tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3186554822864192986..comments2024-03-28T06:58:56.261-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday April 16, 2009 Don GagliardoZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78891706141881933172009-04-17T18:35:00.000-05:002009-04-17T18:35:00.000-05:00As you said,pooh-bah is slang for the person in ch...As you said,pooh-bah is slang for the person in charge. AA Milne wrote the Pooh stories for his son,and they took place in the woods ,at the farm he owned.So Milne was the Pooh pooh bah.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157421925996344420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59824184721777923612009-04-17T07:00:00.000-05:002009-04-17T07:00:00.000-05:00Gary,
You misplaced your comment. I've copied and ...Gary,<br />You misplaced your comment. I've copied and pasted it on today's blog. Welcome!Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15027075710699717952009-04-17T06:53:00.000-05:002009-04-17T06:53:00.000-05:00One slight mistake,Deniro was spelled wrong which ...One slight mistake,Deniro was spelled wrong which also changes obiter for 42 down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56031637050883205372009-04-17T06:13:00.000-05:002009-04-17T06:13:00.000-05:00VANDERGRAAFK,
Lots of "opaque" clues in LAT puzzle...VANDERGRAAFK,<br />Lots of "opaque" clues in LAT puzzles. I like the ambiguity. I find them to be cleverly tricky.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89240420714126357982009-04-17T05:42:00.000-05:002009-04-17T05:42:00.000-05:00As much as I enjoyed this puzzle - "geez, what giv...As much as I enjoyed this puzzle - "geez, what gives?" - I was very much annoyed by 48 across, especially since "No way, Jose" is a stretch for "when pigs fly". The clue "certain, for sure" abrv. is opaque at best. And, even if you stumble upon "No Way Jose", you still have to scratch your head at "syn".VANDERGRAAFKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104588584508817167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64782802923831780272009-04-16T22:49:00.000-05:002009-04-16T22:49:00.000-05:00Lemonade, I can't say that I ever thought Mick Jag...Lemonade, I can't say that I ever thought Mick Jagger or Prince were sexy. I've always liked a man with hair on his chest and a little meat on his bones. I never understood why some movie stars shaved their chests. I like a man who looks like a man....well maybe not as hairy as Robin Williams, but a happy medium somewhere between Robin and Mick Jagger. :o)<br /><br />About "The Greatest Generation". My father was in the Navy in WWII. He seldom talked about his experiences in Africa and the Mediterranean. The only stories we ever heard were amusing anecdotes about him and his buddies. He just didn't want to talk about it. After he died, my mother said he didn't talk much about it to her either. Even his "war letters" to her, which I now have, are mostly light-hearted, or nostalgic notes about things he missed at home. I think most of those guys just sucked it up and went on with their lives. Would it have been healthier if they have talked about it more? I don't know, I just know my father didn't. A sad/funny note, my father was 26 years old when he enlisted. He was the oldest enlisted man on his ship. His buddies called him "Pops". After seeing what happened to some of those kids, maybe that was why he didn't want to talk about it.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89408255699573353182009-04-16T22:34:00.000-05:002009-04-16T22:34:00.000-05:00I never really appreciated the Stones enough when ...I never really appreciated the Stones enough when I (and they) were young. But our own kids rediscovered them about 15 years ago and I started to like them better. <br />We also know a 55'ish German couple I met where we had our exchange arrangement in Hessen, who are absolutely fanatical about them. For several years, they traveled to all their concerts everywhere on the continent, and even came here to see them in Chicago (I think, or was it New York?) one year and planned a whole US trip around it. Their house is largely decorated with Stones memorabilia and posters.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74103452900065084872009-04-16T22:32:00.000-05:002009-04-16T22:32:00.000-05:00Lemonade...you're on the fringe. Good luck with y...Lemonade...you're on the fringe. Good luck with your niblick; it should be a gimmee. You should also be proud as a flagstick to have such a son.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48065156301220156652009-04-16T22:20:00.000-05:002009-04-16T22:20:00.000-05:00Jeannie:
Hey, I really have not felt great, but I...Jeannie:<br /><br />Hey, I really have not felt great, but I enjoy all the silliness, and all the effort; I am sure after some grog, and a good night of sleep, i should be back at it soon. There is plenty of sense in the middle. <br /><br />My oldest just arrived in Buffalo, for a tour of where he will be attending for his PhD, then we are going to be in Tallahasses on Sunday for his receipt of an award. Many miles to travel. He, born and raised in Florida, will have a large adjustment come September. <br /><br />I am a little hazy, but I do not recall anyone answering why GEES was the answer for the YEGGS, but if someone did I plead illness; if not, a YEGG is a bank robber, and GEES are $1000.00 denominations (a grand, a g-note, as opposed to a c-note, $100.00).<br /><br />To sleep, perchance to dream of doing the Friday puzzle before work, while practicing with my niblick...no I did not say niblet.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52816118011069717062009-04-16T21:43:00.000-05:002009-04-16T21:43:00.000-05:00Wolfmom, I was Marine infantry too; best job in th...Wolfmom, I was Marine infantry too; best job in the service - tip of the spear. The highest honor of my life was leading Marines in combat.<br /><br />And like your dad, I will <I>never</I> camp out again.<br /><br />As to your uncle rolling inverted to line up his target faster, I'll bet Hayrake could speak to that rather well.<br /><br />Your husband was indeed lucky, and from what I've seen, still is.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49811122587525614472009-04-16T21:35:00.000-05:002009-04-16T21:35:00.000-05:00Lemonade, I am getting the sense that this "nonsen...Lemonade, I am getting the sense that this "nonsense" means no sense. I was just trying to "fit in" to the "golf" talk. It will cease. Sorry you don't feel to well. FORE...Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75550068062348160692009-04-16T21:34:00.000-05:002009-04-16T21:34:00.000-05:00Wow, never leave the puzzle until late at night - ...Wow, never leave the puzzle until late at night - I felt beat before I even started! I barely filled in any clues across, so I decided to do the downs first. I did get it done although it took me about an hour. Tricky, tricky puzzle. I've decided I'm much better in the morning with my coffee.<br /><br />OberhasliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63199717718827850182009-04-16T21:15:00.000-05:002009-04-16T21:15:00.000-05:00Dennis...I'll use up my final post...my dad was th...Dennis...I'll use up my final post...my dad was the equivalent of a foot soldier...and he rarely ever talked about it...most of what we got was that he didn't like to go camping because he had done enough in the war and some things about rats sliding down the roof of the tents and the awful rain. My dad was a very sweet man and went on to be a high school music teacher, quite a dashing fellow.<br /><br />My uncle, on the other hand, was a pistol...he got pink-slipped for buzzing the runway during his time in Korea...he also figured a way to roll the plane so he could sight in faster and he got in trouble for coming back with payload because he was so frickin' accurate...he eventually became a corporate pilot and even in his late 70's he is still a pistol.<br /><br />My husband's dad was career Navy and my husband was Air Force, but technical stuff...he missed going to Nam by 2 days...he got out of the service...I would say, just in time...WMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840615580631001361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69800811490439323502009-04-16T21:05:00.000-05:002009-04-16T21:05:00.000-05:00Good evening troupe:
Still fighting my cold, so p...Good evening troupe:<br /><br />Still fighting my cold, so perhaps more incoherent than ever, but as usual your comments have brought back some fine memories. I saw the Rolling Stones live at the Gator Bowl in 1972, not a great concert site, but a great place for watching Florida stomp Georgia, but I digress. Mick Jagger looked anorexic and not very appealing, but the girls still screamed. Ladies, please explain to me how skinny, wimpy guys like Jagger and Prince become sex symbols. <br /><br />Mel Torme, also some fine memories of a fine voice, some entertaining songs he wrote, and a wonderful self-deprecating sense of humor, which was highlighted for years on the sitcom <I> Night Court</I>. <br /><br />Practice Lo-li-ta, that is what lawyers do, we never get better, we just keep practicing. <br /><br />And then there is the Jim Nabors, Rock Hudson connection, proving eye of the beholder is a real concept, oops I guess I explained Jagger after all. <br /><br />My final comment, is the result of listening to GOG and MAGOG, jarring the name <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chaubunagungamaug" REL="nofollow">Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg</A> from my childhood. The 17 uses of the letter "g" are pretty impressive. My grandmother had a boyfriend who owned a cottage on the Lake, so we went often, and loved the name. Of course, most people just say Webster Lake. It is not far from a wonderful tourist trap <A HREF="http://www.osv.org/" REL="nofollow">OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE,</A>, which I recommend to all.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64335790262805725262009-04-16T20:46:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:46:00.000-05:00Wow...Rolling Stones fans everywhere...I should ha...Wow...Rolling Stones fans everywhere...I should have asked this question. What is your favorite tune? Mine is "I'm just waiting on a friend". <br /><br />Okay Lemonade, you have been somewhat silent the last couple of days...did I lose you as I polished up on my golf terminoligy...<br /><br />Okay, I might have a "handicap"-I might even be a "hazard" with a golf club in my hand; it might be my "impedient" "interlocking grip".<br />Please "honor" my "iron hard pan" as I might be "holed out" after that "hook".<br /><br />Trying to learn...Lo-li-ta.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74992016250497439722009-04-16T20:35:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:35:00.000-05:00Jeanie - Know this is weird but my favorite Stones...Jeanie - Know this is weird but my favorite Stones album is <I>Their Satanic Majesties Request</I>. Most likely because it was taboo and I just had to have it!<br /><br />Favorite Stones song - <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ht5ZbIoe8&feature=related" REL="nofollow">Time is on My Side</A>Razzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778011180924205900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10310276923149257462009-04-16T20:32:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:32:00.000-05:00Jeannie, have never been a Stones fan, but like Wo...Jeannie, have never been a Stones fan, but like Wolfmom, I have most of the Beatles albums,along with Glenn Yarborough, and Kingston Trio,AND -(drum roll)- all of Rod McKuen's poetry books!! LOL! Carol put all her albums on her computer... very smart. Mine collect dust.<br /><br />Promiseme, I enjoyed the information on O'Brien's shakes based on hair analysis.<br /><br />anon @ 1:03, enlightening article about w as a vowel. Thanks! And, <I>crwth</I> is a new word for my book.<br /><br />Dennis, we visited the wall. It's like visiting a holy place; I felt privileged to be there.<br /><br />Goooooo Sharks!!! (I'm so glad none of you are Duck fans)JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79665845698522027772009-04-16T20:24:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:24:00.000-05:00Wolfmom, yes, I think I mentioned here earlier tha...Wolfmom, yes, I think I mentioned here earlier that the Korean War Memorial at night is absolutely <I>haunting</I>. <br /><br />What did your dad do in the Marines?Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17906676718563229762009-04-16T20:15:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:15:00.000-05:00Dennis...yes...and cried all the whole way...I fou...Dennis...yes...and cried all the whole way...I found several of my friends from high school that I knew we had lost then... I also really liked the Korean War Memorial...I have an uncle who was a pilot then, and M*A*S*H(the TV show) brought that period alive for me. I also took a photo of the Guam image in the WWII Memorial because that is were my dad served as a Marine.<br /><br />I am hoping to get to see my friend again this fall and we want to go see the Korean Monument at night...I understand that it is awesome and very moving.<br /><br />#4WMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840615580631001361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44712085076386932112009-04-16T20:09:00.000-05:002009-04-16T20:09:00.000-05:00Buckeye, Thanks so much for the link to, not only ...Buckeye, Thanks so much for the link to, not only the super smooth Mel Tormé, but also to Blossom Dearie. I had really forgotten her. Both she and June Christy were my teenage introduction to women jazz singers. I used to listen to both of them for hours. So cool!<br /><br />Jeannie, My favorite Rolling Stones LPs, yes LPs, but I have transferred them to CDs, are the early <I>12 X 5</I> and later <I>Some Girls</I>. I never saw them in person, but my daughter did. She must have been about 20 years old, so that made the year 1982 or 1983. When she came home she said, "Yeah, the music was great, but Mom! They are so old!". Keith Richards was 40 years old in 1983. I'll have to ask her what she thinks of what he looks now.<br /><br />Thanks to PromiseMeThis for the additional Mel Tormé link. You can't ever have too much Mel.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85256872329531995972009-04-16T19:51:00.000-05:002009-04-16T19:51:00.000-05:00Jeannie, for me, favorite Rolling Stones album is ...Jeannie, for me, favorite Rolling Stones album is 'Aftermath'.<br /><br />Wolfmom, did you get to 'The Wall'?Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48411394971537304712009-04-16T19:19:00.000-05:002009-04-16T19:19:00.000-05:00Buckeye,
Very tasty!
I got tuned onto Mel Tormé in...Buckeye,<br />Very tasty!<br />I got tuned onto Mel Tormé in a big way from the best jazz radio station I have ever heard, KPLU FM 88 out of Tacoma while living in Seattle. It wasn't the Mel everyone knows and recognizes, it was very early stuff from Mel and the Meltones. They were very cool. My favorite vocal version of <I>It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing</I> is one by Mr. Tormé. Unfortunately, I could not find a video of that one to link, but here is Mel & The Meltones, <I><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcubecMiitI" REL="nofollow">I Hadn't Anyone Till You</A></I>.Auntie Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676091081670473598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43088759008594350342009-04-16T18:58:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:58:00.000-05:00Jeannie...the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech...a f...Jeannie...the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech...a friend and I arrived in D.C. just a day or so after...all the flags were at half staff and any number of hotel lobbies and restaurants had candles burning for each of the victims. It was very moving. Couple that with a visit to all the war memorials and it was a very emotional visit.<br /><br />We also went to Mt. Vernon and to the newly opened Whiskey distillery, that made old George most of his money in later years, and the grist mill nearby...exceedingly interesting.<br /><br />Wasn't so much a Stones' fan as a Beatles fanatic...still have all their records.( I know...I'm really pitiful ;o)) <br /><br />Buckeye...you are a man of many talents...please keep sharing, it is good to see more of you recently.<br /><br />#3WMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840615580631001361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26857484431918961812009-04-16T18:31:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:31:00.000-05:00Speaking of breath control, check this out. Mel To...Speaking of breath control, check this out. Mel Torme shows his greatness. Scan forward to the 3min 15 sec mark and listen. He holds the last three DIFFERENT notes 17 seconds. Doesn't sound long, but sing along with him and see if you can follow. Hope this goes through.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x8G_4NBJyc" REL="nofollow"> Mel Torme</A>IMBOBuckeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464996017224227015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80083690714630110782009-04-16T18:19:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:19:00.000-05:00On this day April16th.. I know it's early but I am...On this day April16th.. I know it's early but I am cooking and keep an "eye" on things...<br /><br />1789 President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York.<br /><br />I have been to Mt Vernon and visited George's spread. Very nice. Lois, like VA?<br /> <br />1862 A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law.<br /><br />Good for you Canuk's...any of you Canadian's out there please don't take offense.<br /> <br />1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.<br /><br />I have never heard of her before. E.H. yes. (sorry too lazy to type that out) same thing with my reference to San Fran yesterday. No offense to you San Francisoan's... <br /><br />1945 In his first speech to Congress, President Harry S. Truman pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<br /><br /><br />1962 Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News."<br /><br />A fond memory for me...listening to his voice on the evening news just before supper. Supper or Dinner? We might have had this discussion before. I think it is a cultural/demographic thing.<br /><br /> <br />1964 "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.<br /><br />What is your favorite Rolling Stone album? Mine is Tatoo You. Very weird album cover. But great songs. I have never seen them in concert and it is on my "bucket list" right up there with eating my way through Italy and seeing an actual Broadway play. <br /> <br />1972 Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.<br /><br />I remember this like I was 10 yrs old...oh wait, I was.<br /> <br />2003 Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.<br /><br />In my opinion, the best basketball player to ever play the game. <br /><br />2007 A student killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., before taking his own life in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history.<br /><br />@lemonade...still practicing my terms. More to come.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.com