tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post414804674746136858..comments2024-03-28T07:30:30.617-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, October 24 2018, Tim SchenckZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3509066385139567482018-10-25T09:35:54.560-05:002018-10-25T09:35:54.560-05:00Good Thursday morning, folks. Thank you, Tim Sche...Good Thursday morning, folks. Thank you, Tim Schenck, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Melissa Bee, for a fine review.<br /><br />I did this yesterday on airplane from Chicago to Pittsburgh. No time last night to log in.<br /><br />Puzzle was fine. I understood what the theme was but did not find any of the drinks until I came here. I am not a mixed drink drinker at all. I may have had three or four in my life. And that was many decades ago. I am strictly a beer drinker, and I love beer, especially the microbrews. Along with a special beer from Pennsylvania, Yuengling.<br /><br />Puzzle had some unknowns, as always for me. As in: BOGLE, DIANA. Perps. Bogle was a new one. I am surprised I had never heard of that winery. Having lived in California for four years I thought I knew them all.<br /><br />Jinx: It is spelled Sheetz, with a Z. FYI. I just had one of their sandwiches last night for supper after I got to Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Anyhow, I have tons of stuff to do. I had better get cracking.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73776953125751776522018-10-25T01:11:12.993-05:002018-10-25T01:11:12.993-05:00I enjoyed those animated shorts. I'll bet ther...I enjoyed those animated shorts. I'll bet there are a lot of those that I never notice or know about until somebody like CED and AnonT bring them to the surface.<br /><br />Here's one for you. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1C9zOQpKG4" rel="nofollow">HEY DEER!</a>Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35865478743049797382018-10-25T00:28:53.146-05:002018-10-25T00:28:53.146-05:00CED - Your link led to side-bits. Here's a he...CED - Your link led to side-bits. Here's a <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XA0bB79oGc" rel="nofollow">heart-warming short</a></b> to pay you back with. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12963305555621435222018-10-24T23:32:53.472-05:002018-10-24T23:32:53.472-05:00CED - what fun! Thanks for sharing... -TCED - what fun! Thanks for sharing... -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2171398378714550972018-10-24T22:21:58.241-05:002018-10-24T22:21:58.241-05:00We have had a heavy influx of Wawa gas stations he... We have had a heavy influx of Wawa gas stations here around Tampa Bay. <br /><br />IM, think of a Board(constricter) "Stretched" out. Possibly because it just ate a monkey or something.<br /><br />My ESP was BOGLE. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69540550808724650622018-10-24T20:29:55.833-05:002018-10-24T20:29:55.833-05:00Just because, I felt like sharing...Just because, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38y_1EWIE9I" rel="nofollow">I felt like sharing...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86156580323565565442018-10-24T20:20:18.199-05:002018-10-24T20:20:18.199-05:00Thumbs up.Thumbs up.Sandyanonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32512533431115309822018-10-24T20:09:45.068-05:002018-10-24T20:09:45.068-05:00OAS and TTP - - Schenken is the infinitive of: to ...OAS and TTP - - Schenken is the infinitive of: to give. <br /><br />Present tense:<br /><br />ich schenke<br />du schenkst<br />er;sie;es schenkt<br />wir schenken<br />ihr schenkt<br />sie;Sie schenken<br /><br />So Schenk is the root. A gift is ein Geshenk L. German Gift. The ck ending in Tim's name hint's of an older Dutch spelling which has been partly anglicized. <br /><br />German also has "einschenken" - to pour something, like: "Pour me some coffee". My Dad would use it frequently.<br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75379664757965652422018-10-24T19:24:23.066-05:002018-10-24T19:24:23.066-05:00OAS, I'm glad somebody got it ! Didn't ge...OAS, I'm glad somebody got it ! Didn't get it out there before Spitzboov posted. He probably didn't notice as he was thinking about his bridge game. <br /><br />Jinx, the English language version of constructor Tim's last name has appeared in a crossword many times. <br /><br />Perhaps never more prominent than in <a href="https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2017/12/tuesday-december-12-2017-bruce-haight.html" rel="nofollow">Bruce Haight's December 12th, 2017 puzzle</a> that Argyle blogged. Scroll down to the grid to see the answer. It's smack dab in the middle.TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63812784276473304772018-10-24T19:10:13.636-05:002018-10-24T19:10:13.636-05:00Hi All!
Thanks Tim for a NICE Wed puzzle (& c...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks Tim for a NICE Wed puzzle (& congrats on the LAT debut). Thanks for the expo mb, I really enjoyed the link to SLOE gin.<br /><br />NW was toughest for me today -- took a bit to get past only have inked BIKER, OKRAs, TRIO, & SASS. E in ABBES was final fill.<br /><br />WOs: Hand up: shOT GUN b/f RIOT (hi BigE & WikWak!)<br />ESPs: ABBES, DIANA, BOGLE, CRAVEN (as clued)<br /><b>Fav</b>: c/as for LEGOs & I-BEAMS<br />Sparkle: SLOW/SLOEs, TINA/TUNA, MAMA as clued.<br /><br />{A+,A,B+}<br /><br />Bluehen - LOL @ missed Steak.<br /><br />Hand up for not knowing WAWA and thinking of (Hi IM, Picard & OMK!) <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcns3A-IHMQ" rel="nofollow">Baba</a></b> [3:35]. Want to know what <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl-1P-HV_YI" rel="nofollow"> Barbara thought of it?</a></b> [:30]<br /><br />I remember <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqzclCLrP0" rel="nofollow">MAMA more from Carol Burnett's Show</a></b> [Blooper 1:02] than the spin-off.<br /><br />HG - The one on the left is Tina; you can tell from the scar on her left cheek (she was cut by a stranger when she was ~5yr, IIRC from Bossy Pants)<br /><br />YR - I went to a place in SFO's Japan Town where they had the little-colored plates go by. My Girls love sushi - esp. the fishies on the "not-cheap" color'd plates :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47108223843813012552018-10-24T18:54:36.778-05:002018-10-24T18:54:36.778-05:00WikWak @ 2:07 ~ Glad to hear you're back home ...WikWak @ 2:07 ~ Glad to hear you're back home where you can nap to your heart's content. ❤️<br /><br />Wilbur C @ 5:45 ~ Totally unconscious. 🙃<br /><br />Today's theme inspired me to make Bloody Marys for our pre-lunch libation today. Yum! 🍹Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88190655406608272632018-10-24T17:46:14.816-05:002018-10-24T17:46:14.816-05:00Spitzboov and Rainman thanks for continuing the di...<b>Spitzboov and Rainman</b> thanks for continuing the discussion of STEAK and environmental impacts.<br /><br />One point I may not have made clear earlier: Water and other resource use of cows varies widely depending on the area. When I was a child in rural New England I saw plenty of cows eating grass watered by abundant rainfall. But when you buy a steak in a major supermarket it may have come from a wide range of sources. The often cited figures are an average over all the sources.<br /><br />Out West it is far more likely that cows are grazing or eating something that was irrigated.<br />Out West it is said, “Whiskey is for drinking—water is for fighting.”<br />(Often credited to Mark Twain; almost certainly a more recent quote, though.)<br /><br />As for methane and climate change, I am not sure where you got that 0.00017% figure, Spitzboov, or even what it means.<br /><br />Methane is 28x more potent than CO2 for climate change. A little goes a long way.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://climatenexus.org/climate-issues/food/grazing-cattle-climate-change/" rel="nofollow">Here is a brief summary of cows and climate change issues.</a></b><br /><br />It says in part:<br />"The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the livestock sector as a whole contributes 14.5 percent of total man-made greenhouse gas emissions – beef and milk production make up the majority of this."<br /><br />In the US, this is a smaller factor than in the rest of the world. For one thing, the US produces so much more greenhouse gas from private motor vehicles than the rest of the world.<br /><br />"Natural" sources of methane and other greenhouse gases are being accelerated by man-made contributions which raise temperatures and liberate more "natural" sources.<br /><br />Good for you, Rainman, for going vegan. I think you stated it well. People are free to do as they will. But they should be aware of the impacts they are having. An occasional STEAK is not going to destroy the planet. But if you can eat a chicken instead of a cow it does lower your impact on resources and on climate change. And if you go vegan the benefit is even greater.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37587685851009269272018-10-24T17:45:42.919-05:002018-10-24T17:45:42.919-05:00TTP (FLN: And the winner last night? The Bean and... TTP (FLN: And the winner last night? The Bean and the Cod*<br />Thx D-O, I finally figured out the Lady Gaga ref. <br />"In a stretch BOA". Conscious or unconscious, pun IM. ?<br /><br />Relatively easy Wednesday. Thx Mbee for the write-up. Owen for the verse. <br /><br />WC<br /><br /><br />*For this is good old Boston<br />The home of the bean and the cod<br />Where Lowells speak only to Cabots<br />And Cabots speak only to GodWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80582051162284477972018-10-24T16:53:24.346-05:002018-10-24T16:53:24.346-05:00Until you are comfortable with raw seafood, you ma...Until you are comfortable with raw seafood, you may want to try the cooked items available before the raw ones. Not all sushi is raw, which may come as a surprise to some, and you can make an entire meal from cooked food. Eel (unagi and anago) is always served cooked, and usually with a sweet and savory sauce. California rolls also have avocado, cucumber and cooked imitation crab meat (called kamaboko or surimi). You can get grilled squid (ika) or octopus (tako). Shrimp (ebi) is a good place to begin as unless you are ordering ‘sweet shrimp’ (ama ebi) it is always cooked. Clam is often cooked as well. Sushi restaurants also often make rolls out of items that are cooked tempura style (battered and fried). Some of these rolls (maki) are actually quite good. Some fish is ‘cooked’ in an acidic marinade, similar to ceviche, which is popular in many countries. With these items, such as mackerel (saba), the acidity of the marinade cooks the fish instead of heat, and adds a great deal of flavor to the fish as well. While a strongly flavored fish may not be to your liking, check the menu or ask to see what may be available. There are vegatarian sushi rolls and some containing a kind of omelet.<br />Properly prepared raw sushi is less often dangerous to your health than many common items. <br />The dangers in the romaine lettuce, jalapeno and chicken scares are greater than the raw sushi events.<br /><a href="//www.livescience.com/32163-is-sushi-safe-to-eat.html" rel="nofollow"> Is raw susho safe?</a>Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91653254051179423512018-10-24T16:41:18.459-05:002018-10-24T16:41:18.459-05:00Great puzzle today. Thanks to all.
Glad the meat ...Great puzzle today. Thanks to all.<br />Glad the meat issue is still on our minds from yesterday and previously. While I would never begrudge anyone their eating habits, I have made the decision to go vegan and am enjoying it. Doesn't mean I am proselytizing or preaching, but we should be aware of some basic facts that perhaps our descendants will be forced to face. Go ahead and enjoy your steak, poultry, cheese, omelet or whatever. <br />Spitzboov, I also am not sure about measurable amounts of methane attributable directly from cattle, but I am of the opinion that enormous amounts of methane are being released from permafrost thaws as the planet warms, which leads to more melting permafrost, etc., runaway climate change. Like the deniers, I hope it's not true, but I'm with the scientists.<br />I'm also with those who say we could feed the world's hungry by diverting all the grain and plants necessary to grow and feed cattle. We will never stop people from eating beef, etc., but I understand consumption is down some 35% or so in recent decades, a trend that is likely to continue.<br />The American Meat Institute (Chicago) used to put out The Story of Beef, which clearly showed the energy necessary in producing a steak (compared to plant-based foods, e.g.). It's been reprinted in many places. Best to all.Rainmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511366260609189046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70317345358120252702018-10-24T16:16:52.468-05:002018-10-24T16:16:52.468-05:00Missed yesterday due to a campsite scouting trip.
...Missed yesterday due to a campsite scouting trip.<br />But I did enjoy the Blog later. (more later...)<br /><br />Got the puzzle, and theme, but could not unscramble any of the<br />mixed drinks, except Stinger. Perhaps because I only enjoy hard spirits<br />on special occasions, and in limited quantities. (from experience!)<br />(Yes, gimme a wine (bottle) with Dinner, with a beer chaser for dessert...)<br /><br />BlueHen, your food description posts are killing me! I'm on a diet!<br /><br />In other contradictory statements, <br />I was going to post video about worms in Sushi, then rethought it...<br />While I am an advocate of learning, this is not a subject that is helpful.<br />Mercury in fish, yes. Worms in Sushi, No!<br />If you love Sushi, ignorance is bliss!<br />(Add a little wasabi, and go for the gusto...)<br /><br />On second thought, Perhaps this puzzle is learning moment!<br />A mixed drink, (with hard liqueur) will probably kill anything live<br />you consumed with your Sushi!<br /><br />(Hmm, no wonder Tinbeni never waters his down...)<br /><br />One more addendum, From last nite...<br />Britains pop up urinals? What a taxpayer wasteful idea.<br />I looked into it, and I would have peed on the dang thing before it ever got <br />finished popping up! Not to mention losing important parts <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8iR3pgt37I" rel="nofollow">if it went down</a><br />mid mission...<br /><br />Perhaps, a look at Amsterdams solution is in order...<br />With urinal cake, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUUQOC9-4bc" rel="nofollow">this should not offend anybody...</a><br /><br />(& is also fitting end to a night of mixed drinks...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74228015836879888102018-10-24T15:41:17.148-05:002018-10-24T15:41:17.148-05:00Went through this rather quickly....picked up SIDE...Went through this rather quickly....picked up SIDECAR right off the bat for some reason and I’m not a drinker. Only two markovers, MEREST b4 MEAGER and TRUE b4 ITIS....and despite the new to me BOGLE. <br /><br />I went Vegan for quite some time, didn’t miss meat much at all, but the dreaded Cheeseburger brought me down. <br /><br />Also, Harley riders don’t wave at riders on other brand motorcycles, never mind a Vespa. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2690999031807589922018-10-24T15:36:53.126-05:002018-10-24T15:36:53.126-05:00Picard - That is an interesting statement about co...Picard - That is an interesting statement about cows: "Cows also make a measurable impact on climate change through their methane emissions." Do you have a knowledgeable source for that comment that you might share with us? Such an absolute statement seems apocryphal. Cows are not the only ruminants and wetlands and rice paddies and forest fires are also known to be sources of methane. Last time I checked methane amounted to 0.00017%. Don't know how one would evaluate such a small factor. Doubling a very small number still gives a small number. JM2¢.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3745489200467920972018-10-24T15:36:35.267-05:002018-10-24T15:36:35.267-05:00Drinks: I thought MARTINI was a catch-all name for...Drinks: I thought MARTINI was a catch-all name for any MIXED DRINK. As a teetotaler, I have no experience except from reading. I thought I had 17a as daiquiri (DACERIS), but then remembered the correct spelling included a "qu". There is a local tribe named Jicarilla Apache. I'll let let you fill in your own joke for "Jicarilla daiquiri, Doc." STINGER I sorta knew (at least that it was something alcoholic) SIDECAR I thought was the whisky shot taken immediately after a chug of beer. Nothing mixed about it beyond that.<br /><br />BOGGLE is a word game, not a winery!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70398328266784911582018-10-24T14:56:28.811-05:002018-10-24T14:56:28.811-05:00Ah, DO, that's part of the hospital ambience. ...Ah, DO, that's part of the hospital ambience. If you're not uncomfortable, the nurses have failed.<br /><br />(Actually, this is more of the lawyer-driven tripe that befouls America these days: in order to do any procedure -- even BP or temperature -- the patient MUST give 'informed consent.' I know you're all laughing, because 'informed consent' at 0400? ... c'mon now, let's get real.)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7137003210202155602018-10-24T14:27:13.165-05:002018-10-24T14:27:13.165-05:00WikWak, I always enjoyed the 5AM wakeup so they co...WikWak, I always enjoyed the 5AM wakeup so they could inform me that I couldn't have any breakfast.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49579779147169415012018-10-24T14:27:12.670-05:002018-10-24T14:27:12.670-05:00Though spelled differently I wonder if this is a p...Though spelled differently I wonder if this is a puzzle related to Mike Shenk the WSJ editorLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56564343441243411802018-10-24T14:25:32.534-05:002018-10-24T14:25:32.534-05:00Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Tim and m...Wonderful Wednesday. Thanks for the fun, Tim and melissa bee.<br />Two for the price of one, today - we got a CW and a Word Jumble!<br />I got the theme and went looking for the word DRINKS mixed up. Oh, I found Martini, Gibson, Stingers but could not untangle SIDECAR. (I usually stick to wine - a VQA Niagara one preferably - never heard of BOGLE! hi Misty) <br /><br />Only one inkblot today where I changed Median to MEDIAL.<br />I smiled at Vickie Lawrence and MAMA after our recent discussion of Tim Conway and Carol Burnett. Hilarious.<br />Wawa means the town in Northern Ontario (north of Sault Ste. Marie) to me. I have linked that big goose previously.<br /><br />YR - interesting description of the sushi choices. I too think that would be a great way to try something new and know the price ahead of time.<br />My mother gave me TONIs as a child. Never again! I still remember the smell. Poker straight now (that's my hair, not my face as in GAGA).<br /><br />Wishing you all a great day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17874326686032116062018-10-24T14:21:15.113-05:002018-10-24T14:21:15.113-05:00Found this to be a pleasant, but pretty easy puzzl...Found this to be a pleasant, but pretty easy puzzle. Really didn’t need to get the theme, in fact MARTINI is the only drink I recognize. Gin and tonic is my drink of choice!jfromvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864768391894999950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68257665508271424532018-10-24T14:07:06.453-05:002018-10-24T14:07:06.453-05:00FIR in 15 minutes; about average for a Wednesday. ...FIR in 15 minutes; about average for a Wednesday. Thanks to Tim and Melissa 🐝.<br /><br />Hand up for being unable to descramble most of the drink names. After I came here and saw them unwrapped, I did know them all. Never tried several of them but due to a slightly misspent yute the names were familiar. <br /><br />Wawa also an unknown to this Illinois boy. Glad to see that I wasn’t the only one who tried shOTGUN before RIOTGUN. <br /><br />Didn’t care much for OKRAS. <br /><br />It surely must be nap time 😴. Still trying to make up for all the sleep missed in 4 days in hospital. "Excuse me, sir, but I have to wake you up to see if you’re sleeping well."<br /><br />Have a great day, all!WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.com