tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2323293787309408488..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Bruce HaightZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37182681275722379722018-07-11T00:24:55.382-05:002018-07-11T00:24:55.382-05:00@12:02 Anon - that you know of Godwin's Law ...@12:02 Anon - that you know of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law" rel="nofollow"> Godwin's Law </a> is a + on you. However, I didn't get the O'Bo >= Trump in Picard's post; simply a statement of fact re: children in detention centers and the circumstances under which they got there. Enough of this - I'M'ing a' gettin' FED UP -- back to puzzle talk.<br /><br />DJ:<br />A guy walks into a bar and sees a tiny person (in DISTRESSED JEANS?) playing a tiny piano. The man asked the bartender where he got this amazing attraction for his bar. //you've heard this right?<br /><br />The bartender replied that inside the water closet there's a genie that will grant him a single wish. <br /><br />The man went to the loo and, as the bartender said, there was a genie inside. <br />Without hesitation the man wished for a million bucks. Poof: a million ducks instantly appeared. Confused and not at all happy, the man chapped to the barkeep,<br /> <br />"I think your genie is hard of hearing, I asked for a million bucks but I got a million ducks."<br /><br />The bartender shook his head and replied, "You're telling me... Do you really think I asked for a 12 inch pianist?<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48100394619502382762018-07-11T00:02:54.941-05:002018-07-11T00:02:54.941-05:00Surprise! Peacock...er...I mean Picard weighs in o...Surprise! Peacock...er...I mean Picard weighs in on a political discussion pointing out that Obama was good and Trump and all other Republicans are bad. Also didnt take long for Godwin's Law to rear its ugly head.<br /><br />I wonder what type of parents put their kids in this situation. I know several immigrants who did it lawfully and admirably. One or two family members enter U.S. legally, work tirelessly for a year or so saving money and then send for the rest of the family to join them when they are ready. They escaped poverty and turmoil and did it so heroically. They have my utmost respect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21003365654888233362018-07-10T23:46:27.364-05:002018-07-10T23:46:27.364-05:00Picard, et.al. - First, a can o' worms that pe...Picard, et.al. - First, a can o' worms that perhaps OKL will allow at the JJ :-) //he's trying to recruit me as a bouncer, I read last night<br />But, that's how I recall the policy delta between then and now; saying "it's the same thing" is disingenuous at best. Plus, with out the Mexicans, <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IZpPRrI_F8" rel="nofollow">How we gonna move? </a></b> [Ralphie May (RIP) - MA: intentionally plays into stereotypes -- and funny (esp. to those of us in border states)]<br /><br />Moving on... <br />I read today's paper about yesterday's rescue from Tham Luan Nang Non cave complex [15 letters! Look out for that in a Saturday Stumper! spanner soon]. This might just be me but they [THEY - The Hearsay Experts for You] in the press kept talking about the kids as having to face a 'nightmare experience,' etc. <br /><br />I don't know. <br />I was a kid once (still?); a kid's mindset would likely think it a fun adventure having no concept of mortality. I think many of the commentators forgot that bit and looked at it too much through an adult lens. Frankly, I was more worried about the coach making it out OK. #All-13!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42049945698179887482018-07-10T23:13:09.199-05:002018-07-10T23:13:09.199-05:00TTP: Glad you like Jackson Browne and the photo of...<b>TTP:</b> Glad you like Jackson Browne and the photo of me with him. I was joking that he is my buddy. But I admire him a lot and have met him quite a few times. He lives not far from here and he performs here at least once a year. Often he is performing for fund raisers for good causes. I have other photos with him a few years earlier, but they are not as clear.<br /><br /><b>Lucina, Jinx, Jayce and PK:</b> At the risk of stepping in political quicksand, I would like to respond to the point Lucina made about children in cages.<br /><br />Yes, there was one photo that was accidentally circulated that was from the Obama era. But the Obama era situation was totally different. The children during the Obama era were unaccompanied children crossing the border. They were being held temporarily until their parents in the US could be located. When the parents were located, they were immediately reunited.<br /><br />The Trump policy is exactly the opposite. Intact families were arriving at the border. Often seeking asylum. (I have a close friend who works in Honduras and I can vouch for the terror these families are fleeing.) The Trump policy took the children away from the parents. They were forcibly separated. Often by hundreds or even thousands of miles. Sometimes without adequate documentation to be able to connect them to each other.<br /><br />As one of Jewish heritage, this is chillingly familiar to me and not in a good way.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13429701168159623562018-07-10T22:21:58.724-05:002018-07-10T22:21:58.724-05:00TTP, couldn't access the video, but no problem...TTP, couldn't access the video, but no problem--still enjoyed your post.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72369878828923291882018-07-10T22:19:08.011-05:002018-07-10T22:19:08.011-05:00PK 4:00pm, interesting story about Thailand and th...PK 4:00pm, interesting story about Thailand and the boys. Thanks for posting it.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15671795086660236152018-07-10T20:29:22.615-05:002018-07-10T20:29:22.615-05:00PK, thanks for the in person report of the cave th...PK, thanks for the in person report of the cave the Thai boys were trapped in. I have read several accounts of boys in that region visiting the cave as a tourist attraction. It apparently wasn’t so unusual The monsoons just came early and trapped them. Fantastic rescue!SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38613988746678274642018-07-10T19:58:06.196-05:002018-07-10T19:58:06.196-05:00Wow, first a downpour in Phoenix and then a haboob...Wow, first a downpour in Phoenix and then a haboob! When it rains it, um, sandblasts.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55758836862114380462018-07-10T19:28:09.363-05:002018-07-10T19:28:09.363-05:00What I'm wondering about the majority of South...What I'm wondering about the majority of South & Central Americans crossing the border is if they have enough literacy to know what the laws are and truly understand what they are supposed to do. Are they just relying on word of mouth from others including the men who take money to transport them illegally? Some of them have to be pretty desperate & uneducated to allow themselves to be packed into trucks like I read they are. I interviewed some nuns & immigrants from San Salvador that they were hiding many years ago. Those people knew no English and couldn't read or write in any language. To make it more difficult, they knew some Spanish but mostly spoke an Indian dialect. The nuns were schooling them in English, but it was slow and funding was minimal.<br /><br />As for kids in cages, it may be the only way to keep them from running off and getting in worse trouble, but nothing anyone wants to see. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51422015764654138312018-07-10T19:20:07.764-05:002018-07-10T19:20:07.764-05:00Anon T @ 6:32 ~ I meant Bruce's quirky wordpla...Anon T @ 6:32 ~ I meant Bruce's quirky wordplay in his themes and reveals. 😎 (How are the Gibbles, BTW? I just placed another order!)<br /><br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49066013834068038422018-07-10T19:08:55.208-05:002018-07-10T19:08:55.208-05:00Didn't refresh before JAWING say...
TTP -- Ne...Didn't refresh before JAWING say... <br />TTP -- Never heard of They Might Be Giants?!? tawnya and I would prattle on about them and every other weird-(Al) fun band we knew of.<br /> <br />Perhaps you've heard <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjSzjoU7OQ" rel="nofollow">Birdhouse in Your Soul </a></b> from the early'90s(?) <br />The song is an amazing bit of poetry: It's a first-person telling of a bluebird-nightlight in a socket of a child's room wishing for remembrance/love. He, the nightlight, is across the room from a picture of a light house:<br />"My primitive ancestry<br />who kept the beaches shipwreck FREE <br />[...]<br /><br />I'd be fired if that were my JOB<br />after killing Jason off [pause]<br />and countless screaming Argonauts"<br /><br />It's really funny if you listen close. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80013886425900426232018-07-10T18:33:40.888-05:002018-07-10T18:33:40.888-05:00CE-Dave ~
I got a kick out of your linked Koala ta...<b>CE-Dave</b> ~<br />I got a kick out of your linked Koala tale! Thanks for that.<br /><br />Reminds me of the Tasmanian innkeeper, in the rural village of Mersey, who served a special tea brewed from marsupial carcasses. <br />A tourist customer saw this on the menu and, being an adventurous sort, ordered a cup.<br />When the steaming beverage was brought to his table, he looked into the large mug and saw chunks and pieces of claws and noses and little furry ears. <br />He immediately complained to the innkeeper who replied, rather haughtily,<br /><br /><i>"Sir - the Koala-tea of Mersey is NOT strained!"</i><br /><br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80722821997858477562018-07-10T18:32:01.123-05:002018-07-10T18:32:01.123-05:00Hi All!
I quick-posted earlier 'cuz I knew TT...Hi All!<br /><br />I quick-posted earlier 'cuz I knew TTP wouldn't be up now :-)<br /><br />Thanks Bruce for spinning a puzzle with a great VIBE (as expo'd). It was good and you can dance to it; a 92.<br /><br />Think Rich had this gem in his back pocket just waiting for the JUMBLE JAWING to reach full-peak so he could mess with our heads? (I mean, right? C, Eh!)<br /><br />TTP - what a great sound-track on monitor three for my work-day. Oddly, songs I didn't think I knew I knew [see: Friends of Distinction and I swear Williams' Classical Gas is a theme to some TV show or something]. I'll put you on the air in Johnny's (WKRP) slot.<br /><br />WO: JAWING on and trying to get VALENc[e](?) spelled correctly.<br />Nutty WAGs that worked out: MA-AO@2d and A-E-A @17a xing NE-L<br /><b>Fav</b>: The wordplay that IM may have overlooked - GAG/ GAS [UP]; ICKY-EPEE; and all the music that TTP referenced saving: FM RADIO crossing FREE --- think <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FFpZFnJ6ZT8" rel="nofollow">Spirit of RADIO </a></b> [RUSH!*] --- for me :-)<br /><br />{B+, A-, B} {AWOL}<br /><br />Lucina - let us know what they find in the roof - we had vent pipes that lost their tar over time in the heat. Good luck and I hope it's cheep.<br /><br />Jayce - I've been following the 13 soccer members story in the paper since I heard they were lost. The only tragedy of it all is a true hero providing aid; what a way to be remembered.<br />PK - As I understand it; they always played in the cave as they did after practice. The rains came and they went to higher ground when they couldn't get out. My favourite quote of the whole ordeal was the Brit who found them: "How many are here?" "Thirteen" <br />"Brilliant," and then went back to report the news.<br /><br />PK - LOL iMING<br />Billo - not so bad yourself :-)<br />You too either OMK!<br /><br />CED - like Women they have no instructions /unlike: a mute button? I'm confused. :-)<br /><br />C, Eh! Am I to read tomorrow is your Birthday? If so, Happy Un-Birthday today!<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*I love this version... Opens w/ Stone's <i>Paint it Black</i>Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73774465522895750952018-07-10T18:19:39.703-05:002018-07-10T18:19:39.703-05:00They are arresting asylum seekers who enter at the...They are arresting asylum seekers who enter at the required port of entry, which is against the law. And a few weeks ago they did take their children. Formerly most asylum seekers did return at the alotted need time.<br />This diagonal kick is getting as tiresome as the J. It is too constant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65643171625580599592018-07-10T17:55:35.941-05:002018-07-10T17:55:35.941-05:00Jayce and Lucina ~
Thank you very much! I'm g...<b>Jayce</b> and <b>Lucina</b> ~<br />Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed my posting. <br /><br /> Ever since I started on this diagonal kick, I've been hoping to find a constructor who might embed a message along one of the several possible diagonals in our (typically) 15x15 grid.<br /> So far, even with our very inventive creators (among whom I number Mr. <b>Haight</b>) I have not found any straightforward messages - or any anagrams that I would take as intentional. <br /><br /> So ... I just decided to see if I could find some (probably) <i>unintended</i> anagrams. <br /> Turns out to be fun - and not too difficult.<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48634161896162869782018-07-10T17:44:37.592-05:002018-07-10T17:44:37.592-05:00Lucina, all they have to do to avoid arrest is go ...Lucina, all they have to do to avoid arrest is go to a port of entry and claim asylum. They are only arrested because they are entering at other places. It is against the law for the feds to take the kids to jail, and releasing the asylum seekers with a promise that they will show up for a court date simply doesn't work.<br /><br />Also note that escaping street crime or poverty aren't valid requests for asylum. It is granted only for persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or belonging to a particular social group. A very high percentage of these requests are denied, but the entrants have been trained on the "magic words" to say to border patrol agents.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53834228686751592822018-07-10T17:19:18.281-05:002018-07-10T17:19:18.281-05:00What's this about "casual intercUrse"...What's this about "casual intercUrse"? Isn't that another name for golf?<br /><br />We'll find out what the LA Times will do about the crossword -- there's a new owner and management crew.....<br /><br />But what the Times needs to do RIGHT NOW is get rid of the furshlugginer advertising, everywhere and endlessly intrusive. The online crossword locks up on me more than half the time (and I'm a paying subscriber!), because the cutesy HTML ads trip over each other, and lock the whole page up. Restart, and it happens again ... and again.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67309743062604481262018-07-10T17:06:13.967-05:002018-07-10T17:06:13.967-05:00Jayce:
Well, first I would NOT have separated the ...Jayce:<br />Well, first I would NOT have separated the children from their parents. I do realize some of that was done during the Obama years and outrage was expressed at the time. The difference here, I believe, is that the people coming from Central America are fleeing violence and gang activity and asking for asylum. We have always been welcoming to such victims. <br /><br />When teaching ESL many of my students were from Somalia. They had been admitted while seeking asylum. In former years it was the Vietnamese and then the El Salvadorans. This is a huge country with a big heart. We can certainly help them if only at least temporarily instead of dismissing them outright as trespassers. <br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81921158134595834822018-07-10T16:09:06.097-05:002018-07-10T16:09:06.097-05:00Bill G, your words "cram into their casual in...Bill G, your words "cram into their casual intercourse" made me shoot coffee out my nostrils.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82029155944484027542018-07-10T16:07:47.160-05:002018-07-10T16:07:47.160-05:00I gotta ask everyone who is all outraged 'n...I gotta ask everyone who is all outraged 'n' stuff about children being in cages: what would you do? What alternative do you suggest? Easy to complain; please give your complaints, your real or faux outrage, some meaning by explaining how you would suggest it be handled. Thanks.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68475312185095491052018-07-10T16:00:18.902-05:002018-07-10T16:00:18.902-05:00Speaking of the Thai boys, I just talked to my eld...Speaking of the Thai boys, I just talked to my eldest brother whose daughter lived in Thailand this past year. She and her family have been in the U.S. on vacation now for about a month before returning to Thailand. Bro said, she helps coach a soccer team at the American school since her 11 & 12 yr-old boys play soccer. One of the teams they play is Wild Boars, the very team that was trapped in that cave and they knew some of the boys. Small world, isn't it? My niece's family lives a short distance from the national park in which the cave is located. My brother said he had hiked with them in that national park and saw the cave entrance but didn't go in. My niece seemed to think it was a popular cave for people to visit and wasn't unusual for kids to be taken there. Rain & flooding weren't expected.<br /><br />PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49749140225705501812018-07-10T15:54:15.063-05:002018-07-10T15:54:15.063-05:00I saw a great birthday card a few years ago that h...I saw a great birthday card a few years ago that had two aging guys on the tee. The first one says: "Dang! I can't see that far anymore. Did you see where it went?" The second guy says: "My eyes are great. Saw right where it landed." First guy: "Great! Where is it?" Second guy: "I forgot."Old wanna be duffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1314691477034846092018-07-10T15:45:57.266-05:002018-07-10T15:45:57.266-05:00OOPS ! Forgot the Of in "Of Mice and Men.&qu...OOPS ! Forgot the Of in "Of Mice and Men."<br /><br />OOPS ! Think I went over 20 lines.<br /><br />CrossEyedDave, now about those jokes... <br /><br />Bill G, "Absolutely" grates on my ears, but I rack it up to the responder being nervous. <br /><br />Husker Gary, I got the new glasses,and they really help with reading, but can't golf with them. Is there an ophthalmologist in the house ? :>) Have no problem seeing the golf shots that go well past 170 yards, but they're usually not mine :>) <br />TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55295237840755399292018-07-10T15:36:06.958-05:002018-07-10T15:36:06.958-05:00Lucina, I hope you realize that the picture of the...Lucina, I hope you realize that the picture of the kids in the cages were actually taken when Obama was president. Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37689710041588746102018-07-10T15:23:54.566-05:002018-07-10T15:23:54.566-05:00Thanks D-O. Yeah, I got carried away. First time...<br />Thanks D-O. Yeah, I got carried away. First time linkin' was ever added as a precursor to fool for me. <br /><br />Hondo, she doesn't like driving the Highlander ? An AWD RAV4 might be a nice choice.<br /><br />Jinx, I was going to link Duane Eddy's early Peter Gunn, but came across that one with the cool video. I also read that Tronc sold the LA Times, and is changing it's name back to Tribune Media Services. The puzzle and the Daily Jumble are syndicated by Tronc (soon to be TMS again), so hopefully the LA Times will continue with the status quo.<br /><br />PK, sorry that there wasn't an easy fix. Not knowledgeable about Safari by any means, but if I ever go to Africa or the dessert :>), I'll learn about Safari then. I read Canadian Eh's comments about her IPAD Safari, so it sounds like you are not alone.<br /><br />Spitzboov, how neat was that ? Your sister must have been a bit nervous.<br /><br />Irish Miss, after Friday and Saturday, it was good to be able to just play on the computer. Perhaps I got carried away with the music video links, but sometimes you just get on a roll. :>) After a couple of days off, I was out there again this morning at 7AM and came in just after 1PM and cleaned the brushes and called it a day. Might be the last time I stain the house. The tough parts are finally done. <br /><br />Thank you Lucina. My dream job is enjoying retirement and doing the things I like to do, and so far it's been fun blogging the puzzle. I get to be DJ ! Good thing C.C. asked me to blog Tuesdays. Don't usually have to worry about missing the theme, but I do have to watch for self-inflicted errors, ie, desert v dessert. :>)<br /><br />Picard, neat that you know Jackson Browne. First heard him while stationed in Germany on an album that another GI bought. He's a great songwriter and musician. <br /><br />CrossEyedDave, don't get too carried away on the Dirty Jokes :>)<br /><br />Dash T, never heard of that group before, but I get a kick out of asking really young people (teens and early twenty types) if they've heard of "Mice and Men" before. Many know the band, but never heard of the book. BTW, I hope you got something special for your birthday. Perhaps an Alfa Romeo Giulia ? Hey, Hondo's wife might be getting a Rolls. <br /><br />Oh Misty, except for the MACAO picture, those are video links. You should see a triangle in the middle of the image, and if you select it, you should see the videos play. <br /><br />Jayce, thank you. I too am glad that all were rescued safely.<br /><br />Anon PVX, I hope you get it working. That's a very well-crafted video for the Bill Withers hit song, but ultimately, it's his voice and delivery that makes the song. I'll never forget that I was taking summer driver's ed with three girls from school when that song came out, and they went gaga every time the song came on the radio.<br /><br />Is driver's ed still taught in schools ? Or is that a school-by-school decision ? <br /><br />WikWak, that's funny ! It is like the anti-GQ look. I could sell my worn and torn jeans with the paint stains on them. I don't understand it either. <br /><br />PK, now I see you got it working on Chrome. Good. You and my wife could shake hands, because she kept asking what they were doing in the caves in the first place. Lucina, thank you for explaining that.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.com