Theme: SANDWICH BAR (63. Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues)
17. *Take a chance: ROLL THE DICE.
24. *Minnesota medical center: MAYO CLINIC.
38. *Mug for the cameras: HAM IT UP.
52. *Vatican security detail: SWISS GUARD.
I am the HAM and C.C. is the SWISS cheese. We are both proud of the historic MAYO clinic although thankfully we have never had to check in there. And yes, I ROLL the dice but Minnesota does not have craps tables. I have to go to Wisconsin or Las Vegas.
Across:
6. Game with drivers and carts: GOLF. Don't forget irons, putters, and balls with dimples.
10. __ of gold: POT. Win on at the poker table.
13. Eggy brunch choice: OMELET. You may get one at a Vegas buffet. But you might have to wait in line.
15. Slender woodwind: OBOE.
16. Flightless bird of Australia: EMU.
19. Photographer Goldin: NAN.
20. Squirrel's discard: NUTSHELL. Well, we had squirrels that discarded tulips.
21. Pancakes often served with smoked salmon: BLINI. Never heard of this. I prefer maple syrup.
23. Archaic "once": ERST.
27. Blessing ender: AMEN. One of the few four letter words that religion approves.
29. "Oh, now I see": AH YES.
30. Mother-of-pearl: NACRE. Trick of a mollusk.
33. GI show gp.: USO. When in Hardheim, we had to travel to Stuttgart for a show.
34. Quacking bird: DUCK. Pitchers may DUCK when a line drive comes back at them.
37. Slice of history: ERA. It could raise their ERA.
42. Language of Southeast Asia: LAO.
43. Off-white shade: ECRU. Calvin Klein and the Gap are trying to convince the public that yellowish gray is a neat color.
45. Pollen gatherer: BEE.
46. Arcade pioneer: ATARI. Yes indeed. My first go at a computer!
48. Hole in a tub: DRAIN.
50. Covert ops outfit, for short: CAMO. We never needed these in Germany. Only in combat areas.
55. "Hey, you!": PSST.
59. Sun porch: LANAI. Located in our 50th state.
60. Float in the air: LEVITATE.
62. So last month: OLD. "Old friends, sat on their park bench like bookends." Simon and Garfunkel
66. Laudatory poem: ODE. "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, Delta day" Bobbie Gentry: "ODE to Billie Joe".
67. Area behind an altar: APSE.
68. Hears (of): LEARNS.
69. Chicken __: itchy malady: POX. As long as it is not Monkey Pox.
70. Class ring number: YEAR. Mine is 1965.
71. Wager: STAKE. $22.00 on the inside numbers, (5,6,8.9)
Down:
2. French love: AMOUR.
3. Gets soupy, as ice cream: MELTS. Or Minnesota snow. It took longer than the past, but it's long gone now!
4. Elite athlete: ALL-STAR. Waiting for the selections for the Mid-Summer classic.
5. Late-night host Meyers: SETH.
6. Divine: GODLY.
7. __-Wan Kenobi: OBI. Jedi for a Halloween costume
8. Opp. of express: LOC. Local.
9. Without oomph: FEEBLY. My bowling since my spinal cord got feeble.
10. Landform that juts into the water: PENINSULA. Florida.
11. Resident of a Middle Eastern sultanate: OMANI.
12. Loose-fitting top: TUNIC.
14. Unifying feature of many crosswords: THEME. Monday to Friday L.A. Times crosswords all have themes. Sunday too.
18. Splashy style: ELAN.
22. Fibbed: LIED. If someone tells you he never told a lie, don't believe him.
25. Hops-drying oven in a brewery: OAST. I never knew what hops were. Still don't.
26. "Mon petit __": French endearment: CHOU.
28. "It's okay, I guess": MEH.
30. Jill Biden, __ Jacobs: NEE. Last name before marriage.
31. Rainbow shape: ARC. "Why are there so mane songs about rainbows?"
32. Analog catalog in British libraries: CARD INDEX. Not index card?
33. One-eighty: UIE. I thought that was spelled ewee
35. Indy 500 racer: CAR. These machines should have a name slicker than CAR.
36. Colorful pond fish: KOI.
39. "You're making __ mistake!": A BIG.
40. Feature of many restaurant websites: MENU. They all make it look good on web commercials.
41. Actress Grier: PAM. Cooking spray.
44. __ Minor: constellation: URSA. Little dipper.
47. "Let's see you do better!": TOP THAT. Got any baseball cards?
49. "To quote myself ... ": AS I SAY. I have more than you.
50. Team on a film set: CREW.
51. Ibuprofen brand: ADVIL. I switched to Tylenol to prep for the surgery.
52. Sailing vessel: SLOOP. "We sailed on the sloop John B."
53. Picture book character lost in a crowd: WALDO.
54. Birch family tree: ALDER. I think Birch are Alder than Oak.
56. Brand of hummus: SABRA.
57. Smelled a lot: STANK. "He lit a match to check the STANK, that's why they call him Skinless Frank."
58. To the point: TERSE.
61. Puts frosting on: ICES. Or winter weather ICES our driveway.
64. Imitate: APE. The hairy one.
65. Super-secret intel org.: NSA.
Sign on the wall last Tuesday when I had the surgery.
Boomer
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| VA Ortho, 5/31/2022 |
43 comments:
FIRight. Monday, we needed you!
Few names, and what there were pretty universally known. May I take a CSO at PENINSULA? I grew up just a block away from Peninsula Park in Portland Oregon. Not that I knew what (or who) peninsula was.
The theme was a simple one, but I looked for it late, so it didn't help me any.
For Free Will, do we pay a price?
To rule ourselves, pursue some spice?
From pre-destiny
Are we free?
If that's the case, then ROLL THE DICE!
If it walks like a DUCK, squawks like a duck,
If we guess it's a duck, are we in luck?
If it's a hen or EMU,
That just will not do.
Instead of quack, we hear "cluck. cluck!"
{A-, B+.}
Hi Y'all! Thanks, Craig, for a fun & fast puzzle. Made me hungry. Thanks, dear Boomer, for carrying on with humor.
DNK: NAN, CHOU, PAM, SABRA but they all perped in. No red-letter runs necessary. YAY!
I mentioned the other day that my niece's MIL was stuck in an INN in the ALPS after her traveling companion tested positive for COVID. Now MIL has COVID too. The European tour was on a charter bus with everyone tested daily. Now 13 people have COVID from that busload of 35 and the sick have been left in five different cities. MIL had all her shots. Travel is still hazardous.
Wow, here I am very early Monday with a very sore shoulder. Many thanks to all for the good wishes. It was a tough week as the shoulder surgery had a few surprises. Cancer was found to have made the bones brittle which sort of explained why a simple fall caused such a mess. My shoulder was rebuilt with the help of some unbreakable metal and now I am in rehab with a sling as big as a horses leg. One week is in the rear view mirror so I can only do what the doctor says and hopefully will be scratching my butt with my left hand again soon.
Holy moley, 20 minutes for a Monday FIR! DNK: BLINI, NAN, PAM, or CHOU. W/Os CAST:CREW, ASPEN:ALDER. Very disappointed in myself taking 20 for a much-looked-forward-to Monday CW. Thanx CS, for the more-challenge-than-expected CW. Thanx to Boomer too for his unbelievable wit and humor with all that’s going on with him. Hope ya heal-up quickly, Boomer.
This puzzle had a little more crunch than the average Monday puzzle, with an unknown French word and a couple of Naticks. But I got through it fine. FIR, so I'm happy.
Good morning!
No real surprises on this one, zip, zip. I don't really care for UIE (or UEY or Boomer's EWEE) -- no standardized spelling. NAN Goldin was my only unknown, but the perps were kind. Thanx, Craig and Boomer. (Here's for a quick rehab for that shoulder.)
Off to a pair of short M-o-W routes this morning...
FIR, but erased acorn cap for NUT SHELL, blint for BLINI, feeble for FEBLY, and pennusula for PENINSULA. Had to wait for stunk/STANK. DNK SANDWICH BAR, NAN and CHOU.
Today is the anniversary of crossword regular D-Day. Despite less-than-optimal weather, Ike ROLLed THE DICE and began the liberation of Europe and the defeat of the Nazis. Around 2,000 Americans were killed that first day.
I have owned six sailboats over the years, all of them SLOOPs. That means that they were designed to have a triangular sail (mainsail) attached to the (single) mast, and a triangular sail (jib) attached to a wire rigged between the front of the boat and a high point on the mast.
I doubt that Greg Maddux ever DUCKed a hot shot back to the mound. He won 18 GOLDen Gloves, the most by a pitcher (or any other position, for that matter).
Thanks to Craig for another fine puzzle. And thanks to Boomer for the fun. Good to see that the disease and treatment haven't affected your funny bone. And as an AL fan, you should be fine with replacing natural material with metal. And I know that some day I'll be in line behind you as you try to clear TSA to board the plane.
FIR, despite a few unknowns, but the perps took care of them.
A FIR Monday with NAN my only truly unknown name (Hi, DO!). The rest of the fill I gradually brought up from my memory and now I LEVITATE with joy. Thanks, Craig, for the Monday appropriate puzzle with a food theme, easily found with the reveal.
I was surprised to see you back on the job so soon, Boomer. What a trooper you are! And as witty as usual, adding to our smiles today.
Mon petit CHOU always makes me smile too, thinking of my little cabbage, but I see Google has other nuances of meaning.
Have a good start to the week, everyone!
Took 4:23 to finish the sandwich today.
Blini, Nan, and anything French (the love and endearment) seem out of place on a Monday.
Or even a Thursday.
Good to see Doug/Boomer back blogging.
A quick romp in the park today. LORNE and NAN were filled before I got to them.
Living in this area, we come across BLINI frequently, but I never have had one. I have heard the French expression MY LITTLE CHOU many times. I wouldn't like to be called a cabbage. I also have heard of chou as a pastry usually spelled choux. I have made choux as the dough for yummy cream puffs. As an endearment maybe chou is similar to Honey Bun.
What seems obscure depends on your own life experiences.
Boomer, I see you have retained all your humor. I admire your pluck. I wish you the best.
Yes, I put mayo on a ham and Swiss sandwich, rather than mustard. I also like to add lettuce and tomato. I have been buying the small Campari tomatoes and slicing them for sandwiches and salads. They seem to have more tang than other winter tomatoes.
Thank you Craig for a slightly crunchy Monday FIR. The theme helped me solve the reveal, so it was useful. The eponymous 4th EARL would have been proud of you, for STAKING the theme on his meme.
And thank you Patti for pulling the punches a bit today in your ongoing efforts to get us all to up our game.
And above all thank your Boomer for your indefatigability, your outrageous punning, and your willingness to assemble the layers of your life into one of the EARL's creations and share it with us.
A few favs:
1A LAMAS. "The one-l lama, He's a priest. The two-l llama, He's a beast. And I will bet A silk pajama There isn't any Three-l lllama" - The EARL of Doggerel, Ogden Nash.
15A OBOE. So where are the OREOS?
24A MAYO CLINIC. I once attended a conference there and unknowingly insulted a medical equipment manufacturer by complaining at the breakfast table about how unreliable his Auto-Analyzers were. PSST Bill ... 🙄
38A HAM IT UP. Moi?
6D GODLY. We bloggers often have to dance around constructors' blatant violations of blog policy.
26D CHOU. The French have a strange sense of humor, endearing themselves to their loved ones by calling them Brussels Sprouts. 💚
Cheers,
Bill
Boomer - my bad. I've always referred to the AL as "the DH and aluminum bat league". I know they don't use aluminum bats - yet. I guess I've repeated this lie so often that I believe it. Still don't like the DH, though.
Good Morning
I appreciate a puzzle that keeps me in the dark, themewise, until the very end, giving me an Aha reveal, especially on a Monday. Nan was the only unknown and Aspen/Alder the only w/o. There was a cute Easter Egg with Melts. Also, a mini creature theme with Duck, Emu, Bee, Ape, Koi, and Ursa. CSOs to All Golfers (Golf), Bill W (Oast), Jinx (Sloop and Crew), and the entire Corner (Theme). (Years ago, locally, a sandwich of Ham and Swiss on rye, with Mustard was known as a Half and Half, although I doubt that's still the norm.)
Thanks, Craig, for a pleasant start to the week and thanks, Boomer, for your indomitable dedication and grit. I was surprised to see you this morning, but, knowing your dogged determination, I shouldn’t have been. The cherry on the top of your review was the pre-surgery sign’s patient name: Boomer. I laughed out loud and thought, I’ll bet he had those nurses wrapped around his little finger! Bravo, Big Guy!
Have a great day.
Good Monday, some unknown names but crosses filled them in.
Fast Monday, A bit 'o trouble in the SE kept the fill speed down but then I got PSST 🤭.... Inkovers: aspen/ALDER, bet on/STAKE... ships/SLOOP, Obvious theme though. WEES, NAN Goldin unknown, not very Mondayish. As Boomer implied: remember when a lit match predated the arrival of Glade😁
PK: Touring in a bus sounds like a formula for COVID but sorry to hear.
("Gets soupy as ice cream": MELTS)...Comedian on NPR: "Mom would never buy us ice cream, she put out bowls of milk, called us, then said we waited too long" 😆
Almost started Latkes for BLINI. If it "quacks" like a DUCK etc..🦆...UIE: wish that clue/answer would make a "uie" and disappear 😒
Drugless birth method....LAMAS
Not a Nice way of sayin' "scram" ....CHOU
What the big bad wolf did after the first two houses: HAMITUP
Sorceress Beach Hangout...SANDWICHBAR.
What you call the team on any film set...ECRU.
Boomer, the bionic man and an inspiration. No more falls please.
On the whole, I found the theme quite tasty...
I discovered (politically) that my interpretation of the word "meh" seems to fall a little right of center...
Smelled bad smelled bad when I had st"u"nk, and mistakenly thought it must be stink, but then the clue must be in error, but is it really in error? Can stink be past tense? I came up with all sorts of witty retorts to post, but then the "a" appeared...
Three letter "blank" of gold stumped me for a while as all I could dig up had four letters, thank goodness for perps.
Come to think of it, that "pot" of gold has been eluding me all my life...
As we frequently lament the plethora of proper names why not have one day a week or maybe a month designated as a non-proper name puzzle kyna like theme-less Saturday. (And maybe make it exclusively in English too)
There must be some constructor out there up to such a "CHALLENGE".
Whaddya say LAT?
Marvellous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Craig and Boomer (happy to see you today).
I FIRed in good time and saw the SANDWICH theme at HAM.
AS I SAY, there was no MEH in this OLD-style CW.
waseeley- did we have a religious sub theme with GODLY, AMEN, APSE, LAMAS.
This Canadian had no problem with AMOUR and CHOU. I see that YR and waseeley have already translated to “little cabbage” and Brussels sprout”.
Love the Easter Egg, IM.
Hand up for changing Uey to UIE, feeble to FEEBLY.
Home again after a trip to Stratford. DH and I saw Hamlet (admirably played by a black woman, Amaya Umeh), and Richard III starring the veteran actor, Colm Feore. The latter play was opening the gorgeous new 700 seat Tom Patterson Theatre (which was scheduled to open in 2020) overlooking the Avon River. Well done!
Stratford
Wishing you all a great day.
Great to hear from you, Boomer. Let the scratching begin!
The theme of today's puzzle was quite appropriate as we just spent a day in the Paso Robles wine country and (despite sampling some superb wines) the highlights of the trip were, arguably, our stops at the High Street Deli in San Louis Obispo and Idustrial Eats in Buellton. Two of the best sandwich shops to be found anywhere.
How about "World War I peril" instead of MAYO clue. I just have to remember "Hold the MAYO!" I need to find a flavored mayo for lobster salad
At first I thought A new version of Mario Kart was out but down perps were friendly. __LF was all I needed
I inked CHer thinking it needs an E at the end. As in Ma chere amie.
Perfect Monday style xword with the perfect guy to comment. Boomer, any tips on prep for a prostate MRI?
WC
Ray - O @9:11 AM We had our son by the Lamaze method (one L). DW's (y'all know her, but this is a HIPAA matter) water broke at 11 PM while we walked home after seeing the 4 hour version of "War and Peace" (the one where one of the women dies giving birth by Lamaze). We arrived at midnight at the hospital 40 miles away (the only one at the time supporting this medical malpractice). We settled into the delivery room and I promptly started to doze. DW said, "Hey you can't do that, you've got to help me!!!". 10 hours later, after a lot of breathin' and moanin' she gave birth to a beautiful, purple baby boy! My first memory of him was he eyeing me suspiciously through a crack in the receiving blanket.
Musings
-Some graduation parties we attend have OMELTE or SANDWICH BARS
-GOLF – My lovely bride and I compromised on my going to three days/week
-NAN – I couldn’t find a more “famous” NAN but had learned it is an Indian bread here
-Our squirrels loved peanuts in the shell but neighbors reported seeing shells littering their lawns
-DUCK – Many softball infielders and pitchers now wear face masks in the field.
-GODLINESS is next to impossible
-UIE/UEY?
-Have ever gotten a fast-food burger that looked as good as the one on the MENU?
-Did you pick the same wrong tree I did at A _ _ _ _?
-I had a noon haircut scheduled but daughter and granddaughter want us to meet in Omaha this morning. Guess what I picked.
Yes, my little cabbage- mon petit chou : my sweetheart is an odd love phrase but is my cupcake (what kind)? my honey (sweet but sticky)? muffin - English? Whole Grain? Corn?
Boomer you are great, keep on keeping on. C.C. hang in, maybe there are services that could come to your home and help you with moving Boomer with no cost to you...
There were some curve balls, but you need to adjust if you want to stay in the big leagues.
Today in the anniversary of D-Day part of the long never forget from Memorial Day to the 4th of July
Be safe all
Bit of a challenging Monday puzzle, but still lots of fun--many thanks, Craig. And, Boomer, so great to see you here this morning just a few days after your surgery, with your shoulder still healing. Thank you so much for your fun comments and pictures, and take good care of yourself this week.
That slender woodwind OBOE shows up a lot in puzzles these days.
Nice to see a crossword item (THEME) in a crossword puzzle.
After finally getting SABRA for the hummus brand, I went to the refrigerator and checked my hummus: it's labeled "Boar's Head TRADITIONAL hummus." Go figure.
Always happy to see an ODE show up in a puzzle.
Have a great week coming up, everybody.
I have been trying to find a silly theme link that made me laugh...
So far no luck,
but I will keep trying...
Thank You Craig Stowe for a nice Monday puzzle, that I really enjoyed, and finished in very good time.
Thank you Boomer, for a charming review, .... and despite your trials, ... your pervasive sense of humor ( humour for Can Eh! ). I marvel at your reseliency and ubiquitous optimism. God Bless - I pray for you and CC every night.
I too, googled / looked up Mon Petit Chou, and found My Little Cabbage !!?!! Well, to each their own ... maybe the french ARE obsessed with food. Much as I have had cabbage, raw, cooked or pickled, I find it sometimes too gassy for me, hence not my favorite vegetable. DW blows a lot of hot air, when she's upset, but is never gassy....
Lamaze:: For Ray O Sun ... when we were expecting our first daughter, DW thought briefly of the L method, but she had just mastered the epidural, and her boss, the prof of Ob Anest was so upset, she gave up the idea....
Plus, on that fateful day, ( D Day !!!) I was 4 hours away, in Columbus, OH, on some very urgent work (?), and was driving home (and the hosp -) at breakneck speed, and she wanted me to be present at the deliv. I made it with 15 minutes to spare.
Husker Gary, the most famous Nan, according to google, is Nan Martin ( who? died 2010 ).
The dog in Peter Pan is Nana.
The indian fermented flatbread is more properly, Naan. And it is also the go-to bread in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Iran .... and all the way to Turkey and Azerbaijan. etc. Except that, in my experience, the indian bread HAS to be eaten within 15 minutes of baking it, otherwise its not that great.
Wilbur Charles, ...'any tips on a prostate MRI ?' .... ( don't take any iron pill supplements, prior to - .... ) I am mentioning it, only because I never went for a prostate MRI, but directly to an office biopsy ... quicker, but a lot more painful. And spent the better part of the next yr under a proton gun.
have a good Monday, you all, and a great rest of the week.
A fair Monday puzzle. A chou is short for chou a la crème, a cream puff. So it’s like calling your Valentine sweet.
Hola!
Craig Stowe is one of my favorite constructors and this one is a gem. Thank you, Craig and thank you, Boomer. I so admire that even in your painful and likely awkward state, you can narrate our Blog with grace and humor.
I sashayed through this fairly quickly. It is Monday, after all. And now I have to go and have my car checked. The little wrench icon appeared yesterday so it requires inspection.
Have a great day, everyone! You all seem to be in good form today.
I desperately wanted the Vatican security to be Popemobile, and I was pretty reluctant to remove it even when it was clearly an error.
What I like about Mondays is that everybody is in a good, cheerful mood, because the puzzle is such an easy solve. Monday may even be my favorite day of the week here, just for that reason!
Fun run as usual for Monday -
I did the puzzle early this morning - but just had my 5 min lunch to comment.
I did get a kick out of J squared ( Jayce and Jinx) trying out some potential last names FLN. None were correct - but maybe I could use one as a future alias!
Thanks Boomer and Craig!
French children used to be told when they asked where they came from, that they were born in a cabbage patch, so etymologists think the expression mon petit chou might have come from that. Another similar expression of endearment for a child is mon petit bout de chou, my little piece of cabbage.
Nice puzzle this morning.
Boomer, thank you. The prayers for you and C.C. continue.
I really like this puzzle. Consistent theme, well filled.
FLN to Jinx: my reply to you bounced and threw this error message:
421 4.1.0 209.85.219.172 blocked. Refer to Error Codes section at https://www.youremailserver.com/residential/support/email-error-codes.html
inanehiker @1:19 PM Aw shucks Nina. Is it an anagram of "ehiker"?
30 Across:: Mother of Pearl ..... NACRE
Heres a video 12.27 mins long ... about the Korean Art Form of using the thin layer of Nacre ... from an oyster or a scallop (?) to embellish a lacquered jewellry box.
It will blow your mind ... no commentary.... just watch and learn of this fantastic art form.
I wonder how much these gift boxes actually cost.
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A Video, 21.10 mts., of a japanese art form, Amezaishu, of making carving, moulding, sculpting, animals from hot - 190 degs F., melted, edible, sugar candy.
The artistry for making a simple, lickable, lollipop is absolutely exquisite.
The simple animals sell for 20 to 40 US Dollars, and the dragon, not shown, sells for $500.
Enjoy.
A pleasant Monday PZL from Mr. Stowe, expertly parsed by Boomer.
A universal fave at the SANDWICH BAR, ye olde HAM & SWISS.
My wife would insist that they hold the MAYO CLINIC! Or serve it on the side.
~ OMK
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DR: One far side diagonal.
Its anagram (14 of 15 letters) explains why the maitre d' was let go.
Because he...
"MISHANDLED TIPS"!
Waseeley - Cox wants out of the email business, so they are refusing to address problems. I can't use their email to send or receive with my favorite golf resort in Myrtle Beach. The third level support guy told me that maybe their spam detector excluded their domain. But would they check - Oh yes, the promised to, but nothing changed. They are right that email is relatively unimportant these days, but like the USPS, there is still a need. Thanks anyway for sending.
Inane - That was fun. I had nearly forgotten about the British Seagull outboard. They were well-built, simple, reliable and rugged. To start them, the boater got a rope with a knot in one end and a handle on the other, and had to wrap the rope around a pulley and, well, pull. What a user interface!
I enjoyed this puzzle and all your comments.
Vidwan827
What amazing pieces of workmanship in those boxes! I never realized how they were made much less how much painstaking work it took. Thank you for posting. I now have a new appreciation for those!
Hi All!
A little bit of issue in the NE... All I could think of was Heart of Gold [HHGTTG]
Tasty puzzle THEME, Graig. You can hold the MAYO [love me HAM & SWISS on rye w/ mustard].
Fantastic expo, Boomer. I love seeing you in TOP(s) humor. Stay strong eFriend.
WO: BLINz
ESPs: NAN, PAM, CHOU
Fav: SNL's LORNE & SETH.
Runner-up: kinda the same(?) - ROLL THE bones. [RUSH]
{A+, B+}
Fun DR after Tip JAR the other day.
Welcome to The Corner JoyK. N. Central Texas? Waco? There's many of us down in Houston.
Lucina - I got the wrench 'B-13' message on my dash. I Googled and it said transmission fluid. ?? It's a manual transmission ;-)
Gotta run. Enjoyed reading everyone today.
Cheers, -T
I forgot to ask about the wrench icon but it disappeared after my oil change and I'm not sure if anything else was done. I don't think so.
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