tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3636488419426132556..comments2024-03-19T05:52:33.293-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 John R. O'BrienZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71555622254543546882016-03-16T10:31:05.752-05:002016-03-16T10:31:05.752-05:00You're welcome! Adjusting ok to the east side ...You're welcome! Adjusting ok to the east side - things are crazy busy. We need to get together with you and Oo soon ... Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57562466114202360562016-03-16T04:28:54.128-05:002016-03-16T04:28:54.128-05:00Moe thanks for the poem, crazy day yesterday. Hope...Moe thanks for the poem, crazy day yesterday. Hope you have adjusted to the east side even if the clock has you downLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56285865449046051912016-03-15T23:56:45.523-05:002016-03-15T23:56:45.523-05:00TTP - I'll be curious how you like Windows 10 ...TTP - I'll be curious how you like Windows 10 consumer's version. Everything I read was negative. I don't know how you missed your earlier post (OK, I was watching the DLR videos) nor how you nailed me at <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9xhTomqDTzE" rel="nofollow">BR-549</a> :-)<br /><br />Bill G. Kodachrome is not only a great song but fantastic color film that's hard to come by. I still have a '76/'77 Minolta 35mm that is wonderful for experimental shots, but film and subsequent developing is near impossible. I got to really want it <i>or</i> I just use the iPhone.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51946841872101582732016-03-15T22:07:06.615-05:002016-03-15T22:07:06.615-05:00Tawnya, I love that song, Just a Gigolo, and I'...Tawnya, I love that song, Just a Gigolo, and I'd never seen that video before. I'm not normally a big fan of music videos but that one is spectacular! <br /><br />I mentioned before that my favorite Paul Simon song was Kodachrome. Here it is. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU" rel="nofollow">Kodachrome</a><br /><br />AnonT, dunno. I think she just usually turned the key on quickly; from off to the engine starting up with no delay to look at the dashboard in the meantime. Best not to ask too many probing questions...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21158180938610052492016-03-15T21:56:19.741-05:002016-03-15T21:56:19.741-05:00Good to see you back C. Moe!
Jayce -your post mad...Good to see you back C. Moe!<br /><br />Jayce -your post made me realize I typo'd DEANE. I still don't know what it means, but there it is.<br /><br />CED - I have 9.2.1 on my iPad and the iPhone is downloading it now (I'm going to try the unlock again after the update). Settings->General->Software Updates. BTW, where's all the CATS today? John O' set you up for it...<br /><br />Barry G - Interesting about LIMPID... Gross, but interesting. And coral is for more than her lips' Red. I wanted opaque at 1st until I remembered that's exactly the opposite.<br /><br />Bill G. I'm curious, does she just look at the key while turning it? I don't know how one wouldn't notice the dashboard lighting up like a Christmas tree - unless you have a grandpa-car like Pop does :-) <br /><br />[really, a Lincoln C. and there's just a clock in the center of the dash to the right of the speedometer. He told me to shut the hell up when I asked where to plug in my iPod :-). No idea if it even has a PRESET...].<br /><br />Tawnya - Glad you enjoyed DL ROTH and returned the favor - that was the best version of Ice Cream Man I've seen.<br /><br />I agree w/ everyone on their picks for S&G songs. One of my solo favs is <a href="https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=1xqrlk5nz#/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A" rel="nofollow">Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes</a> from the Graceland album. There's just something simple and beautiful in it.<br /><br />Well, I gotta go help youngest clean up the MESs-A from dinner. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45500647281253501702016-03-15T19:27:53.869-05:002016-03-15T19:27:53.869-05:00Hi all!
Not the easiest of Tuesday puzzles and I ...Hi all!<br /><br />Not the easiest of Tuesday puzzles and I am really disappointed that IDES wasn't anywhere. Today's the day! Beware! Oh well...<br /><br />I'm agreeing with everyone else about Mrs. Robinson NOT being a duet - and thank you AnonT for posting the Lemonheads version! I've seen Paul Simon in concert and it was amazing. He played songs from his whole career but this is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_QV97eYqM" rel="nofollow">my favorite</a>.<br /><br />Diamond Dave! It's almost summertime, if you need something to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOz1Tkh8kE0" rel="nofollow">keep you cool</a>. And another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeXjBWN8LO8" rel="nofollow">classic</a><br /><br />Happy Evening!<br /><br />t.tawnyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466346747643525821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21202425648568281932016-03-15T18:58:06.760-05:002016-03-15T18:58:06.760-05:00The problem with the "Mrs. Robinson" clu...The problem with the "Mrs. Robinson" clue, as Anonymous @10:49 suggested, is that although it may have been a DUET for Simon & Garfunkel (if you'll pardon their harmony), it is not necessarily so as a song by itself. A better clue would have been "Simon & Garfunkel's 'Mrs. Robinson'" or "A Simon & Garfunkel offering" (or a "Sonny & Cher offering" if you're hung up on the duet/harmony dichotomy; but Sonny & Cher harmonized, too).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80735938811757053852016-03-15T18:05:15.549-05:002016-03-15T18:05:15.549-05:00I can't name a favorite Simon and Garfarkel tu...I can't name a favorite Simon and Garfarkel tune. But somewhere near, or in the top ten is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAoArleLZEk" rel="nofollow">America</a><br /><br />And among the more beautiful of their offerings, I'd rate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWrdwP1YH0&list=RDWaWrdwP1YH0" rel="nofollow">For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her</a> somewhere near the top. Too short though, but that's the way the music biz worked in that era.<br /><br />We are two of the happy campers that have tickets to see Paul Simon in Lincoln this May. Looking forward to it very much.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53466379315919170202016-03-15T18:02:29.755-05:002016-03-15T18:02:29.755-05:00Still crazy, huh Barry? Still crazy, huh Barry? Bob Factorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43328578328991725692016-03-15T17:41:16.380-05:002016-03-15T17:41:16.380-05:00Well served there Bob. Nice play. Literally and ...Well served there Bob. Nice play. Literally and figuratively. <br /><br /><br />For those Windows users that have been delaying the Windows 7 to Windows 10 update, I would opine that it was relatively painless. Have been running about a month now with no issues noted. All files and data were unaffected. <br /><br />YMMV, but the download took about 25 minutes. I am on high speed cable internet, and connected an Ethernet cable to the router rather using wireless connectivity. After the download, the update process took another 35 minutes on this Lenovo T420 Intel i5 2.5Ghz processor with 8GB RAM and Windows 7 Professional. <br /><br />There was relatively little interaction required. A few easy to understand prompts along the way. <br /><br />The only issue I had after the update was that I noticed that Sound was set to headphones rather than speakers, and I no longer had the sound controls that existed previously. A quick google search on Lenovo, Sound, Windows 10 provided me with Lenovo support site url that had the needed Conexant sound driver. Downloading and updating that driver took a couple minutes more.<br /><br />I like the look and feel of Windows 10. I'm not using all of the new powerful features that some of you might find very useful. And although the interface is a little bit different, its easy to find the Windows 7 type of interface if you need it or are more comfortable with it. And if it doesn't go well, you can readily back out and go back to Windows 7 by going START ==> SETTINGS ==> UPDATE AND SECURITY ==> RECOVERY and choosing "Go back to Windows 7". That feature is available for one month after you update. <br /><br />If you use Desktop Gadgets on Windows 7, they will be removed as part of the install to Windows 10. If you don't know what Desktop Gadgets are, you probably aren't using them. If you are considering doing the update yourself and are concerned about features you might be losing, you might want to read the notes at <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-specifications?OCID=win10_null_vanity_win10specs#featdep" rel="nofollow">Windows 10 Specifications</a> with particular consideration to the section on feature deprecation.<br /><br />Based on my experience so far, I'll be updating another one of my Windows 7 machines to Windows 10 in the relative near future. It appears from their wording that Microsoft will continue to offer this update for free until a year from when they first announced its general availability, which was sometime in the fall of 2015.<br /><br />For me it was relatively painless. Of course, you can always take it to your local PC support store and have them do it, or have a Best Buy Geek Squad or similar come by and ask them to do the update, but you might save a few dollars updating to Windows 10 yourself and doing it before Microsoft start charging for the update later this year...<br /><br />If real issues arise, Anonymous T can be reached at BR-549. <br /> TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67181049423038773542016-03-15T17:24:00.755-05:002016-03-15T17:24:00.755-05:00Bill G - Hilarious! Sometimes we women just don&#...Bill G - Hilarious! Sometimes we women just don't get mechanics. Lucky that you asked if there was still a problem because that "repair" job would have made your mechanic's day!TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79832412719564334462016-03-15T17:03:22.332-05:002016-03-15T17:03:22.332-05:00In case anybody cares, I was checking out the etym...In case anybody cares, I was checking out the etymology of the word LIMPID a few months back and discovered, much to my surprise, that it comes from the Latin word for lymph. As in lymph nodes and lymph fluid, which was apparently known for being particularly clear (as opposed to, say, bile or blood or other bodily fluids). Not quite as romantic when you realize you're comparing your lover's eyes to lymph fluid, you know?<br /><br />Oh -- and I've always been a huge fan of Simon & Garfunkle. My parents used to listed to their greatest hits on 8-track tape in the 70s (especially on long car trips) and it kind of stuck with me after all these years.Barry G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17875477509288463142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42858220880736200012016-03-15T15:28:41.415-05:002016-03-15T15:28:41.415-05:00I am mixed on the appeal of Simon and Garfunkel bu...I am mixed on the appeal of Simon and Garfunkel but I am a BIG fan of Simon's Kodachrome.<br /><br />We got our taxes done this morning. My eyes start to glaze over after about 20 minutes.<br /><br />Barbara had me ready to follow her to the car dealership to fix her relatively new Toyota Yaris. She had called them to report that several warning lights had come on (oil pressure, battery, etc.). They told her it could be serious and to take as many back roads as possible in case her car broke down on the way. So when she started up, I asked her if the problem persisted. She said no; that the lights had come on again but were now gone. Apparently she had never noticed that the lights always come on when you first turn the key on but haven't started the engine yet. Problem avoided!Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89097097185126997162016-03-15T15:10:50.934-05:002016-03-15T15:10:50.934-05:00TTP, would that, by chance, be a Black Dog?TTP, would that, by chance, be a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtN8oBjMr_E" rel="nofollow">Black Dog</a>?Bob Factorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6967362790357195222016-03-15T14:50:35.633-05:002016-03-15T14:50:35.633-05:00I'm back already. I've had three differen...I'm back already. I've had three different polling places in the last three years. This one was the closest, at less than two miles away. Wasn't crowded at this time of day and no real line, and no waiting for a booth. Of course I didn't use a paper ballot. I like the touch screen.<br /><br />No Abejo. Perhaps he is coming in for the later shift. <br /><br />Anonymous T, Thanks for "Getting the Led out." There was no bustle in my hedgerow, but there were plenty of leaves and paper coffee cups, candy wrappers, a few plastic bags and other assorted trash. But no bustle. <br /><br />Time to walk the dog. TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62054138968678551672016-03-15T14:38:30.454-05:002016-03-15T14:38:30.454-05:00ANonymous T
No I didn't try to unlock my phon...ANonymous T<br /><br />No I didn't try to unlock my phone,<br />Hmm, I guess the video could be faked...<br /><br />In either case the point is moot as I have an old IOS 7 model.<br /><br />What operating system are they up to now? 9? 10?<br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82775360107075942502016-03-15T14:21:27.502-05:002016-03-15T14:21:27.502-05:00DAM it TTP - don't you know you can't say ...DAM it TTP - don't you know you can't say hedgerow w/o some idiot linking <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ%22" rel="nofollow">Stairway to Heaven?</a>. :-)<br /><br />I'll be watching IL's returns tonight. Same w/ FL & OH. Go see Abejo and practice your right/duty.<br /><br /> Cheers, -T<br />Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33295560220623597052016-03-15T14:13:29.736-05:002016-03-15T14:13:29.736-05:00Chairman Moe, I hate Daylight Savings, too! But ...Chairman Moe, I hate Daylight Savings, too! But it takes me 6 months, and I'm still not used to it. It's just unnatural. That's my opinion and I'm not gonna budge!<br /><br />Irish Miss, I have an older iPad, not a mini, and my desktop doesn't look like the one in the solution, either. I have Safari, Mail, etc, across the bottom, too. Maybe the suggested solution is an upgrade of some sort. Don't know!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36947017937210157802016-03-15T14:11:16.326-05:002016-03-15T14:11:16.326-05:00Hi Y'all! Liked the puzzle, JRB -- no trite ph...Hi Y'all! Liked the puzzle, JRB -- no trite phrases here. But "transparent" = LIMPID? Very LAME. Well, "seethru" & "clear" didn't fit. Perped and peck through a lot of this.<br /><br />Great one, Argyle, "Stranger in Paradise" was a favorite in my maiden days. Seems like I'm still a stranger to that.<br /><br />Silas DEANE was unknown, not having spent much time in Connecticut. But since I'm wading around in that 1700's era in my genealogy, the link was very interesting. <br /><br />My river answer was ISERn which turned red. PORTMAN.... perped in and I realized what the word should be but I didn't know the spelling. I thought it had an X in it. Ended up perping every last letter with a couple wags for VOTRE & DEANE.<br /><br />DUET? Naw. Mrs. Robinson was "sexy" or a "slut" or "bold". How could John O'Brien not know that?<br /><br />NOSES not Prezs. Well, that's not a good abbrev. anyway.<br /><br />Hahtoolah, liked the QOD. I'm with her in fearing dementia. That's why I do crosswords, to keep the synapses firing.<br />PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17230286265921814092016-03-15T14:08:01.009-05:002016-03-15T14:08:01.009-05:00Irish Miss, I was practicing getting disconnected ...Irish Miss, I was practicing getting disconnected from the connected world. I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account but I was going around announcing out loud what I was doing at random times. I have three followers so far, but I think two of them are cops.<br /><br />The winter winds brought plenty of leaves into my hedgerows, as well as all manner of garbage from some neighbor's bin that must have blown over in one of the gusty storms. So like Hondo, I've been outside almost daily, just getting after it all. I love getting my hands out into the gardens and flower beds as early as I can each year, and the warmer weather drew me out earlier this year. <br /><br />When the weather wasn't so nice, I was channeling BlueHen in that I got into some serious house cleaning, along with major reorganization and elimination of excess "stuff." Bathroom trim has been freshened with a new coat of paint. Also put in a new ceiling fixture in the kitchen one day. <br /><br />Spring cleaning is well under way. The kitchen cabinets and Hoosier cupboard, the dining room flat wall cupboard and sideboard were all laid bare of their foodstuffs, pots and pans, dinner ware and table settings, then all and everything cleaned top to bottom and reorganized. Found out along the way that we had three ricers and two spaetzle makers. Also found the mandolin that I knew we had somewhere.<br /><br />Illinois primaries today. Off to the polling place. I hope to see Abejo if he's an election official again this year. <br /> <br />TTYL.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12708075124315443552016-03-15T14:06:08.424-05:002016-03-15T14:06:08.424-05:00Lots of fun new clues for old friends. And some n...Lots of fun new clues for old friends. And some new words, too. "PORTMANTEAU "?? And I, also, got hung up at DUET. Crosses helped. Thanks, John. <br /><br /> Argyle, ... Always glad ta see ya!<br /><br />Spring is really here, I guess. The Azaleas have exploded into bloom, gracing us with riots of color. We are lucky in this part of south Louisiana. We are dry and have flowers when so much of the state is still covered with water from all the storms we've had. The flooding has been record-setting in some places. Has anybody heard from Boo Luquette?<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15757607761278237972016-03-15T13:32:08.169-05:002016-03-15T13:32:08.169-05:00I had a rough morning with my coffee maker not wor...I had a rough morning with my coffee maker not working for the first time in years. How to get through a morning with no coffee? So it really helped to have a delightful and doable puzzle with almost everything in my wheelhouse. Many thanks, John, and you too, Argyle.<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83401430676618577102016-03-15T13:27:44.535-05:002016-03-15T13:27:44.535-05:00This was very crunchy for Tuesday. The theme seeme...This was very crunchy for Tuesday. The theme seemed a bit tame, but the fill more than made up for it (noses and ironer notwithstanding). Had to rely on perps in a lot of places besides Limpid, including Duet. That was my only erasure, but I was sure that Roped didn't end in M and that preset didn't end in F.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15031931955931409822016-03-15T12:26:29.094-05:002016-03-15T12:26:29.094-05:00Neato puzzle. LIMPID threw me for a loop to start ...Neato puzzle. LIMPID threw me for a loop to start off with, but working the downs quickly got it. In the opposite corner, working the acrosses got me DEANE whom I didn't know.<br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46790152089517398652016-03-15T12:01:01.331-05:002016-03-15T12:01:01.331-05:00Here - this outside the box version of Mrs. Robins...Here - this outside the box version of <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zvMFm5nKeUc" rel="nofollow">Mrs. Robinson from the Lemonheads </a> settles itl. She's a hot-Dame :-)<br /><br />YR - I'm not a "marm" and can hardly spell, but I'm with you... Language morphs and it's fun. For goodness sake, todayz pzl had METROSEXUAL and LABRADOODLE in it. Neither PORTMANTEAU existed when REAGAN nor Clinton (RODHAM, one-each) was in the Oval Office. Do we have a symbology and does it convey meaning? Well, then, Language done; //end programme.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.com