tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4591738535677766023..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 C. C. BurnikelZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45583520393135518622016-01-13T20:37:54.307-06:002016-01-13T20:37:54.307-06:00IM - Oops, should have checked my notes better. S...IM - Oops, should have checked my notes better. Sorry.<br /><br />I let the bank pay some non-electronics payees like the garbage hauler and the lawn mower service by having them mail a check by snail mail. No charge to me and they pay the postage. I have not had a problem with on-line payments in 16 years. Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13181438419233274202016-01-13T20:32:46.681-06:002016-01-13T20:32:46.681-06:00Great PuzzleGreat PuzzleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74864101842190051922016-01-13T19:28:53.845-06:002016-01-13T19:28:53.845-06:00Spitz @ 5:32 - I really didn't catch your Two ...Spitz @ 5:32 - I really didn't catch your Two Sisters reference, maybe because the clue was Two Women! 😈<br /><br />I don't pay my bills online but I pay 98 % of them either through automatic deduction from my checking account or charged to a credit card. I do pay a couple by check and snail mail by necessity. <br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64432604555879103032016-01-13T19:25:49.090-06:002016-01-13T19:25:49.090-06:00I always had the opinion that Sean Penn is way, wa...I always had the opinion that Sean Penn is way, way overrated. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78783015632942572942016-01-13T19:03:19.533-06:002016-01-13T19:03:19.533-06:00Good evening all,
Loved CC's creation...alway...Good evening all,<br /><br />Loved CC's creation...always challenging. Worked on it late last night and early this morning which gave my brain a chance to mull over the clues that didn't click the 1st time thru. That Girl was one of my favorite programs, and I get a kick out of Modern Family too.<br /><br />Funny that Lucina put in prim before prig. I put in pric at first and was thinking to myself that CC would never use that word. Unfortunately I have used that expression while never using prig.<br /><br />I am also doing some soul searching after reading all the luddite comments. Hmm, I still pay bills (not all) by snail mail, but use a credit card for most things. I thoroughly check those bills before paying. Is that outdated? I now have a phone and can text, but still am finding my way around using apps(mostly not using them). I still use my gold card at Starbucks, not my phone, and have no idea how to preorder.omg, I must be one of those horrible people who find it hard to change.<br /><br />Thanks Bumpa, as always, for a great write up...always thankful to hear about the theme.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78001394110477484882016-01-13T19:02:40.585-06:002016-01-13T19:02:40.585-06:00I'm a staunch LUDDITE when it comes to bill pa...I'm a staunch LUDDITE when it comes to bill paying and anything financial. I haven't tried to figure out how to do it on line. I don't want anything like that, including my tax return on line. My daughter had a financial institution telling her that she owed mortgage money and was seriously behind when the debt had been long paid off. She'd go in and talk to the people and think she had it fixed. It was a computer glitch that refused to be fixed. Last I heard this had been going on for two years. Don't know how that will show up on a credit report if she ever wants to buy a new house.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56082764067669550042016-01-13T18:23:17.353-06:002016-01-13T18:23:17.353-06:00On being a LUDDITE:
I'm a quasi-one;
I want p...On being a LUDDITE:<br /><br />I'm a quasi-one;<br />I want paper bills,<br />Not just for fun,<br />When computers crash<br />From MSDOS ash<br />I know where I am.<br /><br />I play w/ computers for a living<br />And don't fully trust 'em<br />HaXors manipulate, <br />banks capitulate,<br />Send me a statement by CARRIER.<br /><br />(I'm going to blame Makers Mark + TheraFlu for that one).<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88754646630032853492016-01-13T18:00:46.202-06:002016-01-13T18:00:46.202-06:00REMORA was new to me. The others were familiar, e...REMORA was new to me. The others were familiar, except of course for ABPED, which was my mistaken answer for 4A, AMPED. <br />I really couldn't wait to read Jazzbumpa's explanation of why ABPED should be an appropriate response for "Fired (up)." Why? Because I had hitherto believed that sheep, goats, and all ovine critters like "Billy" said "Baa," not MAA. My bad. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51473544675629846212016-01-13T17:35:59.811-06:002016-01-13T17:35:59.811-06:00Watch out for the food Manac! Oh, that Mexico... ...Watch out for the food Manac! Oh, that Mexico... Did no else else think of <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWiG0oOSHMw" rel="nofollow"> SOAP, the SOAP, at 34a?</a>. Just a random episode.<br /><br />Big E - toeing the line there. Like I said //tin-foil hat on// PENN may be a patriot. How long did it take for us to find out about J. Childs w/ the OSS/? //tin-foil off//.<br /><br /> C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83763032840853980042016-01-13T17:32:22.568-06:002016-01-13T17:32:22.568-06:00IM said: I have four sisters. I guessed you prob...IM said: I have four sisters. I guessed you probably did being Irish and all. I was only trying to weave in the Two Sisters clue from the puzzle to see if I could maximize my comment. I'm guessing you got the context of my comment, too. Bottom line: I'm glad 3 of them are sane and normal. Luddites can be OK, too.<br />My neighbor pays his bills with desk-set checks - 3 per page with carbon copy. Feels more secure that way.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90075159608506848752016-01-13T17:03:54.691-06:002016-01-13T17:03:54.691-06:00YR- your adulation of SEAN PENN is obvious and I d...YR- your adulation of SEAN PENN is obvious and I don't care how many awards Mr. Ex- Madonna has. Nothing I wrote was political.<br /><br />Aiding and abetting an obvious criminal is usually a crime, no matter which country you are in. Plus if Mr. Penn had turned him in, maybe the FIVE people who DIED during El Chapo's capture would still be ALIVE.<br /><br />You want something political? I just found out yesterday that Hillary's good friend GENNIFER FLOWERS lived two blocks from my house for six years. Nobody in the neighborhood knew. She sold her house in late 2014.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75748940318333971172016-01-13T17:02:26.598-06:002016-01-13T17:02:26.598-06:00HELLO from Mexico, where it was 3 degrees yesterda...HELLO from Mexico, where it was 3 degrees yesterday and woke<br />up to 6 inches of new snow this morning!<br /><br />OK, It's Mexico, Maine. First time I ever heard of it. <br /><br />SMS did come easily enough. You tend to see it often enough when<br />you pay your daughter's cell phone bill and peek at the usage.<br /><br />OK, often is an understatement.<br /><br />Off to find dinner. It has warmed up to 15 today.Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19936613797660824422016-01-13T15:54:55.023-06:002016-01-13T15:54:55.023-06:00Hi All!
WAHOO! A C.C. Wednesday with a JzB chase...Hi All!<br /><br />WAHOO! A C.C. Wednesday with a JzB chaser (Jazz - I loved the Stairway to Heaven ref. and the silly English Ka-Ni-gitts).<br /><br />This puzzle took me way longer than it should have. I really didn't even want to play today but it was a C.C. so I knew it would be fun. I blame my Eldest for my head-throat cold and the TheraFlu for my fuzziness. The SW was the last to fall as I had Nemesis for ENEMIES. Once I ANCHOR'd that corner, I was done.<br /><br />Other major error - FedEx driver b/f MAIL CARIER. The rest was just slow coming (again, I blame TheraFlu). And, coming from C.C., 68a c/a was evil - I kept thinking baseball for Strike-out!<br /><br />Knew SMS. Didn't know SEAN PENN as clued, but after the recent news it was an easy guess. I think he's an operative; how else does a B-grade actor get that kinda access? Sure, I've read the "official" story......//tinfoil-hat off.<br /><br />Never seen The Hunger Games, but I'm guessing she is a <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bGuPKSBpyBY" rel="nofollow">different LIAM.</a><br /><br /><b>Fav</b> - c/a for SIR. LOL. Anyone else thinking Eminem?<br /><br />YR - Sorry to hear of Alan's troubles. The catheter can't be fun.<br /><br />IM - As a good Catholic boy, Roman Numerals come easy (XII Stations of the Cross). <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=okAD48PW7Tk" rel="nofollow">Van Halen's 1984 album</a> solidified it (you can't see it but the bottom of the album-cover reads MCMLXXXIV - yes, that's from memory). Sometimes, though, I do have to switch to Arabic numerals to finish the arithmetic.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85174299269130312702016-01-13T15:18:44.390-06:002016-01-13T15:18:44.390-06:00Hi gang -
I found this puzzle to be a little on t...Hi gang -<br /><br />I found this puzzle to be a little on the crunchy side for a Wednesday.<br /><br />Fun to blog though, and C.C.'s puzzles are always a treat.<br /><br />Back into the swing of rehearsals this week.<br /><br />TTP @1:19 -- well played!<br /><br />Gotta run - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDo4CA13LbY" rel="nofollow">there's bustle in my hedgerow</a><br /><br />Cool regards!<br />JzB<br />Jazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47062221243976481292016-01-13T15:17:58.899-06:002016-01-13T15:17:58.899-06:00Waaahooo! Such deeeevious cluing! Loved it. Anothe...Waaahooo! Such deeeevious cluing! Loved it. Another terrific writeup, Jazzb; thank you.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83018083755523701402016-01-13T15:10:40.029-06:002016-01-13T15:10:40.029-06:00Oh my! Looks like something is about to go down!Oh my! Looks like <a href="http://imgur.com/pXRXJJP" rel="nofollow">something is about to go down</a>!Dhlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83313163586199429792016-01-13T15:01:17.776-06:002016-01-13T15:01:17.776-06:00TTP, I did not read your earlier post because when...TTP, I did not read your earlier post because when I sub I have to bob and weave. I rather doubt you could bite Kim Jun Un's hand even metaphorically without consequences. Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21442186875682575432016-01-13T14:35:10.865-06:002016-01-13T14:35:10.865-06:00Oh, never mind. I see now that your sentence end...Oh, never mind. I see now that your sentence ended with 'I doubt it' And 'This is' was the start of the new sentence. I read it as 'I doubt that if This is a' and you intended to post a link to an image of some oppressive country where the word This was... <br /><br />Not having a good week. On Monday filled up the Bunn coffee maker with water and mindlessly put the carafe on the counter. Coffee went all over the counter. On Tuesday I decided to snow blow my helpful neighbor's driveway. There was a screen door closer buried in the snow, and it wrapped around the auger drive shaft and broke the shear pins. Took over two hours yesterday in the bitter cold to get it back in working order. Then today, bumped a six pack of ginger ale off the shelf in the basement closet. One can punctured open and sprayed all over the place. <br /><br /> TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73165275708634103882016-01-13T14:18:03.326-06:002016-01-13T14:18:03.326-06:00Husker, you must have not seen it in my earlier po...Husker, you must have not seen it in my earlier post...<br /><br />You said, "...visit with El Chapo may get him into some trouble, but I doubt it This is a country where you can bite the hand that feeds you."<br /><br /><br />Curious as to which country you were thinking of, or intended to link ? North Korea ?TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19413675114382451532016-01-13T14:01:09.414-06:002016-01-13T14:01:09.414-06:00Musings 2
-Yes it was Good Morning Vietnam where R...Musings 2<br />-Yes it was <i>Good Morning Vietnam</i> where Ray sang that song over the scenes of violence there. Oh Yeah!<br />-My sister is a LUDDITE and would make Oscar Madison look like Sheldon. The back seat of her car is 10 deep in pop cans.<br />-I can’t remember that last thing I pulled out of our mail box that couldn’t just as easily have been texted or emailed or forgotten altogether. <br />-My lovely bride is somewhat LUDDITIC in that she refuses to pay bills online and insists on writing checks and stuffing an stamped envelope. Is this a hill worth dying on? Nope!<br />-Dave, your last link did not make it through the filter. Clean up your act!! ☺<br />-Also, Dave, my electronic guitar tuner has been a godsend for years. Close enough by ear wasn’t cuttin’ in.<br />-BTW, as I’ve said before, if you can’t find it at Amazon, you don’t need it!<br />Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17444128089606925012016-01-13T13:36:58.181-06:002016-01-13T13:36:58.181-06:00Has this happened to you?
Has this happened to yo...<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/retail-education-liberal_arts-college-cost_of_education-purchase_by_credit_card-cbun69_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">Has this happened to you?</a><br /><br />Has this happened to you <a href="http://www.glasbergen.com/wp-content/gallery/retail-business/toon607.gif" rel="nofollow">(Redux...)</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.craveonline.com/site/182177-the-3-most-unintentionally-funny-infomercials" rel="nofollow">Wait, there's more!</a><br />(HG, Don't you dare buy the last one...)<br />(Avg Joe,,, maybe you should...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45507900215255914962016-01-13T13:19:14.818-06:002016-01-13T13:19:14.818-06:00CC, what a wonderful puzzle. Very challenging. ...CC, what a wonderful puzzle. Very challenging. No DESSERT (piece of cake) this puzzle. I knew from the ONSET that it would not be EASY. <br /><br />Especially the southwest. Had TARA and ERASE, and incorrect PaperRECORD, so I was pretty certain about TOUPEE for "head piece." And ruled out ENEMIES when I shouldn't have. That was all before subtracting 116 from this year in Roman Numerals for the easy MCM.<br /><br />Even after putting on my thinking hat and ditching the toupee, and entering MCM, I still didn't see TEMPLE, which stupefies me because I just spent two weeks in Temple. DOH ! <br /><br />Should have put it down for awhile. Perhaps then I would have seen ANCHOR. REMORA would have to have been all perps. <br /><br />JzB, Thanks for being the piper to lead us to reason, 'cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.<br /><br />Never thought about it before, but I would agree with your bent that URE is not a suffix to text. <br /><br />PK, sorry to hear you had that mishap. I'd been wondering where you were. Godspeed on your recovery. <br /><br />Husker, did you intend a link for "this is a country" ?<br /><br />Anon-T, from the other day about getting a rental car transponder for the toll roads... True dat, but I didn't know I was going to be driving on the Pickle (SH 130). <br /><br />CED, I see now I wasn't the only one that thought it might be toupee !TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45861006893236936082016-01-13T13:13:06.482-06:002016-01-13T13:13:06.482-06:00Aar was a gimme, a sign I have been doing crosswor...Aar was a gimme, a sign I have been doing crosswords too long...<br />Hmm, which reminds me. When I started doing CWs, CC's Monday puzzles used to kick my butt.<br />Then it was her Tuesday puzzles.<br /><br />Now I have graduated to having CC only kick my butt on Wednesdays & later...<br /><br />Ouch!<br /><br />At 1st I thought I could save myself with looking up a place name, (Amman) which<br />helped immensely. But the SW corner did me in<br /><br />CC, 46D Head piece? Do you know how much head scratching it took to get rid of "toupee!"<br />It was not until I gave up & looked up the "L" in Loren that I was able to finish that corner...<br /><br />Only to come to the Blog, read Jzb's (& watch) wonderful write up, to find<br />I Yahoo'd instead of Wahoo'd! (US Neys?) Dang it!<br /><br />Well,I am going to lick my wounds by looking at images of Caravelles<br />& Cassocks & try to figure out why which one was faster...<br /><br />PK, Sorry to hear about the foot.<br />I always try to look at the bright side, Let's see, Uh,<br />You can get out of military duty?<br />(Hmm, ok, I'll keep looking...)<br /><br />HG, My last piano tuner had one of those! It's incredible!<br />It will even tell you how much to overstress a string in order to<br />hammer it into tune. (update on the late Blog...)<br /><br />AVG JOE!@11:30!<br />I AM NOT SURE OF THE ABBREVIATIONS, but it sounds like you are going to...<br />No!!!!<br /><br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56671636696364453762016-01-13T13:02:00.534-06:002016-01-13T13:02:00.534-06:00Hi Y'all! Tough puzzle but thanks, C.C. Thanks...Hi Y'all! Tough puzzle but thanks, C.C. Thanks, JzB.<br /><br />Thanks for the good wishes. So sorry for Alan and you as caretaker, YR.<br /><br />I'm confused about the Sean Penn comments. From what little I heard, I thought Sean Penn's interview of El Chaco was what led authorities to capture him. Strange to find Penn in a puzzle, especially after the day of notoriety.<br /><br />I finally made my first purchase of something on line that wasn't a book. It surprised my by arriving on a Sunday left on my porch. Had to email my son-in-law to bring the big box inside. No LUDDITE by choice. The best way of communicating with my kids seems to be email. If they are busy, they don't answer their smart phones. I haven't learned how to text. I tried, but have only managed to send one. No one has taken the time to straighten me out. The one I did type out took much too long anyway.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65967229184273839422016-01-13T12:35:07.165-06:002016-01-13T12:35:07.165-06:00HG I think "Sleepless in Seattle."HG I think "Sleepless in Seattle."Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.com