tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post5977142723617642108..comments2024-03-28T09:31:18.199-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, August 24, 2019, Ed SessaZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26779695672411802672019-08-25T01:01:34.673-05:002019-08-25T01:01:34.673-05:00errata say: {A+, B} I got the references :-) -Terrata say: {A+, B} I got the references :-) -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1514174670673831972019-08-25T00:57:19.789-05:002019-08-25T00:57:19.789-05:00Hi All!
Late, late, late. Oh, I did the puzzle e...Hi All!<br /><br />Late, late, late. Oh, I did the puzzle earlier this AM but I've been caught up today in a labour of love [read: I'm coding a giggly-hack; watch what you click. that and another greater project #Squirrel!].<br /><br />Tuffed it at NERTS. I had Boys wearing Ax cologne [double SIC] and no idea what a ADESTE is.<br /><br />Fun puzzle otherwise. ELOPE and GYM RAT was cute.<br /><br />Spitz - I donno where you come up with your JOD [Joke Of the Day], but I've loved 'em this week.<br /><br />If I sleep, I'll lurk tomorrow and properly thank Ed for a (nearly) doable Sat, HG for the expo, and y'all for lively post-game commentary.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71229607248357603852019-08-24T22:43:03.294-05:002019-08-24T22:43:03.294-05:00PVX: Years ago I spent quite a goodly amount havin...PVX: Years ago I spent quite a goodly amount having gutter guards installed. Can't remember the brand but they were solid metal not the waffle kind. Two years later I spent a goodly amount to have them taken off. Birds kept building nests in them. We couldn't figure out how the birds entered the narrow gaps. I'm now thinking of taking down my eaves troughs because my new yard men have let my downspouts get so clogged this year.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80047869449298245792019-08-24T19:41:45.263-05:002019-08-24T19:41:45.263-05:00Nooooo! Who’s playing?Nooooo! Who’s playing?SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67648224441963608722019-08-24T19:37:28.918-05:002019-08-24T19:37:28.918-05:00Hey people. There is a football game in ESPN righ...Hey people. There is a football game in ESPN right that actually counts. And as we speak(or type) the vaunted SEC is getting beat. I am rooting for the upset.Big ACC twelvenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49089511573106373612019-08-24T19:34:18.026-05:002019-08-24T19:34:18.026-05:00Spitz, a vegetarian Venus Flytrap. Very excellent!...Spitz, a vegetarian Venus Flytrap. Very excellent! Does it also avoid gluten?<br /><br />Jinx, wow! My favorite Sesame Street skit too! Thanks for bringing it back inside my memory bank.<br /><br />Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13227830664916143862019-08-24T19:28:04.139-05:002019-08-24T19:28:04.139-05:00Jinx, I hear ya! I’m for the Saints and whoever i...Jinx, I hear ya! I’m for the Saints and whoever is playing Atlanta! ain’t sports fun!<br /><br />I’ve never been a Cowboys fan, but I gotta admit I luv luv luv Dak!!! Classy guy!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28501276137542614502019-08-24T19:19:28.770-05:002019-08-24T19:19:28.770-05:00Same term(GYMRAT) applied to basketball addicts an...Same term(GYMRAT) applied to basketball addicts and serious training athletes (like Koepka).<br /><br />Cubs fans of old will tell you that Mr Cub was an outstanding defensive SS when he came up. One of the last of the Negro League players. <br /><br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1462230211472447702019-08-24T19:14:25.362-05:002019-08-24T19:14:25.362-05:00Swamp - I have two favorite teams - The Cowboys, a...Swamp - I have two favorite teams - The Cowboys, and whoever is playing the Eagles.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71659664837134909852019-08-24T19:13:00.539-05:002019-08-24T19:13:00.539-05:00Anon PVX @ 1619 said: " I just don’t unders...Anon PVX @ 1619 said: " I just don’t understand the United Kingdom remark...can you elucidate?"<br /><br />TTP is referring to HG's link on age limits. The link gives drinking age limits in most countries. In the UK you have to be 5 to drink but 18 to buy. <br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54928964065673553002019-08-24T18:53:23.694-05:002019-08-24T18:53:23.694-05:00Watching Saints/Jets preseason game. Yeah I know i...Watching Saints/Jets preseason game. Yeah I know it doesn’t count but at least it’s football! We get few enough games.<br /><br />Brees just led a 72 yard 7 play drive ending in a bomb to Thomas in the back corner of the end zone. Ho him. They do that so often it ALMOST gets boring... almost.<br /><br />Do we have Jets fans here? I know we have Giants fans . Every time Eli makes one of his many appearances someone comments. It’s more fun to have a fan of “the other” team watch together!<br /><br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44112772214721621222019-08-24T18:41:07.192-05:002019-08-24T18:41:07.192-05:00What a pleasant walk in the park this was - brisk ...What a pleasant walk in the park this was - brisk and therapeutic after yesterdays slug in the groin!! To me a good puzzle needs to teach me something I didn't know. This entry had two such words: Gym Rat (why in a gun show)!and Scad (a fish I never heard of since I only stream fished). Thanks for an enjoyable afternoon!Bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813467924796996540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43991549857571521352019-08-24T18:19:14.446-05:002019-08-24T18:19:14.446-05:00TTP, I loved that game!
Last night I finished rer...TTP, I loved that game!<br /><br />Last night I finished rereading ECOs Nane of the Rose. Fascinating book. The 2014 edition (the newest I think) has a postscript of 40 pages in which he explains what he was thinking. Almost as good as the novel. And then this morning, here it is.<br /><br />I also liked ECO and ECHO. Loved ELOPE for split for a union.<br /><br />Good Puzzle, Ed. Thanks. HG, loved your walkthrough.<br /><br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57688579287052601002019-08-24T17:49:41.291-05:002019-08-24T17:49:41.291-05:00YR, that may be, but the only times I’ve heard the...YR, that may be, but the only times I’ve heard the term used were about basketball players.billocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2671410248877916642019-08-24T17:48:37.063-05:002019-08-24T17:48:37.063-05:00Yellowrocks, that's my understanding too. Tig...Yellowrocks, that's my understanding too. Tiger Woods was called a GYM RAT by fawning golf analysts. I've heard Bruce Koepka and some of the UK basketball players called that as well. I'm so glad that Alan's new arrangement continues to work out so well.<br /><br />PK, sorry to hear about your childhood chum's passing. My little graduating class of 30 has only lost one. But we are getting to that age when our numbers will start to dwindle soon.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62041019367288144392019-08-24T17:14:37.689-05:002019-08-24T17:14:37.689-05:00Billicohoes, my definition of gym rat is so differ...Billicohoes, my definition of gym rat is so different from yours and agrees with the Free Dictionary.<br />"Noun. 1. gym rat - someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa. addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"<br />The gym rats I know are totally into the gym and many look like the illustration, overly dedicated and always at the gym. I could go to the Y any day of the week, any time of the day and they were there.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13574260784253860132019-08-24T16:44:34.390-05:002019-08-24T16:44:34.390-05:00Never thought of weightlifters as GYM RATS. A gym ...Never thought of weightlifters as GYM RATS. A gym rat is a minimally-talented kid who makes the team by practicing all day, then sneaks into the gym after it’s closed to shoot some more - you know, when his only company are the rats.<br /><br />Harvard, Boston College, Boston U, and Northeastern play in the BEANPOT Tournament, the highlight of the New England college hockey seasonbillocohoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63852307820010324062019-08-24T16:27:15.963-05:002019-08-24T16:27:15.963-05:00PVX, talk about timing... just caught up on the bl...<br /><br />PVX, talk about timing... just caught up on the blog...watching the LLWS with HI and LA.<br /><br />Some future stars in that game, for sure...<br /><br />It was HG's link at 31D, Age Limits...TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62863999626806360472019-08-24T16:19:24.309-05:002019-08-24T16:19:24.309-05:00
This Saturday Sessa seemed easier than one would ...<br />This Saturday Sessa seemed easier than one would expect....I guess Ed cashed the check, haha. <br /><br />No markovers today....he definitely cashed it. <br /><br />TTP...... I just don’t understand the United Kingdom remark...can you elucidate?<br /><br />I just helped my “guy” clean my gutters....again, full of pine needles. If anyone has “Leaf Filter” installed please comment. <br /><br />Enjoy the weekend, see you Monday. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71660591056508287752019-08-24T16:12:09.386-05:002019-08-24T16:12:09.386-05:00Happy Waffle Day, a salute to my mom's wonderf...Happy Waffle Day, a salute to my mom's wonderful homemade waffles. I never tasted any better, or even equal. Yummy.<br />The book, "Men Are Like Waffles-Women Are Like Spaghetti" sounds intriguing. From an Amazon review, "The title refers to the way most men usually compartmentalize their thoughts (hence the waffles because they have little "compartments"), and to the way most women's thoughts overlap (as spaghetti noodles do)." I recently reread a paper I wrote decades ago discussing why men's thoughts are so different from women's. We ought to be more understanding of each other.<br />I wanted wine BOTTLE before BARREL. Lushes!!<br />I got ORFEO with few perps -the advantages of having a music teacher ex with his extensive collection of records. So many advantages, but the disadvantage was that all the YES DEARs came from me, nary a shred of compromise. <br />We love chili con carne with beans and also mac and cheese, but we like them served on different nights, otherwise they are too filling.<br />LOL Spilt union/elope was a gimme and so funny.<br />We had an inordinate amount of 90+° days this summer. Today is glorious, in the 70's, not humid, clear and sunny. I wish spring and fall lasted longer.<br />Nerts seems so old fashioned. I find it in TV shows, movies and novels, but not in everyday speech.<br />IMO, grading on the curve is inappropriate with a class of equally bright, highly motivated studious individuals, who all score in the 90's.<br />I love Poe's short stories, including The Tell Tale Heart. <br />Alan comes home every weekend. Today we bought a unassembled desk for him. It hung out of the trunk of my car, so we delivered it to his home and returned here. Now we are going out for pizza. Truly we both have the best of both worlds.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51178836810429546522019-08-24T15:43:59.681-05:002019-08-24T15:43:59.681-05:00Jinx: This just in. The American Tall Persons Asso... Jinx: This just in. The American Tall Persons Association and the Gay Liberation Front have joined forces in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Seems they blew up a 50' dike.FEMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79015678880519812372019-08-24T15:38:38.553-05:002019-08-24T15:38:38.553-05:00Hi Y'all! Thanks, Ed, for a challenging midnig...Hi Y'all! Thanks, Ed, for a challenging midnight trek thru wordland! I thought the long ones were hard.<br /><br />Thanks, Gary, for a great expo! Glad to see you agreed there was no theme. I looked long & hard. I never made waffles because my wedding gift iron always stuck the waffles no matter how I tried to correctly season it.<br /><br />My dad always said "NERTS" but I didn't think that clue was good for that. <br /><br />ESSES: all perps. <br /><br />Never heard of just LAP BELTS, ETTA, MCCOY, ORFEO, MRCUB, SCAD.<br /><br />Hand up for Bottle before BARREL. Got WINE immediately.<br /><br />Wanted some type of shaver before CAN OPENER.<br /><br />1843 story, knew it had to be Poe, but tried "Pit and (the) Pendulum" first. Been a long time since I read POE.<br /><br />Beyond reason = INORDINATE. I realized I did not know the definition when it perped in. LIU. Alas, not in my vocabulary.<br /><br />My BFF had a large percentage of the shingles blow off her roof in an F4 tornado. She didn't know it was a tornado at the time and didn't go to the basement. She was recently widowed. Bad year for her. A former student came over with tarps and secured the roof before the 6" rain the next night. Whew!<br /><br />Same BFF messaged me today that our classmate had died. The late friend was my earliest playmate, a Shirley Temple look-alike we all adored through 12 years of school. I set her up on a first date with the man who became her husband for 50+ years. Hadn't seen her for 20 years because of distance between our homes. However, another sad day. Strangely, she was on my mind all day yesterday which was when she died. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63892939750193031912019-08-24T15:00:47.535-05:002019-08-24T15:00:47.535-05:00Jayce ~
I agree re. Orfeo ed Euridice's overtu...<b>Jayce</b> ~<br />I agree <i>re. Orfeo ed Euridice</i>'s overture. For a late Baroque piece, it is a no-nonsense intro. Gets right down to business--with just enough decoration to matter.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56505804099954960412019-08-24T14:31:30.667-05:002019-08-24T14:31:30.667-05:00Ta ~ DA!
Happy to finish a Sessa Saturday pzl wit...<i>Ta ~ </i><b>DA!</b><br />Happy to finish a <b>Sessa</b> Saturday pzl with steadily unfolding ease.<br /><br />So this is National Waffle Day, eh? <br />I ate an Eggo for b'fast. Does that count? I do like their new "fluffy" Belgian-style jobs, although today I was stuck with one of the leftover skimpy original sized ones. <br />That's okay; I wouldn't have eaten it if I didn't think I was getting <i>something</i> out of it. Right?<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23564851757883886202019-08-24T14:28:59.878-05:002019-08-24T14:28:59.878-05:00“... I speak of the pompatus of love.” sounded lik...“... I speak of the <b>pompatus </b>of love.” sounded like SCADS of love to me! <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/32295/11-obscure-references-classic-songs%E2%80%94explained" rel="nofollow">See #2</a>.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.com