tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post3840015030777400350..comments2024-03-28T11:25:10.318-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday December 11, 2008 Alan P. OlschwangZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10146776391758708852008-12-11T22:53:00.000-06:002008-12-11T22:53:00.000-06:00jd,Maybe tsp instead of cup for the nutmeg and cin...jd,<BR/>Maybe tsp instead of cup for the nutmeg and cinnamon?<BR/><BR/>The baskets are to collect the cochineal bugs for harvest. The photo was linked with that explanation the day that was in our puzzle.<BR/><BR/>I think there would be lots of examples of miscued acronyms. I remember a school inservice once when they mentioned O.B.E. and said "what does it mean to you?" I immediately thought (out loud) "Order of the British Empire", but they were of course referring to "Outcome Based Education"kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24229669023094474062008-12-11T22:20:00.000-06:002008-12-11T22:20:00.000-06:00Clear Ayes: Thank you for that poem and the histo...Clear Ayes: Thank you for that poem and the history of the young pilot/poet. Coming from a family of pilots, we had that poem framed for my brother when he made his first solo flight. He still has it hanging in his office. <BR/><BR/>pattispa, thank you for the recipes. Haven't had Brown Betty in years and am now inspired to make it. <BR/><BR/>I personally think 'hewer' is hilarious and stimulates the imagination with such hot possibilites that even the most frigid of ice queens would DeFrost.loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28112884885270777692008-12-11T20:58:00.000-06:002008-12-11T20:58:00.000-06:00Alas, things did not go well this morning.Add thes...Alas, things did not go well this morning.Add these words to Martin's list of unknowns: nler,enlai,rundle,mensa,and,of course,the inane quip. I did know Lesseps, but shouldn't it have had de in front? Couldn't forget Ayla after reading Jean Auel's books; the last 2 were surprisingly sexually graphic.<BR/><BR/>I liked how gnaw and hewer were joined with the w (thinking woody)<BR/><BR/>C.C., what are those baskets doing on the cacti?? <BR/><BR/>Pattispa, thanks for the recipes. I sometimes use fresh peaches instead of apples . One question,are the measurements correct? 3/4 c. of cinnamon and same for nutmeg? I haven't used oats or br. sugar in mine, so I'd like to try it.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to a new dawn, a new puzzle. :)<BR/><BR/>Clear ayes, I thought that poem was exceptionally lovely. Hope your concert went well.Left-overs are a way of life in our house.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35349315809783190882008-12-11T20:19:00.000-06:002008-12-11T20:19:00.000-06:00C.C., I really don't know what you and Argyle are ...C.C., I really don't know what you and Argyle are talking about when he throws those comments into the blog. So, I just started letting my mind roam. When I came up with CD meaning Cross Dressing, I conjured up a picture of Portland's Darcelle, who has made a very good living putting on shows as a cross-dresser. I've never been to one, but the image of his hands completely covered in gaudy rings came to mind, so I just threw that into the mix.<BR/><BR/>The most sensuous meal I've ever had was a steak that was cooked perfectly and was very tender and juicy, in a steak house on the southeast edge of Moab, UT. I went back many years later and couldn't even find the restaurant, although I searched mightily for it.Crockett1947https://www.blogger.com/profile/06404431645533093707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67572257832877830622008-12-11T19:58:00.000-06:002008-12-11T19:58:00.000-06:00Clear Ayes,One of the TV stations in DC had a vid...Clear Ayes,<BR/><BR/>One of the TV stations in DC had a video of a single jet with a pilot flying and that poem was recited with some music. They played this nightly at station sign off.RichShifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180920801631153123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18585945185084596722008-12-11T18:54:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:54:00.000-06:00Just a quick stop at the blog. G.A.H. and I were ...Just a quick stop at the blog. G.A.H. and I were shopping today....PHEW! The mall stores were pretty busy and Costco was a madhouse. I'm glad we had some left-over pot roast from last night. I'm not going to have time to cook this evening. Tonight is the first holiday concert for our chorus. I've got about an hour to get ready.<BR/><BR/>Ca-Jen, Nice name. Welcome to all the new kids on the block.<BR/><BR/>Dennis, Glad you liked the poem. It is one of my favorites too.<BR/><BR/>C.C. <I>laughter-silvered wings</I> - One of the dictionary definitions for silvery is "Having a clear, softly resonant sound: a silvery laugh".<BR/>Wings are silver-colored metal. The poet gets such joy from flying that he is saying the wings are colored/covered with his laughter, or maybe even God's laughter.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8607385789795223162008-12-11T18:38:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:38:00.000-06:00"What´s ET short for?" - "because he has little l..."What´s ET short for?" - "because he has little legs" <BR/>in other words<BR/>"Why is ET short? - Because his legs are little."<BR/>Schoolboy jokes rely on unprecise English.<BR/><BR/>There are really only seven notes in the scale?! I did not know that. (Thanks to <EM>Sound of Music</EM>) There is high doh and low doh and Homer Simpson "Doh!"Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7204662044773855112008-12-11T18:18:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:18:00.000-06:00Mark - Buenos Airesc.c. normally we think of eight...Mark - Buenos Aires<BR/><BR/>c.c. normally we think of eight notes being a scale - do you know the "Sound of Music" - "Do a dear, a female dear" etc, and so 6 and 7 of 8 - do re me fa so la ti do = lati<BR/><BR/>"What´s ET short for" - most people will say Extra Terrestial<BR/>but the answer is "because he has little legs" Its a schoolboy joke about our unprecise English<BR/><BR/>How about -<BR/>"What does DNA stand for"<BR/>Answer: "National Dyslexic Association"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78478917385926832572008-12-11T18:03:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:03:00.000-06:00Dennis.OK Calef.Dennis.<BR/><BR/>OK <BR/><BR/>Calef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73945846356830797572008-12-11T17:20:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:20:00.000-06:00Hi C.C. and all,Dennis, believe it or not felt did...Hi C.C. and all,<BR/><BR/>Dennis, believe it or not felt did not come to me at first. I was fixated on a swimming pool. Second time around I had a DUH moment and got it.<BR/><BR/>Quite of few unknowns for me. Not a big baseball fan so AL and NL team designations are a problem.<BR/><BR/>Dickers came to me once I considered bargains as averb instead of a noun.<BR/><BR/>The quip I was thinking was " If a chance is not worth doing, its worth doing again." Which off course didn't work. I was thinking of something along the lines of a task not worth doing, is not worth doing twice. Which generally shows that tasks that are done poorly because of their insignificance, are doomed to be done twice. Forgive me for rambling.RichShifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180920801631153123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23046257016342315732008-12-11T17:14:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:14:00.000-06:00Dennis,Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti. How could it be eight...Dennis,<BR/>Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti. How could it be eight?<BR/><BR/>Calef,<BR/>I don't think Dennis means your post is long. He has something else on his mind I am sure. I am eager for him to address it also.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56081886743104669222008-12-11T17:13:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:13:00.000-06:00calef, no, not at all - I meant there were 'so man...calef, no, not at all - I meant there were 'so many lines' about words with "er" added to them, including many DF ones. <BR/>Sorry if you misunderstood. Your post was on target.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81453189651190406512008-12-11T17:09:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:09:00.000-06:00Dennis,I presume that your comment about my post r...Dennis,<BR/>I presume that your comment about my post re hewer was a criticism, but the truth is I do not understand it. I appologize if I am aggravating you, although I do not think my post was exceptionally long. It took only 5 lines on my screen.<BR/>Calef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9189534444652967942008-12-11T17:05:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:05:00.000-06:00c.c., musical scalec.c., musical scaleDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87440331914594758582008-12-11T17:04:00.000-06:002008-12-11T17:04:00.000-06:00Argyle et al,Clue: sixth and seventh of eight? Ans...Argyle et al,<BR/>Clue: sixth and seventh of eight? Answer: LATI<BR/><BR/>Why?Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53022925767756690702008-12-11T16:55:00.000-06:002008-12-11T16:55:00.000-06:00Dennis,I feel dense. I still don't get your "many,...Dennis,<BR/>I feel dense. I still don't get your "many, many lines" comment. You need to explain it to me.<BR/><BR/>Argyle,<BR/>Holy cow! Adze is a verb also. I did not know that!<BR/><BR/>Doreen,<BR/>DF stands for dysfunctional. Dennis first used it to describe the audaciously distorted thinking of the blog posters here. <BR/><BR/>Kazie,<BR/>Wow! What a creative post!Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10329887573688129132008-12-11T16:24:00.000-06:002008-12-11T16:24:00.000-06:00Doreen,My take on DF is DeFicient, referring to th...Doreen,<BR/>My take on DF is DeFicient, referring to those who DeFace the original word meanings so they can be DeFunct in DeFiling the normal intentions of our puzzles. They are usually DeFiant in this cause, and I feel DeFerence towards their creativity. DeFinitely DeFlating to see how cleverly they achieve these new DeFinitions!kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54680943287814919112008-12-11T16:14:00.000-06:002008-12-11T16:14:00.000-06:00What does "DF" mean? Haven't been able to figure ...What does "DF" mean? Haven't been able to figure it out from the context.<BR/>DoreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13053939426930134922008-12-11T15:53:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:53:00.000-06:00The beams in most old houses were made from logs t...The beams in most old houses were made from logs that were hewn into shape using an adze. So someone doing that work is a hewer; I've never heard of an adzer. LOL It will probably be in a puzzle next week now.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63467307900983168232008-12-11T15:38:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:38:00.000-06:00C.C., 40+ years.The 'so many, many lines' comment ...C.C., 40+ years.<BR/><BR/>The 'so many, many lines' comment referred to Calef's 3:05 post.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75884222429028924282008-12-11T15:35:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:35:00.000-06:00Pattispa,Thanks for the recipes. Look very simple ...Pattispa,<BR/>Thanks for the recipes. Look very simple and doable to me.<BR/><BR/>Clear Ayes,<BR/>I remember Reagan quoted that poem on his Challenger Disaster address. Do you know what are "laughter-silvered wings"?<BR/><BR/>Ink,<BR/>As I said on my blog entry, Cambodia is the only country with RIEL as the currency.<BR/><BR/>Vicnic,<BR/>I agree, both NLER and ALER are Xword words.<BR/><BR/>Calef,<BR/>I don't have problem with hewer either. It's the excess of affixes like RE, ER, ED, S's that bothers me.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45642762604397108172008-12-11T15:30:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:30:00.000-06:00Martin,I bet you are the only one who thought of "...Martin,<BR/>I bet you are the only one who thought of "stinky tofu" with the "Chou from China" clue.<BR/><BR/>Argyle,<BR/>I understood your "Nothing yet" response. I just wanted to know where that "nothing" Santa went.<BR/><BR/>Dennis,<BR/>How long have you been "Stupid"? 30+ years? What does your "So many, many lines..." refer to?<BR/><BR/>NYTanonimo,<BR/>Very informative post. Thanks.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36443839933249879992008-12-11T15:23:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:23:00.000-06:00So many, many lines...So many, many lines...Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63398522026579827762008-12-11T15:05:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:05:00.000-06:00Like embiem I do not understand why people dislike...Like embiem I do not understand why people dislike the word hewer. If I chop a log I'm a chopper. If I eat an apple I'm an eater. So if I hew a tree I'm a hewer. What is the big deal?<BR/>Calef.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55044961949721833492008-12-11T14:45:00.000-06:002008-12-11T14:45:00.000-06:0017:44 today. No googles (I never google unless I t...<B>17:44 today.</B> No googles (I never google unless I totally give up on the puzzle, which happens occasionally with the NY Times), but a long time spent on some of the words. <BR/><BR/>As others, the SE was my worst area. Jean Auel is an Oregon resident (or was--did I read somewhere that she had moved?), so AYLA was a gimme. I can never remember RIEL and IKEBANA, even though I know those words. My last fill was actually RUNDLE--the only word in the puzzle I'd truly never heard before.<BR/><BR/>I dislike "quip Thursdays" anyway, and this puzzle did nothing to alter my view. The only bright spot for me was finding GNAW crossing HEWER (I don't share other's dislike of that word).embienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01991001167394653649noreply@blogger.com