tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post1221024220375722223..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday January 12, 2011 Ken BessetteZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1159369331481683692011-01-12T23:47:20.784-06:002011-01-12T23:47:20.784-06:00Thank you Creature and Lemonade for the explanatio...Thank you Creature and Lemonade for the explanation of Sandals. It was completely unknown to me. Now the clue makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Kazie, thank you for sharing the letter from your cousin. The floods there are something that can only be imagined and are catastrophic in proportion.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59535278924930272132011-01-12T23:27:12.999-06:002011-01-12T23:27:12.999-06:00Lemonade,
That makes sense too.--You're right-...Lemonade,<br />That makes sense too.--You're right--I do look for logic everywhere, and sometimes adding two and three makes four instead of five.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60768417873350118832011-01-12T23:17:33.496-06:002011-01-12T23:17:33.496-06:00Good evening Melissa Bee, CC, et al., Great write ...Good evening Melissa Bee, CC, et al., Great write up Melissa. You made me LOL several times esp w/the cardinals. That was priceless. And the HAKA dancers? Well, how fitting for today! What a tribute to Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day! <br /><br />Dennis: LMAO...actually, and oddly enough, I just was taking a breather from my personal Feast of Fabulous Wild Men and wanted to see what was going on here. I know one thing. We are NOT dancing the HAKA...well, it may sound like it. <br /><br />Enjoy your Feasts!loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82956844927679120772011-01-12T21:47:55.945-06:002011-01-12T21:47:55.945-06:00NC, well thanks for the honest response, anon brit...NC, well thanks for the honest response, anon brit where are you? The corner does get 100s of hits each day from GB. <br /><br />Kazie your mind is too logical; my father intended it to be silly, with the lady who was waiting-Lady Luck. I think somewhere in the book,each phrase appeared, and he put them together as his coded message to come and play and have coffee.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89710207892746041752011-01-12T21:05:27.288-06:002011-01-12T21:05:27.288-06:00The weather guys were calling it 'thunder snow...<i>The weather guys were calling it 'thunder snow." It was a first for me. Anyone ever hear the term or experience it in the past?</i><br /><br />Yep, and I've experienced it first hand as well. It's usually associated with periods of extremely intense snowfall, and that was certainly my experience with the phenomenon.Barry G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17875477509288463142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9667196858499547462011-01-12T21:04:37.598-06:002011-01-12T21:04:37.598-06:00My eyes were dilated today so I hope I can see wel...My eyes were dilated today so I hope I can see well enough to edit my post. <br /><br />Gunghy:<br />I see you find an "eastern bias" in this puzzle and I find a Spanish subtheme, Lemon sees the Jewish aspect. What does all that mean? I believe it means our constructors are cosmopolitan and have wide knowledge on a variety of topics.<br /><br />Kazie:<br />Thank you for sharing your cousin's letter. What a disaster of biblical proportions! I hope people made it to safety.<br /><br />Jazz: More words that end in -sm.<br />spasm<br />cataclysm<br />ectoplasm<br /><br />I'm sure there are others.<br /><br />It appears that I am in the minority in finding today's puzzle easy, not a speed run, but not overly difficult either.<br /><br />Thanks for all the music links! Love Tito Puente.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10903066776302723952011-01-12T20:31:14.958-06:002011-01-12T20:31:14.958-06:00Lemonade@6:08am
I cannot tell a lie. It was not I...Lemonade@6:08am<br /><br />I cannot tell a lie. It was not I. But the river Tyne is famous in folklore and housed a major shipyard until the middle of the 20th Century, and was generally foggy, or maybe smoggy, as a result.<br /><br />Lindisfarne wrote a famous song about it.<br /><br /><a href="http://batlyrics.com/fog_on_the_tyne-lyrics-lindisfarne.html" rel="nofollow">FOG ON THE TYNE </a><br /><br />it gets bit schoolboy-naughty toward the end, but the chorus is unforgettable.<br /><br />Enjoy<br /><br />NCNice Cuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670171231144871327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54309378374819194042011-01-12T20:26:44.804-06:002011-01-12T20:26:44.804-06:00Good Evening All, I checking in pretty late. Fer...Good Evening All, I checking in pretty late. Fermatprime's insomnia rubbed of om me last night and I finally gave up, read for a while and finally took a second pill. GAH kindy let me snore on and no phone calls. I woke up feeling bright and shiny at 1:30 pm.<br /><br />On the puzzle. I did finish it last night. Cruciverb had the circle so there wasn't much problem.<br /><br />When I was still gainfully employed and the bosses cared about a dress code (a long time ago), we called it CASUAL FRIDAY, so DRESS DOWN FRIDAY too a little while.<br /><br />I noticed YENTE< TEVYE AND HEBREW all in the same puzzle. I figured out the middle-east IBN too. If it was BEN or BIN (as in Bin Laden), I thought about the only thing left was IBN.<br /><br />Love (32D) MAORI. We didn't see the All Blacks in person, but we did see the on TV, as well As HAKA at several difference venues in New Zeland. Not just testosterone, but the women dance HAKA too so I guess there must be some estrogen at play there too.<br /><br />We have (36D) OYE COMO VA on Santana's"Abraxas" album, but I didn't know Tito Puente did it too.<br /><br />()56D More wise/ SAGER almost too close to yesterday's Bob Seger concert footage. Won't go there again for a while.<br /><br />Thanks so much, Argyle for the new avatar. It made yesterday's puzzle grid so much easily to understand and appreciate.<br /><br />Fine blogging as usual Mellissa bee.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66502561447810614732011-01-12T19:40:15.816-06:002011-01-12T19:40:15.816-06:00Melissabee, great write up and now we have even mo...Melissabee, great write up and now we have even more in common! I have two favorite childhood books that I have kept. One was Charlotte's Web and the other was My Side of the Mountain. I was fascinated by Sam Gibley and him training the falcon Faithful. I also dreamed about living in the old burned out hemlock he made his home. I spent a few hours up in my own favorite tree reading that book. Thank you also for that link to the Haka preformance. You just know I had to follow that one up with the next clip, "The best Haka dance ever"! It didn't disappoint. I did however, want to see a different link for "woody". Oh, and those Vince Camato shoes are down right ugly in my opinion. Too clunky. <br /><br /><br />Just a little bit of time tonight for the puzzle. Did anyone else thing of "Buffy & Jody" from "Family Affair"? We can't forget Mr. French and Mrs. Beasley, can we?<br /><br />My favorite Counselor, I thought of you for the clue, "where to see a lot of keys"....Florida.<br /><br />Kazie, I hope your cousin is doing all right. I am thinking of them/you.<br /><br />Argyle, those polyester pants do wonders....Or is it just the angle of the picture? :)<br /><br />Be safe all of you that are digging out of the snow....so far we are clear here, but that may change.<br /><br />Andrea, I would love to meet you at the Mall of America, but that darned pesky foodshow coming up at the end of March will probably keep me "grounded".Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76811725088620450552011-01-12T19:02:50.675-06:002011-01-12T19:02:50.675-06:00I saw some clips on the news re flooding in Austra...I saw some clips on the news re flooding in Australia. All i can say is WOW and God bless all of you that live there. I've had water in my den downstairs, about half an inch, and thought I got flooded. I really feel bad for all of you.MR EDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450949040001041483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52011715133107147982011-01-12T18:57:43.177-06:002011-01-12T18:57:43.177-06:00Our state government chooses to use NYS to identif...Our state government chooses to use NYS to identify itself. Check out things like NYS DMV or NYS Dept. of Labor.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8967591866424789372011-01-12T18:55:00.600-06:002011-01-12T18:55:00.600-06:00Argyle, your avatar is great! Golly, I wondered ho...Argyle, your avatar is great! Golly, I wondered how old you were.<br />How much fun!<br /><br />Chickie, Sandels is the name of the resort.<br /><br />What ever happened to the Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day?I bet they are all at Lois'.Hey, Lois, you are sorely missed.Do you see any white stuff out your window?creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846674495447839466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47526220591712183762011-01-12T18:38:41.668-06:002011-01-12T18:38:41.668-06:00An unusually good slide show of Animal Tracks from...An unusually good slide show of <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41006075/from/ET/?beginSlide=1" rel="nofollow">Animal Tracks</a> from MSNBC. I always enjoy their features on my homepage.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14339994346526014242011-01-12T18:35:16.712-06:002011-01-12T18:35:16.712-06:00Greetings, all.
I also found this difficult. Need...Greetings, all.<br /><br />I also found this difficult. Needed Melissa Bee's help to complete much of it... Thanks, MB!<br /><br />Jeannie: we had a bunch of snow in December, as evidenced by the invoice our plowing service sent for four visits. But temps in the upper 40s plus two days of rain over New Years took care of all that snow. Our plow service came late yesterday, so we must have had at least three inches, but it doesn't seem like that much. I would love to have enough for a snowday - Zoe really wants to build a snowman! BTW, I'll be in MPLS in late Feb. Are you anywhere near the Mall of America?<br /><br />Kazie: thx for giving an update from your cousin. Hard to imagine such vast destruction.<br /><br />Everyone East: hope everyone is safely dug out!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409346798876179471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54409316772619429932011-01-12T18:16:13.971-06:002011-01-12T18:16:13.971-06:00Carol,
I'm sure it's from torrential rains...Carol,<br />I'm sure it's from torrential rains--it goes for years without appreciable rain, and then this.<br /><br />My heart goes out to all who have too much snow too. Watch your backs and don't risk a heart attack as you shovel! We only got another couple of inches overnight.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17278468054728258822011-01-12T18:01:52.162-06:002011-01-12T18:01:52.162-06:00I have fond memories of the early days of casual F...I have fond memories of the early days of casual Friday, back in my corporate life. Back then, nobody was really sure what constituted 'casual', or more formally, 'business casual'. I'd love to have pictures of some of the attempts to meet the new guidelines, because I could make a lot of blackmail money. The best was one of my managers who went with a bulky sweater, but tucked it in, thereby creating the appearance of an enormous waist goiter. I couldn't even look at him. And the women - well, the women saw it as an opportunity to bring the 'girls' out, which was a wonderful thing, but short-lived as the policy was 'adjusted'. Fun times.<br /><br />Gunghy, I don't think 'NYS' is common at all.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83923301877925038262011-01-12T17:57:36.707-06:002011-01-12T17:57:36.707-06:00L714, did you try this one?
http://en.wikipedia.or...L714, did you try this one?<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress_down <br />It redirects to the same one you posted. I think it supports my whining.<br /><br />Is dress down more common back east? There is a definite eastern bias to this puzzle: The Alsops were from CT, EBBETS, FLORIDA, PAWTUCKET, SANDALS, NYS.<br /><br />So, is NYS common back there? I've seen NYC and New York State, but can't say I've ever seen NYS used. And I rephrase, NYC has a Mayor, anyway.Gunghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505285217105843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41904724461908086212011-01-12T17:33:20.048-06:002011-01-12T17:33:20.048-06:00DRESS DOWN .<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_Friday" rel="nofollow"> DRESS DOWN </a>.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2747478101882267142011-01-12T17:30:28.886-06:002011-01-12T17:30:28.886-06:00Oh my where to start:
Argyle, your picture of the...Oh my where to start:<br /><br />Argyle, your picture of the puzzle with the L BARS enhanced the brilliance of Don G’s creation; you then follow with a pic of you that is precious. Thank you.<br /><br />Speaking of pics, Barry G., beautiful, but why I am here and not still there; my son made it safely back to Buffalo where it is now 12 degrees. <br /><br />The resorts run by <a href="http://www.sandals.com/?WT.srch=1&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=sandals&utm_campaign=US_Sandals_KW_Sandals&esv_ppc" rel="nofollow"> SANDALS </a> were pioneers in all inclusive vacations, with everything, food and booze etc. prepaid. They have many properties and are quite nice. <br /><br />Kazie, by now you see the COMO and VA are pronounced apart, so you would not hear “come over.” Hahtool, yes certainly SARAH is a good Hebrew name, but it is also a sore spot for me but that is another story. <br /><br />John L. you really are a tease, now the time will drag until we see mañana’s puzzle. Jerome, I am glad I inspired you a little; I firmly believe we will create a puzzle together one day.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19665054914358751052011-01-12T17:25:45.640-06:002011-01-12T17:25:45.640-06:00NYS-New York State, not the city.NYS-New York State, not the city.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60368817398620575442011-01-12T17:21:19.593-06:002011-01-12T17:21:19.593-06:00If Dennis thinks this one was easy,I bow to him. ...If Dennis thinks this one was easy,I bow to him. I got about 2/3 before I left to take my dad to a dr. appt., them came back to struggle through the rest.<br /><br />I always thought it was CASUAL FRIDAY.<br /><br />I do not like NYS for New York. Cities don't have governors. I kept trying to find some weird abbreviation for Winthrop's Arkansas.<br /><br />I liked knight games after yesterday's knight moves.<br /><br />I would have had an easier time if I had put CALLE into 14A immediately, but I wanted some obscure singer (or something) named Street that came out of San Jose.<br /><br />Every time IBN is clued in a puzzle, I write in ABU.<br /><br />Jazz, yes words can end in sm: chasm, ----ism, etc. Doesn't mean I've ever heard of abysm, though<br /><br />Grumpy, Mazes have a start and finish. You ENTER at the start and exit at the finish.<br /><br />My brother teaches at Monash University in Melbourne. They had flash-flood warnings there yesterday, but I haven't heard if anything transpired. A town a couple of hundred miles out got over 6 inches in 24 hours. I just hope this signals the end of the drought that Oz has been suffering through.Gunghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505285217105843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77453404057885379692011-01-12T17:02:16.286-06:002011-01-12T17:02:16.286-06:00That's Cachao, not Chachao.
JzBThat's Cachao, not Chachao.<br /><br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22957544226078959332011-01-12T16:31:33.290-06:002011-01-12T16:31:33.290-06:00Melissa -
Thanks for the Chachao link. I see he ...Melissa -<br /><br />Thanks for the Chachao link. I see he was a Cuban exile named Israel Lopez (1918 -2008.) First I've heard of him, though it looks like he had quite a career.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56084466830460309672011-01-12T16:18:02.978-06:002011-01-12T16:18:02.978-06:00Hello again,
One thing I forgot to mention about ...Hello again,<br /><br />One thing I forgot to mention about today's storm..... during my first trip outside around 4:30 AM, I heard several claps of thunder. I went back in and turned the TV on. The weather guys were calling it 'thunder snow."<br />It was a first for me. Anyone ever hear the term or experience it in the past?thehondohurricanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443949937298202696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75953106276112802002011-01-12T16:16:49.168-06:002011-01-12T16:16:49.168-06:00Kazie, I am glad your cousin is safe but feel so b...Kazie, I am glad your cousin is safe but feel so bad for all who are affected by the floods. Is the worst over? Was this caused by torrential rains?<br /><br />Barry (and all others buried in the snow) I do feel your pain. We used to have that type of snow 50+ years ago on a regular basis. Now we get it about every 2 to 10 years.carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.com