Sewing Class: Pick your fabric patterns and let's get sewing. The circles spell a type of fabric pattern.
16-Across. Burlesque act: STRIP TEASE. Stripe.
22-Across. Truck seen during a power outage, maybe: CHERRY PICKER. Checker. The most recognized Checker(ed) dress is probably Dorothy's.
47-Across Ricotta-filled pancake often served on Shavuot: CHEESE BLINTZ. Chintz. Everything you wanted to know about Chintz, but didn't know to ask.
Shavuot is a Jewish Biblical holiday that occurs in the Spring. It is one of the three Pilgrimage Festivals. The book of Exodus refers to it as the wheat harvest. (Exodus 34:22) Traditionally, Shavuot is considered the day that the Torah was revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai. Dairy foods are also traditionally served on Shavuot, hence, the Cheese Blintzes.
57-Across. Serves as matchmaker: PLAYS CUPID. Plaid. Everything you wanted to know about Plaid, but didn't know to ask.
And the unifier:
36-Across. Flight paths above busy airports, and what the sets of circled letters literally are?: HOLDING PATTERNS.
Here's the Grid, so you can how the circles form our fabric patterns.
I found this to be a challenging Tuesday puzzle. What did you think?
Across:
1. Game played with a bouncing ball: JACKS. I had forgotten about this game, so needed the perps to job my memory. I had a set of Jacks back in the day.
6. Cavort: ROMP.
10. "For shame!": TSK.
13. "We feel the same way": US, TOO.
14. Cooking initialism popularized by Rachael Ray: EVOO. As in Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Everything you wanted to know about the difference between EVOO and Regular Olive Oil but didn't know to ask. [Name Adjacent.]
15. "Good point": TRUE.
18. Wrath: RAGE. // And 40-Across. Wrath: IRE.
19. "__ we meet again": 'TIL.
20. Rower's blade: OAR.
21. Four-door car, usually: SEDAN.
27. Part of, as a private joke: IN ON.
28. GI show gp.: USO. As in United Service Organization.
29. Roast hosts, briefly: MCs. As in Master of Ceremonies.
31. Like 11-Down: SWEET. // And 11-Down. Sucrose-rich stalk: SUGAR CANE. Lots of sugar cane fields in South Louisiana. You don't want to be behind a cane truck during harvest season.
34. "Yeah, don't think so": UM, NO.
35. Energizer size: AAA.
41. After-bath powder: TALC. Everything you wanted to know about Talc, but were afraid to ask. You can even get lavender-scented powder.
42. Sushi bar beverages: SAKEs. Sake is an alcoholic drink made from fermented sakemai rice.
43. Payroll service co.: ADP. As in Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Hand up if you knew of this company.
44. Cell service initials: LTE. Hand up if you knew that LTE stood for Long Term Evolution. I've seen it, of course, but never questioned what it stood for.
45. Navigates bunny slopes: SKIS.
51. Surfer's plank: BOARD.
52. "Way cool!": RAD.
53. Freezer buildup: ICE. Hi, Tinbini. I hope you are well.
56. Organ with lobes: LUNG. Ears also have lobes.
61. Not fooled by: ON TO.
62. __ Matthews Band: DAVE. [Name # 1.]
63. Like-mindedness: UNITY.
64. "Dynamite" K-pop group: BTS. This band appeared in last Sunday's puzzle. Had it not appeared recently, I would not have had a clue. [Name # 2.]
65. Used a hatchet on: AXED. Paul Bunyan (whose birthplace is really in Bangor, Maine), wields a mighty AX.
66. Reusable grocery bags: TOTES.
Down:
1. Equitable: JUST.
2. Italian sparkling wine: ASTI. Everything you wanted to know about Asti wine, but didn't know to ask.
3. PC key combo for "copy": CTRL C.
4. Colorful pond fish: KOI.
5. Soak (up), as sauce: SOP.
6. Gain back: RE-EARN.
7. Fallopian tube neighbor: OVARY.
8. Wks. and wks.: MOs. Weeks and Weeks make up Months. 52 weeks make up a year.
9. Writer for whom the Edgar Award is named: POE. Murders in the Rue Morgue, which was published in 1841, was written by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 ~ 1849). It is considered to be the first modern detective story. The Edgar Award is an annual award that honors the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater of the year. For a list of the 2022 Edgar Award recipients, check out this list. [Name # 3.]
10. Corporate symbol: TRADEMARK.
12. Eager (to): KEEN.
15. Difficult journey: TREK. Hi, Picard!
17. Lawn care brand: TORO.
21. Makes room on a pew, say: SCOOTS IN.
23. Made haste, quaintly: HIED.
24. Having the right (to): ENTITLED. I had an employee once who felt entitled to come to work late because she lived far from the office.
25. Mountain cat: PUMA. Did you know the Puma has many names?
26. "This __ about you": ISN'T.
30. Back talk: SASS.
31. Branch of Islam: SHIA.
32. Requirement for some school essays: WORD COUNT.
33. Mammals with tusks and trunks: ELEPHANTS.
34. Scannable bars on mdse.: UPC. As in Universal Produce Code.
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| The UPC Explained |
37. D.C. MLB team: NATS.
38. Utter joy: GLEE. Glee was also a musical comedy-drama about a high school glee club.
39. Opposite of west: EAST.
45. Crushed it in a drag show: SLAYED.
46. Baby goats: KIDS.
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| Baby Goat Yoga |
48. Thus: ERGO.
49. Courageous: BRAVE.
50. "Quiet!": ZIP IT.
51. Splotch: BLOB.
54. Include in a bibliography: CITE.
55. Sherbet brand: EDY'S. Edy's has become a crossword staple. Sherbet or Sorbet?
57. Kissing on the subway, e.g.: PDA. As Personal Digital Assistant? Just kidding, it's short for Public Display of Affection.
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| This was high-tech about 20 years ago. |
58. Permissive: LAX.
59. Use scissors on: CUT.
60. Game with Skip and Reverse cards: UNO.
חתולה
I appreciated all the birthday wishes last week.
This will be my last commentary for 2022. Hubby and I are taking off for a trip to southeast Asia. We'll be gone for several weeks, but will return again sometime in January. I know you will be in good hands while I am gone.
Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas.
43 comments:
Hahtoolah, it was fortunate we had you as commentator today so you could explain to us the meaning of “Shavaut”. While you’re gone, you will be missed! Now, as to the rest of the puzzle, I had an “inkling “ of what it was about from the first themed fill, and it turned out I was right! One of my “white-outs” was replacing “fair” with “just.” There weren’t too many others, by the way. Anyway, FIR, so I’m happy.
Good morning!
Yup, started right off at 1d with FAIR -- have I ever mentioned....? RECOUP and LANDING also earned the Wite-Out award. The circles were there for everyone but d-o to see. And the reveal made the gimmick obvious to everyone who read the full clue. D'oh. Thanx, Rebecca and Hahtoolah. (Hope you have a nice trip. Send a postcard to your pinch hitter so we can follow your adventure.)
CHEESE BLINTZ : I thought it was the ten commandments that were revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai. It was the Torah? This pagan is puzzled.
TALC : Caused Johnson & Johnson to declare bankruptcy.
CTRL-ALT-DEL : That key combo wakes up my all-in-one when it's sleeping in.
FIR in 18. This CW made me hungry for a cheese blintz! Very nice CW, fun clues. My only problem was I couldn’t remember the abbreviation for CONTROL on a PC. Put CNTRLC for 3D. Perps soon fixed this. Another nice thing about this CW: not loaded down with obscure proper names. I DNK BTS, other than that I was fine. Is there a biographical movie about Edgar Allen Poe? There should be, it would be a terrific movie. Thanx RG for the fun and enjoyable CW. And thanx too to Hahtoolah for the fun, entertaining and educational write-up. I always enjoy your cartoons, Susan. And today I learned about bar codes.
A cake walk, easier than Monday
Good Morning, crossword friends
UncleFred: It took me a bit to remember the Control abbreviation for the PC, also.
D-O: Traditionally, the Hebrew word Torah is translated as Law in the context of Shavuot, and the 10 Commandments are probably the most well-known laws. In Jewish theology, all law was revealed to Moses at Mt. Sinai.
QOD: The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving. ~ Dick Van Dyke (né Richard Wayne Van Dyke; b. Dec. 13, 1925), American actor
FIR, but hand up for fair-->JUST. Also erased retake for REEARN, suni for SHIA, and kits for KIDS. I really thought BLOt was needed, but thought that BTS was more likely than tTS after my alphabet run.
I don't think I have ever eaten a BLINTZ. I'm not even sure that I've seen one in the wild.
Hand up for knowing ADP. They are often CITEd in business reports regarding payroll. Also, my favorite server at Norfolk's Uno Italian restaurant recently resigned to work there. ADP has a big building in Norfolk.
Hand up for knowing LTE. It really means "our network doesn't meet the full 4G specification, but we'll be working on it until 5G gets here."
It seems to me that most four-door cars are SUVs these days. Even most new cop cars are SUVs. Many sedan lines have been discontinued because of the trend.
DAVE Matthews is from central Virginia, and spent a lot of time in our Tidewater area. I know a lot of people who "knew him back when."
FLN - Congrats to -T for making it to Broadway. Thanks to CC for dragging you across the finish line!
Thanks to Rebecca for the fun Tuesday grid. I didn't find it to be all that easy, but as we know here in the Corner, everyone's mileage may vary. And thanks to Ha2la for your usual visual treat. Hope you and DH have a great time abroad. Happy Hanukkah!
Took 5:41 for this dog to find the (herring)bone.
Tough Tuesday. I had the same missteps as D-O, my personal friend SubG, and my dear unclefred.
I didn't know chintz.
Oh joy, circles.
FIW, silly mistake. I put blot instead of blob, and not being a fan of K-pop, I couldn't remember BTS.
Hola!
waseeley
Thank you! It is also my Baptismal day.
Thanks to Rebecca Goldstein for a doable puzzle that didn't take too long.
When we were children SUGAR CANE was available to buy for a nickel. We could chew on it while our mother shopped.
When I first came home from the Convent, my sister and her friends tried to PLAY CUPID. None of their ploys worked. It's surprising how many of them had unmarried brothers.
UNO used to be one of our favorite games. I haven't played it in many years.
Safe travel, Susan! Thank you for the lively narrative.
Have a happy day, everyone!
BREAKING NEWS! Jin, the oldest member of BTS, will begin his mandatory military service in South Korea today. (What a great Saturday c/a: "Eldest of BTS" for JIN.)
Good Morning:
Due to the circles, the theme was obvious after the second themer was filled in, but the reveal was a surprise and very spot on. In addition to the refreshingly low number of pop culture references, the grid was clean and featured several nice, long entries. I was surprised at the Chintz entry, as I always thought that was a material, not a pattern. I think my only unknown was CTRLC.
Thanks, Rebecca, for a very enjoyable solve and thanks, Hahtoolah, for the fun and facts and the many chuckles along the way. Have a wonderful trip and Happy Chanukah!
FLN
Congratulations, Tony, on your New York Times debut. I don’t have access to their puzzles, but based on what I saw and read, I would have enjoyed the solve, as I certainly liked the theme. You and CC make a good team!
Am I the only one who took yesterday’s grand piano vs an upright sound test? I was pretty confident that I could hear the difference and I was right. My BIL had a Steinway baby grand in his living room and, as a frequent visitor, I often enjoyed listening to his talented playing.
BTW, I decided to treat myself to a Christmas present from me to me, so sometime this morning, FedEx will be dropping off a box of goodies, I.e. fresh haddock, fresh lobster tails (cooked), fresh scallops, steamer clams, and little neck clams. As Hahtoolah would say, Yummers!
Have a great day.
This seemed like Tuesday level to me with some entries needing a little thought and/or a prompt from a perp or two. Fun puzzle.
KS, blot for blob was my downfall, too. I was too hasty and didn't consider an alternative. I don't know BTS.
DAVE was unknown, but perped.
Alan and I still play UNO.
I used to send our preschool employee data to ADP.
Congrats, Toni on your NYT debut.
Link blintzes are like crepes
Good morning- I never noticed the patters and wouldn't have- CHINTZ was an unknown except as a 'chintzy' person or poor quality item. One change- BLOT to BLOB for 'Splotch" because TTS didn't look right and it was BTS.
HOLDING PATTERNS- years ago the planes circled airports, not these days. They just slow them down and sometimes they have them take off late- on purpose.
CHERRY PICKER- for some reason people in NOLA call them "bucket trucks".
JACKS- who hasn't stepped on them when their sister didn't pick them up.
SUGAR CANE- you definitely don't want to be behind a cant truck in late Oct and Nov; cane's all over the road. Been there and done that way too many times. And like Lucina I also would buy stalks of cane to cut up and chew.
TALC- a judge just threw out over 50,000 fake lawsuits for unproven allegations on ZANTAC. I'm sure the phony ones over TALCum powder are next.
ENTITLED- that could describe the way many people feel about things they did nothing to earn.
TSK, ADP, BTS, PDA, MOS, MCS, NATionalS, TALCum powder, and even unTIL- too many abbrs.
Have a good trip Susan.
Rebecca's puzzle was slow to fill at the start, but KEEN finally worked. I thought of JACKS early but like other puzzlers had "fair" in mind instead of JUST so left it blank for a while. I had two WO areas: carelessly wrote PUMA in the ISN'T squares and started writing "landing" PATTERNS before checking perps. (Hi D-Otto!) Despite my problems I got a FIR today. Thanks, Rebecca.
Hahtoolah, as usual you gave us a review full of helpful information and chuckles. Thanks! And enjoy your upcoming trip!
As for the theme, I needed the reveal to confirm what the link between the circled words was. I also thought of CHINTZ as a kind of glazed printed material, Irish Miss. And in my experience it is CHECKED or CHECKERED material. I'm just saying.....
BTS was freshly in my mind because I had read the news about the oldest singer. I can picture the group but had trouble remembering the letters. Now I think "Boys To Sing" to help me remember.
FLN
AnonT, it's exciting to see your puzzle being used by the NYT. Good for you!
Have a productive day, everyone!
Still don't understand something,
What's holding got to do with it?
I see the patterns, but I just do not see what holding has to do with the theme...
Learning moment: Chintz
The only time I ever heard the word "Chintz," was in the beginning of The Cowardly Lions song about courage...
it only took 60 years to learn what "Chintz" really is...
Anonymous @ 7:42 a.m. - Ha-ha, SS! I’m truly ROTFL! Your sparkling wit is one reason I do, indeed, consider you a “personal friend!”
CED, the theme answers are "holding" the fabrics within them.
Tony, congrats on your NYT debut. I'm sure it's only your first.
I-M, I also took the piano test and identified them correctly. There's a reason they still make concert grand pianos.
What I really meant to say was “sparkling (and trenchant) wit!”
Loved the elephant in the room, Cat. Safe travels.
FIR, but a few short unknowns that filled in thanks to perps, for instance ADP and PDA. I don’t remember ever having ELEPHANTS in a puzzle before.
Hahtoolah, thanks for not only all the cute little illustrations but that nice link to CHINTZ. Have a nice trip.
FIW (hope this doesn't become a PATTERN this week) ... Had BLOt instead of BLOB and thus tTS instead of BTS..the latter an unknown. Isn't CHINTZ a fabric not a PATTERN? ...
And don't forget "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" 😲
Wanted Scott for lawn care, but too long. REEARN? Kyna klumzy....."For shame" I put FIE, but HIED was right. UMNO? Uhm, NO!!....but I finally remembered PDA 💏
"Mammals with tusks and a trunk": traveling walruses (walri?) wouldn't fit
CHEESE BLINTZ... Romans musta brought ricotta over to Judea Province .... Actually my DW's Polish relatives make Nalesniki,same item, at Christmas..filled with a sweet soft cheese, but it's not ricotta.
IVES-like singing....BURLESQUE
Fix a cremation gone wrong...REEARN
Dr Jekyll tried to ____ Mr. ___ to save his ____ ...HIED
Lately being constantly angry is all the____ ...RAGE.
Start to iron...IRE
Permissive CA airport...LAX.
On Mt.Sinai, besides the law, God gave Moses the blue prints for a new hospital.
Have fun H2LH, our globetrotting blogstress. 🌎
Terrific Tuesday. Thanks for the fun, Rebecca and Hahtoolah (have a great holiday).
I thought this was a straight-forward quick solve. Plus I saw the HOLDING PATTERNS.
But I arrived here to discover that I FIWed- my splotch was a Blot instead of a BLOB, and of course I had no clue about that pop group! TSK TSK.
I started with 1D - Hand up for changing Fair to JUST, and it gave me JACKS.
Once again I wrongly entered Suni and had perps change it to SHIA. I must remember that Sunni has two Ns.
LTG changed to LTE, and ADP was perped (although I remembered it when it appeared).
I wanted SCOOTS over but the pew was not long enough.
I loved seeing ZIP IT, and went looking for a pangram. No, we were short an F and a Q. So close, once again.
Wishing you all a great day.
Musings
-I just finished the puzzle when I got a call to come sub at 9:15. It seems the sub that was supposed to be here did not show up.
-Much needed rain today but no ICE!
-I had PLA and knew It had to end in ID so I put in my strong point: PLAYS STUPID before correcting it
-Our 10-yr-old kitty outgrew her ROMPing days
-Our neighbors always buy black or white, plain label SEDANS
-ADP filled itself in and I have somewhat learned BTS from its frequent appearances lately.
-Gotta run, a herd of freshmen (freshpersons?) just came in
Well, Hahtoolah, I wouldn't say in good hands... but it will be hands.
//and Subgenius - the only things I know about Judaism, I learned from Mel Brooks :-)
Hi All!
Quick Tuesday ROMP to pass the time during an attempted cutover. Thanks Rebecca.
I didn't catch the theme until I looked at the circles (I think they were needed for this one, SS) but cute.
Hahtoolah! Girl!, what an expo. Spent more time reading cartoons & links than playing the puzzle. Thanks & safe travels!
Oh, and great DvD QOD!
WOs: N/A
ESPs: N/A
Only real hiccup was at 1a - I wanted 'same' for 1d and I was thinking "No, not just sacks; it's hacky-sack." //bounce the ball w/ your feet & knees.
I digress...
Fav: DAVE (is not here, man) Matthews Band. Crash Into Me.
I thought CRTL-C was cute too but there's no love there for Mac users :-)
//that's the CMD-key, right HG?
BAR CODES can be just as much fun as QR Codes: Buddy of mine made his own to put over the QR on his conference badge (that every vendor scans). Basically, it decoded as: "UM, NO. Name not found." TSK, TSK. Back to the Group-W pew for him :-)
Jinx - No!, no new names [JIN] for constructors! You're going to jinx us :-)
Yummers! indeed, IM. Thanks for the Congrats (all y'all!). One of those "well if I'm going to do it - shoot for the stars." It took a while and C.C. deserves tons of credit!
OMG, Ray-O, I nearly forgot about Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [Trailer].
Gotta run. We're going to try the cutover again.
Cheers, -T
Oh, my... I a distracted today! I wrote in the Blog at 9-something but must not have pressed SUBMIT.
Anyway, Good afternoon, now!
Hand up for fair to JUST. FIW because of BLOt to BLOB, and I shoulda known BTS because we've had it before, but just wasn't verifying tTS because BLOt seemed like a good fill for the clue.
DNK ADP or LTE. Got them both from the perps.
Enjoyed today's puzzle. I second yesterday's comment that a puzzle without turning into an obscure trivia / name test is a good one. Thanks, Rebecca!
And thanks, Hah2lah for your review. Loved the cartoons, pics and clips. Didn't get M. C, Esher and had to google him, so that explained the weird drawing!!
Hope you have a wonderful tour. Happy Holidays.
Hahtoolah Thank you for the TREK shout out! Hope your travels go well and you have photos to share.
desper-otto Thank you for explaining the HOLDING part of the theme. Fun theme.
We had a 12 hour maintenance POWER OUTAGE all night. I had bought a Bluetti battery power station to keep our refrigerator running. But it got way cold last night with no power for the central heating.
I made this video two weeks ago of a guy in a CHERRY PICKER removing a dead tree in danger of falling on our home.
A crane would have been much faster, but these guys seemed to enjoy the challenge of doing things the old-fashioned way. Interesting to watch how they do it.
I still use a Palm PDA. It does useful things no "smart" phone can do. "EDYS" should not be in any puzzle. It is a regional name that tens of millions of Americans will never see.
Picard- if this Canadian can learn that regional brand name EDYS, (plus all the other names that I call up to Canadian disadvantage) Americans can learn it too. LOL!
Nice to see you back here.
Darn auto-correct. “Call” was supposed to be “chalk”.
Safe travels, Hahtoolah! Today I especially liked your MC Esher cartoon, Dilbert, & the PUMA video.
Hand up for knowing ADP from when I did income taxes for S-Corps. About half our clients used them.
Hand up for also thinking CHINTZ was a fabric. Today I learned it's a pattern. I also learned that it was so popular in the late 17th century that both France and England temporarily banned CHINTZ in order to protect their own textiles mills.
IM @ 8:06. I picked out the grand, too, but I think I was just lucky. It was a 50/50 shot....
FLN. Congrats -T on the NYT debut!
Bad start with fair/JUST then cruised
WC
At VA again and next Tuesday too
WC
Nice puzzle, great write-up. Safe travels, Susan!
Happy Name Day, Luciana, and Happy Baptismal Anniversary.
Someone here's gotta know so I'm going to crowd-source this...
Pop asked for some Bluesy-Jazz CDs for Christmas. He's into standards (think Tony Bennet, Frankie) and also enjoys late '60s / early '70's rock (Steppenwolf, The Guess Who, America).
I'm trying to find a compilation or three. Something with a beat, a little swing, but can just play in the background while having dinner.
Anyone with anything to recommend?
//if he had SiriusXM I'd just tell BB King's Bluesville on Ch74 :-)
Thanks! -T
Puzzling thoughts:
Have a safe trip, Susan
Thanks Rebecca for the puzzle
Congrat's to -T and C.C. for the NYT puzzle yesterday
We saw ICE but heard not from tinbeni? I hope he's doing OK
Ms. Goldstein's PZL is presented in brilliant fashion by Hahtoolah!
Enjoyed the theme--and especially the cartoons. And , yes, the vertical striped egg did look thinner!
Happy Chanukah!
~OMK
___________
DR: Three diagonls on the far side.
The central diag's anagram (13 of 15) touches on a political attack. I ask the Corner's censor to be aware that this is not necessarily the sentiment of this writer, but of the power that guides the diagonal forces.
Today's anagram is apparently a call to those who who would disparage our 45th national CEO, for it ...
"BLACKENS TRUMP!
Most definitions say chintz is a fabric. Below chintz is used as a pattern. So the answer is, both.
"People who are afraid of color can find a chintz pattern that is subtle,” Dabito says.
from HOW TO INCORPORATE 7 POPULAR PATTERNS IN YOUR HOME, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS|MARISSA HERMANSON|JANUARY 12, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
I liked this puzzle a lot, and liked Hahtoolah's write-up even lotter. Darned if I didn't forget BTS even though we've had it recently.
Congratulations to you, Tony. Here's wishing you a safe and interesting trip, Hahtoolah. Good wishes to you all.
-T:
Here are a few albums. They contain recordings of songs he probably knows, but never heard done this way.
Frank Sinatra et al DUETS II
Emmylou Harris et al DUETS
Ray Charles et alGenius Loves Company
Natalie Cole Unforgettable With Love
RIP Boomer
ObituaryDouglas Burnikel
Thank you for the link, C, Eh!
Jinx - thanks for the suggestions. Listening now.
Picard - a bucket-truck / CHERRY PICKER? All the safety not here.
//I watch three guys on ropes and a chain saw take down neighbor's palm after a cold-snap last year.
'TIL we meet again tomorrow.
Cheers, -T
I haven't seen Tony's puzzle yet as I am quite distracted and trying to find a replacement car. Tomorrow I'll go to the nearby auto store to look at some. Sigh. It's definitely NOT what was on my agenda this week. Luckily I shop early and have most of the gifts wrapped and under the tree. Some last minute lists arrived so I'll have to attend to those. Forgive me, but every time I think about my car I just want to start crying especially after having seen it and the extensive damage on it.
FIR. Everything fell into place pretty well. The only thing that held me up was EDYS, which I didn’t know. It was my last fill. To show you the brain freeze I had, I kept trying to figure out how an E or an S fit on the end of 63A. FINALLY, one of the cats said, “It’s a Y, Dummy! Sheesh! It’s a good thing we can depend on Momma for our food, and we only need you to keep our litter boxes clean!” True dat!
Having spent a career in the wholesale credit department of a major oil company, I’ve mostly thought of BTS as BEYOND TERMS OF SALE, one of the major criteria in our performance reviews.
Even though I spent many of my formative years in the DC area, I shall NEVER give a hoot about the Washington Nationals! The original Senators went to Minneapolis, and the second edition became the despised Texas Rangers. They ain’t gonna break my heart a third time!
Oh, by the way, HTTR!
Thanks, Rebecca! Thanks, Susan, and have a great trip!
RIP, Boomer. Condolences, C.C. and family and friends.
Anon-T
That palm-cutting is often a typical sight in these parts. We have many streets lined with them and they all require trimming. Ay! Ay! Ay! In our complex we have 66 and they are trimmed once a year.
Lucina, how is your granddaughter's health, the one who was driving the car? Is she still in the hospital? Hope you can find a good dependable car easily.
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