tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5525388684715644369..comments2024-03-29T10:19:28.791-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, March 19th 2020 Morton J. MendelsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2637241319295258422020-03-20T06:28:53.563-05:002020-03-20T06:28:53.563-05:00Congratulations Sandyanon!
AnonT - you may be the...Congratulations Sandyanon!<br /><br />AnonT - you may be the only one still awake to read my late post😀CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65862436846482816092020-03-20T02:23:43.107-05:002020-03-20T02:23:43.107-05:00Anon-T
Yes, my second great-grandson was born on F...Anon-T<br />Yes, my second great-grandson was born on Feb. 28, beating the Leap Day by two hours!<br />Sandyanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156440590675492735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53569788078764810812020-03-20T01:31:48.939-05:002020-03-20T01:31:48.939-05:00PK - You are a hoot! That cat story took a turn a...PK - You are a hoot! That cat story took a turn and D4 comment... Not the walk of shame :-)<br /><br />Ray-O: wanted to ask (serious now) why can't Q-Tips be used? I assume the test looks for specific proteins that, even in non-sterile Q-Tips, wouldn't be present. Sophomoric?<br /><br />SandyAnon - I noticed your new Avatar (same USER ID) - want to boast the new baby?<br /><br />C, Eh! - even late, I love reading your posts.<br /><br />So... [I gotta set this up]<br />Yesterday Barney Miller was trending on Twitter [no, no one died, it was folks streaming old TV looking for time passers & yakin' re:best theme songs 'cuz #StirCrazy]<br /><br />Today, I'm wanting 'musher' for 32a 'cuz I've got '-US--', but I want a 'Y' for TYPEB (not yet ink'd).<br /><br />Hence - <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiCoLlHaVck" rel="nofollow">Nick's Mushy Mushy</a></b> came to mind.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58798408400331097182020-03-19T22:40:06.145-05:002020-03-19T22:40:06.145-05:00Thanks to each of you who wished Carol & me we...Thanks to each of you who wished <b>Carol</b> & me well. You are such caring people.<br /><br />Before lunch today, a further change was instituted. Now all residences (45) will eat all meals in their rooms.<br /><br />The quarantine keeping Carol and me in our rooms has been lessened from 14 days to 7. We will be paroled on 3-26, 3 days after <b>her 92nd birthday on 3-24.</b><br /><br />ÐaveD4E4Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722279710961820843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86790781469747579532020-03-19T22:26:31.465-05:002020-03-19T22:26:31.465-05:00When I was a waitress people who asked for Canadia...When I was a waitress people who asked for Canadian always expected Canadian Club. They never actually named a brand.<br />PK that's probably the way CAT FIT originated. I can just picture the dust up.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1236132671635710032020-03-19T22:10:14.211-05:002020-03-19T22:10:14.211-05:00LOL, I could not refresh before posting from my iP...LOL, I could not refresh before posting from my iPad.<br />PK just gave me my second belly-laugh of the night with her comment to D4😂CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14919933834018817972020-03-19T22:04:13.407-05:002020-03-19T22:04:13.407-05:00Very late to the party again, but checking in to s...Very late to the party again, but checking in to say thanks to Morton and Steve. <br />I completed the CW in three different tries through the day. Like YR, I noted the similar meanings of the first words.<br />I don't mind this sort of CW occasionally, but found it a little crunchy.<br /><br />Perhaps some of the expressions like VITA, CATFIT are regional, since some of us recognize them (but I do not use those two).<br />END seemed logical to me.<br />This Canadian filled in RYE pretty quickly; I don't drink whisky; don't know how I knew that.<br />Hand up for NORSe before HUSKY forced the K. <br />OAKIE was unknown; DH found PUEBLO for me. Our Steeltown is Hamilton.<br />No time to check if my HGT and Wt are on my driver's licence, but I don't think so. I wanted DOB.<br /><br />Good to hear from you D4.<br />sandyanon- yes we need the daily relief especially now. (I got my belly-laugh (more than a TEEHEE) from OMK today!)<br /><br />Stay calm, stay safe, stay distanced! . . .and keep washing those handsCanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15568635666100512362020-03-19T21:47:30.808-05:002020-03-19T21:47:30.808-05:00Hi Y'all! Thought the theme was fun for a chan...Hi Y'all! Thought the theme was fun for a change of pace, thanks, Morton. Steve, thanks for the great expo.<br /><br />I've been to PUEBLO, CO but didn't know about a steel mill. There is a big prison there. And yes, Lucina, the USAF Academy is not there. I've visited the academy north of Colo. Sprgs. PUEBLO is west on over the mountains a bit.<br /><br />39a Jack OAKIE: perps & a brilliant (for me) WAG.<br /><br />DNK: MCI, TSE (from that clue -- no cats), VIACOM, VITA.<br /><br />Not friDAY but PAYDAY, usually the same day in my working life. <br /><br />CATFIT: I witnessed the mother of all CATFITs when I moved to the farm with a cat & 3 kittens and tried to introduce them into the back porch with another female cat with kittens. Such threatening hissing, shrieking, leaping etc.! I had to put the town cats in another building or the farm cat would have killed them. Farm cat established a territorial line which she policed much of the time and started a CATFIT if she saw the town cat within 20 feet of there. This went on for days until farm cat got run over on the highway.<br /><br />D4: interesting to learn of your current experience. Hope you and Carol endure. Kinda like college dorm life when you have to cover your face and sneak into your girlfriend's place.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18254395296710822672020-03-19T21:45:09.781-05:002020-03-19T21:45:09.781-05:00I believe the designations Model T and Model A are...I believe the designations Model T and Model A are referencing, somehow, the shape of the frame the cars were built upon.Ruberaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881804458132876143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30027014824630064882020-03-19T21:21:47.826-05:002020-03-19T21:21:47.826-05:00Hi All!
Thanks Morton for the puzzle. I thought ...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks Morton for the puzzle. I thought the them was fun and, liked YR mentioned, we had the Con up-front [I'll confess, I was looking for FA, FE, FI, for a sec - FOrged, FAbricated, counterfeit]<br /><br />Excellent expo Steve! Call 'em like you see 'em even if we don't agree. I do recognize you have more solving experience and so narrative isn't novel to you (unlike current corona).<br /><br />WOs: NORSe, started Typed IN b/f noticing RYE's Y was in the wrong spot.<br />ESPs: embarrassed to say needed ABC run for second P in PEPS, OAKIE (like Jinx, I don't know Jack!), CAT b/f FIT<br />No problems w/ VITA nor END; I thought they were cute(ish) though, I did think the latter had something to do with theme / where the Con was headed.<br /><b>Fav</b>: Clue for ROLE was nice.<br /><br />D4 - Great to read you and Carol are being well watched-out for. Stop in oft and keep us updated.<br />BigE - I had to google spinal stenosis - sounds painful. Sorry man.<br /><br />Ray-O: We have at least two drive-thru testing locations in Houston<br />As seen on twitter: "So just how good do you have to be at basketball to get tested?"<br />//also LOL'd at: "Ok, we get it Europe. You all have balconies."<br /><br />Jinx - one of those seems like a 'soften you up' question leading into what they want to know...<br /><br />Play later!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42377958194505560382020-03-19T20:25:07.963-05:002020-03-19T20:25:07.963-05:00I don't often post, in fact, hardly at all. B...I don't often post, in fact, hardly at all. But I do the puzzle and read the posts every day, and really appreciate them, especially the humor and jokes. Thanks for the daily relief!!Sandyanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156440590675492735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14287448508757971742020-03-19T18:06:57.222-05:002020-03-19T18:06:57.222-05:00PS, meant to add; not having a musical background,...PS, meant to add; not having a musical background, I first thought of a RIFF as satirical skit or something so filled in VAMP (or could it be Camp? until VITA decided otherwise. Per MW: <br /> <br />2: a rapid energetic often improvised verbal outpouring<br />especially : one that is part of a comic performance<br />3: a succinct usually witty comment<br />4: a distinct variation : TAKE"TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11270366350489514022020-03-19T17:52:46.975-05:002020-03-19T17:52:46.975-05:00C-E Dave, I howled with laughter until I had tears...C-E Dave, I howled with laughter until I had tears running down my face. The officer had such a calming voice with glowing compliments at the beginning until all hell broke loose. The finale with the lady with the box was hysterical. Pinky certainly didn't help with his swift adoption, I would think. <br />TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65564033572447834762020-03-19T17:38:25.045-05:002020-03-19T17:38:25.045-05:00I recounted my memorable Chem. Tests .The teacher ... I recounted my memorable Chem. Tests .The teacher left the Periodic Table in full view.<br /><br />It's analogous to the MLB *Cheating" scandal. MLB provided the cameras and video footage and apparently said "But do not touch!"<br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77947858135017299782020-03-19T16:34:56.317-05:002020-03-19T16:34:56.317-05:00We used "fill in the bubble" answer shee...We used "fill in the bubble" answer sheets only for machine scored tests.<br />That Pinky was one scrappy cat! Good for a laugh.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5636010858695103882020-03-19T16:22:04.115-05:002020-03-19T16:22:04.115-05:00Took me some head scratching to solve this puzzle ...Took me some head scratching to solve this puzzle but solve it I did. Nice execution of the theme.<br /><br />Dave4EH, thanks for the descriptive update on your situation.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36968539943712693152020-03-19T16:19:13.339-05:002020-03-19T16:19:13.339-05:00Talking about tests -- I recall in third grade (I ...Talking about tests -- I recall in third grade (I think) there was a time and motion study. They had a box with 100 holes in the lid, each one populated with a small wooden peg. There was a second identical box, but with no pegs. The test was to see how quickly we could remove the pegs from the first box and put them into the holes in the second box. The instructor said, "If you drop a peg, don't stop to pick it up. Just continue on. The test stops when the last peg is removed from the first box." When I was told to begin, I picked up the box and smashed it down on the table. All the pegs flew out. "Finished!" I thought I'd aced the test, but the instructor was not amused.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55212928210435581252020-03-19T16:10:57.719-05:002020-03-19T16:10:57.719-05:00An excellent pzl from Mr. Mendelson. Enjoyable th...An excellent pzl from Mr. <b>Mendelson</b>. Enjoyable throughout.<br /><br />The reference to Eliot via his monogram, TSE, reminds me of the dystopian view in his 1922 poem, <i>The Waste Land</i>--a poem I know very well. I can't help but notice how well it fits our current crisis:<br /><i>Falling towers<br />Jerusalem Athens Alexandria<br />Vienna London<br />Unreal</i><br /><br />The first section of the poem, entitled "The Burial of the Dead," begins with a famous line, with words we can hope will not apply to us: <br /><i>April is the cruelest month...</i><br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> One diagonal on the far side.<br />The anagram tells us what we might have seen if old <i>Playboy</i> photos had not been "cleaned up" before going to print:<br />"<b>PRURIENT HAIR</b>"!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58220223549377836942020-03-19T14:48:50.816-05:002020-03-19T14:48:50.816-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Morton J. Mende...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Morton J. Mendelson, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Steve, for a fine review.<br /><br />Puzzle started slowly. I bounced around and got the easy ones. Still had tons of holes. Then I caught the idea of the theme and got the first two. Pretty soon I had the top half of the puzzle done. Bottom half was a little trickier. I stuck to it and finally finished.<br /><br />Liked the four grid spanner theme entries. I am sure that took some work to put together.<br /><br />Some tough ones: VAMP, AKIMBO, PAIR and ROLE, PICANTE, CAT FGIT, OAKIE<br /><br />Spelling of COUNTERFEIT slowed me down on the third theme entry. Once I plugged in BILL I figured it out.<br /><br />Dave4: Nice to see you today. Sounds like you are staying ahead of the virus. Keep on truckin'<br /><br />All my usual meetings are cancelled due to the virus. Supermarket is sold out of lots of items. At our local Jewel it is Seniors only from 7:00-9:00 AM each day. I think I mentioned before that all restaurants and bars are closed. Take-out is allowed. The Grand Master of Masons of Illinois has ordered that all Lodges cease having Meetings and Fellowship Events until May 1st. Then the York Rite, Scottish Rite, and Shrine followed suit. We have over 500 Lodges in Illinois.<br /><br />Anyhow, I have to go eat something so I can work on getting my weight back.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44304370458738364022020-03-19T14:39:22.749-05:002020-03-19T14:39:22.749-05:00Musing for Jinx
-Yes, I did have to fill in the an...Musing for Jinx<br />-Yes, I did have to fill in the answers and then punch them out on a piece of oaktag. I still corrected the sheet of the smartest kid first to check my work!<br />-I had a student whose dad was a lawyer and he told me the same thing. I did develop an ability to quickly scan an answer sheet to see if multiple circles were filled in. What have you learned to do in less than a heartbeat? :-)<br />-I could scan a class of kids in just a few minutes and give them back the very next day (or same day) for immediate feedback<br />-This also facilitated tallying the most missed questions so I could see where I needed to step up my teaching<br />-I graded tens of thousands of exams this way but also did assign essays or writeups and got to read adolescent drivel too. :-(Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30027681050416823482020-03-19T14:31:30.755-05:002020-03-19T14:31:30.755-05:00When I was 12 yrs. old I met a Norwegian ship capt...When I was 12 yrs. old I met a Norwegian ship captain who taught me a couple phrases:<br /><br />Kan du snakke NORSK? (Can you speak Norwegian?)<br />Kan du snakke tysk? (Can you speak German?)<br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71353779020332682272020-03-19T14:20:55.876-05:002020-03-19T14:20:55.876-05:00Aha! I found it!
The best example of a cat fit wa...Aha! I found it!<br /><br />The best example of a cat fit was under:<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/okZW3_5Gr4s" rel="nofollow">Pinky the Cat</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82831564188542856412020-03-19T14:08:26.513-05:002020-03-19T14:08:26.513-05:00d-o:
Grrr. Old age strikes again. Of course you ar...d-o:<br />Grrr. Old age strikes again. Of course you are right. Thank you.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78943445759004865992020-03-19T14:00:56.204-05:002020-03-19T14:00:56.204-05:00Hmm, will the cat fit...
Yes! I give it 10 points...Hmm, will the cat fit...<br /><br />Yes! <a href="https://images.app.goo.gl/7Bs8nJzgkHGsxdoc8" rel="nofollow">I give it 10 points on the Olympic cat dive scale!</a><br /><br />My OCD is Olympic Cat Dives...<br /><br />I will now return you to your normal paranoia... <br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67356325408412497632020-03-19T13:53:14.515-05:002020-03-19T13:53:14.515-05:00Working(?) in academia all of my career, VITA was ...Working(?) in academia all of my career, VITA was natural; that's what we called it. Never resume, never vitae, curriculum vitae when I wanted to appear smart.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.com