tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3454386474870631339..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Monday January 4, 2020 Gail Grabowski & Bruce VenzkeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43739338170809075402021-01-04T21:18:55.909-06:002021-01-04T21:18:55.909-06:00I had a rather quick and easy FIR solve before the...I had a rather quick and easy FIR solve before the sun came up this morning. Saw the theme. Then, I got busy catching up on museum stuff and a few other things at home, so I’m finally here.<br /><br />Broke my heart seeing Gail’s byline and wondering how many more of her puzzles we will have. Gonna miss them! They were always so much fun and usually quite doable for me!<br /><br />HG --- Hank Williams has gone to Country Legends 97.1/KTHT, beautiful downtown Cleveland, TX!!! It is the local country oldies station. Modern C&W music leaves me not quite a cold as modern R&R does. I imagine you can stream it, although I don’t know anything about that stuff. I only listen to it when I’m in the car.<br /><br />-T --- FLN, thanks for the link!LEO IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109264341518680358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9662869078648136872021-01-04T21:07:15.742-06:002021-01-04T21:07:15.742-06:00AnonT- I gained a Ukrainian surname when I married...AnonT- I gained a Ukrainian surname when I married DH. I use it as an excuse to leave Christmas decorations up past Jan 7 (even though we do not celebrate Orthodox Christmas)😁🌲🌲🌲😁CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12326629877555181442021-01-04T20:52:19.608-06:002021-01-04T20:52:19.608-06:00RIP Gail! I’ll miss you. Bruce, Boomer, thanks al...RIP Gail! I’ll miss you. Bruce, Boomer, thanks also.<br /><br />Lovely Monday puzzle. I’ll take a CSO at LSU and SEC, but I’ll have to share with Hahtoolah.<br /><br />I also have kids who live in the shadow of Mt. Shasta. Does that count?<br /><br />Tony, prayers for your mom whether you want them or not . She may.<br /><br />Owen, A+, A+ !<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47424103751825118032021-01-04T18:35:53.377-06:002021-01-04T18:35:53.377-06:00Carrots! //and they're tasty.
Cheers, -T<b><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/KaqQbnnuCKmUWTf19" rel="nofollow">Carrots!</a></b> //and they're tasty.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16335238201415395772021-01-04T15:11:37.558-06:002021-01-04T15:11:37.558-06:00Requiescat in pace, Gail...and thank you.Requiescat in pace, Gail...and thank you.Kelly Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18717917197692213482021-01-04T14:46:13.605-06:002021-01-04T14:46:13.605-06:00Hi All!
Thanks Gail (may her family find peace) a...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks Gail (may her family find peace) and Bruce for a fine Monday puzzle. I wonder how many more Gail puzzles are in Rich's hopper. <br />I noticed the C&W theme after 21 & 33a.<br /><br />Thanks for kicking off the after-party Boomer. I had fun imagining your <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcBqfMH4fU" rel="nofollow">Lenny & Squiggy </a></b> [Hello] customers.<br /><br />WOs: wrong ware, OCTet -> OCTAD <br />ESP: CARR<br /><b>Fav</b>: I normally pick a Non-Themer but... 'cmon: "We got both kinds; <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-zEH8YmiM" rel="nofollow">Country <i>And</i> Western</a></b>."<br /><br />{A, B+}<br /><br />LOL #2 CED!<br /><br />Thanks ATL Granny & C, Eh! re: Mom. She's home and fine but on pain meds. Thankfully, nothing is broken. Glad to hear your wrist is improving ATLGranny.<br /><br />As a lazy agnostic-Catholic, I will use Epiphany to put off taking down Christmas decorations until Wednesday [but I have a feeling DW will put her foot down tomorrow :-)]<br /><br />Lucina - yes. iPod is a little device (that's now the size of an iPhone) for playing music and (now apparently) video games. iPads are tablets. iPhones are a bit of both + a cell phone; minus the screen size. <b><a href="https://apple.com" rel="nofollow">iStore</a></b> if you're really interested. Apple's stuff isn't inexpensive but very well designed.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29030167868961253502021-01-04T13:46:03.536-06:002021-01-04T13:46:03.536-06:00Lucia, when I was a kid the churches celebrated Th...Lucia, when I was a kid the churches celebrated The Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6.when They started observing it on Sunday because hardly anyone came on the 6th.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49184442401933607312021-01-04T13:44:08.744-06:002021-01-04T13:44:08.744-06:00So sad to hear of Gail’s death. I have enjoyed unr...So sad to hear of Gail’s death. I have enjoyed unraveling many of her CWs. Yet another sad 2020 memory. This CW itself was delightful, with only two items tripping me up temporarily: TARO instead of SAGO, corrected by perps, and misreading “SOUP” as “SOAP” and having a forehead slapper when the perps gave me “CANS” and thinking, “Since when does soap come in cans?”, and re-reading the clue. (DOH!!) Let me be probably the last to wish everyone a “Happy New Year!” It almost has to be better than 2020.unclefredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184507029837978331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69829966990870477162021-01-04T12:47:42.554-06:002021-01-04T12:47:42.554-06:00Madame Defarge @8:22 AM
So, the possibility of y...Madame Defarge @8:22 AM<br /><br />So, the possibility of you and Gail crossing paths in the English Department at NIU was interesting. I was there as well, but years too early to encounter either of you.ATLGrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803167697891397373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60963418630295330982021-01-04T12:36:32.048-06:002021-01-04T12:36:32.048-06:00
Rather a poignant moment seeing the late Gail Gra...<br />Rather a poignant moment seeing the late Gail Grabowski on the puzzle..<br /><br />And a nice Monday one it is, no issues. A nice way to start the week. <br /><br />Stay safe. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21336583209247023892021-01-04T12:08:10.850-06:002021-01-04T12:08:10.850-06:00Thank you Gail ( R.I.P. ) and Bruce for an easy an...<br />Thank you Gail ( R.I.P. ) and Bruce for an easy and charming puzzle, and Boomer for a humorous review. Boomer, your bon mots make the easy Monday, even more fun and enjoyable. We eagerly look forward to your continuing fun situations and experiences with your new Sante Fe .... ;-o)<br /><br />When I ended the puzzle with a C AND W, I 'got' the word alliterations, but was not familiar with the music genre. until I googled it. Oh, Country and Western ....<br /> I have been to Nashville, about 10 times, ( on work, and for family reasons ) and the reconstructed Parthenon, in Centennial Park, 15 times, but never to the Grand Ole Opry.<br /><br />On remembering the river Yser ( Belgian name ... IJzer, yes, 2 capital letters ) ...<br /> This was the 'fixed' front between the two armies, the Allied and Axis forces, for the whole of the 5 yrs of World War I ( 1914-1918 ).<br /><br /> The Third Battles of Ypres (1917), four miles east of the Yser river, had combined casualties of 1.2 million, and the allied capture of the village of Passchendaele. <br />So, 300,000 casualty people per mile.<br /><br />Cheaper than the Battle of the Somme, (earlier, in 1916), where the total casualties were 1,350,000 for another 5 miles of territory.<br /> On July 1, 1916, Britain had 60,000 casualties, at the Somme, in a single day.<br /><br />Both these places are now, tulip fields and parking lots, ... and cemeteries. <br />War is hell.Vidwan827https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334379183042040924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63172016859656944402021-01-04T12:05:56.053-06:002021-01-04T12:05:56.053-06:00My heart also sank when I saw Gail as one of the c...My heart also sank when I saw Gail as one of the constructors of this Monday Gail and Bruce puzzle. She will be sorely missed, and I hope we'll still get another one or more before it's all over. Lucina, I have the same feeling about Alex Trebek. It makes me happy to still see him every night and am just sorry this will be our last week with him. Roles like Gail's and Alex's make them sort of members of a virtual family, don't they?<br /><br />And the other final gift was that this Monday was a total gem. I got every single bit of it and loved the clues and the theme and everything. Started out getting CASAS, then AMISH (hey, I'm from Pennsylvania), then NANU (loved "Mork and Mindy") and I was on my way.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind commentary, Boomer.<br />And thanks for the fun poems, Owen.<br /><br />Have a good week, everybody.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50416527165912274712021-01-04T11:21:11.349-06:002021-01-04T11:21:11.349-06:00Ray-O
Yes, the 6th is actually the feast of the Ep...Ray-O<br />Yes, the 6th is actually the feast of the Epiphany but the church in her mysterious way chose Sunday to recognize and celebrate it.<br /><br />desperO<br />Thank you. So an I-pad is an actual pad while an I-pod is a musical device, is that right?Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60141615394627315532021-01-04T10:52:58.033-06:002021-01-04T10:52:58.033-06:00Good morning all. Thanks Gail (RIP) and Bruce for ...Good morning all. Thanks Gail (RIP) and Bruce for the Monday workout and thanks for the'splainin', Boomer. Got the c w theme after third long entry. Always seem to have difficulty when 2 letters are connected with and. O on nano turned to a u and cede turned to give. FIR. Great start to the week and wishing all the same.SansBeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929605017948252740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74971023019575316772021-01-04T10:46:50.348-06:002021-01-04T10:46:50.348-06:00Typical fast easy Monday but a couple of missteps:...Typical fast easy Monday but a couple of missteps: Needed to prep-change dot/DAH. Inkovers: WOODed/SY. <br /><br />Theme? All the long answers start with <b>C</b> and contain a <b>W</b>, <b>E</b> and <b>R</b>? <b>CREW</b>? So I finally get the theme but then went <i>overboard</i>. ...CREW.."CASUAL WEAR" "CHICKEN Crew" COLD WEATHER Crew etc. (Anybody buying this? 🤔..I didn't think so)<br /><br />"You cant go back to Constantinople...or Bombay (Mumbai)"<br /><br />Hope the YSER river is finally glued to my memory. Waited on perps for OCTAD (not tet). VEGGIES isn't considered an abbrev? OBEY, OBIE (where's <i>oboe</i>?)<br /><br />MAGI (Lucina: I agree yesterday's Sunday mass was designated as Epiphany but isnt the feast January 6?). <br /><br />CANDW a bit of a stretch<br /><br />Column before ones? <i>zeros</i>? TENS comes <i>after</i> if <i>one</i> left to right<br /><br />Cowardly telegram....CHICKENWIRE<br />One who is Ired (🙄)....STEAMER<br />Dancing, with her, he stepped on Harriet Beecher ____ STOW<br /><br />Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91804836343679268522021-01-04T10:25:26.583-06:002021-01-04T10:25:26.583-06:00Aw nuts!
here is the correct link #2Aw nuts!<br /><br /><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/7tghEu742TFHuqTJ6" rel="nofollow">here is the correct link #2</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7640531704326821632021-01-04T10:22:40.542-06:002021-01-04T10:22:40.542-06:00I may have misunderstood the theme...
Some words ...<a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/aawbVMP4XEvVNDQ17" rel="nofollow">I may have misunderstood the theme...</a><br /><br /><a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/aawbVMP4XEvVNDQ17" rel="nofollow">Some words to live by...</a><br /><br />And if you ever get the chance to visit, (post pandemic of course)<br />You must see Opryland in Tennessee. It's like a country and western Disneyland<br />That is totally indoors. But so big you would think you were outdoors.<br />Best fun I had there was walking around in a humongous thunderstorm<br />And enjoying the fireworks without getting wet.<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/9ycVynyq14Q" rel="nofollow">Here is a tour.</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27727805526512698882021-01-04T10:21:05.280-06:002021-01-04T10:21:05.280-06:00Wilbur C ... from last night... the 'masked Ar...<br />Wilbur C ... from last night... the 'masked Arabian' troll posting ... I happened to look at last night's mail, and saw the 'spam' posted. It somehow aroused my curiosity, and since I have no knowledge of the arabic language, I clicked on the Avatar, and then Google auto-translated the result, into the English.<br /><br />Thus, this is presumably a company advt for selling Stone facades and outdoor stone and Tile decorations. The name Hajar Hashemite etc., indicates either a Jordanian or Egypt connection.<br />The Jordanian royal family, is oft referred to as the Hashemite dynasty. The phone numbers indicate a middle east country, but I am not going to try to reach out. :-X) <br /> If you click on the top blog(s) on the avatar detail, you can see the hundreds of buildings where they have decorated with stone and tile facades...<br /><br />The Advt probably said that the 2020 stocks of Tiles and decoratives Stones, for building outdoor facades are over-stocked, AND EXPIRED, ( 2020 just got over -) and hence on SPecial Sale !!<br /><br />.... And they probably confused CrossWord Corner, with some sort of CrossTiles Corner Home decoration interest group.<br /><br />Mystery solved. ( partially).<br /><br />BTW, the telephone prefix .... 0106 ..... is a fake tel no. code in the UK, used for spamming and phishing, and caution should be used when and if trying to call back....<br /><br />...but could be a legitimate number from Egypt. UAR - United Arab Republic.Vidwan827https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334379183042040924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4648790466016577092021-01-04T09:44:00.980-06:002021-01-04T09:44:00.980-06:00Marvelous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Gail (RIP) ...Marvelous Monday. Thanks for the fun, Gail (RIP) and Bruce, and Boomer. I am very sorry to hear of the death of Gail and extend condolences to her family. I always enjoyed her CWs.<br /><br />Quick solve today, but arrived here to discover that I FIWed. Silly mistake caused by entering Iser instead of YSER (and not noticing the silly Bodi!)<br />But I did get the C AND W theme. (I am not a huge fan of that genre; friend's daughter is doing well in Nashville so I get some exposure.)<br /><br />I had Octet before OCTAD. (When I ask Mr. G what the difference is, I get "As nouns, the difference between octet and octad is that octet is a group OR set of eight of something, while octad is a group of eight things". WHAA??? Clue uses "set" which makes OCTAD the better answer, but I still don't understand the difference. Can any of our grammarians help me out or are they synonyms??<br />Of course, Octet gave me EID for the "Red Cross offering"; I rationalized that EID was a Muslim holiday and Red Cross could refer to that (but should have thought Red Crescent). Monday brain fog!<br /><br />We had Snert yesterday and HELGA today. (Yes I lurked yesterday)<br /><br />Of course, you all know that Canadians have a ColoUr WHEEL. And we do not have a WAD of dollars; those Loonies are too heavy to carry many fistfuls around. LOL<br />And any Canadian winter day "calls for a scarf and gloves"; we don't need a COLD WEATHER forecast to tell us. The HARSH forecast would be a Polar Vortex!<br /><br />FLN - AnonT- Sorry to hear about your mother's accident. Best wishes for her full recovery.<br />ATL Granny- glad you are recovering from your wrist injury.<br />MadameD - it is 2021 LOL! (which reminds me to fill in 2021 on a few cheques to start the new year).<br /><br />Wishing you all a great day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29475148833832856722021-01-04T09:38:54.494-06:002021-01-04T09:38:54.494-06:00Musings
-I erased CANDW as I knew that couldn’t be...Musings<br />-I erased CANDW as I knew that couldn’t be right.<br />-My dad’s nine brothers were big C AND W fans but would not recognize what that genre sounds like today. Where have you gone, Hank Williams?<br />-No BODY (corpus delecti) was ever found <a href="https://www.wowt.com/2020/07/15/joshua-keadle-to-be-sentenced-for-2010-murder-of-peru-student/" rel="nofollow">but he was sentenced to 71 years for murder</a><br />-Granddaughter has introduced new kitty to walking on a LEASH<br />-Yeah, Boomer, cigars came to my mind as I sang too.<br />-I found my old “bluetoothless” iPod. Now I gotta find some earphones.<br />-CHAIR is non-gender. I thought about that yesterday when I sang, “Let me walk with my brother” in the song <i>Let There Be Peace On Earth</i><br />-Learning to footnote drove me crazy<br />-Off to yearly Dr. appt. in Omaha. 40ish Dr. Canella and I will talk for twenty minutes about a lot of things and very little about my health.<br />-Gail’s byline always indcicated a fun puzzle was in store!Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73918270187708189322021-01-04T09:18:48.986-06:002021-01-04T09:18:48.986-06:00Lucina, an IPad is a tablet computer; an IPod is a...Lucina, an IPad is a tablet computer; an IPod is a portable audio player with earbuds. desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47393417699937550502021-01-04T08:50:12.067-06:002021-01-04T08:50:12.067-06:00Good morning everyone.
Yes, I didn't pay atte...Good morning everyone.<br /><br />Yes, I didn't pay attention to the theme, either. C AND W was my last fill. Only wite-out was I had 'wooded' before WOODSY. I felt like I was saying 'Goodbye' to Gail all the way through this. RIP.<br />No problems with the solve. FIR.<br />HELGA - I had a cousin named Helga.<br />OCCULT - - Some lighthouses' prescribed pulse sequences are OCCULTing.<br /><br />Have a great day.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68517209676403647792021-01-04T08:35:08.276-06:002021-01-04T08:35:08.276-06:00It was both sad and nice to see the byline. Yet a...It was both sad and nice to see the byline. Yet another unnecessary reminder of the mixed bag aspect of our existence. <br /><br />The puzzle went smoothly. FIR without getting the theme until it revealed itself at the "end" of the grid. I usually start in the NW and finish in the SE but there is really little reason for this other than habit and, of course, the puzzles often have other paths in mind for me.<br /><br />I remember seeing MT SHASTA for the first time. It made quite an impression on this kid from the city. I probably would have gone with the Forest Service Owl for WOODSY.<br />Malodorous Manateehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03190184054027642643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59626967004769279782021-01-04T08:22:15.410-06:002021-01-04T08:22:15.410-06:00Good Morning.
Thanks, Bruce, for a great start to...Good Morning.<br /><br />Thanks, Bruce, for a great start to the week and the New Year. RIP Gail. I didn't know we were so close in experience minus the puzzle construction. I wonder if our paths crossed in the English Department at NIU? Thanks for so much pleasure.<br /><br />This is the first puzzle I have completed for 2020. I gave up the the rest. Maybe I wasn't focused. I didn't get the theme today--natch. I did have good luck with my first guesses on the theme clues.<br /> <br />Anon-T: Sorry about your mom. Good wishes for a speedy recovery.<br /><br />Have a great day everyone. Be well and Stay safe. Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52779311549794507082021-01-04T08:12:57.755-06:002021-01-04T08:12:57.755-06:00Hola!
R.I.P. Gail! My heart contracted when I saw...Hola!<br /><br />R.I.P. Gail! My heart contracted when I saw her name but what fun to have this Monday opus from her and Bruce. I hope there will be more. Look at Alex Trebek. He died in November and his taped appearances continue though I understand this is the last week for them.<br /><br />Thank you, Boomer! Your Monday appearances light up the day!<br /><br />Yesterday was the feast of the Epiphany so MAGI is appropriate.<br /><br />Clue #15, "I ____ my wit's end!" FLN, CSO to Anon-T as we discussed yesterday your bicycle ride in Carmel.<br /><br />I really like Cate Blanchett; she performs superbly in every movie in which I've seen her.<br /><br />Tell me, what is the difference between an I-POD and an I-pad.<br /><br />Have a marvelous Monday, everyone!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com