tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4497921163945544559..comments2024-03-29T07:44:30.564-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday April 3, 2014 Don Gagliardo and C.C. BurnikelZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63936875416307111352014-04-04T04:12:19.167-05:002014-04-04T04:12:19.167-05:00Spitzboov,
Yes. Special gimmick often calls for un...Spitzboov,<br />Yes. Special gimmick often calls for unusual number of black squares. We have encountered quite a few in the past Wednesday & Thurdays.<br /> <br />Burrito34,<br />Dear Argyle made the "Centerfield" video link. I often link but not embed YouTube clips.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5841135862964950042014-04-04T01:27:11.318-05:002014-04-04T01:27:11.318-05:00AnonT, in my earlier life, I used to get it; somet...AnonT, in my earlier life, I used to get it; something about Fourier Transforms or some such. My original degree was in EE at Cornell followed by a MSEE at USC. I learned an amazing amount of stuff that I wasn't very good at applying and didn't really enjoy. I guess that's why I eventually responded to bad times back around 1970 and switched into teaching. I was lucky to have found something I enjoyed and was good at. Now if I only had gotten a MSCW! :>)<br /><br />Right. That's the way I heard it originally too. I also enjoyed the new twist. <br /><br />If you are a fan of Quantum Mechanics and Heisenberg, you might like this one. <br /><br />* An electron is driving down a motorway, and a policeman pulls him over. The policeman says: "Sir, do you realise you were travelling at 130km per hour?" The electron goes: "Oh great, now I'm lost."Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61892522935249254332014-04-04T01:17:14.422-05:002014-04-04T01:17:14.422-05:00Bill G. - The way I heard the numbers joke (BTW - ...Bill G. - The way I heard the numbers joke (BTW - liked the twist)...<br /><br />A guy's 1st day in prison.<br /><br />At lunch someone stood and yelled "45!" The cafeteria erupted in laughter. Another guy yells "82!" Again, laughter.<br /><br />New guy asks his "new" friend what's going on ad he replies "We've been here so long telling the same jokes we numbered them to save time."<br /><br />New guy thought he'd try.<br /><br />"14!"<br /><br />The room was silent and he sat down. Sheepishly, he asked "new" buddy, "What Happened?"<br /><br />He replied, "Some people just can't tell a joke..."<br /><br />-TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80398392864809562622014-04-04T01:06:58.070-05:002014-04-04T01:06:58.070-05:00Joke time? Time to find C.C.'s other EEs out ...Joke time? Time to find C.C.'s other EEs out there. Hands up if you get this...<br /><br />How many EEs does it take to screw in a light-bulb?<br /><br />Only one, but, he has to do it in the frequency-domain.<br /><br />C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90981859731789120872014-04-04T00:45:39.253-05:002014-04-04T00:45:39.253-05:00Avg Joe, TTP, Bill G: great jokes. Can't let t...Avg Joe, TTP, Bill G: great jokes. Can't let the challenge be unmet:<br /><br />At a jazz club in New Orleans East,<br />Where men come to let their ears feast,<br />A man of the cloth<br />Was drawn like a moth,<br />As three bars walked into a priest!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46600343419562043222014-04-04T00:44:41.612-05:002014-04-04T00:44:41.612-05:00Dudley, does your interest in old clocks extend to...Dudley, does your interest in old clocks extend to my newly-acquired 19??s Hamilton railroad pocket watch? Dunno why I decided I wanted it but I did.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17101968227011435932014-04-04T00:18:37.434-05:002014-04-04T00:18:37.434-05:00JzB - Ballet AGILITY finally loaded. Wonderful. O...JzB - Ballet AGILITY finally loaded. Wonderful. Only my youngest stuck with it (oldest onto Choir), but she's not on-point yet. C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73595876671762049782014-04-03T23:58:20.192-05:002014-04-03T23:58:20.192-05:00Whoot! A C.C. Double-header today... Batter up.
...Whoot! A C.C. Double-header today... Batter up.<br /><br />It's a 1-1 series for me - a C.C. pzl (W) but my right field and line coaches failed to fully perform (L)... DNF. But we'll put this loss behind us and come out tomorrow swingin'.<br /><br />48a - I've heard NEVADAS and NEVADA no biggie for me.<br /><br />In baseball and puzzles I'm a purest, so ink in the paper (no red-letters) and no DH! (<i>sigh</i> accept it old man, the Astros are now AL). I'll google late in the week to find something but still DNF for me (though I'll accept a soccer tie - TDNF).<br /><br />I had so much fun with this puzzle, but my base runner's (and second hitter's) antics didn't fully break up the corners. Maybe if the squeeze was on...<br /><br />'Stros are 2-1 v. the YANKEES in the opening series.<br /><br />Bronx cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59026720858597248192014-04-03T23:52:11.909-05:002014-04-03T23:52:11.909-05:00Bill G 7:43 - I sincerely hope it's still wron...Bill G 7:43 - I sincerely hope it's still wrong, but I fear the nation is becoming too lazy to care. Misuse of lie/lay is like nails on a chalkboard to me.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2448671960824102162014-04-03T23:05:50.195-05:002014-04-03T23:05:50.195-05:00A man walks into a blog, and they say, hey buddy, ...A man walks into a blog, and they say, hey buddy, why the long face?<br /><br />windynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84476082990887231362014-04-03T22:05:50.015-05:002014-04-03T22:05:50.015-05:00* A photon checks into a hotel and the porter asks...* A photon checks into a hotel and the porter asks him if he has any luggage. The photon replies: "No, I'm travelling light."<br /><br />* The barman says: "We don't serve faster-than-light particles here." A tachyon enters a bar.<br /><br />* A guy walks into a bar. After a bit, one of the patrons shouts out "37." Everybody laughs. A little later, somebody calls out "54" and more laughter ensues. The new guy asks the bartender what's going on. The barman replies, "Everybody knows these jokes so we just numbered them to save time." This sounds crazy but the new guy figures he'll try it. So he yells out "71." The whole bar erupts with howls of laughter for almost a minute. One guy almost falls off the bar stool he's laughing so hard. The new guy asks the bartender why his joke was so successful. "Ah, that's because it's a new one. They've never heard it before!"Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86982423928768026402014-04-03T21:49:04.572-05:002014-04-03T21:49:04.572-05:00A neutrino walks through a bar...
A neutrino walks through a bar...<br /><br />TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31894909538675369062014-04-03T20:13:44.926-05:002014-04-03T20:13:44.926-05:00A pedant walked into a bar......well actually it w...A pedant walked into a bar......well actually it was a brew pub......Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44966828852746189552014-04-03T19:58:57.491-05:002014-04-03T19:58:57.491-05:00"Ignore your teeth and they will go away.&quo...<br /><br />"Ignore your teeth and they will go away."<br /><br /> TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79199165760656428132014-04-03T19:43:21.673-05:002014-04-03T19:43:21.673-05:00An ex-editor of the local paper, now a columnist, ...An ex-editor of the local paper, now a columnist, wrote about being tired and the need to go lay down. That's still 100 percent wrong, isn't it? Or has it been misused so often that it's now OK? Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15416752371030222482014-04-03T19:37:26.713-05:002014-04-03T19:37:26.713-05:00Does insurance drive up medical & dental costs...Does insurance drive up medical & dental costs? The doctors have to hire more office help to process the claims. Then there are all those people who sell and process the insurance claims at the insurance company. We have to pay their salaries in our premiums. Sometimes Medicare and the insurance companies don't pay for months which makes cash flows at the doctor's office and hospital difficult. But just try to get the receptionist to give you an appointment if you don't have insurance, or an insurance they've had trouble getting money from like Medicare. Many doctors here don't accept new Medicare patients. Or new patients at all.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-874917902073431302014-04-03T18:49:07.251-05:002014-04-03T18:49:07.251-05:00The grid scared me at first, but found several anc...The grid scared me at first, but found several anchors that made me a bit more confident. Hand up for the SW corner being the most difficult. LAT paper had "lab has lots of them" as the clue for 1 A. I think of a flask as more of a liquor carrier. FLUORO was one of the last fills former TOG and KIR were new ones for me.<br /><br />I agree with northwest runner - I don't think NEVADA should be pluralized. Just sayin.' <br />Ol' Man Keith- I feel your pain. My permanent teeth came through with no enamel, so my Mother gave me fluoride pills every day, but the teeth were always getting cavities no matter what I did. Finally found a dentist who took my work insurance and did a fine job. But when I retired, my insurance wasn't accepted and the other dentist I went to in my opinion, was just out for $ and did not get a return visit from me, I wish they could just lump in dental work with regular medical insurance, because if your teeth are a problem, it can affect your whole body.Maci45https://www.blogger.com/profile/07678580163776078289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1031788274428636892014-04-03T17:57:35.932-05:002014-04-03T17:57:35.932-05:00Greetings!
No internet last night. Bummer.
Thank...Greetings!<br /><br />No internet last night. Bummer.<br /><br />Thanks for interesting puzzle, CC and Don, and for expo, CC.<br /><br />Must admit to a DNF. Patience ran thin. Also, know virtually nothing about baseball. Tried to access cruciverb.com for circles. Could not find the puzzle on the site. What gives?<br /><br />Tax documents went to tax preparer (also a lawyer and a bunch of other things) via Harv this afternoon. Hours spent enormous. Medical hardware list totaled to over 8 grand. Doctor and dentist bills another 5. Medical insurance and prescriptions added to total medical. Mortgage about 19.<br /><br />I live much closer than Bill to prime EQ activity. Lost about 200K in 1994. Situation bad now as I cannot walk or pick myself up from the floor. (At least the big TV is bolted to the wall.)<br /><br />Suddenly its colder than it was in March. Strange.<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87785498103703259012014-04-03T17:53:05.326-05:002014-04-03T17:53:05.326-05:00Musings 4
-Keith, there is a scene Peggy Sue Got M...Musings 4<br />-Keith, there is a scene <i>Peggy Sue Got Married</i> where she travels back in time and gets to meet her grandfather who had died when she was much younger. Now as an adult she asks, “Grandpa, what would you do differently if you got a chance to relive your life?” His reply, “I’d a taken better care of my teeth.” My sympathies.<br />-PK, I don’t think I learned anything useful in the video but the woman making the presentation was very good at telling some kids in Indiana that pregnancy is only one worry of being promiscuous. She named 15 STD’s in rapid fire and told some unpleasant facts about them. The freshmen sat very still and took it all in.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18684771993881163832014-04-03T17:24:34.572-05:002014-04-03T17:24:34.572-05:00Lucina,
Maybe so. I'm aware of the tab now b...Lucina, <br />Maybe so. I'm aware of the tab now because in just one session I maxed out my annual insurance coverage.<br />But I am a suspicious cuss. I don't have the data, so all I am sharing is my impression that in general the ready payments from insurers must tempt providers as a group (each of whom individually is a hard working saint) to charge patients "whatever the market will bear." <br />Maybe someone else can point to relevant study...Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21795098486873168432014-04-03T17:15:48.613-05:002014-04-03T17:15:48.613-05:00Oh snap! I like to play along with Jeopardy!, but...Oh snap! I like to play along with <i>Jeopardy!</i>, but my old brain just isn't as fast as those young folks. If the answers today are even tougher than normal,I've got no chance at all.<br /><br />Weird, I've got a cousin (by marriage) whose name is Richard Brautigam. He used to work for a daily newspaper, but I don't think he ever wrote anything. Just one letter off the mark....desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41389774246381442672014-04-03T17:06:23.321-05:002014-04-03T17:06:23.321-05:00A timely and challenging puzzle today. Good to see...A timely and challenging puzzle today. Good to see the band back together. Had struggles in all areas, but the only unknowns wer pomace and OEO. So the O at that cross was any easy guess.<br /><br />PK, your chicken story reminded me of a short story by Richard Brautigan: "Revenge of the Lawn". The Cliffs Notes version without a spoiler is: The still is cleaned out to make way for a new batch, and the ducks eat the mash. Hilarity ensues. It's anything but highbrow literature, but it's amazingly funny.<br /><br />Jeopardy alert. Ken Jennings is on today. And the answers are all a lot tougher than normal. Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42454247657703416162014-04-03T17:01:52.684-05:002014-04-03T17:01:52.684-05:00Ol' Man Keith:
Do you really think it's in...Ol' Man Keith:<br />Do you really think it's insurance that has driven up the cost of dental work? I believe it's always been costly. Both my late DH and my daughter had serious dental problems and the cost was always very steep, beyond what insurance paid. Lately I've been visiting my periodontist and even a cleaning (which was part of the procedure) is several times higher than at my regular dentist.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37850592762003996322014-04-03T16:51:51.507-05:002014-04-03T16:51:51.507-05:00I'm sure Dave would have posted this later, bu...I'm sure Dave would have posted this later, but just in case he misses it, here you go:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/cat-cake-sweet_n_5078195.html" rel="nofollow">Cute Cat Cake</a><br /><br />Manac, you're up!CED Subnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22036119292909600912014-04-03T16:45:39.198-05:002014-04-03T16:45:39.198-05:00A word to the wise about dentistry.
I used to be ...A word to the wise about dentistry.<br /><br />I used to be a good patient, with regular checkups and all routine maintenance. But when I was hospitalized two years ago, I was thrown off my rhythm and let the years slide by without a checkup. Last week I cracked a tooth, so finally made a appointment for today.<br /><br />I am back home now--in pain and owing a lot of money above & beyond what my insurance covers. The damages? An old bridge had to be removed, two cavities tackled, an emergency root canal performed, and my jawbone "re-sculpted" to accept new crowns. The penalty for neglect.<br /><br />BTW, why is it that insurance has driven up the cost of dental work? Anyone?Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.com