tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post195336945817415495..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, Mar 12th, 2016, Bruce VenzkeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11427526132462088062016-04-27T22:59:32.883-05:002016-04-27T22:59:32.883-05:00niceniceShwetabloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945314996642903763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68381809068699821402016-03-15T09:00:23.196-05:002016-03-15T09:00:23.196-05:00Beehive refers to the shape of the oven, though it...Beehive refers to the shape of the oven, though it is upside down. They are made of brick and built side by side in a row. The coal is charged from the top from a car that rolls on rails. Smoke and ash billow from the hole directly into the air. What is left is Coke or charcoal which is removed from the bottom of the oven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10184566023703696382016-03-13T03:45:00.052-05:002016-03-13T03:45:00.052-05:00U people r fing weerd.U people r fing weerd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63692313063718886922016-03-13T00:17:46.896-06:002016-03-13T00:17:46.896-06:00CED - DW made me promise not to pull over to help ...CED - DW made me promise not to pull over to help folks after there was one (1!!!) report of someone getting shot by the person they stopped to help... I miss those good ol' days too.<br /><br />I realize I meant PK & Lucina (and not IM who chimed in later) @10:01. Mea culpa.<br /><br />Well, my garage is clean(ish). It's good enough that, if Pop dropped in, I wouldn't feel too sheepish. He'd still ask, "What the hell is all this shit?" when spying my shelving unit.<br /><br />Bill G. LOL motorcycle story. I wish my brain would kick in before I say things like that. "Sh**, I <i>just</i> paid for that!" "What? Oh, yes, you OK?" That's happened more than once... /sigh<br /><br />I saw <a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/russia-is-reviving-sovietera-military-tactics-by-recruiting-combat-dolphins-with-killer-instinct/news-story/4c701e60c863b3b177ea93b67e28fbdf" rel="nofollow">this out of Russia in the paper</a>. Dolphin Spies! (Revised).<br /><br />Anyone else think Sea World is a military front for USA's dolphin-training program? Just me? OK, no more Art Bell reruns tonight. :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7426441471963076552016-03-12T22:51:30.567-06:002016-03-12T22:51:30.567-06:00Anonymous @ 7:40 - Your meanness is only exceeded ...Anonymous @ 7:40 - Your meanness is only exceeded by your stupidity.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37430777544081342542016-03-12T22:30:48.796-06:002016-03-12T22:30:48.796-06:00AnonT, I enjoyed your Ode to Joy. I've seen it...AnonT, I enjoyed your Ode to Joy. I've seen it before and I enjoyed it all over again. Here's a case where responding to an extra-snarky anon felt better than ignoring the troll. You do that very well and I'm sure Argyle/CC think so too. <br /><br />Speaking about being wary of strangers, years ago when my mother was about halfway through her battle with dementia, we brought her back to the local retirement home. As was her habit, she saw a young girl and started to say Hi. The girl let out a blood-curdling scream. I had no idea what was going on or what to do. The girl's mother came strolling up and said something like, "Oh don't worry. We've taught her to scream if a stranger tries to talk to her." Geez...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73925599803747424192016-03-12T22:12:38.971-06:002016-03-12T22:12:38.971-06:00CED, please be completely sure that your post abou...CED, please be completely sure that your post about motorcycles did not bring me pain. You intended it to be humorous and that's how I responded. <br /><br />So let me elaborate on my motorcycle story. I was the owner of a BSA 500cc single that was fun to ride but had seen its better days. I found a local old-timer who owned a motorcycle shop. He fixed everything mechanical and I found a fellow who did a beautiful and tasteful two-tone pearlescent paint job with pin stripes. It was beautiful! I put Barbara on the back and headed up around the curvy roads in the local mountains. We had a great ride. We headed home. I was waiting in the left-turn lane at a traffic light about a mile from home. When I started off, the road had some oil on it dripped from many cars over several months who had been stopped idling while waiting to turn left. As I gently began to start off to turn left, the rear wheel slowly skidded out from under me and the bike went down as if in slow motion. I remember thinking "Oh no. I just had all this work done. Oh no...! But just as I opened my mouth, my brain engaged and I said instead, "Dear, are you OK?" <br /><br />Both of us were fine and the bike survived with hardly a scratch.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11191720269036883452016-03-12T22:01:24.150-06:002016-03-12T22:01:24.150-06:00PK & IM - your responses to @7:40p is much nic...PK & IM - your responses to @7:40p is much nicer than what I had drafted b/f Youngest called from the city. Good thing she called or Argyle / C.C. would have ban'd me for sure... Something about stuffing it up their jumper... :-)<br /><br />Fermat - Arggg - I feel you. The last rains show'd my roof's issues too.<br /><br />Speaking of Youngest - I guess we taught her too well to be wary of strangers. She was at a ballet-buddies B-day party in the city and was supposed to catch a ride w/ another friend's mom's friend back to the suburbs. (Catch all that?). Neither kid recognized the lady and refused to go home w/ her. Dad to the rescue.<br /><br />Funny bit: I was working on the Alfa - I was dirty and greasy. The kids' parents probably thought I was the creeper!<br /><br />And for no particular reason - something a Cornerite shared a year or so ago. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo" rel="nofollow"> Maybe it will bring beauty to anon @7:40p</a>. (Ode to Joy FlashMob).<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9251639235425175102016-03-12T21:48:23.951-06:002016-03-12T21:48:23.951-06:00Greetings!
Thanks, Bruce and Splynter!
I, too, w...Greetings!<br /><br />Thanks, Bruce and Splynter!<br /><br />I, too, was able to work this one! Not, however in a short time.<br /><br />Much rain yesterday. Will have to get roof fixed. (Sob!)<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18118403671070303862016-03-12T21:34:34.911-06:002016-03-12T21:34:34.911-06:00CED, you're killing me.
I am thinking of this...CED, you're killing me.<br /><br />I am thinking of this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqsI3fl1Z8w" rel="nofollow">American Graffiti</a><br /><br />And this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCJx1uV38ZQ" rel="nofollow">The Jerk</a><br /><br />But there is another that is driving me nuts since I can't remember it! I seem to remember a guy on a motorcycle with something attached to his person......dammit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82866038785988032192016-03-12T20:51:31.955-06:002016-03-12T20:51:31.955-06:00Bill G. @ 4:49
I was going to say you should see...Bill G. @ 4:49<br /><br />I was going to say you should see me fly a plane!<br />There was this time when I forgot to unchain the plane from the sign post...<br /><br />(I was about to insert a link, when I saw pje's post @ 7:33)<br /><br />Bill, I am really sorry, & bummed that this topic might bring you pain.<br /><br />(I won't bring it up again...)<br /><br />(but yr missing some great stories!)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10461690053738718702016-03-12T20:39:30.738-06:002016-03-12T20:39:30.738-06:00PK
PK
Well stated.
Anonymous:
These peopl...PK<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />PK<br />Well stated. <br /><br />Anonymous:<br />These people are our friends, though we may not know each other physically, we care about each other and their cares are our cares and we rejoice in our successes.<br /><br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70600130164256025452016-03-12T20:10:17.324-06:002016-03-12T20:10:17.324-06:00BillG: I watch a lot of HGTV. Which show are your ...BillG: I watch a lot of HGTV. Which show are your kids going to be on? I like some of the shows better than others. Be sure to let us know.<br /><br />Anon at 7:40: What on earth are you talking about? Bill & YR and some of the rest of us just state what goes on in our lives. Pitiful is having no compassion for the human state as you apparently don't.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4747109884422948272016-03-12T20:03:25.138-06:002016-03-12T20:03:25.138-06:00YR, thank you for your concern. I dropped out of r...YR, thank you for your concern. I dropped out of rehab partly because I was having fever and intestinal problems. Also I had only been walking two days when I went in and I really wasn't ready to be out. Legs were very "rubbery". I am now walking at home on even floors daily for several 5 minute periods to build up my legs. I have since gone to a primary care doctor and did a grocery shopping on my own and got along better. My legs are stronger. I have the instructions and a band which I plan to start using this week. I had one bone which was not entirely healed when I was in rehab and there were burning sensations across the entire breakage area the next day. I thought the rehab exercises were putting too much stress there for the time being and needed a little more time. I used to try to keep going after injury. Then I had a fractured vertebrae and later fractured sternum many years ago and was forced to spend a lot of "still" time. I was surprised to have some earlier injuries heal during those periods that I'd been fighting for years. I've pretty well decided that rest is best for me with moderate exercise. I liked my therapist and may try to go back in a while. She got my toes unjammed and the entire foot more flexible in just one session.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74487733932577237862016-03-12T19:40:56.393-06:002016-03-12T19:40:56.393-06:00Bill G and Yellowrocks are always looking for atte...Bill G and Yellowrocks are always looking for attention and sympathy. Pitiful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23404220889588476082016-03-12T19:33:21.422-06:002016-03-12T19:33:21.422-06:00I usually don't bother with Saturday puzzles b...I usually don't bother with Saturday puzzles because they're beyond my ability, but today I decided to try. I'm glad I did! I needed quite a bit of help, but I did finish! Thanks, Bruce V!. Merci beaucoup, Splynter, for the write-up!<br /><br />My first answer was ABZUG. It was hit or miss with sporadic answers until I got enough filled in to give me help with unknowns. Several trips to the grid were needed today.<br /><br />YR, great to hear that Alan had a good week. Hope it continues!<br /><br />Bill G-I remember when your son was killed. I hope the grief has lessened with time. I watch HGTV for mindless entertainment. I'd appreciate knowing when your son's episode airs.<br /><br />Spring is here! Daffodils, crocuses and forsythia are blooming. Let the sneezin' season begin!<br /><br />PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47324385262329045312016-03-12T19:32:37.838-06:002016-03-12T19:32:37.838-06:00Bill G
Sounds like you are looking a gift horse i...Bill G<br /><br />Sounds like you are looking a gift horse in the mouth. <br /><br />Would you rather they weren't on the show ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11494882599410919272016-03-12T18:37:40.839-06:002016-03-12T18:37:40.839-06:00Bill, good to know. We watch that show and wondere...Bill, good to know. We watch that show and wondered about how much they were paid. Interesting that they stage the furniture as well. You're right...not too real. It's almost impossible for young couples to afford to buy homes in Santa Clara Valley these days. <br /><br />Just looking at the CW grid this morning scared me. I had more fun reading the answers.Thanks Splynter.<br /><br />Grandsons are playing baseball in the rain. We LOVE it, and kids don't mind.We are not floating away.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7313300763038502762016-03-12T17:16:40.792-06:002016-03-12T17:16:40.792-06:00Bill G:
That's very interesting. I don't w...Bill G:<br />That's very interesting. I don't watch reality shows but would view some of that one, for a while anyway.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49488601859311888732016-03-12T16:49:32.537-06:002016-03-12T16:49:32.537-06:00CED, if I'm crazy enough to ever get another m...CED, if I'm crazy enough to ever get another motorcycle/scooter, remind me not to lend it to you (after reading about your mishaps). They're funny in the reading; not so funny as you were experiencing them I'm guessing. <br /><br />Notice I said 'lend it to you' rather than 'loan' in the previous paragraph. One might explain that loan can be used as a verb these days. Yes I know. What used to be a noun/verb error has crept into modern common usage but it still doesn't sound right to my ears (once I learned the difference). There is a new outfit locally in the business of lending money. Their chosen corporate name is LoanMe. It grates on my ears/brain whenever their ad comes on the radio.<br /><br />Do you get cable channel HGTV? My son Tim and his serious girlfriend bought a house in nearby San Pedro. It needed serious remodeling. This TV outfit paid $30K toward their kitchen remodel in exchange for featuring their house in one of their 'reality' TV shows. Part of the 'reveal' is going to be shot this afternoon. Barbara and daughter Bonnie are going to be part of the background family scenery. I'll let you know when the show is scheduled to air. Barbara spend days making them a quilt for their bed. I hope it makes it into the final cut. So little of the 'reality' show is really real. Most of their other furniture in the house will be 'staged.' Oh well...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55152313482099967922016-03-12T16:16:22.353-06:002016-03-12T16:16:22.353-06:00I haven't done the puzzle today, just to darn ...I haven't done the puzzle today, just to darn busy. I haven't even read the paper yet.<br />So I was just going to be a lurker but all this talk of an easy Saturday makes me want<br />to do it even more. Maybe I will wait a couple of days & I will forget what I read &<br />do the puzzle then...<br /><br />But all this talk of biking, I must add my 2 cents...<br /><br />My 1st bike was a 400cc Kawasaki triple 2 stroke.<br />It was like 3 lawnmower engines on two wheels.<br />It had 2 exhaust pipes on one side, & one on the other (why it didn't tip over I don't know.)<br />3 carburetors to tune, & every 3 months I had to strip the engine down & scrape off<br />the carbon buildup with the edge of a hacksaw blade. The thing leaked oil like a sieve.<br /><br /><br />I got it for a song, along with a rented garage space behind my best friends house,<br />because the engine had seized & was rebored to something like 410cc.<br />Unfortunately the oversize cylinders/mismatched carbs/leaking oil made for a little loss of power at slow speeds. The guy at the shop was telling me to crack the throttle & take off<br />like a the 3 dirt bikes it was, but I showed him I couldn't. Crack the throttle from a<br />standstill, & you would stand still while the engine just went WAAAAAAAA!<br />(very embarrassing.)<br /><br />Anywho, to make a long story longer, the clutch was awful. It took all my strength to<br />pull it in with my left hand, so much so that my left forearm started to look like Popeyes.<br /><br />One day, I was returning home. I had dropped the motorcycle off at the rented garage &<br />& jumped on my bicycle for the 4 block ride home. I came to a stop sign & automatically<br />pulled the clutch with all my might...<br /><br />Except it wasn't my clutch, I was on a bicycle! It was my front brake!<br /><br /><br />I went ass over teakettle through that intersection! (I will never forget it...)<br /><br />(& then there was the time I took off on the motorcycle, but had forgotten to<br /> unchain the dang thing from the parking sign...Sigh...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47801586161966636882016-03-12T16:02:26.886-06:002016-03-12T16:02:26.886-06:00I was disappointed in the Egyptian extension of my...I was disappointed in the Egyptian extension of my Israel trip. We had a wonderful professional guide in Israel. What a come down on the extension! Although we saw the pyramids in Egypt, our guide was a callow flippant youth who specialized in off color jokes and offered no local color or information, or assistance with our every day needs.<br />Anonymous T, funny camel story. I can just picture it. I rode a camel in Egypt and although I enjoyed the unique experience I found it was not that comfortable. I didn't have to pay to get off, but many men expected money for taking my picture. A fellow traveler had a camel mouth her breast thinking it was a melon! Funny picture and a wonderful chance for ribbing her the remainder of the trip.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13884933166861983342016-03-12T15:47:27.761-06:002016-03-12T15:47:27.761-06:00What happened that so many of us found this puzzle...What happened that so many of us found this puzzle so easy? How does Rich determine the level of difficulty? Some of us found both Friday and Saturday easier than Thursday.<br />PK, honey, I luv ya. So I am concerned about your dropping PT. Is there a possibility of a Plan B? Could your kin get you a handicapped parking permit so you don't have to walk so far to your appointment? Could you go to another appointment or two to get printed directions and maybe an exercise band to work out at home. In addition to PT I worked out at home for months.<br />I find that daily bathing and dressing, even in extremely casual day clothing, nixed the invalid mind set and energized me to seek to be "normal." Also getting out of the house, even just to the yard, helped rev me up. And driving to a local luncheonette for a sandwich or just a coffee ushered me back into normal living.<br />I am sure that the golfers, bike riders, and neighborhood marchers among us have found that exercise increases our quality of life and enhances our over-all health, lowering cholesterol and glucose levels and increasing heart function. After age 60 or so idleness causes us to lose muscle mass much more quickly than before. Sorry for pullling the mother act on you, but I care. "May you live long AND PROSPER."Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27809075080571589242016-03-12T15:37:16.619-06:002016-03-12T15:37:16.619-06:00Splyter - I'm going to guess offended-legware-...Splyter - I'm going to guess offended-legware-anon has a shoe/pump fettish. That's why the pic was cool by him/her.<br /><br />BTW, I forgot to mention - Yes, I do remember Wacky Pacs. I had the entire '81 series plastered on my 6th-grade notebook.<br /><br />Wanna go to Egypt on the cheap? Get a job in the oil industry and you go 1st-class! Of course, now that oil is $35, one gets to worry about being employed in next week... ;-)<br /><br />Cheres, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16834257144505670742016-03-12T15:12:34.094-06:002016-03-12T15:12:34.094-06:00Hi again~!
Anon-T, I hope to someday see the py...Hi again~!<br /><br /> Anon-T, I hope to someday see the pyramids of Egypt ( and South/Meso America ), and while there, a camel ride sounds thrilling - I have rarely been on a horse locally, and even then at only a walk - still, it's one of those 'things' I'd like to say I have done.<br /><br /> What, no anonymous gripes about legwear today~? <br /><br /> SplynterSplynterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857732691220377494noreply@blogger.com