Theme: Playing Innocent
20. Shoplifting?: TAKING A STAND.
29. Insider trading?: BODY SWAPPING.
50. Money laundering?: GREEN WASHING.
60. "I did nothing wrong!," or an apt title for this puzzle?: IT'S NOT A CRIME.
Melissa here. Fresh and amusing theme today from Hoang-Kim and Christine - the clues are crimes (shoplifting), but the answers aren't (taking a stand). The unifier is perfect. Accordiing to this, Hoang-Kim has debuted 18 answer words in his NYT puzzles. He collaborates with his wife Jessica Zetzman (most recently 9/1/22), but here today with Christine Simpson - which appears to be her debut. Congratulations! Hoang-Kim's LA Times debut was May 2, 2019.
Across:
1. French "Thank you": MERCI. Nice, easy start.
6. Political alliance: BLOC. I first read this as Political allegiance.
10. Strongbox: SAFE.
14. Starters: A TEAM. Nice clue, I was thinking food.
15. New York school named after a Scottish isle: IONA. Iona University is a private Roman Catholic university in New Rochelle, New York. It was founded in 1940.
16. "Grand slam" awards acronym: EGOT. We see this regularly. The four awards are: Emmy (television), Grammy (music), Oscar (film), and Tony (theater). 17 people who have won an EGOT.
17. African herbivore: RHINO. It would be fun to see the full name rhinoceros, instead of shortened RHINO - although I'd never be able to spell it. Sad fact: Out of 100 that are known, there are currently only five species of living rhinos - three being critically endangered. Both species of African rhinos, black and white rhinos, are actually the same color - grey. Rhinoceros Fact Sheet.
18. "Double Indemnity" genre: NOIR. Stylish genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity.
19. Filmmaker Ephron: NORA. So many good films. She died in 2012.
23. Huffy mood: SNIT. I like the term "spiff," a combo of tiff and spat.
24. Pacific Northwest st.: ORE. PNW State = Oregon. The others are Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska.
32. Male with horns: STEER. Second horned beast today.
35. Road goo: TAR.
36. Cushioned seat: SOFA.
37. La madre de su prima: TIA. Spanish for "his cousin's mother," making it his aunt.
38. Family docs: GPS. General Practitioners.
41. Food with altered DNA: GMO. Genetically Modified Organism.
43. Martin's "The West Wing" role: JED.
44. Lobby group for seniors: AARP. American Association of Retired Persons. Being retired isn't a requirement for membership.
46. Big primate: APE.
48. Erodes: WEARS.
54. Depress: SADDEN.
55. Group of whales: POD. A group of closely related matrilines (line of descent from a female ancestor) made up of mothers, daughters, sisters, cousins and their children. Pods usually consist of 5 - 30 whales, although some pods may combine to form a group of 100 or more.
66. Pulled strings?: HARP. Sneaky - noun not verb.
67. Bushy-tailed canines: FOXES.
68. Field: AREA.
69. Aware of: ONTO.
70. Singer Patsy: CLINE.
71. Dollop: GLOB. I think I'd rather have a dollop than a glob.
72. Blast from the __: PAST.
73. Snow vehicles: SLEDS.
Down:
1. Gas station shops: MARTS.
2. "__ Frome": Edith Wharton novel: ETHAN.
3. Hands-on healing practice: REIKI.
4. "Do my eyes deceive me?": CAN IT BE.
5. "My time to shine!": I'M ON. Fun fact: Consummate actor Jack Lemmon had a habit of saying to himself before every take: “It’s magic time.”
6. Using only ones and zeros: BINARY.
7. Least strict: LOOSEST.
8. "Put a lid __!": ON IT.
9. Deterrent in a parking garage: CAR ALARM. Also Mike Ehrmantraut - one of the funniest running gags of all time in Better Call Saul.
10. Parodies: SENDUPS. Favorite parody, anyone?
11. Before now: AGO.
12. Pro: FOR.
13. "Wheels down" stat, for short: ETA. Estimated Time of Arrival.
21. Jupiter or Mars: GOD.
22. Suede property: NAP. The texture of the suede and nubuck's surface that can be felt and is created by the raised fibers of the hair.
26. Spanish wine region: RIOJA.
27. Deduce: INFER. Commonly misused to mean imply.
28. "Zounds!": EGADS.
30. __ chart: corporate diagram: ORG. "Corp. diagram," would indicate the shortened "org."
31. Move one's tail: WAG. Wag more. Bark less.
32. Males with antlers: STAGS. Yet more horned beasts!
33. Jeweled accessory: TIARA.
34. Like cornstalks?: EARED. Okay.
39. Spot for fast cash: PAWN SHOP.
40. Mud wrap venue: SPA.
42. Possess: OWN.
45. Human-powered taxi: PEDICAB.
47. Competitive video gaming: E-SPORTS.
49. Appetizer served with duck sauce: EGGROLL.
51. Brooklyn NBA player: NET.
52. Family-style Asian dish: HOT POT. Chinese Hot Pot is an interactive meal in which diners sit around a simmering pot of soup at the center of the table with various raw ingredients — meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu, and starches — in thin slices or small pieces for quick cooking.
57. Carter of "Designing Women": DIXIE.
58. Modify: AMEND.
59. Agreements: YESES.
61. Mama's mama: NANA. That's what we called my dad's mom. She even had a restaurant called "Nana's Kitchen," and made the best Thanksgiving green bean casserole.
62. Ozone-destroying chemicals: Abbr.: CFCS. Chlorofluorocarbons. Today, the use of CFCs is outlawed by 197 countries around the world and scientists concur that the ozone layer is slowly recovering as a result.
63. Zig counterpart: ZAG.
64. Not online, online: IRL. In Real Life.
65. Prefix for classical and gothic: NEO.
47 comments:
Good Morning to all:
Up early, leaving for MN early tomorrow morning to meet our new grandson. Lots to do today. Such a busy time of year for everyone.
Always enjoy the puzzles. A few nits here and there. Mostly with the proper names, “who are these people?!” Things always work out for me.
I enjoy this blog so very much. Thanks to all who contribute. Sorry I don’t comment as much as I’d like.
IM, I also had a CVS experience yesterday, so funny. They are ruining the planet with their receipt paper.
Wish me well please. Haven’t flown since January 2020. Thanks.
Best wishes to all.
FIW, missing half my WAGs at double-Natick RINtA x tED, but I got the other half (RINtA x LAURIE). The only TV JED I know was a poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed. Then one day he was shootin' at some food, and up through the ground came a bubblin' crude.
No erasures today, so I got that goin' for me.
Are car alarms still a deterrent in a parking garage?
DIXIE Carter, wife of Mark Twain. I loved Designing Women until it turned into a political soapbox.
Favorite SEND UP? Easy - Get Smart.
I don't really know what BODY SWAPPING and GREEN WASHING mean. And since I'm now on vacation gigabytes, I won't LIU.
Thanks to Vu & Christine for the fun Wednesday offering, and to melissa for guiding us through it.
Good morning!
Wasn't familiar with REIKI, and was thinking automobiles at "Starters." It took an alphabet run for A-TEAM to appear. Otherwise, this was a smooth solve. Like Jinx, I wasn't familiar with GREEN WASHING or BODY SWAPPING, which made the theme somewhat obscure. (Go figure.) LAURIE Metcalf might be more familiar as Sheldon's Bible-thumping mom on TBBT. Thanx Vu, Christine, and MelissaBee.
Oh my. I couldn’t get on the right wavelength with this CW. Really struggled, almost gave up, persevered and eventually FIR but took a ghastly 32 minutes. For a Wednesday that is a long time even for me. DNK REIKI RIOJA HOTPOT, or 7 of the eight proper names. Is a steer still considered a male? Of course, unclefred, why did you hesitate SO LONG to put that in. No balls, I guess. Anyway, a real challenge especially for a Wednesday, thanx H-KV & CS. Thanx too to MB for the fine write-up.
Laurie Metcalf is a wonderful actress. And yes, green washing and body swapping are totally unknown to me.
Also on my agenda today is a meeting with our lawyer. Nothing bad, updating our wills. With all due respect to all of the good lawyers out there, I look forward to this like a trip to the dentist. Not fun.
WEES about “green washing” and “body swapping.” Otherwise, a smooth solve. FIR, so I’m happy.
Anon@6:12 -- Qwinky-dink. We're also off to meet with the attorney later this morning to finalize revised wills, revocable trust, POAs and medical directives. You're absolutely right. Fun stuff!
DNF. I found this to be a little crunchy for a Wednesday puzzle. Esports and hot pot would not fill for me.
Hey DO. We’re in the same boat. Good luck today.
Took 6:23 for me to acquit myself today.
The lower third of this took 2/3 of the time.
Not a fan of foreign words in crossword puzzles, especially at 1A (merci), and I think I need to study the world's wine regions better (I'm looking at you, Rioja).
IT'S NOT A CRIME and even if you probably did nothing wrong you are probably guilty of at least committing at least "Three Felonies A Day". I was easy to see the theme after TAKING A STAND.
d-otto, I took the GREEN WASHING as a joke, putting cash in a washing machine. On, and that attorney will make sure you wallet is a lot lighter when you leave the office.
LAURIE, JED, RIOJA, REIKI- filled by perps
IRL I learned from crosswords; never seen it anywhere else.
ZINC- last I checked it was an element, even occasionally called a 'mineral', you know, like saying oxygen is a vital, essential nutrient.
E-SPORTS- for people who have very quick fingers and quick brains. Not for this old guy with arthritic thumbs and index fingers.
CFCS- they are only outlawed as aerosol propellants. TEFLON is still being produced.
G'day mates.
B-E, that money has already been paid. Today is just the formality.
Musings
-GREEN WASHING is new to me and it definitely can be a CRIME
- BODY SWAPPING is not real and SWAPPING per se is not a crime
- Being on the A-TEAM at my high school was the ultimate status
- Hybrid seed corn produced in the field by detasseling is not a GMO product
- It seems like RIO_A/_ED could be a Natick but I remembered JED Bartlett
- Our backyard cameras see FOXES, opossums, rabbits, cats and racoons (trash pandas)
- Fav SENDUP? Airplane that makes fun of every airplane/airport movie ever made
FIR today and it was an enjoyable challenge. MERCI, Vu and Christine. I had the same thoughts about the theme answers, though they filled in easily. I get the relationship with these parts of the theme: lifting=TAKING, trading=SWAPPING, laundering=WASHING.
The other parts are more of a stretch for me to see: "insider" = insides? BODY?
"money" = greenbacks? GREEN? But "shop"? = STAND, like fruit stand?
Curious minds want to know....
Thanks, Melissa B, for leading the review tour today. I had WOs today as I entered what seemed to me good fill but perps disagreed. LenienT/LOOSEST, dim sum/HOTPOT, hie/WAG. Your combination of tiff and spat for spiff makes me think of "spiffy" which has a completely different meaning.
FLN
Thanks, AnonT, for explaining that yesterday's puzzle was Jared's second for us. I missed doing his debut puzzle in October.
More World Cup games today to follow. Hope you all have a winning day!
A difficult day to get over the hump. Plus my walnut sized brain doesn't get the theme. "The unifier is perfect"? Thanks for splainin parts of it ATL
Another FIW: RIOnA crossed with nED, both UNKs. Bad WAGS, Bad!! Had fPS (family practitioners), so what then is an ORf?
Asian Inkovers: edamame/EGGROLL, poo-poo(platter)/HOTPOT (?)
How I remember the order of EGOT: 'E GOT all the awards..
IDA Tarbell is a CW regular. DIXIE Carter was the queen of tirades on "Designing Women"
If NANA is Mama's mama what's her Papa? NANO?! (dwarf?).....
EGADS! "Zounds" means God's wounds (on the cross). I guess "prima" doesn't mean prime or first in Spanish. How do you get "cousin" our of that..(Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino). Lucina, help.
A political alliance is often made up of ____ heads....BLOC.
Audited a college course...SADDEN
Flintstone taxi....PEDICAB
LAURIE also played Roseanne's younger sister Jackie.
DO don't forget us cornerites in your will 😃.
Good morning. Thank you, Vu and Christine, and thank you, Melissa.
One error, caused bu stupidly not checking the perps. Had PEDICAr in lieu of CAB. If only I had looked at the crossing clue of Dollop. Melissa, we are on the same page. I think the ad reps got it right with the jingle for the sour cream commercial. Do A Dollop of Daisy sounds so much more appealing than Do a Glob of Daisy.
REIKI - Unknown. Thank you perps.
GREEN WASHING - I understand it to mean that a company or its PR agency is overstating its environmental record. Pretty sure we've had a clue or answer before that led me to read about green washing.
Best BODY SWAPPING movie of all time ? Perhaps Freaky Friday.
I only knew of Fred MacMurray from reruns as the father in My Three Sons, and from some Disney movies. All lighthearted characters and roles. Then I saw Double Indemnity on one of the movie channels. Great noir flick.
Also watched High Noon again the other night. Another classic where a future star or two got their starts. A young Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly's first major role.
Melissa, you misread political alliance as allegiance. My misread du jour was Pacific Northwest st as sch. OSU went in until it didn't work out.
The three theme clues are all crimes. The answers to the clues are not crimes. Ergo, the reveal.
Good Morning:
This was a run of the mill Wednesday solve but I don’t think the theme holds up, with only one in-the-language phrase, Taking A Stand. The other two, Body Swapping and Green Washing, are made up phrases to fit the clues and theme. There were no unknowns and no w/os, so I guess it was on the easy side. The highlight for me was the presence of Laurie Metcalf and Nora Ephron, two very talented and very funny women.
Thanks, Hoang-Kim and Christine, and thanks, Melissa, for a very entertaining and informative review. Really enjoyed the Better Call Saul video, as well as “Lady Bird,” which I have seen.
Anon @ 5:04 ~ My thoughts exactly on CVS’s wastefulness. Yet, I had to ask for a paper bag for my $130.00 purchase! Safe travels and enjoy meeting your new grandson.
FLN
Wilbur, yes, I’m well aware of the gift card scams. I only mentioned my experience as an example of the way our lives have been impacted by the hordes of evil predators roaming amongst us. The ones who make my blood boil are those who target the elderly with the “grandparent” hoax. BTW, I appreciated your mentioning Cary Grant’s anniversary. I had the pleasure of seeing him when he was touring with his A Conversation With Cary Grant show, in the late 70’s. He was one of a kind!
Have a great day.
Anon@5:04
New grandson?
You are not only lucky, you are blessed!
I wish you well...
HG, I can't get the link to work.
Learning moment: green washing
Not sure about body swapping though, Google thinks it is a sci-fi plot device...
More importantly, (and deeper than you think...) "Why" it is not a crime...
Best parody movie ? Oooh yeah, baby. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Husker, I never saw my mother laugh so hard as when she watched Airplane for the first time.
Puzzling thoughts:
FIR; I agree with IM that this was a bit of a stretch (BODY SWAPPING and GREEN WASHING are not phrases you'd use, every day) despite the clever reveal
Still fighting either the Covid virus or now, just a nasty cold. No fever but I've gone through about 3 boxes of Kleenex
Even with the reveal, the expo, and everyone’s comments I still don’t get the correlation between the theme clues and the answers 🤷🏼♂️, maybe my small mind like Ray-O mentioned. DNK REIKI, LAURIE, ESPORTS, or HOT POT (but it paired well with EGGROLL in the same grid). The “J” in the RIOJA/JED crossing was a WAG. Managed a head-scratching FIR in 17:08, more time than a typical Wednesday. Thank you Hoang-Kim and Christine for the challenge!
Melissa - thank you for your time and effort putting together the recap! Looks like the map of the Pacific Northwest shows Washington and Oregon to be the true ones, and Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to be the kinda sorta (I’ve never thought of Wyoming as being part of that group).
Favorite parodies ~ probably by the master, Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” and “Spaceballs”.
DNF. As clever as this CW sounds in retrospect and after reading the comments on this blog, I just couldn’t get into it since I couldn’t figure out the theme, and barely do so now.
I agree LAURIE Metcalf is a treasure. I saw her in Big Bang Theory as a regular, and in Ladie Bird.
Windy day today, but sunshine, so no complaints.
Hola!
I'm so very tired today. Did not get to sleep until 4 A.M. It was one of those nights when sleep just wouldn't happen.
However, it did not deter me from finishing this lovely puzzle. MERCI, constructors.
There is nothing worse than being in an enclosed car park and being unable to shut off the CAR ALARM!
GREEN WASHING seems awkward.
I'll take a CSO at NANA.
When I returned from Spain I brought a couple of bottles of RIOJA. Good stuff!
I well remember DIXIE Carter.
Time to get ready to go though I'm so tired. Have a happy day, everyone!
FIR. I knew REIKI but was unsure of the spelling. WAG paid off!
Merci Vu and Christine and also Melissa for you lovely write-up!
Fav SENDUP? WEES and I'll also add a good one on RomComs that Rebel Wilson did in 2019 called "Isn't It Romantic".
Annonymous @ 5:04. Wishing you safe travels!
C-Moe. I hope you feel better soon. Have you tried some ZINC?
FLN. Lucina. It's nice to see you so happy about your holiday activities!
Sundaze...DW has a cupboard full of supplements she takes. Everything including the kitchen ZINC.
Thank you Vu and Christine. I'm afraid I WAS GUILTY of an FIW, as I actually knew RIOJO, but filled TED first at 43A (I've never seen West Wing), and didn't recheck the Down fill, so actually I WAS STUPID (an FIS?). Cute theme.
And thank you MB for a nice review and for splainin' the theme. Got all the fills, but didn't see how they fit together.
Favs:
1A MERCI. Something my Mother always taught us to say, but in English.
18A NOIR. More Frawnch.
20A TAKING A STAND. Made perfect sense.
29A BODY SWAPPING. Didn't make any sense at all, but apparently it does in Sci-Fi.
50A GREEN WASHING. I think I encountered this in a review a few months back. It describes companies that claim they're GREEN, but really aren't.
66A HARP. Favorite clue.
Cheers,
Bill
Anon @7:30 You should be thankful for today's Frawnch lesson.
BE @8:11 Zinc is one of many trace minerals needed for good health.
Hi Y'all! Thanks, Vu & Christina. More thanks to Melissa B.
Still don't make any sense of what is supposed to be the theme. All perps, WAGs & huhs?
As a farm wife, I'm here to tell you a STEER is no longer a "male with horns". It is castrated. No longer male. No longer horny.
DNK: SENDUPS, LAURIE, RIOJA, JED, GMO (used to hear a lot about that), ESPORTS, DIXIE, REIKI (had it before, I know), CFCS (too long since this was headline news).
This puzzle took me as long as the times of both prior days combined.
10D SENDUPS. Hands down it's the Red Green Show. CanadianEh! knows it.
Let me try again. Only because it's really cold outside and I'm taking a long break from inside to-do's.
The three THEME CLUES are all crimes.
- Shoplifting is a defined crime in every state, ranging from misdemeanor to felony charges.
- Insider Trading is a defined crime at both the federal and state levels.
- Money Laundering is a defined crime at both the federal and state levels.
The three THEME ANSWERS are not crimes.
- Taking a stand (e.g. a position, for or against something) is not a crime.
- Body swapping is a fictional device in books and movies and is not a crime.
- Greenwashing is not a defined crime per se, but "False, misleading, overstated or unsubstantiated environmental advertising (often referred to as "greenwashing") is largely prohibited under laws and standards that regulate areas of consumer protection and advertising." In other words, companies can be found and held legally liable for greenwashing under other statutes.
Thus, the THEME REVEAL: IT'S NOT A CRIME.
In other words, in each case... This (the clue) is what the allegation is, but this (the answer) is what it really was.
That's my take on it. I think the major negative reaction to the theme is that it appears that most people commenting here have never heard of the term greenwashing.
More reading about greenwashing:
Wikipedia - Greenwashing.
Environmentally Friendly Products: FTC’s Green Guides. Note also that the FTC files suits. Some of the examples listed under Press Releases and Blog Posts are worth taking a look at. Wow, some huge settlements ! Companies, beware of your claims.
Greenwashing Examples 2022: Top 10 Greenwashing Companies .
Best parody movie?
I guess any Mel Brooks, blazing saddles, spaceballs,,,
But the list would be incomplete without "Spinal Tap,"
(It's an eleven...)
Bit of a Wednesday toughie, but still fun and interesting--many thanks, Haong=Kim and Christine. And always enjoy your helpful commentary, Melissa, thanks for that too.
Tough to figure out how to make a story out of this puzzle, although there were a number of critters, starting with that RHINO. Then I found an APE and some FOXES--not enough to make a zoo. No, it would probably be better to plan a party and invite an A-TEAM: how about starting with NORA Ephron and LAURIE Metcalf (would either of them be wearing a TIARA?), and Patsy CLINE. Wonder if they'd be willing to play a HARP and put on a performance for those critters in the back yard? Hey, IT'S NOT A CRIME to fantasize a little, is it?
Have a good day, everybody.
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I inadvertently added an extra https in my FTC link.
The correct ink is Environmentally Friendly Products: FTC’s Green Guides.
Thanks, TTP. You have opened my eyes to greenwashing. I was aware that companies made misleadingly false claims about their environmental impacts, but not the extent and pervasiveness of it.
Thanks to others who responded to the theme questions. Greenwashing is a familiar term to me so I didn't expect today's reaction. TTP thanks for linking the Wikipedia entry, which states "Worldwide regulations on misleading environmental claims vary from criminal liability to fines or just voluntary guidelines."
I had no idea how long the term had been in use though: "The term greenwashing was coined by New York environmentalist Jay Westerveld in a 1986 essay about the hotel industry's practice of placing notices in bedrooms promoting reuse of towels to "save the environment". He noted that often little or no effort toward reducing energy waste was made by these institutions, although towel reuse saved them laundry costs."
I didn't question Body Swapping either, and movies like Big and Freaky Friday came to mind. Wikipedia has an entry for that, too, with a long list of examples in books, films, short stories and operas.
Although I didn't have trouble with this one, I have noticed that since Rich's exit as editor, the themes have seemed a bit more obscure (to me).
JED, impossible Natick. I naturally thought canine would be a dog and tried pomes(pomeranians?). And of course couldn't grok the J in RIOJA and CpCS /CFCS
Betsy is a Master Reiki practitioner
Mrs Cooper is a great TV character. Great actress
Dota2 is enormously popular. World championship gets 50000+ attendees
Along with GREE WASHING was my term "Milking Covid. fe., McDonald's and others don't like to staff the counter as it's much more profitable to do drive-thru and Uber Eats.
WC
CED @ 2:07. "Spinal Tap" "eleven". Very funny!
I'm glad you brought up a Christopher Guest film. He's the master of the mocumentary. Hard to pick my fav but I do love "Best in Show".
G'DAY, all!
Just checking in briefly.
Sorry to report the death of a dear friend.
Someone I had almost lost touch with, but with whom I once shared dreams and confidences. We must all face these losses--before our own turn arrives. But the knowledge that death must absorb friends & lovers, seemingly at random, does not make it easier to handle.
Nor should it.
~ OMK
Thank you, Sandyanon and Melissa. Do you remember the time I used the word astroturfing ? I'll assume not. The point would be that that it's a newer word that doesn't mean what one might infer it means. So I'll admit I am a word nerd, and like to read Merriam-Websters Word Of The Day and read about the additions to the OED.
Ms B, I remember a week long business meeting in Tucson, and the hotel's request to not change sheets or request fresh towels. It was the only time I've ever seen that plea, but it left a lasting and questioning impression. It made me wonder if they really changed the sheets between the previous guest's stay and mine. Gross !
Old Man Keith, I empathize with your loss of your friend. I have often had to try to cope with losing old friends the last few years. Some are truly not replaceable. This leaves a sadness to try and cope with the older we get.
Thank you CED. I never consider “good luck “in my life I always consider blessings.
I came THISSSSS close to a DNF. ATEAM/REIKI almost got me. I didn’t know the latter, and I spent all day (off and on of course) trying to figure out the former. More than once I did an alphabet run, but nothing made any sense. I finally gave up, but just before I hit the button to come here, I looked ONE MORE TIME. OH, so it’s a team (short a). Well, THAT doesn’t make any sense, but it fits. Lightning struck --- A TEAM (LONG A)!
Howsomever, I only managed to trade my DNF for a FIW, because I did not know RIOJA, and I’ve NEVER watched The West Wing, nor is that the only current/recent TV show I’ve never watched (or current/recent movie or music group). NED looked fine to me. I’m really stuck in the past!
As I keep saying, “It ain’t easy being me!”
Thanks, Hoang-Kim Vu, Christine Simpson and Melissa Bee.
Every time I take people out on the ramp at the museum (which is at Hobby Airport), I tell them, “Take all of the pictures you want! Aviation photography is NOT a crime!” Every now and then, Ops will tell us that they heard another passenger freaked out seeing us out there taking pictures.
C-Ed @ 9:57 AM: The solution is simple: stay poor. The feds can't take 'nothing'....
On the that purported map of the Pacific Northwest: Wyoming, and Montana aren't PNWers, and Idaho is iffy,
TTP @ 7:11 PM -- If you were truly a word nerd, you would OWN a copy of the OED!
OMK, my condolences on the passing of another old friend.
It reminded me of when I'd just come back from Nam in 1970 and a classmate informed me that a fellow classmate had died there.
He later told me that I failed to emote. I had indeed completely detached.
WC
Michael, no, not for me. The OED is far too large and too expensive.
From Wikipedia:
None of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest is universally accepted.
Definitions of the "Pacific Northwest" region vary, and even Pacific Northwesterners do not agree on the exact boundary. The most common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and sometimes the Canadian province of British Columbia.[5]
Broader definitions of the region have included the U.S. states of Alaska and parts of the states of California, Montana, and Wyoming, and the Canadian territory of Yukon.
Definitions based on the historic Oregon Country reach east to the Continental Divide, thus including all of western Montana and western Wyoming. Sometimes, the Pacific Northwest is defined as being the Northwestern United States specifically, excluding Canada.
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