tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6315004430692988664..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014 Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26049071913109853142014-02-20T02:45:31.196-06:002014-02-20T02:45:31.196-06:00River Doc, I think Jimmy Fallon did so last night ...River Doc, I think Jimmy Fallon did so last night if I recall correctly. Sounds silly. <br /><br />Mensa is back on the air. I hope it stays that way 'cause I can get the next day's puzzle at 10 pm local time.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55185167063212423162014-02-20T01:11:17.741-06:002014-02-20T01:11:17.741-06:00Unable to check in as often. Noticed I missed wish...Unable to check in as often. Noticed I missed wishing Linda a Happy Birthday awhile ago.<br /><br />Happy Anniversary Gary and Joanne!<br /><br />If I missed anyone's special occasion, I apologize. <br /><br />My daughter flew to Ohio for a job interview and was a little set back when hotel staff said, "Your room is ready Dr. O'Brien." How cool is that! She is starting a new time in her life.Blue Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670176636354786453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41174430894245954882014-02-19T23:41:38.454-06:002014-02-19T23:41:38.454-06:00I enjoyed the ladies skating tonight and even was ...I enjoyed the ladies skating tonight and even was able to enjoy some of the sled and ski events now that the snow in my yard is gone. Amazing what temperatures over 50* can do for my mood.<br /><br />PK at 5:18 is not the regular poster. Don't know what he/she's talking about. PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63416957681243632942014-02-19T23:27:29.829-06:002014-02-19T23:27:29.829-06:00So as I'm watching the Olympics Giant Slalom e...So as I'm watching the Olympics Giant Slalom event I'm wondering if any NBC announcer has had the cojones to refer to something called the (Ted) Ligety Split...?River Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217414780894792059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-307395263755387432014-02-19T23:15:30.765-06:002014-02-19T23:15:30.765-06:00Spitzboov:
Amazing musical group!
Dudley:
LOL!Spitzboov:<br />Amazing musical group!<br /><br />Dudley:<br />LOL!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7972973255572224652014-02-19T22:48:30.021-06:002014-02-19T22:48:30.021-06:00A lot of accordions used to be diatonic, but then ...A lot of accordions used to be diatonic, but then they developed a vaccine.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11810493279485526362014-02-19T21:39:53.069-06:002014-02-19T21:39:53.069-06:00Many button accordions are diatonic but some are c...Many button accordions are diatonic but some are chromatic. Harmonicas are usually diatonic.<br />Piano accordions are always chromatic.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22789371247302073492014-02-19T21:19:06.803-06:002014-02-19T21:19:06.803-06:00I always wanted to be able to play a song on a har...I always wanted to be able to play a song on a harmonica but I never could. It seemed simple enough... Do you suppose everybody is self taught? I've never known anybody to offer harmonica lessons. <br /><br />Is there a significant difference between a button box and a piano accordion? <br /><br />Off to watch Jeopardy.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8929771299831171352014-02-19T20:59:57.411-06:002014-02-19T20:59:57.411-06:00Gruß an Kiel<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxDZOSCSR28" rel="nofollow">Gruß an Kiel</a>Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85158731209862728582014-02-19T20:40:37.498-06:002014-02-19T20:40:37.498-06:00Canada-Latvia hockey game was a nail-biter. Latvia...Canada-Latvia hockey game was a nail-biter. Latvia's goalie was amazing and made 55 saves!<br /><br />Tomorrow's Canada-USA game should be interesting!!CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15026990125699181172014-02-19T20:35:46.272-06:002014-02-19T20:35:46.272-06:00Finally got here today. This puzzle took me a whil...Finally got here today. This puzzle took me a while to finish but I got it done!<br /><br />Hand up for GRUEL before BROTH and for not being a fan of CRIT!<br /><br />We had Cole's notes in Canada so I was not familiar with MONARCH notes.<br /><br />We flew KLM last spring but I was able to get Delta Skymiles as both airlines are part of SKYTEAM.<br /><br />Thanks OwenKL for the Canadian Archaeology. LOL.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4855908589274808902014-02-19T20:02:39.666-06:002014-02-19T20:02:39.666-06:00Steve:
Thanks. But I found that Office Max just 1/...Steve:<br />Thanks. But I found that Office Max just 1/2 mile from me has one although I may just use my old one with four different adapters for different parts of the world.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64833491467688484762014-02-19T19:57:33.876-06:002014-02-19T19:57:33.876-06:00Greetings!
Enjoyed the puzzle and expo, JW and St...Greetings!<br /><br />Enjoyed the puzzle and expo, JW and Steve! <br /><br />Favorite fill: BIG FAT LIAR.<br /><br />No problems.<br /><br />Happy belated anniversary, HG!<br /><br />I do not think that $15 is a bad price to pay to always have puzzle available. (Join puzzlesociety.com. Of course, you do not get the circles. But then you can check another site. You also get many, many other puzzles!<br /><br />Cheers!fermatprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391014624435192426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43044545751627584882014-02-19T19:45:29.806-06:002014-02-19T19:45:29.806-06:00Gary, you mentioned that in some places, $250,000 ...Gary, you mentioned that in some places, $250,000 will only buy a rat-infested dump. Locally, that amount won't buy any dump, with or without rats. We were lucky to buy a house when we did when prices were less unreasonable.<br /><br />JzB, thanks for the King Cotton link. I LOVE Sousa marches. Here are a couple of favorites. (Lots of good trombone parts.)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxrh1CrMmTY" rel="nofollow">The Washington Post</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABgA56LpTo" rel="nofollow">The Thunderer</a> <br /><br />There is another march called The Manhattan Beach March. I thought it might be named for the little city where I live but no; it is named after another little city in New York.<br /><br /><br /><br />Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47837887471390025942014-02-19T19:43:31.382-06:002014-02-19T19:43:31.382-06:00Hello Puzzlers -
Late to the party again. Lots of...Hello Puzzlers -<br /><br />Late to the party again. Lots of snow removal to do, even though today's accumulation was less than 6". Part of the problem is that the new house has a steeply sloped front grade; vehicles will use any excuse to get all stuck. Today it was the fire chief who got his pickup sideways while arriving to inspect the smoke alarms. It was a mess.<br /><br />Did the puzzle hours ago, and as I recall it was trouble free. The theme became apparent even without a unifier. Vamp is certainly an odd word, to me at least, one of those with both verb and noun definitions that are unrelated.<br /><br />Paris Hilton seems like a waste of oxygen to me. Her photographs emit skank waves.<br /><br />Aka Thelma, thanks for the house wishes!Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40948717011761601172014-02-19T19:37:19.786-06:002014-02-19T19:37:19.786-06:00Marti - didn't know the "Caesar" was...Marti - didn't know the "Caesar" was a family name. Must research my Roman Empire more thoroughly.<br /><br />Yellowrocks - I saw paw prints of a mountain lion in a bunker at my local golf course a couple of weeks ago. There were also deer prints in there. Not sure what the outcome of that encounter was.<br /><br />Argyle - arise, my Liege.<br /><br />Vidwan - thanks for the shout-out; it's as much fun to write these as to read them!<br /><br />PK - you're right, it could be the unifier - but only as a plural?<br /><br />Lucina - I have one to spare if you don't mind the "Oracle" branding on it?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68059523264918582482014-02-19T19:09:11.779-06:002014-02-19T19:09:11.779-06:00I knew of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Hist...I knew of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site of Canada and of the Soo Locks so I spelled the answer SOO in the puzzle. My parents visited there maybe 50 years ago. If you have locks, it seems you must have a canal for them to be in.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71638603677724727292014-02-19T17:54:08.410-06:002014-02-19T17:54:08.410-06:00Theme? Theme? What Theme? It complete escaped me....Theme? Theme? What Theme? It complete escaped me. But they frequently do. :-)<br /><br />For 31A: Great Lakes' __ Canal: SOO - I Grew up in Michigan. It was always referred to as Soo Locks, not canal. They are on the St. Mary's river, at Sault St. Marie, and allow ships to go around the rapids between Lake Superior and Lake Huron.<br /><br />Thanks everyone for your witty posts and clever puzzles.<br /><br />GregTinoTechiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304997210390807237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66109854446870095032014-02-19T17:24:38.362-06:002014-02-19T17:24:38.362-06:00Musings 2
-27 holes on a breezy but lovely day
-T...Musings 2 <br />-27 holes on a breezy but lovely day<br />-Thanks for the well wishes for our anniversary and Joann’s tolerance!<br />-Yes, that Paris Hilton can sure almost wear clothes! Worthless scions of hard working ancestors have been a bane of civilization for many years!<br />-Bill G, I’m glad you thoroughly checked out her, uh, credentials<br />-Joann declined a $40 steak just to stay home on the day as we have been doing a lot of traveling lately. <br />-BTW, we love HGTV (yeah, Lemon, Husker Gary TV ;-) to see where $250,000 will buy a mansion in some cities and a rat infested dump in others. I wonder what Marti will be asking!<br />-Cliff’s Notes were originally started by a man named Cliff Hillegass in a house in Lincoln just a few doors down from where my daughter lived.<br />-Yup, it was Herman’s Hermits advising us “not to pine” in this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8k0VI9tBc" rel="nofollow">this ear worm</a> (not Huskey Gary, Bea ;-)Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68390332711123047902014-02-19T17:18:42.417-06:002014-02-19T17:18:42.417-06:00Hey Russia good job, good effort. Thanks for show...Hey Russia good job, good effort. Thanks for showing up to your own Olympics. Stalin is probably rolling over in his grave right now. Not even a worthy adversary anymore. No wonder Communism failed. Can’t even beat Finland.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6929659129321457312014-02-19T16:46:24.230-06:002014-02-19T16:46:24.230-06:00Hello everybody. Enjoyable puzzle today. I find mo...Hello everybody. Enjoyable puzzle today. I find most of them are. Maybe I'm just easy to please. I loved the clue "Rest of the afternoon". Yep, HARD G fooled me again. I, too, wrinkled my nose at CRIT.<br /><br />MY brother, who lives in Marlborough (which we affectionately call Molebarrow), MA, sent us a bunch of photos of the snow there. Man oh man, eye-opening to see the results of the non-stop blizzard you guys have been having for weeks. Whew.<br /><br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25757671592967513972014-02-19T16:23:20.270-06:002014-02-19T16:23:20.270-06:00Gee, johnr, I don't know what the spam filter ...Gee, johnr, I don't know what the spam filter has against you. That's twice now.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38795907875473686292014-02-19T15:48:02.208-06:002014-02-19T15:48:02.208-06:00To Argyle:
Go RPI beat Clarkson and St Lawrence th...To Argyle:<br />Go RPI beat Clarkson and St Lawrence this weekend in hockey. <br />KING COTTON helped me catch the theme. I enjoy reading about the Civil War. Marti can you work Bruce Catton in as an answer? johnrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1618195428580745682014-02-19T15:42:33.140-06:002014-02-19T15:42:33.140-06:00No puzzle for me today... like 1derfool I had tro...No puzzle for me today... like 1derfool I had trouble with merriam webster... and I also had trouble with chicago tribune... both of those sites froze up and I couldn't get beyond the ads nor back out of the site... had to shut down and start over.... both times... yahoo finally changed to the current date and brought up the grid and half way thru it decided to wipe out my entries and give me a clean grid.... I quit..... <br /><br />I enjoy this little corner of the world and all the bloggers that make it the enjoyable place it is.... :) I may not always say it but my best to you all always whether it be birthday or anniversary or just a take care of yourself..... <br /><br />Or.... a happy new house Dudley.... :) <br /><br />thelmaaka thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648450259770808588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8207031101408978982014-02-19T15:39:28.093-06:002014-02-19T15:39:28.093-06:00JD, how thrilling that you actually visited the pe...JD, how thrilling that you actually visited the penguins in South Africa. My 15 year old grandson has loved penguins since he was a toddler. Did you see the movie, "March of the Penguins"? Great info. <br />I enjoyed your clip, especially at 1:18. That looks like my car backing out of my garage this afternoon. There was a huge four foot wide lump of ice for the car to scale. The eaves and gutters are dripping like crazy and hitting the ice below creating even thicker ice.<br />I salted it and as we warmed to a balmy 50 degrees I was able to chop much of it out. Hooray! This is the first I could chop with my weak shoulder, two-fisted as it was.<br />There is much water slicked ice left, but 50 degrees feels balmy, for me preferable to 85 degrees, except for the left over ice.<br />I'm with you Tin. I hate ice.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.com