tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3022193774341793753..comments2024-03-28T05:46:36.771-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday November 5, 2017 Mike PelusoZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-195002991955125052017-11-06T08:36:56.154-06:002017-11-06T08:36:56.154-06:00I like to believe my glass is half full. Keep posi...I like to believe my glass is half full. Keep positive. But there are, in fact, terrible things that happen in our lives. For some, unimaginable horror in this world. <br /><br />The toilet paper roll... the seat... people who arrive late... God, please stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76352911820360665112017-11-06T01:31:46.359-06:002017-11-06T01:31:46.359-06:00FYI
C.C. constructed the crossword puzzle in the ...FYI<br /><br />C.C. constructed the crossword puzzle in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, November 6, 2017 (In The Dumps). The puzzle is available to print or to solve online at wsj.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29978602355899917002017-11-06T00:25:26.076-06:002017-11-06T00:25:26.076-06:00PK - my step-mom(n)ster was a stickler about the t...PK - my step-mom(n)ster was a stickler about the toilet seat being up... DW is pleased that I always close both the seat and lid but doesn't know the why/of my trauma...<br /><br />Up for a little story?<br />Re - the lid: In grad-school, DW had a friend who once talked about her grandfather's hate of indoor plumbing. Her grands finally got an indoor toilet in the '80s (1980's) at the insistence of grandma - the grandfather always closed the lid because "I don't want an open hole in the house."<br /><br />DW's friend took us out to his farm in Oklahoma for a visit. The guy was a man's-man with fingers the size of bratwurst - he had all kinds of cool tools and machines bigger than we that he'd putter on. The old man was cool as anything and Ox-strong at 70+<br /><br />Anyway, he still used the outhouse 'cuz "a civilized man doesn't shit in his home." That line cracked me (respectfully) up and I remember him still.<br /><br />Anyway - I put down the lid and think of his "Hole in the house" line every time... DW has never feared dropping her bum in the water.-TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68402543374694561512017-11-05T23:42:15.774-06:002017-11-05T23:42:15.774-06:00One PET PEEVE I never had was men leaving the toil...One PET PEEVE I never had was men leaving the toilet seat up. I lived with a man and two boys at one time and was just thrilled that they put it up in the first place. I stumbled in during the wee hours a couple of times and sat down to water level. Geeee that's cold! Learned to feel for the seat before committing after that. Part of my anti-nag regimen.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63324878548543761012017-11-05T23:27:02.760-06:002017-11-05T23:27:02.760-06:00Big Easy:
I like your list of PET PEEVES and for t...Big Easy:<br />I like your list of PET PEEVES and for too many years I wasted energy being upset about such things. Now, I'm with those who know we can't change people. They'll do what they'll do. I just try to avoid doing those things that annoy me in other people. Life is too short and for me it's getting shorter. Yikes! I have a BIG birthday coming up in December.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90260425370111824732017-11-05T23:20:06.536-06:002017-11-05T23:20:06.536-06:00Michael...
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OK, Now, in uni...Michael...<br /><br />I love that Tee!...<br /><br />OK, Now, in unison everyone, ... "Get off my Lawn!" :-) -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80255738451356436432017-11-05T23:14:49.728-06:002017-11-05T23:14:49.728-06:00I'm with Anon-T here in general -- the one exc...I'm with Anon-T here in general -- the one exception being weekend drivers.<br /><br />But I saw a T-shirt about aging, which reads:<br /><br />"I'm just 25 ...<br /><br />plus shipping & handling."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21628948859442451192017-11-05T23:02:37.626-06:002017-11-05T23:02:37.626-06:00Sunday Lurk say...
This may come across as sancti...Sunday Lurk say...<br /><br />This may come across as sanctimonious but I don't mean it like that... I've hesitated 3x in posting this (and then punched it up at the end ;-))<br /><br />I've given up on PET PEEVEs. I used to get upset at little things (cap not returned to toothpaste, toilet paper "backwards" on the roller, signal-less lane changers). But now, I buy toothpaste with self closing lids, fix the roll while I'm just sitting there anyway, or watch closer and anticipate them moving in (you can see/avoid it if you pay close attention; same with cellphone-fixated drivers).<br /><br />My point: Life is too short to allow oneself to get pissy/high-blood pressure'd over little things; know peoples' strengths & weaknesses and Adjust, Adapt, Overcome. <br /><br />AND, It's not like I don't have my foibles - I'm sure I set off the punctuation-police, among others, daily :-)<br /><br />It's The Big Things(TM) that are worth saving up strokes for. Them, and bad calls in Baseball... (Oh, and IoT and stupid "cloud" anything... Don't forget the goobers in software development who cut and paste code from the web!?! <br />"Right, but, other than that what have the Romans done for us? / [what do we have to be pissed off at?"])<br /><br />"Um, 'smart' dashboards? The ones without tactile feed back so you have to take your eyes off the road to change the heat..." <br />"Right."<br /><br />my $0.02 (and $4 will get you a cuppa Joe) on a Sunday night. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49812921522652947252017-11-05T23:01:53.958-06:002017-11-05T23:01:53.958-06:00Anent the time change --
Make it all one or t'...Anent the time change --<br /><br />Make it all one or t'other ... Arizona doesn't; California does: so confusing. Plus, I spent half an hour minimum, changing the upstairs clocks, then the downstairs ones, then all the appliances, then the little battery-powered ones in the front room, then the ones at church. (And there is always one more, forgotten, timepiece somewhere.)<br /><br />And then I had to get out the instruction sheet for the watch, because first you have to press key "A", then press key "B" until you get to the DST and hours sections, then key "C" to go up, "D" to go down. Naturally nobody remembers this system of Casio's, so twice a year there are some very un-ariose noises coming from me.<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16900292035634508442017-11-05T21:07:07.060-06:002017-11-05T21:07:07.060-06:00My beep when using the fob lasts only a second and...My beep when using the fob lasts only a second and is built in . I would not dream of disabling it. When I walk away without locking, I can press the button from a distance and the beep tells me I am close enough to have the signal received. The beep is so short and innocuous. This seems to be a petty complaint. Live and let live.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22401447752847422772017-11-05T20:29:05.056-06:002017-11-05T20:29:05.056-06:00I did this in three sections. It kept coming toget...I did this in three sections. It kept coming together, then I looked up and most of the white had disappeared. The NE was last: didn't know ASTORIA, got my X in the wrong place but I knew OST from before. <br /><br />My Friday was the Sgt from Dragnet. Supposedly, RC was a watershed novel much like DonQ. Another one was the Judge from the Simpsons. Oops, OJ. <br /><br />ESPO btw was the HoF hockey player and founder of the TB Lightning. <br /><br />CoachJ I meant to express my appreciation for your Byron l'ick. <br /><br />Is Penny (Kaley Cuoco) Shatner's daughter? My favorite actress. <br /><br />The long "Grids" were my salvation. I found the clueing chewy. <br /><br />My main pet peeve are upscale idiots driving expensive cars recklessly. They get it from the TV ads. And YR is right, the car manufacturers have not simply substituted a ding, or similar non-nerve jarring sound for locking. No wonder they have to be regulated. <br /><br />No jumble to unjumble my brain today. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67555737761996533442017-11-05T19:56:48.725-06:002017-11-05T19:56:48.725-06:00Yellowrocks: That is the point. It is just like wh...Yellowrocks: That is the point. It is just like when digital watches first came out and they beeped all the time by default. It is up to responsible people to correct the setting so as not to annoy people.<br /><br />Perhaps your car dealer or mechanic can help fix it so your horn doesn't blast every time you lock your car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24390156269916602472017-11-05T19:32:51.410-06:002017-11-05T19:32:51.410-06:00Big Easy: your bums with signs wanting help remind...Big Easy: your bums with signs wanting help reminded me of a current dilemma of mine. For years there has been a bum with such a sign playing with his little dog in a popular store parking lot I pass often. So I go through a fast food drive-thru a month ago and my order is taken by this barely-understandable gravelly slurred voice. I get up to the window and who is there in company uniform taking my money and passing out my food to me? The bum with his long hair in a pony tail and diligently trying to make change for me. I took the food home and ate the really hot food, but threw the roll away. I'm of mixed emotions. I am glad the man is trying to do a job. I am glad the franchise is giving the man a job, because I'm betting he has been begging for handouts at their back door for years. But he has been such a rough-looking unwashed character so long that I don't want to eat anything he has touched. And I feel bad for feeling that way -- partly because it was one of my favorite fast-food places. I can't even make myself go thru again to see if he's still there. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19045433225746239602017-11-05T19:17:51.093-06:002017-11-05T19:17:51.093-06:00Just finished. Great and enjoyable. Some of the an...Just finished. Great and enjoyable. Some of the answers were new to me and I loved the challenge. The blogs are very interesting to read and add perspective to what C.C. wrote. Thanks to all your kind comments on my rescues and will post photos soon.<br /><br />YR — My first puzzles were all about logic and math. Now it’s all about words and meanings.<br /><br />Mark<br />Mark Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076917280398040010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69976525467062576992017-11-05T18:43:47.093-06:002017-11-05T18:43:47.093-06:00My horn beeps for a second automatically whenever ...My horn beeps for a second automatically whenever I lock the car. Not my doing.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4144550627490730622017-11-05T18:26:00.235-06:002017-11-05T18:26:00.235-06:00Thank you Argyle and Yellowrocks for explaining AD...Thank you Argyle and Yellowrocks for explaining ADAS. If you Google Courtroom ADA every hit is for Americans with Disabilities Act court cases.<br /><br />I agree with most of Big Easy's PET PEEVEs. In general, any time someone does something with no thought of how it impacts others, it is a PET PEEVE. Here are a few of mine:<br /><br />1) People who blast their car horn every time they lock their car. It is actually a violation of the Vehicle Code use of horn section.<br /><br />2) People who buy goods with no thought of the impact on the environment or on the conditions of the workers<br /><br />3) People who drive when they could walk, bike or use transit.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79633904103332755912017-11-05T17:41:41.507-06:002017-11-05T17:41:41.507-06:00PET PEEVEs? I have so many that I could fill an an...PET PEEVEs? I have so many that I could fill an animal shelter but do they really bother me. Hell no. But I'll list a few.<br /><br />1. Litterers, who I will call out when I see them.<br />2. Smokers who dump their ashtrays on the side of the road<br />3. Habitually late people.<br />4. People who somehow 'forgot their wallet' when in a group and it's time to pay.<br />5. Bums at traffic lights who refuse to work, have signs asking for 'help' and don't even bother to hide their whiskey bottles.<br />6. Workers who just decide to 'call in sick' because they don't feel like working, usually when they are needed most; the rest of the staff has to pick up the slack.<br />7. People who claim that they have a 'right' to FREE X.Y.Z....etc.<br />8. People who complain about the politicians but they don't bother to vote.<br />9. Dog walkers who leave the crap in others' yards<br />10. Smug morons who somehow feel superior just because their team won. Hell, they weren't playing.<br />11. Graffiti- some people call it art but I classify it as vandalism; You want you house painted?<br /><br />But let's face it. Stupid people are just stupid and you can't help or change them. Only ignore them.<br /><br />Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26138420077745769312017-11-05T17:31:50.012-06:002017-11-05T17:31:50.012-06:00PK, I have a feeling many women curse Hitchcock da...PK, I have a feeling many women curse Hitchcock daily for making us afraid of taking a shower when we're alone. That fear just stays with you decades after you've seen the stupid movie.<br /><br />Chairman Moe, I see the Numbrix in the Parade magazine, but have never tried it. I'll give it a shot next week but not today--I have a dinner event coming up and have to get busy. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44055804609291991732017-11-05T16:33:02.873-06:002017-11-05T16:33:02.873-06:00Anon-T, I do read the late night posts. No proble...Anon-T, I do read the late night posts. No problem. DW often faults me for my warped-brain humor. Apparently TxMs is also warped.<br /><br />Bill G, I agree. All of those "old guys" knew a heck of a lot for their time...for any time. Imagine where we'd be if the dark ages had never happened and all that knowledge had never been lost.<br /><br />desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58152050907627633282017-11-05T16:18:29.602-06:002017-11-05T16:18:29.602-06:00Thanks, Mike, for a fun Football puzzle! I missed...Thanks, Mike, for a fun Football puzzle! I missed some of the other fills, like Conn senator Chris, but the football made it all worthwhile. TxMs, I think you are right that we are outnumbered . Good luck to your Texans.<br /><br />CC! I always learn so much from your write-up. Thanks!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48887237937779554252017-11-05T16:00:48.435-06:002017-11-05T16:00:48.435-06:00"Puzzling Thoughts":
Late to the game t..."Puzzling Thoughts":<br /><br />Late to the game today - guess I'll be someone's PET PEEVE - but I had a good excuse<br /><br />I eventually FIW as the middle east coast fouled me up a bit with ADAS and EX WIVES RES et al making that part of the grid illegible<br /><br />But the rest of it looks pristine - got all of the football references, as well as XACTO, EX JET, and eventually TYR/ESPYS once I used a TASER to engage the perps! 😜<br /><br />No Moe-ku or limerick I'm afraid<br /><br />To Misty and WC, I found a new brain teaser I like called Numbrix - it's in the Parade mag section on Sunday. That can be a nice challenge Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26586929165563452732017-11-05T15:27:27.664-06:002017-11-05T15:27:27.664-06:00Hi Y'all! Hard puzzle for me, but fun to see t...Hi Y'all! Hard puzzle for me, but fun to see the football terms show up. I'm not a football fan but know enough terms to get the theme which helped with others. thanks, Mike. Thanks, C.C. for the expo and all you do.<br /><br />PET PEEVE is definitely those who never show up at the appointed hour. My husband was never on time for anything. Sometimes he would ask what time something was. My kids claimed it was because he was afraid he might get there at the proper time. One of my daughters is always on time. The other daughter has left me waiting in a crowded restaurant for hours.<br /><br />Last to fill: the section with ENDASH/HEIRS/SINK/SNAP/RESP. The clue for HEIRS was my favorite. However, I tried EXECS for when I finally determined it was that type of will power. I was co-executor of two estates in three years, each with one nasty HEIR. I will never be the trusting person I was before. Seems like there is always one who isn't satisfied with a FAIR SHARE but wants it all and immediately.<br /><br />Jerry SLOAN retired when I was the most avid of basketball fans. Gimmee.<br /><br />Thought XACTO knife started with an E. Used one a lot laying out the newspaper in the years before we could do more of it with a computer. That was never my job, but on a small paper sometimes we all had to pitch in to meet deadline, especially on special editions.<br /><br />LAALAA is the only name of TeleTubbies I remember. I have fond memories of cuddling my two-year grandson on my lap and watching this inane program. He had figured out on the clock when it was on TV and must watch it. He was a TV addict. When his brother came along, he wouldn't sit long enough to watch TV at that age. Now at 17 & 12 they both watch sports.<br /><br />That movie with BATES Motel forever cured me of showering in motels where I was staying alone. And I never watched the movie only pertinent clips.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70453132098406368532017-11-05T15:03:34.534-06:002017-11-05T15:03:34.534-06:00Sunday Lurk say...
Mark S. - I meant to comment t...Sunday Lurk say...<br /><br />Mark S. - I meant to comment the other day how cool it is what you're doing for the puppies. Glad to hear they're doing well. Good on you!<br /><br />IIRC it was Archimedes who had the Eureka! moment when discovering water displacement while taking a bath (likely apocryphal). The King (or whatever) was happy his crown could be measured via displacement.<br /><br />ChuckL. - Lions fan? Know the cornerback out of UofH? His mom is on my team @ the office. Cool folks (and his mom is a hoot!).<br /><br />Bill G. - I'll have to go w/ D-O on that... Can't compare Schrodinger nor Einstein to Newton, Pythagorus, et.al. They all kept building on before. Science! //I know you know - just stirring the pot :-)<br /><br />D-O: I donno if you read FLN, but you got me. I thought Dick Van Dyke @ your post and replied accordingly.... it took hours for the penny to drop. Funny.<br /><br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc" rel="nofollow">Gigolo on Dave TV</a> anyone? [Tawnya will enjoy].<br /><br />I tried to find the Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee clip, but apparently that's been taken down with Seinfeld's move to NetFlix... Reliable PBS has <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Upgd4icKDOU" rel="nofollow">Carl talking about Mel</a>.<br /><br />Have a great Sunday!<br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76632021219598934132017-11-05T14:45:48.310-06:002017-11-05T14:45:48.310-06:00D-O, I didn't mean to be comparing them to eac...D-O, I didn't mean to be comparing them to each other. I was just commenting on their achievements and awesome brain power. Archimedes, Pythagoras, Newton, Galileo and others. Old guys rule!Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90962566330672202312017-11-05T14:00:05.327-06:002017-11-05T14:00:05.327-06:00I had to work at this puzzle, and it took a while,...I had to work at this puzzle, and it took a while, though the time spent was pleasant. I thought of AnonymousPVX when I saw the heavy themage. At first I had Is that ALL which made it difficult to get SNAP COUNT and ARIOSE but I eventually worked it out.<br /><br />Our son had allergies and ACTIFED worked well for him. Thankfully he has long since grown out of them.<br /><br />Didn't know X-ACTO is owned by Elmer's. Interesting. I have used X-Acto knives for years. Have worked a lot with various O-RINGS too.<br /><br />No OLEO in our house either. Like Bill G, I prefer the product of real cows. I don't like the biannual time changes either. I say keep DST all year. What with the times commuters go to work and back home, the daylight hours of DST make the most sense.<br /><br />I remember the Vidal SASSOON commercials on TV. "If you don't look good, we don't look good."<br /><br />Mark S, good news indeed.<br /><br />I guess my PET PEEVE is when somebody mis-characterizes me or accuses me of something I didn't do or say. Related to that is the annoyance of trying to have a reasonable discussion, or argument, with someone who thinks and speaks in non-sequiturs.<br /><br />Hooray for Robert Greenberg!<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.com