tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4941486910889450069..comments2024-03-28T14:31:25.599-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, December 13 2017, Brian GubinZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83522015181372007032017-12-14T20:36:18.421-06:002017-12-14T20:36:18.421-06:00Coach J: I always use vinegar to clean the coffee ...Coach J: I always use vinegar to clean the coffee makers. Also, I soak paper towels and wrap them around any minerals on the faucets. Also any glass I constantly use to water plants. Red wine vinegar is for salads, white for cleaning! 😉Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30759963736519696092017-12-14T14:07:18.956-06:002017-12-14T14:07:18.956-06:00melissa's comment was a link to the Wiki page ...melissa's comment was a link to the Wiki page about AME, perhaps you missed it.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29245566313953625352017-12-14T13:56:26.494-06:002017-12-14T13:56:26.494-06:00AME = African Methodist EpiscopalAME = African Methodist EpiscopalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860872540720577992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26554600450233109422017-12-14T01:08:45.267-06:002017-12-14T01:08:45.267-06:00Coda - YR I too thought of DOHA Doc @39d. I hope ...Coda - YR I too thought of DOHA Doc @39d. I hope he'll chime in again; he was fun. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40720186074984633432017-12-14T00:54:30.081-06:002017-12-14T00:54:30.081-06:00#NotTheJinx says...
Rockets cruised after the fir...#NotTheJinx says...<br /><br />Rockets cruised after the first 20 points to 11 wins in a row. I was near-court on the Rocket's bench side and Bro (in Ohio for some reason) saw me on TV a number of times. I have a pic to prove it. #NotAn00b :-)<br /><br />MDE DeFarge & Lucina: Vinegar is excellent to DELIME most anything. A little Apple Cider vinegar will DELIME your insides too! Just a Hint from Heloise.<br /><br />How'd Fantasy Island's Tatoo chide the bartender upon receiving an ungarnished Corona?<br />DE LIME! DE LIME!<br /><br />//I'll see myself out...<br />-TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39571760598419239912017-12-14T00:14:10.662-06:002017-12-14T00:14:10.662-06:00Madame DeFarge:
I agree that vinegar is an excelle...Madame DeFarge:<br />I agree that vinegar is an excellent cleaner for the coffee maker. Once every 30 days keeps it nice.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43819648206558107182017-12-13T22:01:43.302-06:002017-12-13T22:01:43.302-06:00MADAME DEFARGE, do you use CLR to de-lime your cof...MADAME DEFARGE, do you use CLR to de-lime your coffee maker? I always used vinegar to clean it out.<br />YELLOWROCKS, I like pickled okra...tasty with a sandwich or in a Bloody Mary. Also, I prefer EPCOT at WDW as well...especially the food and wine festival in the fall. Animal Kingdom is my second favorite...the Avatar virtual reality experience is great.Coach Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890697492875233628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63466267178935019942017-12-13T21:40:37.777-06:002017-12-13T21:40:37.777-06:00Picard:
I love your photos of Bryce Canyon! As clo...Picard:<br />I love your photos of Bryce Canyon! As close we live to Utah I have never been farther than Page, AZ which lies on the border. My late DH left us before we could make that trip and I just haven't gotten around to it. I must correct that.<br /><br />I'm not a fan of rap music and before today's puzzle had not heard of NAS then he appeared on the news! You just never know where knowledge will take you! Apparently he's a big star!<br /><br />Well, I feel ever so much better today. I believe I'll be able to carry on and I'm really far behind. By now decorating should be done but that will start tomorrow. At least the cards are mailed.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74702240019721532692017-12-13T20:53:16.569-06:002017-12-13T20:53:16.569-06:00Hi Y'all! I'll see if I can stay awake lon...Hi Y'all! I'll see if I can stay awake long enough to post. I think I'm going into winter hibernation mode. I did the puzzle at midnight. Didn't see the dogs except for the reveal. Think I was looking for breeds. Great fast fun, Brian. Thanks for a good one, melissa.<br /><br />CLAPTON/EPCOT was the last to fill. Wasn't familiar enough with his music to remember he played guitar until I had some perps. <br /><br />My grandson got a husky pup for Christmas. Haven't seen it yet. His last dog, a part mastiff, was run over playing games with his dad's moving pickup. My grandson is a football playing husky 12 yr. old so I guess he can handle a husky dog. On the farmstead, it'll have plenty of room to run. Hope it isn't as set on knocking down old grandma's as the last dog was.<br /><br />Picard: liked the Bryce Canyon photos. Been there on a bus trip but didn't go down into the Canyon which was fine with me at the time.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62438159072697279102017-12-13T19:09:40.752-06:002017-12-13T19:09:40.752-06:00Interesting puzzle. I moved on to other things as ...Interesting puzzle. I moved on to other things as soon as I finished solving and didn't get back to look for the clever theme.<br />Favorite was flying solo/HAN. <br />I do not care for okra. Slimy.<br />Have you seen the oldie, Rebel Without a Cause, in Netflix recently? Sal Mineo costarred. His name always reminds me of a former student unfortunately named named Sal Minella.<br />Picard, Bryce Canyon is my favorite also. Such beautiful scenery. Thanks for the memories.<br />I preferred Epcot to Disney World in Orlando. <br />We have many AME (African Methodist Episcopal) churches near here. <br />I needed a few perps to jog my recall of Giacoma and Nikolai.<br />I spent many an hour in the college caf playing bridge with my finace instead of practicing the piano, ergo, I cannot play the piano. He was a music major and played the piano well. BTW We did call it the caf.<br />Years later I spent many hours playing WAR and other games with my grandson.<br />DOHA CSO to former Cornerite DOHA DOC.<br />I spent the day resting my back (stenosis) by finishing my Christmas cards and wrapping mail away gifts which I schlepped to the post office. Tomorrow I will tackle the decorating again.<br />From yesterday, Picard you received pennies for Hanukkah? These days in this affluent neighborhood the kids receive $100 toys and electronics, still not as lavish as their Christian friends receive.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24305624984468797192017-12-13T19:06:38.633-06:002017-12-13T19:06:38.633-06:00Hi All!
Thanks Brian for an easy Wed puzzle and f...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks Brian for an easy Wed puzzle and for stopping in to clarify ODIE, Gubdude. Congrats on the debut!<br /><br />Thanks mb for the expo and saving me a Google to Guitar Gods //can't believe Alex Lifeson is only 98 on that list... Alas, RUSH gets no respect from Rolling Stone.<br /><br />Little Rascal's HE MAN's women-hater's club "sound-track" is used at the beginning of REO Speedwagon's Rough Guys song. //sorry, no links today - pressed for time.<br /><br />WO: DEL b/f DLR @63a<br />ESPs: NIKOLAI, GIACOMO, AME.<br /><b>Fav</b>: Seeing TREO in the grid. I'm cool w/ my iPhone but I do miss my TREO 650.<br /><br />{B+} {Cutes, HA!}<br /><br />Eldest uses CAF. Me: "You going to that Thai place again w/ your friends." "No, we're just going to the CAF."<br /><br />OKL provided the correct spelling of N00B. Mostly used derogatorily to those who don't know the eRoom / asks questions easily found in the FAQ.<br /><br />Well, I'm off to an NBA game. Let's see if Rockets can go to 11. Like TTP, they've got 10 in a row. #IHopeImNotTheJinx<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68585591567103598212017-12-13T17:10:39.589-06:002017-12-13T17:10:39.589-06:00Actually, SOLVING the theme is part of the Solve. ...Actually, SOLVING the theme is part of the Solve. Of which I failed. First to grok that we were looking for dog names and then not finding any. <br /><br />I started real slow. My "technique" is to find one solid fill/cross. I hoped Mr Gubin wasn't expecting us to know the actual town in ALABAMA and BASIL seemed tasty. <br /><br />But from there it was all downhill. Betsy's into YOGA and the Naticks were all Norwoods. I had to guess GIACOMO. I had a parrot named that who flew away one day, never to be seen again. <br /><br />We had Siberians in the nineties. We're down to a pair of crimson bellied conures now. <br /><br />Melissa B, that was forunate that you linked PAL. What a story. <br /><br />Moe, since CLAP and GROIN were in the grid I can see how whore-humor arose. And Owen had the penultimate pun. I had thought that DEBILE might be 51D. <br /><br />I had a friend that swam every day at St Pete Beach. He self published a book 12 Billion Years that he showed to a couple that were enthusiastic about it. They "Took off for the coast" and the book showed up in the theme song of TBBT. <br /><br />He got poisoning from the Gulf oil spill and died of cancer. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40850781820982168312017-12-13T16:36:14.042-06:002017-12-13T16:36:14.042-06:00A nice typical,Wednesday puzzle, didn’t care about...A nice typical,Wednesday puzzle, didn’t care about the theme, not needed to solve. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3352354414681539342017-12-13T16:12:54.659-06:002017-12-13T16:12:54.659-06:00Hmm,
Bananarama was totally lost on me...
Back a...Hmm,<br /><br />Bananarama was totally lost on me...<br /><br />Back around then, I was listening to Allman Bros,<br />Led Zep, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, & Yes...<br /><br />So When You guys say Bananarama, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMl6HnhFFIA" rel="nofollow">I was thinking this...</a><br /><br />Oh God! I have got to get "that" outta my head...<br /><br />Lessee, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Hd3uWKFKY" rel="nofollow">Better memories...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20325427282162629822017-12-13T15:59:48.925-06:002017-12-13T15:59:48.925-06:00TTP @ 1442:
Was ist los? is correct. Kind of idi...TTP @ 1442:<br /><br />Was ist los? is correct. Kind of idiom; ie, it can mean "What's the problem", "What's happening?", Wa's'up? Many nuances, some depending on context.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9979538916623870252017-12-13T15:52:16.954-06:002017-12-13T15:52:16.954-06:00I really like Lindsey Buckingham's guitar play...I really like Lindsey Buckingham's guitar playing, especially <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kPF3rdAxdA&list=PLAUUQGrxnXBamsdkU1C2IJKKJrzzib5ul" rel="nofollow">I'm So Afraid</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fwmKrfZyo&list=PLAUUQGrxnXBamsdkU1C2IJKKJrzzib5ul&index=8" rel="nofollow">Big Love</a> from their album "The <br />Dance."Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87417879757490184362017-12-13T15:18:35.894-06:002017-12-13T15:18:35.894-06:00BTW, let it be noted that the word is spelt N00B, ...BTW, let it be noted that the word is spelt N00B, or even better NØØB, but not NOOB.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68071577800130207222017-12-13T15:10:16.563-06:002017-12-13T15:10:16.563-06:00Ol'Man Keith, how wonderful that you were able...Ol'Man Keith, how wonderful that you were able to enjoy our wonderful coastline so fully during your many years here. I hardly ever get to the beach anymore, even though I can see the ocean any time I drive from the Top of the World down into Laguna. You're inspiring me to make visits to the beach a New Year's resolution. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8990817888696839222017-12-13T14:49:44.650-06:002017-12-13T14:49:44.650-06:00Dave 2, I completely agree with Chet Atkins. He wa...Dave 2, I completely agree with Chet Atkins. He wasn't into showy or fast (though he could do that too) as much as rhythmic and melodic. And then there was Andres Segovia and all of his disciples of the classical guitar.<br /><br />Ol' Man Keith, I agree that the weather around here is great (though there are more Santa Ana weather conditions (hot and dry winds) than there used to be. The Pacific still warms up in the summer but it never gets as warm as the waves on the east coast beaches. I'm ready for some rain!Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62516090732682542682017-12-13T14:48:38.968-06:002017-12-13T14:48:38.968-06:00D4E4H @5:37,
Yes sir! Unfortunately, you're ri...<b>D4E4H</b> @5:37,<br />Yes sir! Unfortunately, you're right - about my diagonals being blocked in both directions. The first interruption comes at square 49. <br />But that wasn't such a loss today. At least it freed me to explore other fills. I found the clues along the diagonal chewier than in other sectors, so at least I could permit myself to jump around sooner than I otherwise might.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3646730425883184552017-12-13T14:42:18.801-06:002017-12-13T14:42:18.801-06:00Oas and Spitzboov, thank you. Yes, as you both no...<br />Oas and Spitzboov, thank you. Yes, as you both noted, it should be dem Keller. I'm sure my spelling is off too, but glad you verstehe my attempt. Should be, "was ist los", correct ?<br /><br />As many times as I heard it, I should know it word for word. <br /><br />When I served in Germany, GIs would say "was ist los ?" to each other as a greeting in the "what's going on ?" connotation. <br /><br />I greeted my future wife's oldest brother Sep with was ist los at the first Christmas dinner gathering of the family after we started dating. He replied with the joke and everyone burst out laughing. <br /><br />All these years later, and I still get kidded with that response.<br />TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21274266520918985722017-12-13T14:37:12.764-06:002017-12-13T14:37:12.764-06:00Misty,
I remember the first winter I flew into SoC...<b>Misty</b>,<br />I remember the first winter I flew into SoCal, back when Orange County's airport was an over-sized Quonset hut (before it was named after John Wayne), to visit a friend who was a founding faculty member of UC Irvine. <br />We stayed at his place overlooking a section of beach at Corona del Mar. I was shocked - <i>d'you hear, shocked!</i> - to see swimmers frolicking among the waves in mid-December. It seemed so unnatural, immoral even. <br />Much later, when I joined the same faculty, I lived for part of my first year in the old Balboa Inn, on Balboa Peninsula. I always loved the water, so found I could swim almost <i>every day</i>! <br />Even when the weather turned chilly, the water was fine, and anyway I could race from the shoreline to my shower. Only in mid-March did the water turn so cold it forced my diaphragm to heave - a dangerous thing for a swimmer. For a couple of weeks in early spring the water stayed too cold to enjoy. <br />Once things warmed up, I moved from beach to beach, learning the best spots all the way down to San Diego. I particularly enjoyed swimming off San Onofre. <br />I was pretty much a straight swimmer, not into surfboarding. I took up Scuba diving for a while, esp. out to the Channel Islands.<br />This was back in the '80s, so I don't know if the same conditions apply. I expect climate change to wreak (gradual?) havoc with old weather patterns. In any event, SoCal weather is unlike anywhere else on earth.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3141687468449442122017-12-13T14:04:03.734-06:002017-12-13T14:04:03.734-06:00I just saw a Monarch butterfly land on one of our ...I just saw a Monarch butterfly land on one of our milkweed plants in the back! Can you believe it--in December! I'm just stunned--and totally delighted by this lovely gift.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78551673501626575872017-12-13T14:03:49.438-06:002017-12-13T14:03:49.438-06:00Got all the starred clues before the reveal; did n...Got all the starred clues before the reveal; did not go back to look for the dog names.<br /><br />Had a coworker on the PALEO DIET; the stuff he ate looked disgusting.<br /><br />Long time since I heard of BANANARAMA.<br /><br />Had ARTISAN before PALE ALE; everything seems to be artisan(al) nowadays.<br /><br />Melissa, thanks for finally showing me Utah's six aides.<br /><br />NIKOLAI Gogol: did not recall his first name until crosses showed me the Russian name (НИКОЛАЙ).<br /><br />Did remember GIACCOMO Puccini.<br /><br />Smart ALECkS?Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52188207664354172872017-12-13T13:58:43.968-06:002017-12-13T13:58:43.968-06:00Nice puzzle. Well done. Except for CAF and SESAMES...Nice puzzle. Well done. Except for CAF and SESAMES. Liked EGGHEAD and DOOORDIE. Excellent clue for SUSPECTS. Three hefty proper names: CLAPTON, NIKOLAI, and GIACOMO. One mid-sized proper name: SELES. And five small proper names: DOC, ENO, NAS, SAL, and HAN, which is also well-clued. Throw in RLS, too, why not. Lotsa names!<br /><br />Saw Chelsea in NCIS:New Orleans last night.<br /><br />I like okra in gumbo; that's about it, though.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.com