tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6103974043478896812..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, Sep 26th, 2015, Don GagliardoZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21162235225282595232015-09-28T11:47:47.774-05:002015-09-28T11:47:47.774-05:00Took me 2 hrs to install & 2 hrs to fix a flas...Took me 2 hrs to install & 2 hrs to fix a flashing screen problem. Had to use another pc to search for solution. Royal pain. After getting used to 8.1 on my laptop, Window 10 is a big meh. Not impressed. But 8.1 support will decline, so might as well go with 10. It's probably better, but don't expect anything fabulous. "So good we skipped past 9!" Start button now works more like it did in 7 after all the howls of protest. At thus stage I find it harder to find some things than in 8. Why does MS always juggle things around. So annoying. Last thought...take it while it's free. Since when has MS ever given anything away? Freondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872137389144605317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71727303045818711292015-09-28T01:47:31.834-05:002015-09-28T01:47:31.834-05:00You can turn off the password requirement but it t...You can turn off the password requirement but it tends to come back. Google how to do it. Several ways...one should work. If you log in to you MS acct, say to use their cloud service, then I think logging in is mandatory. My laptop has a fingerprint reader, and using that makes log in easyFreondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872137389144605317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68176841042116964312015-09-28T01:40:06.552-05:002015-09-28T01:40:06.552-05:00Oh yeah... it you want a touch screen pc, you need...Oh yeah... it you want a touch screen pc, you need 8 or 10. I do like being able to just touch the screen to make things happen, like on a smart phone.Freondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872137389144605317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31504040590455217142015-09-28T01:36:07.660-05:002015-09-28T01:36:07.660-05:00Took me 2 hrs to install & 2 hrs to fix a flas...Took me 2 hrs to install & 2 hrs to fix a flashing screen problem. Had to use another pc to search for solution. Royal pain. After getting used to 8.1 on my laptop, Window 10 is a big meh. Not impressed. But 8.1 support will decline, so might as well go with 10. It's probably better, but don't expect anything fabulous. "So good we skipped past 9!" Start button now works more like it did in 7 after all the howls of protest. At thus stage I find it harder to find some things than in 8. Why does MS always juggle things around. So annoying. Last thought...take it while it's free. Since when has MS ever given anything away? Freondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872137389144605317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91680493420916403932015-09-26T22:42:21.194-05:002015-09-26T22:42:21.194-05:00Greetings!
Yesterday's puzzle fine, today'...Greetings!<br /><br />Yesterday's puzzle fine, today's awful. Went to red letters eventually.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Dennis! Do you ever read the blog anymore?<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16588903170144905702015-09-26T20:38:51.265-05:002015-09-26T20:38:51.265-05:00Lemonade, I couldn't recall that we had a rec...<br /><br />Lemonade, I couldn't recall that we had a recent appearance of ORLOSO; it was AMOROSO. We did have ORLOSO Oct 20th, 2013. So this is the second time I've never heard of ORLOSO. <br /><br />Yea, I know, wrong piece. <br /><br />Happy Birthday Dennis ! TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72662891975077383012015-09-26T20:23:43.785-05:002015-09-26T20:23:43.785-05:00Hello, friends!
Hi, Dennis. I hope you had an exc...Hello, friends!<br /><br />Hi, Dennis. I hope you had an exceptional birthday!!<br /><br />Well, DonG, true to his name, hard G, gave me just that, a hard time. After working for my allotted time I stopped, went on to other dutes, then came back and forth several times, even look up SABO, who I believe appeared some time ago but I couldn't remember him. <br /> <br />Finally, by dinner time I filled OPS and NAP and was done! The East End was mostly doable but the middle and far West gave me fits.<br /><br />So thank you, Don G, for the challenge and Splynter, thank you, for your fine analysis.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50192267476696220282015-09-26T19:36:47.726-05:002015-09-26T19:36:47.726-05:00For Dennis on his birthday....
An old, blind cowb...For Dennis on his birthday....<br /><br />An old, blind cowboy wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels.<br />After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, 'Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?'<br />The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, 'Before you tell that joke, Cowboy,<br />I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things:<br />1. The bartender is a blonde girl with a baseball bat.<br />2. The bouncer is a blonde girl with a 'Billy-Club'.<br />3. I'm a 6-foot tall, 175-pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.<br />4. The woman sitting next to me is blonde and a professional weight lifter.<br />5. The lady to your right is blonde and a professional wrestler.<br />'Now, think about it seriously, Cowboy ... do you still wanna tell that blonde joke?'<br /><br />The blind cowboy thinks for a second, shakes his head and mutters, 'No... not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times".Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31497740394562224302015-09-26T19:03:45.968-05:002015-09-26T19:03:45.968-05:00Why would anyone want to use an OS where "you...Why would anyone want to use an OS where "you absolutely need to have an internet connection all the time" and where you have to "type your password every time to you turn your computer on or wake it up from sleeping"?<br /><br />Whose computer is it, yours or Microsoft's?<br /><br />YR says, "I am happy with my Windows 7". If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Especially if you're going to get a new computer in a year or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66428143142362469332015-09-26T18:56:28.507-05:002015-09-26T18:56:28.507-05:00Yellowrocks, I upgraded from Windows 7 (which I li...Yellowrocks, I upgraded from Windows 7 (which I liked a lot) to Windows 10 a month or so ago. I like it fine, but it is different, slightly so, in many ways. I found I needed some computer know-how to put everything back to the way I like it, but overall it was painless. Personally, for what I use my computer for (web browsing, email, and engineering) I find no particular advantage to it, but I don't use all the bells and whistles it has to offer. I still use Firefox, because I haven't bothered to figure out how to use Edge, their new browser. If you have had backups scheduled, you will need to set your backup preferences again. Other than that, I recall everything else basically worked just fine.<br />Oh, you absolutely need to have an internet connection all the time, because Windows 10 "phones home" often. You will also need to set up a "Windows Live" account and make a password for yourself; it requires you to type your password every time to you turn your computer on or wake it up from sleeping. It walks you through the process.<br />All my applications continued to work fine, including my anti-virus software (AVG free).<br />I say go for it.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12977249682324089832015-09-26T18:45:58.157-05:002015-09-26T18:45:58.157-05:00Happy birthday, Dennis. I respect you a lot. May y...Happy birthday, Dennis. I respect you a lot. May you be doing well.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17445455455129254542015-09-26T17:35:39.529-05:002015-09-26T17:35:39.529-05:00Thanks -T ! Thanks -T ! Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77029569316294224962015-09-26T17:19:04.165-05:002015-09-26T17:19:04.165-05:00YR: My niece, a retired nurse, is definitely not ...YR: My niece, a retired nurse, is definitely not tech savvy. She upgraded to Windows 10 a couple of months ago, and says she loves it. She'd been using Chrome and Firefox, but now she really likes the Windows app that's replaced Internet Explorer. I can't remember what it's called, but apparently IE is gone forever. Take what I'm saying with a grain of salt -- I'm using an IMAC and don't know anything about Windows 10. Yesterday we had to go shopping to find an RJ45 cable, so her Windows 10 computer would talk to her printer--we couldn't make the printer connect using WiFi. The hard-wire connection worked fine (I got to print my boarding pass!). Her laptop originally came with Windows 7, so she's made it to W10 via the upgrade route, and apparently it wasn't too arduous.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30616955447091594022015-09-26T16:55:45.673-05:002015-09-26T16:55:45.673-05:00I am being offered a free upgrade to Windows 10 by...I am being offered a free upgrade to Windows 10 by Microsoft. Is it worth installing a new system? What are the downsides? I hear it takes hours. Maybe I will need to hire Dr.Computer. I am happy with my Windows 7. On the advice of a tech guru friend who works in the industry, I purposely skipped Windows 8 when buying my computer the year Windows 8 came out. I heard Windows 8 had many frustrations and downsides. I plan to purchase a new lap top in a year or two. Should I wait until then to upgrade?Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66173270331408182142015-09-26T16:42:04.381-05:002015-09-26T16:42:04.381-05:00A titan is a a person or thing of enormous size, ...A titan is a a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence. So these characters are generic teen titans. No Nit. Now I have looked up the proper noun, Teen Titans, in Wiki and have found that this refers to specific cartoon characters. Still no nit, because the generic will suffice.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12451975095894423402015-09-26T16:31:59.355-05:002015-09-26T16:31:59.355-05:00Musings
-Huskers won a squeaker
-Old names like my...Musings<br />-Huskers won a squeaker<br />-Old names like my grandmother TISHA are coming back<br />-<a href="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02637/obama-putin_2637988b.jpg" rel="nofollow">Strained, TENSE?</a><br />-I thought putting in DIE for Lot was clever (casting lots), but no.<br />-Mary Lou Guizzo gave us SAMI on September 10 on a puzzle I blogged and so I knew it and confidently put down FINNS. What…<br />-I knew the shoe place was FOOT or HOOF, so of course I got _OO_ first<br />-An ENDORSEment in this campaign usually comes at a price<br />-<a href="http://rlv.zcache.com/olive_ewe_tshirt-raf758ee2deb24cf090f1de20677d2e98_vjfe2_324.jpg" rel="nofollow">EWE Rebus</a><br />-<a href="http://s191.photobucket.com/user/theclotheshorse/media/now1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow">Gotta love those old HATPINS</a><br />-<a href="http://web-cars.com/images/pbeach_img/DSC_0379_a.jpg" rel="nofollow">World’s most famous HOOD ornament</a>Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78987042775970196192015-09-26T16:11:59.315-05:002015-09-26T16:11:59.315-05:00I had to look up a great many items before I could...I had to look up a great many items before I could get my toe into the hold. I agree about the 'meh's and the 'bravo's. Didn't get the skinny dip humor until about 15 minutes ago *forehead slap*. Parsed STARE AT as STAR EAT for far too long *another forehead slap*. Brain just not working on the right wavelength today, I guess. Darn good puzzle, though. Well done!Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50196410250600649522015-09-26T16:08:29.379-05:002015-09-26T16:08:29.379-05:00Don: How many adults other than you, Barry Silk, W...Don: How many adults other than you, Barry Silk, Will Shortz<br /> and Rex Parker have ever heard of Teen Titans?ANON Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29655039855391049962015-09-26T15:44:07.243-05:002015-09-26T15:44:07.243-05:00It's strange, I solved this one much faster th...It's strange, I solved this one much faster than yesterday's, despite some iffy clues discussed above. Had no trouble with ESAU, as I like to do cryptic crosswords and the "hidden word" trick is common there (as Nice Cuppa mentioned).<br /><br />Learning moment: as I was entering ANNULI for "trees' age indicators", I was struck b its resemblance to "annum" also related to age. Turns out the words are related via shape, in that annum derives from the circuit (ring) of the sun.<br /><br />Thanks Don (Hard) G and Splynter!HowardWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361967144494004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18785906805137466652015-09-26T15:10:09.434-05:002015-09-26T15:10:09.434-05:00After yesterday's fiasco I was determined to f...After yesterday's fiasco I was determined to finish this thing and I did it.<br /><br />First pass- EDAM, LAPPS, NYSE, EASU, OBESE and lots of empty space. I had to grind this out over 3 sittings in between moving furniture and rugs to clean all my floors.<br /><br />Unknowns galore-'ingenue', 'Wonder Girl, Kid Flash', Selene, Japanese food. NORI, ANNULI, OLOROSO, ISA, SABO, SAMMS, TISHA, NUT CASE, BOLUS<br /><br />Horrible clue-32A- El_______- that could be any five letter Spanish word; required filling the downs first.<br /><br />I wanted Gene Autry before I realized wrong team and too many letters before remembering RAY KROC which I first filled as KRO-K. FOOT before ROOT, FOOT before HOOF, HAIR before HOOD, CAWED before LOWER, EYE before EWE, AS WE before SO TO. False starts everywhere.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-805832199175612372015-09-26T14:26:14.850-05:002015-09-26T14:26:14.850-05:00C. Moe -
Between you & Owen, we get 5 line d...C. Moe - <br /><br />Between you & Owen, we get 5 line delights <br />Owen & NC can Crypto us at night.<br />But too much<br />Is just such,<br />A smattering is just right.<br /><br />That's all I got..<br /><br />You summarized my Sat grid to a T. <br /><br />Busy is good and good luck on the move.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47491199861325188802015-09-26T14:17:13.774-05:002015-09-26T14:17:13.774-05:00Late to the party....
Home again, home again. Ha...Late to the party....<br /><br />Home again, home again. Had a good time at the brotherly reunion, and managed the entire trip without the TSA incarceration that DW predicted. Had to work the puzzle this morning at 37,000 feet on my tablet (Ugh!), but finished in normal Saturday time, even so. Tapped in STIR, REESE and ESAU immediately, but managed to screw up with Two To Go/ONE AWAY, Whorls/ANNULI, Cawed/LOWED. Thought the TEEN TITANS were Teen Idols, but twas not to be. I would also have bollixed up BOLUS if it weren't for the perps -- not familiar with that term. Well crafted by the crafty Don G. Thanx for the expo, Splynter.<br /><br />Happy birthday, Dennis, wherever you are. And may your fi always be semper.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23963866872304317872015-09-26T14:11:02.525-05:002015-09-26T14:11:02.525-05:00"Puzzling Thoughts":
As you all know, I..."Puzzling Thoughts":<br /><br />As you all know, I am certainly no Owen when it comes to limericks, but this came to mind after finally "finishing" (which I did, only with several googles):<br /><br />Today's puzzle? It tested my METTLE.<br />Incomplete, is what I had to settle<br />For. I don't know about you,<br />But today, I had "no clue",<br />And for me, that is one big fat nettle !<br /><br />I lost count of what I had to look up; even knowing TALK RADIO, MARY ANN, RAY KROC, and LIBERACE were not enough to get a foothold. But hey, it's Saturday so puzzles ought to be more difficult <br /><br />The Chairman is going to be here sporadically over the next several weeks as the job is causing us to move to the other side of the state, and I will be busier, too, due to the "season" starting up again in Oct and Nov. I won't even have time to SKINNY DIP!! ;^)Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7326982112449717182015-09-26T13:50:56.903-05:002015-09-26T13:50:56.903-05:00Thought I finished but had SPEEDIE instead of SPEE...Thought I finished but had SPEEDIE instead of SPEEDEE for 63A. And 38D didn't clear it as it looked ok. <br /><br />It was tough regardless. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816877873700026508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76667784959897871222015-09-26T13:47:08.336-05:002015-09-26T13:47:08.336-05:00Hi all!
Typical Sat for me - hours of STARE'n...Hi all!<br /><br />Typical Sat for me - hours of STARE'n' AT it and still a TON of whitespace. I will get better right?<br /><br />My toe-holds were 36a and 55d (I have $$ in KO - when will they sell 1bn colas to China daily?) so those area fell easily. However, big errors (tree @46a, lobe @ 56d, and kelp @27a (eldest loves it as a snack)) killed any chance I thought I had to GET 'EM all.<br /><br />Thanks Don G for the diversion and Splynter for the writeup.<br /><br />HBD Dennis.<br /><br />YR & anon - When it comes to news, I get the dead tree version delivered, NPR, PBS, and AM TALK RADIO late at night when I'm punchy.<br /><br />From yesterday (it was our 27th anniversary so no late postings) thank to all for the one-hit-wonder songs. I would <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling" rel="nofollow">RickRoll ya'll</a>, but I don't need haters. (BTW, don't follow the links to 4chan - not a site you wanna see). So, <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs" rel="nofollow">Men without HAT(PIN)s' Safety Dance</a>.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.com