,000 views which astonished me. My questions were not very coherent, but he understood what I meant and answered very clearly. Advaita holds that we are all characters in a dream. And there is just one dreamer. Who is that dreamer? You. The one reading this.
From Yesterday and Today:
Jayce, CanadianEh, AnonT, LEO III, Wilbur Charles, Lemonade, Irish Miss, Vidwan, ATLGranny, Ray O Sunshine Thank you for the very kind words about my lunar eclipse photos!
Wilbur Charles Sorry for being dense: Who is "Mr S"?
Vidwan Sorry, but I did not see your comment on my Borobudur TANTRA photo. Where is it posted?
Yellowrocks Congratulations on the speedy recovery from your pelvic fracture! Much faster than my recovery had been! Hope all continues to go well!
Hello from Alberta!!!! Thank you CanadianEh for remembering me. We do indeed say zed, and our province has two NHL teams. But to my embarrassment, I couldn't name seven Canadian teams. I am obviously not a sports fan. There were a lot of proper names in this puzzle, but as already mentioned, the perps were helpful. We enjoyed this puzzle. We solved it in record time, and we even saw the theme!!!! Saturday's puzzle though was just not in our wheelhouse and and we had to resort to red letters early on. Thank you Hahtoolah for your fun expository. We always look forward to your blogging.
ReplyDeleteHi LfromAlberta. Glad you joined us today to take your CSO.
ReplyDeleteI am always happy to have more Canadian company here.
LOL Ray-o- that must have been a great college roommate!
Lotsa proper names (Whew!) have been called out by my preceding colleagues, and I join the chorus. TARAJI in particular caught me, and delayed my finish way too long.
ReplyDeleteHahtoolah's delightful response almost made up for it.
CARGO TRAINING was another unpleasant experience, as the second word is too close to LOADING (one letter short) as to make it hard to re-conceive the correct fill.
But enough whining. No more PANTing! The rest of the PZL went smoothly enough for a typical EZ Tuesday.
~ OMK
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DR: Three diagonals on the near end.
The center line yields an anagram (13 of 15 letters, borrowing an "O" from the 5 in the lower diagonal) celebrating the roles of a bevy of (very low) females in an operatic adaptation of Peer Gynt.
Of course, I refer to the ...
"TR(o)LL CONTRALTI"!
Ray: Since you were thrown by Rascal Flatts, I should make you aware that Barenaked Ladies doesn't have anything to do with birthday suits. Not even if you had a million dollars.
ReplyDeleteJINX: "Smashing Pumpkins" isn't about Halloween mischief?...🎃
ReplyDeleteOr should I say Halloween Hi -JINX...😊
ReplyDeleteI liked this puzzle and I liked Hahtoolah's exposition even more.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought/experience that Anonymous at 7:02 AM had: I thought "lacing into" should be "laying into," but "yan I help you?" was evidently wrong.
I too enjoyed TARAJI P. Henson in the "Person of Interest" TV Show and also the movie "Hidden Figures" as inanehiker did. I also sorta remember KAT Dennings from a TV show called "Two Broke Girls." (Jeez, the things one remembers!)
I liked the clue for LSD.
Vidwan, I remember reading your post yesterday in which you mentioned Tantric s*x. As Ray-O-Sunshine pointed out, it is likely the Google algorithm deleted your post because it contained that word; Ray-O-Sunshine suggests reposting it today but using the spelling "sects" instead. I think that is a good suggestion and I encourage you to repost your informative comments.
Good wishes to you all.
Ray - Good point. Talking Heads want to know.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Tantric sects like a nice Fourth of July, but no fireworks?
C, Eh! - That is not the video I was thinking of but, nevertheless, good stuff from Canadian John Candy.
ReplyDeleteJinx - my (CEO) Bro is a huge fan of Barenaked Ladies (and Wilco #EMO). One Week is, IMHO, their best song.
Ray-O: Nice job on Hi Jinx for Smashing Pumpkins :-)
OMK - 'Fraid I'm going to have to hit the Google to get your DR.
Back to work. -T
I started this post at 830 am. Uh oh, I had a Y in STIRRUP and in ALI too for FIW on a Tuesday. Actually I miss a box often
ReplyDeleteAnd needed hahtoolah to explain CARD. Always a delight to read her write-ups
I inked (confidently) Lambaste/LACE INTO. Messy.
Eowyn laughs while slaying the Nazgul
Picard, Mr S(tupidity) is my constant companion. He insisted on the Y in STyRRUP.
I've got to blame someone.
WC
Technically, the units of capacity for air conditioning units is BTUH (the common abbreviation), which is British Thermal Units per Hour. BTU by itself is simply a quantity of heat energy. You have to add a time period to arrive at heat transfer capacity for equipment.
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ReplyDeleteAnon at 8:34 re BTU/H vs. BTUs .... you're so darn right ! The capacity of a heat transfer equipment should be on a time basis. But, being technical can only get you so far in a CW.
I too, studied four semesters worth of Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics ...
I liked todays Tuesday CW, ... nothing too difficult, and I even figured out the theme- gimmick after I had solved it all. Thank you Doug Peterson.
Thank you Hahtoolah for your funny review and brilliantly appropriate cartoons...
Coincidentally, I met a lady at work who had a classy sweat shirt on with three stylistic cats. She told me she has 2 cats in her house ... and ofcourse, I had to tell her all about you and that it was your bloggibg day today. She is obviously not jewish, so I had to explain the Hahtoolah name from the Hebrew, to her, as well.
I remember Taraji P. Henson from Hidden Figures... but I remember reading up on her, and researching her name ... the Suffix "Ji" at the end of her first name, is a great honofic applied to many indian names and titles .. Like GandhiJi and now Modiji etc., and Swami-ji and Guru-ji. Even certain (Shia ) muslims have this honorific as permanently attached to their first or last names.
It signifies great respect, so much that people use it while referring to their teachers, their guests, and their parents, their elders and especially for and to their Ms-I-L and Fs-I-L etc.
As for Taraji, I never found out why she was named that way, but the name stayed in my mind.
Re::: My deleted Post .. Thank you TTP, for your explanation, and Jayce, and others, for your kind comments, I will try to repeat it in my next post ... without any of the objectionable words.
Have a good evening, all, and a great day tomorrow.
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Thank you Picard for your Lunar eclipse pics, and the carvings at the Boro budur temple.
It was serendipitous that the temple is situated in Java, where there are a large plurality of buddhists, and that probably saved it fron desecration, in the many centuries that followed with different religions and cultures.
I did not know that Boro Budur buddhist stupa / temple is the largest buddhist temple in the world. Wiki article
There are a series of temples ( a complex - ) in a dense jungle of a place called Khajuraho, central India, with many carvings.
But this Khajuraho is a hindu-Jain temple, not Buddhist, and it is indeed a very popular tourist attraction, UNESCO Heritage, and all, .. especially with certain foreigners,.... sometimes more popular than the Taj Mahal itself ... and all, mistly because of its carvings .. read the entire wiki article, which is self explanatory, Especially the Arts and Sculpture section.
BTW, neither I nor any of my family have seen it in person, because we lived, while in India, so far away, and the accessability is by car ... or through the aeroplane flights.
Have a good evening, all.
FIR, saw the theme, and had my usual problems with the proper names. Entering LAMBASTING in 11D slowed me down.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Doug and Susan!
I got six out of seven. The seventh moved and became somebody else (which I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN)! The NHL MIGHT be the first and ONLY pro sport that I go back to watching, but I don’t know. I got tired of the SKATE, SKATE, FIGHT, repeat, then repeat again, so I quit watching it years ago. NFL and MLB and NASCAR have probably lost me forever.
Susan, I’ll look for your email. My email box is kinda like the rest of my life --- full of junk and completely out of control. I’ll go back and look for it. I apologize for missing it.
Vidwan - four semesters of Thermo? I only had one. The class was for MechEs and everything was in Imperial Units.
ReplyDeleteBeing a EE, I had to convert to metric, do my calculations, and then convert back.
I found metric removed units errors the other kids made.
Corner Book Club: My buddy (and Boss-Man) recommended This is How They Tell Me The World Ends. I can't put it down.
LeoIII - But did you watch the Astros beat up on BoSox tonight? The second inning was... well, H-Town crushed the ball.
//painters still have my living room a mess so the Girls & I went to the local cantina for fajitas & the game.
Play with y'all again tomorrow! Cheers, -T
-T --- Nope! No pro anything! All of them have made me mad with their stupid rules changes, and I have to admit to other reasons too. You know one of them that is hanging around my neck at the museum. HTTR!
ReplyDelete-T: "My buddy (and Boss-Man) recommended This is How They Tell Me The World Ends."
ReplyDeleteTell your boss that I'm another customer.