tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post178756943139277545..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, October 17, 2014, Pancho HarrisonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57750056102514106452014-10-17T22:18:47.424-05:002014-10-17T22:18:47.424-05:00Bill G...
Thanx for the feedback ..... I have...Bill G... <br /><br />Thanx for the feedback ..... I have chrome downloaded already... but quit using it and don't even remember exactly why now... :) went back to safari and eventually got all the kinks worked out with safari that made me even go to chrome.... :) if all that makes any sense... :) :) <br /><br />I got my mac in 2010.... guess it is getting old.... ? and I have taken all the upgrades.... once I quit paying the insurance it seems the upgrades are few and far between now.... :) :) have no intentions of downloading something I don't know what it will do... that is why I turned down free maverick.... maybe I shouldn't have... but I get enough changes without asking for them... :) :) probably from google mail... ??? I will keep disregarding the message until I have to do something about whatever they are telling me... :) :) and it could be my mail that I change... ??<br /><br />I have absolutely no intention of buying another mac.... <br /><br />Have a great evening.... and thanx again<br /><br />thelma :)aka thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648450259770808588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72899254545343632402014-10-17T21:35:30.134-05:002014-10-17T21:35:30.134-05:00 FIW (Finished It Wrong) FIW (Finished It Wrong)Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86393062975278330012014-10-17T21:33:50.092-05:002014-10-17T21:33:50.092-05:00Natick - A word used in crosswordese, coined by bl...Natick - A word used in crosswordese, coined by blogger Rex Parker, meaning two crossing words/clues that very very few people would know. As an example, one clue would be "A town in the eighth mile of the Bostom marathon" Answer-Natick ~ Urban DictionaryArgylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19444457939129798612014-10-17T21:20:53.508-05:002014-10-17T21:20:53.508-05:00Whew that one was hard for me. I knew time in a b...Whew that one was hard for me. I knew time in a bottle but that was it. Loved the write up though. I know the DNF stands for Did not finish, but what is FIW and Natick?Kalendinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82973935036194044062014-10-17T20:45:42.485-05:002014-10-17T20:45:42.485-05:00Thelma, yes I get that message too on a few websit...Thelma, yes I get that message too on a few websites like Gmail and the LA Times but not on lots of others. So far as I can tell, I can't upgrade Safari unless I first go to the latest Apple operating system (which I don't want to do since I've got an older iMac). So I downloaded Chrome and it seems to work fine though it works a little differently but not so much that I can't learn to use it OK. So I use the older Safari part of the time, Chrome part of the time and Firefox part of the time. One of these days I will spring for a new iMac but I know that will produce a little frustration with the newer operating system that I'll have to get used to.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2240043512222904322014-10-17T20:35:41.857-05:002014-10-17T20:35:41.857-05:00PK - Best wishes for positive outcomes for both of...PK - Best wishes for positive outcomes for both of your brothers.<br /><br />YR - Sorry to hear of Alan's relapse. I hope it is short-lived and not as serious as the earlier bout. <br /><br />Can't believe I'm still signed in; hope my problem is solved.<br /><br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37575122730888377502014-10-17T20:15:44.463-05:002014-10-17T20:15:44.463-05:00Evenin' All.....
Has anyone here gotten a m...Evenin' All..... <br /><br />Has anyone here gotten a message saying that your version of Safari will no longer be supported - I am assuming it is google sending the message since I have gmail ... ??? so far I can disregard it.... but;;;; ??? for how long.... <br /><br />Anyway, the puzzle got done.... felt very much like CED's explanation... I got it done and still didn't get it all...... was thinking about a shot of that Ouzo and a Brewski chaser by the time I finished......<br /><br />Irish Miss I am glad that all is well so far :) seems I type just about as well with them crossed as not... :) <br /><br />PK and Yellowrocks... I will keep your loved ones in my prayers.....<br /><br />thelma :)<br /><br /><br /><br />aka thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648450259770808588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72154200540219198452014-10-17T19:49:47.453-05:002014-10-17T19:49:47.453-05:00PK @ 5:01:
As a college professor myself I know...PK @ 5:01:<br /><br /> As a college professor myself I know your brother is buoyed incredibly by the support of his old students. And I'm not surprised that he aims to get back to class ASAP. A couple of years ago, when I was hospitalized several times, I relished the support of my students--and I did everything I could to time my absence from classes so as to miss as few sessions as possible. There is nothing quite so salutary and energizing as that contact with younger members of one's own field. It works both ways-- and your brother deserves all the support he is getting!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34311718846063814362014-10-17T19:24:28.962-05:002014-10-17T19:24:28.962-05:00Best wishes and positive thoughts for several of y...Best wishes and positive thoughts for several of you with family members going through tough times. I hope our close-knit on-line group can provide some support. Good luck!<br /><br />Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18424994279073898852014-10-17T19:14:32.272-05:002014-10-17T19:14:32.272-05:00PK,your brothers are in my thoughts. I am pulling...PK,your brothers are in my thoughts. I am pulling for both of them. It must be difficult for you. I am glad the prof's students are rallying around. It is so satisfying to have former students remember you fondly.<br />1610<br />Alan's malady has returned after more than a month of good health. He missed work these last three daysYellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26730407800228812322014-10-17T18:47:14.879-05:002014-10-17T18:47:14.879-05:00One of the delaying traps for me today was at 46A....One of the delaying traps for me today was at 46A. As I am pretty familiar with Mr Shaxper's work, I was satisfied too soon with BANQUO. Once I realized the "B" was wrong, I switched over to DUNCAN. It wasn't 'til much, much later that I landed on DAGGER. <br />Ah, hubris... We sometimes know just enough to dig ourselves deeper holes. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6414956111050357292014-10-17T18:41:50.186-05:002014-10-17T18:41:50.186-05:00I was slow, mighty slow, to pick this one up. It ...I was slow, mighty slow, to pick this one up. It took two separate sit-down sessions before I reached my belated Ta-Dah! Senor Pancho has my respect.<br /><br />Last Sunday's NY Times had a similar "rebus" pzl. (Example: HAND HELL BASKET.) <br />I think my mind was clearer then, as it didn't give me as much trouble. More likely it was because it was based on familiar sayings, whereas today's version required familiarity with song titles. I knew only the Bette Midler number here, and depended on perps for the others. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82243368218404329652014-10-17T18:23:27.444-05:002014-10-17T18:23:27.444-05:00PK@5:01
That has to be so rewarding for your broth...PK@5:01<br />That has to be so rewarding for your brother. Good teachers are priceless.<br /><br />I've had a similar experience though not nearly as life threatening when I went for a sonogram and the tech was one of my former ESL students. Her English was perfect as were her tech skills. She learned that elsewhere.<br /><br />Dudley:<br />From your mouth to God's ear as they say.<br /><br />Has anyone seen the movie "Gone Girl"? I am still recovering from the intensity. Great acting but such a deplorable story.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19050363790806539112014-10-17T18:03:45.689-05:002014-10-17T18:03:45.689-05:00Time in a bottle we don't talk about 1915...
...Time in a bottle <a href="http://www.whyworldwhy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/funny-Coca-Cola-bottles-time.jpg" rel="nofollow">we don't talk about 1915...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://quicklol.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bird-farts.jpg" rel="nofollow">My wings wind</a> (Eww!)<br /><br /><a href="http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/funny-pictures-funny-auto-850482.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Moon over Miami?</a><br /><br />& Finally, <a href="http://www.vitamin-ha.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/VH-demotivational-posters-once-upon-a-time.jpg" rel="nofollow">Once upon a time</a> Aw, gimme a break, I can;t slit a sheet right now...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43871757905583767562014-10-17T17:01:42.538-05:002014-10-17T17:01:42.538-05:00I wanted to share with you teachers who might appr...I wanted to share with you teachers who might appreciate this. My college professor brother reaped the benefit of his teaching career when he entered the hospital with a heart attack yesterday. His former students taking care of him included several nurses, the surgeon who installed his stint and the surgeon's wife. He could not have had more attentive care and expects to go home tomorrow. He has always taught his classes rather than turn them over to a TA because he said he knew a lot more things these students destined for the health professions needed to know. He is insisting he can be back in the classroom Monday.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43370609014966694002014-10-17T16:54:49.910-05:002014-10-17T16:54:49.910-05:00Very late to the party due to Friday overload. I w...Very late to the party due to Friday overload. I wanted to do a puzzle, & boy was I puzzled. I had 14 nits, but I see they have pretty much already been covered, so, Wees... However...<br /><br />5A vibrate = throb? I only had the "H" am I the only one who inked "shake?"<br /><br />28A Anchorman = swabby No, don't like it. Don't like it at all. So what if it's in the dictionary, as far as i'm concerned you can stick it in your ear...<br /><br />34A baylor bears, out of desperation, I cheated, & Google told me they were in West Virginia???&^%$&^%^$#@^*&(the W fit too, just try & fit wva in 4 spaces!!!)AARRGH!<br /><br />44A Nobody had goofy before loony?<br /><br />50A minor players = cogs. Now yesterday I learned that cogs are gear teeth, & now you are trying to convince me that they are minor players? You ever had a gear missing a tooth? The whole gosh dang thingie doesn't work! Minor player,,,balderdash!<br /><br />It was mentioned, but 61A sews up = ices was just despicable, because 99.9% of the world would have said "aces."<br /><br />57A cold one = brewski, I am a little concerned because i originally wanted to put "beerski" for some strange reason. Which brings me to 66A... 2 sheets, or 3 sheets? I always recite this little ditty to be sure:<br /><br />I SLIT THE SHEET,<br />THE SHEET I SLIT,<br />AND ON THE SLITTED SHEET I SIT.<br /><br />(yeah, I said it right, I can have another brewski...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43150403535711325432014-10-17T16:02:43.714-05:002014-10-17T16:02:43.714-05:00Happy Friday everybody!
Was shocked as hell to ge...Happy Friday everybody!<br /><br />Was shocked as hell to get the Ta-Da today. The theme V8 can hit me with about 10% to go, which helped immensely, namely by forcing me to change TOIL to MOIL....<br /><br />Pretty racy puzzle today, Pancho, what with LIMP, THROB. BUST, HENIE, EQUUS and TABOO.... Or is that just me...?<br /><br />Misty, you're in Riverside today? That's me waving at you from my window LEDGE at work, since I'm MOILing away at work today....<br /><br />QOD: "My Big Fellows! My Giants!" - Jim Mutrie, co-owner and manager of the New York Gothams, who soon thereafter (1885) changed their name to the New York Giants....<br /><br />Finally, Happy Belated Birthdays to CED and BlueHen...!River Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217414780894792059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59996699861446109082014-10-17T14:52:36.658-05:002014-10-17T14:52:36.658-05:00First, the puzzle: I did not care for the theme. ...First, the puzzle: I did not care for the theme. Too tricky for me. I got the "tada" moment but only with great perseverance and overruling what logically seemed wrong in my brain, but were required to accommodate those darned theme entries. Thank goodness for perps.<br />Secondly: thank all of you for the very kind birthday wishes yesterday. Marti, as you probably know, that image on the cake link is Youdee, the mascot of the University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens athletic teams. I thought about using him as my avatar, but 1) I couldn't find an isolated picture of him, and 2) I haven't the foggiest idea of how to create an avatar. CC, thanks for the kind thought. At first I thought about dissuading you since at this stage of my life celebrating a natal anniversary is pretty redundant, but then again being remembered does touch the heart. Thank you all.Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34428948156720113392014-10-17T14:18:04.922-05:002014-10-17T14:18:04.922-05:00Lucina 1:46 - of all the abominable cultural pract...Lucina 1:46 - of all the abominable cultural practices still present on Earth, that has to be among the worst. May it be eradicated soon.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77084844477432434872014-10-17T13:51:13.655-05:002014-10-17T13:51:13.655-05:00Hi gang -
I'll admit to having seen MOIL befo...Hi gang -<br /><br />I'll admit to having seen MOIL before, but . . . <br /><br />Anyway, I made it, though with lots of head scratching and overwrites: LUBED, TOIL, SO AM I, ACES, DANGER.<br /><br />Also many empty cells for a long time. Finally sussing the theme led to corrections and a few helpful perps.<br /><br />And yes, DR NO did trip me up.<br /><br />Though I do not like this kind of theme, it was brilliantly executed.<br /><br />Happy weekend. I'm going to my 50 [gasp] year class reunion tomorrow.<br /><br />Cool regards!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7544230436891296432014-10-17T13:46:45.213-05:002014-10-17T13:46:45.213-05:00Lemonade:
I was thinking about that very practice ...Lemonade:<br />I was thinking about that very practice of mutilating girls especially in Africa. I believe the model, Iman, is actively working to eradicate it. Thanks for mentioning it.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85873437523149996412014-10-17T13:33:32.232-05:002014-10-17T13:33:32.232-05:00lemony you are so transparent. it's obvious w...lemony you are so transparent. it's obvious what you are doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11202612987066458412014-10-17T13:26:51.381-05:002014-10-17T13:26:51.381-05:00I don't read this blog often since most of the...I don't read this blog often since most of the LA Times puzzles are gettable. The last time I did there were only 4 commenters. Today, what a surprise. <br />The puzzle was easy but I did mess up with one letter, so technically I have a DNF. I now know how to spell spumoni.<br /><br />Ron Diego La Mesa, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61151153285422577532014-10-17T13:25:45.873-05:002014-10-17T13:25:45.873-05:00Sorry, my limerick was based on the emergence of f...Sorry, my limerick was based on the emergence of female rabbis and mohels. It was intended to be a light-hearted response to the Chairman. I am no expert, but I have read of the circumcision of females in different cultures, and apparently also here in the <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/horrific-taboo-female-circumcision-rise-u-s-n66226" rel="nofollow">US</a>.<br />Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66073467627690600362014-10-17T12:45:47.922-05:002014-10-17T12:45:47.922-05:00Hi Y'all! Shocked myself by getting the theme ...Hi Y'all! Shocked myself by getting the theme with TIME (in A) BOTTLE so that helped with the others. Fun puzzle, Pancho! I had MOON & tried to put in "river" which ran red immediatly. I didn't know the Marvin Gaye song, so just perped it in.<br /><br />Hadn't heard of Travis Tritt in years and though he'd died. However, he is still touring according to Google and will be in Kansas City, MO next month. Go Royals!<br /><br />I was thinking Barbara Eden. Gordon? Who zat? I tried "Jeannie" for the alter ego. Bat Girl? don't remember that.<br /><br />Tried OoZO before OUZO.<br /><br />No, no! Don't replace Lemonade! Really dumb idea.<br /><br />My youngest brother had a heart attack early yesterday morning. He got immediate attention and they put in a stint to correct some blockage. He is doing well, but also has Parkinson's. He is a college professor who directs medical research labs. He was trying to talk them into letting him go back to work after the stint was installed. He's still in ICU. After my oldest of 3 brothers survived a stroke in July and is now having radiation for prostate cancer, we're a little on edge when the phone rings. PKnoreply@blogger.com