tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post2895369571354580921..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday April 15, 2010 Nancy SalomonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7552697226603882812010-04-16T09:20:48.339-05:002010-04-16T09:20:48.339-05:00Thanks to Crockett and BillG. I truly didn't k...Thanks to Crockett and BillG. I truly didn't know about the football connection to Hi Mom, having never watched a game. As for Tyke, I was looking too deeply, I guess.Dudleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82827600650775978042010-04-16T04:32:43.990-05:002010-04-16T04:32:43.990-05:00Lemonade,
You are such a caring and attentive pers...Lemonade,<br />You are such a caring and attentive person. Amazing memories too. I only know that Jimbo (Hi there!) reads our comments every day.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47353874051615963352010-04-16T00:08:20.264-05:002010-04-16T00:08:20.264-05:00Late night reading, where have they all gone?
Hay...Late night reading, where have they all gone?<br /><br />Hayrake, dugglesmack, All Gravy, No Grief,Gladys, RedState Democrat, Barb B, SandbridgeKaren, OrAngie, Leazwell, A.R.E., Verna LaBounty<br />Jim in Norfolk, Crossedlover,THE MONKEY'S DEAD THE SHOWS OVER SUE YA!, Terry, Rob the Ranter, SaminMiam, Judi, DJ Girl, weather321, Razzberry, papajim, KK, JIMBO, KittyB, Southern Belle, Jeannette, tobylee, <br />Lola, Thomas, PromiseMeThis, Chris in LA, OnlyNightOwl, mariposa<br /><br />and more<br /><br />go get em L.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20737909548605867622010-04-16T00:05:25.055-05:002010-04-16T00:05:25.055-05:00Have a good night, everyone. I shall include your...Have a good night, everyone. I shall include your loved ones who are in need of medical attention in my night prayers.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50656788871882578972010-04-15T23:49:12.949-05:002010-04-15T23:49:12.949-05:00Frenchie, this is such a large and diverse group, ...Frenchie, this is such a large and diverse group, trying to acknowledge the positives that everyone puts in to this wonderful blog would be nigh onto impossible. I think that the sharing of life's ups and downs, concerns and triumphs, recipes, QOD, poems, fun facts and all of the diverse aspects that everyone brings to this community is what makes it so great!<br /><br />Vodka to you all.Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76622263361220908672010-04-15T23:41:56.334-05:002010-04-15T23:41:56.334-05:00Dudley, for lip reading/HI MOM, think of the scene...Dudley, for lip reading/HI MOM, think of the scene after some football player's just run back an interception for a touchdown and is on the bench. There's a camera shoved into his face and he waves and says "HI MOM." You can't hear him, but can readily see that that's what he's saying. <br /><br />For little shaver/TYKE, think of the youngster trying to be like Dad in the bathroom when Dad's shaving to start the day -- he's just a TYKE.<br /><br />OK?<br /><br />Don't worry about late comments not being read. There's a regular group of us who read the comments from the night before before starting in on the new puzzle for the day. <br /><br />TschußCrockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49868911468285445472010-04-15T23:29:23.161-05:002010-04-15T23:29:23.161-05:00Dudley, many pro football players mouth "Hi M...Dudley, many pro football players mouth "Hi Mom" into the camera when the cameras are focused on them when they're on the bench after a good play. Tyke and Shaver are nicknames for little kids, mostly boys I'd say. <br /><br />Too late for the free coffee. It'll keep you up all night, or at least it would keep me up all night.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65669180139664201922010-04-15T23:23:46.945-05:002010-04-15T23:23:46.945-05:00Hi Everyone, I want to acknowledge each of you and...Hi Everyone, I want to acknowledge each of you and wrote a quite inclusive list of comments, then poof...they disappeared into cyberspace! So frustrating...Dennis, Lois and Jeannie, I have prayers for your loved ones. My respect to Lemonade 714 on the death of your colleague. I understand he had a good life practicing law until 80 years of life.<br />Good Night and will join you once again tomorrow.Frenchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121204927549427122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11341111259706194792010-04-15T23:11:04.038-05:002010-04-15T23:11:04.038-05:00It's quite late, so this may not get read, but...It's quite late, so this may not get read, but: I could not get the lip reading/HIMOM or the shaver/TYKE connections. Any explanations? <br /><br />D'Oh, I was right next to Starbucks and forgot about the free coffee! Shoulda logged on sooner, but those taxes...Dudleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73542837354892959102010-04-15T22:55:49.592-05:002010-04-15T22:55:49.592-05:00Kazie, I always appreciate your honesty and candor...Kazie, I always appreciate your honesty and candor. That's enough said. Thanks for giving a thought about my Mom. She'll be just fine. I am sure her thoughts are about her brother and not herself. To be honest, mine are with her both for her bro, and me just wanting to hold her hand.<br /><br />BTW, once I get home from work, the bra comes off and I put on high heels.<br /><br />That was for you tFrank, and I am not giving you crap. To each their own. Jeannie aims to please whether it be recipes or shoes.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61759790811784516072010-04-15T22:37:06.409-05:002010-04-15T22:37:06.409-05:00C.C.,
I agree with Jeannie on the joy your blog br...C.C.,<br />I agree with Jeannie on the joy your blog brings us all. Thank you sincerely!<br /><br />Jeannie,<br />Maybe the way you stated your mom's upcoming surgery was a bit blunt, but I'm sure many of us can relate. I had a full hysterectomy in 1997, and have had no regrets. Now I don't have to worry about cancer of the uterus, cervix or ovaries. You didn't say why she was losing her uterus, mine was because of fibroids, but they advised having the whole lot out to reduce the cancer risk. Maybe overkill, but at my age I worry about cancer a lot, having lost my mother to it, so it's good to have a few less possible cancers to worry about. I'm sure your mom will do fine.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74609152324932362042010-04-15T21:21:03.928-05:002010-04-15T21:21:03.928-05:00Hi all, I just talked to my Mom and she was holdin...Hi all, I just talked to my Mom and she was holding her last living brother's hand. They are close and he was the guy that walked her down the aisle as her Dad killed himself when she was 13. I guess he is in the hospital in Richmond, KY and is comfortable. He recognized her and told her he loves her. I wish I had pics as they look so much alike.<br /><br />Bra talk....my mother is an A cup at best and I am much bigger than that. Humor on my Mom's part, one day I came home from school and she had two decals on her chest that said "push to inflate".<br /><br />Kazie, I went for about two years in my early twenties not wearing a bra at all. Corporate business at that time frowned on that and I was actually brought into the HR office and talked to. I don't think any guys actually complained, but I complied.<br /><br />Lois, good to see you back, and your friend's needs are in my thoughts up here in MN. It seems like we all need a group hug?<br /><br />C.C. thanks for all you do to keep this blog alive. We really wouldn't know one another and their triumphs and strifes without you. What you created is TOP-NOTCH in my book.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91258381916781118292010-04-15T19:53:14.641-05:002010-04-15T19:53:14.641-05:00Jeannie, I also want to wish your Mom well. Surger...Jeannie, I also want to wish your Mom well. Surgery is always a daunting thing to face. Had to laugh when you asked if you were giving out TMI...what with all you mentioned, my answer would be the same as CA's..yes, but we understand.<br /><br />Chickie, I know what you mean about flexibility - I don't have much of it either and never did. When other little girls were doing backbends and cartwheels and (hold back boys) SPLITS, I could never join in. In later years I made up for it in other ways and I do have lots of flexibility when on my back..(breathe boys :0)carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30823638379466753302010-04-15T19:51:19.247-05:002010-04-15T19:51:19.247-05:00Hahtool: I got the St. Pat from C.C.'s writeu...Hahtool: I got the St. Pat from C.C.'s writeup. It just made no sense until then because I just can't picture 3E's as wide.<br /><br />Clear Ayes: The trouble comes from loving to Snow ski. You can imagine every joke and I can assure you I hear them all the time. None of them are funny anymore. Oh, and it was actually hard to find good fitting SCUBA fins.<br /><br />Dennis: you gotta love the internet. B. A. Mason specializes in large shoes and boots (CA, Women's too.) Dale Boots makes custom ski boots and are a joy to work with.<br /><br />Night all.Gunghyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505285217105843307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51656964169773473162010-04-15T19:42:07.059-05:002010-04-15T19:42:07.059-05:00Dennis, It was so good to see your name up first t...Dennis, It was so good to see your name up first today. We've missed your banter. I'm hoping your friend's surgery is successful and that things are looking up for him.<br /><br />Jeannie, good wishes for your mom, too. It is hard to be so far away, when you want to be there for her.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38501997869198651772010-04-15T19:34:43.559-05:002010-04-15T19:34:43.559-05:00Hello All--Thank you C.C. for our picture today. I...Hello All--Thank you C.C. for our picture today. I loved seeing my name in the crossword! <br /><br />Lucina, The picture was taken in Germany on a trip three summers ago. We visited relatives, and did a lot of genealogy. <br /><br />Lucina, I'm amazed at your flexibility. I have NEVER been able to do what you do, even when I was a teenager.<br /><br />As for the puzzle today, I did part of it this morning, then finished up this afternoon with only three lookups. Nemea, Odets, and Boz were unknowns, but some others were obtained with the perps. Santa, didn't make one bit of sense, even when I got the answer!! I, too, had some Greek or Roman God in mind.Duh.<br /><br />I thought High style and Lip-reading greeting were great clues. But, I had never heard Plug ugly used with thug before.<br /><br />All and all a little taxing on the brain today, but the Return was well worth it.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34209874417889936272010-04-15T19:07:55.020-05:002010-04-15T19:07:55.020-05:00Dennis: LOL, funny guy! Guess it's not too fa...Dennis: LOL, funny guy! Guess it's not too far fetched anymore to think that I could have a 31 yr old lover. Afterall, Hugh Jackman's wife is 50. But what really makes me gut level laugh is the implication that I wore him slam out at 31. That's rich! Ride 'em hard and put 'em away wet. That's how I roll. But our friend is a girl and the one friend that I always called my 4th daughter. It's really tragic. Fine one day and not the next. Life!<br /><br />I went to Antigua. Didnt have any floatation problems, and no black eyes either, just a little interference tho'. Some of those corals are huge and altho' I thought I was away from them, the current would slide me a little close to them in the front. I learned to turn and dodge pretty well. Never touched one but came close. Got stung by a couple of black spikey rock-boring urchins while climbing out with flippers on and trying to keep my pants up...always a chronic problem. Those waves were pretty strong. But it was so fun. Can't wait to do it again. Am thinking about Martinique in Aug. We'll see. <br /><br />Thank you all for the kind thoughts and prayers. Life sure isn't fair. The donor mark on drivers' licenses is a great help. And like several have said, modern medicine does work miracles. It'll certainly take one this time. I will keep you updated.loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26645328231716118312010-04-15T18:17:44.185-05:002010-04-15T18:17:44.185-05:00Size matters not. ~ Yoda
Haltool,
Ah, size matters...Size matters not. ~ Yoda<br />Haltool,<br />Ah, size matters not... ~ C.C.<br />That's right ladies and gentlemen,<br />as a wise person once said, "...it's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean." Having plenty of experience on boats, I know this to be true. <br />@ WINDHOVER,'teabaggers are prohibited in Sweden.' They will be out in force today (tax day) though, protesting what they don't understand.' <br />BTY, teabagging is just gross! <br />PDQMOT, but, as I understand it, teabaggers' typically solicit and ply their trade privately. They are not to be compared to the 'Boston Tea Party'...anyone, am I right?Frenchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121204927549427122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79573658775059056022010-04-15T17:44:51.952-05:002010-04-15T17:44:51.952-05:00No time to go through the 51 comments, but wanted ...No time to go through the 51 comments, but wanted to say "Welcome Home!" to Dennis. Glad to hear that there is relative good news for your friend.<br /><br />C.C., I didn't get the Cupid reference until I read your write-up! V-8!!Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50664592179516425882010-04-15T17:10:24.095-05:002010-04-15T17:10:24.095-05:00TFrank - glad to hear you and WH are friends and I...TFrank - glad to hear you and WH are friends and I know you can have a difference of opinion with a friend, hence the name 'friend', but for a moment there I wasn't sure. Thanks for clearing it up for me (and others too).<br /><br />Kazie: hang loose Mother Goose - way to go! I think all of us ladies relish that freedom :)<br /><br />Lois: I'll send many good thoughts to your young friend. As CA mentioned it is a miracle what they can do today. I have a donor indication on my drivers license. Everyone should give that some thought.<br /><br />WH: I am soooo glad you leave your bra off while doing crosswords but when you put it on isn't it called cross dressing? Somehow it's hard to picture you like that. Ewe.....carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69951269877321540932010-04-15T16:58:34.801-05:002010-04-15T16:58:34.801-05:00Gunghy: I think you added too many EEEEs to the s...Gunghy: I think you added too many EEEEs to the shoe width. It should be EEES, so that the S gives you ST. PAT, as St.Patrick is the March honoree.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48226407870526936252010-04-15T16:19:47.441-05:002010-04-15T16:19:47.441-05:00I hate to cash out so early in the day, but tFrank...I hate to cash out so early in the day, but tFrank ain't the only one with a little fetish, and like the line in Radar Love "there's a sound in my head that's drivin' my heel", I can not resist this one. <br />So, Mystic @ 3:46,<br />While I totally endorse doing the crossword before work, (and after work, and occasionally at noon, hence the expression...... Well, you know), isn't it a little messy, not to mention distracting and possibly dangerous, to try and drink coffee at the same time? I mentioned a fetish. I can assure you all that I NEVER wear my bra while I'm doing the crossword. <br />Five and done. Promise. Oh, wait, one more thing:<br />Mustang Mel, <br />Not that nasty, just a little. Mom's keeping an eye on us. Hi, Barb!windhoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185847697518005172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3375356214158656692010-04-15T16:19:44.962-05:002010-04-15T16:19:44.962-05:00Mystic,
Thanks for the good wishes. I will know to...Mystic,<br />Thanks for the good wishes. I will know tomorrow, but mainly it was to verify the levels of my meds. CA's right--I never wear one if I can help it, and the puzzle, or anything else (except maybe aerobics ;))is a lot more comfortable without it.<br /><br />Lois, <br />It's heart rending to see a person that young needing a transplant, but like CA said, it's also wonderful that modern medicine gives that option. Let's hope one becomes available soon.<br /><br />Dennis, <br />Your friend's news is good. Let's hope the surgery is the answer needed.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55333749020242862302010-04-15T16:13:26.016-05:002010-04-15T16:13:26.016-05:00Chickie:
Yes, very nice pic and it looks like an i...Chickie:<br />Yes, very nice pic and it looks like an interesting location, care to share?<br /><br />Lois:<br />Welcome back! Your friend is in my prayers.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4583067365298278152010-04-15T15:51:18.127-05:002010-04-15T15:51:18.127-05:00Wow, Gunghy, no wonder you love water sports. You...Wow, Gunghy, no wonder you love water sports. You probably save a lot on swim fins. This is coming from a 10EE, which is quite a flipper for a dainty (yeah right) lady.<br /><br />Mystic, LOL, those of us who have been on this blog for a while already know about Kazie's bra wearing habits.<br /><br />Lois, I'm glad to hear you had a sensational vacation. I will keep your friend in my thoughts. Heart transplantation is one of those wonders of modern medicine. <br /><br />It is somewhat uncomfortable to think about organ donation, but if anyone here wants to leave an invaluable legacy, be sure your family members know about your wishes. Just about all the adults in my family carry a donor card in their wallets. Can't hurt and absolutely could help.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.com