tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post6526850845682389051..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, July 5, 2017, Agnes Davidson and C.C. BurnikelZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55602139788667634212017-07-06T13:04:10.613-05:002017-07-06T13:04:10.613-05:00Just got around to it today. Easy for a Wednesday....Just got around to it today. Easy for a Wednesday.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83581912414680371682017-07-05T23:50:48.622-05:002017-07-05T23:50:48.622-05:00On music and ute... Sure there's something to...On music and ute... Sure there's something to the tunes you grew up with (I can't hear Here Comes the Sun without being 5yro again in Mom's kitchen) and music that touched your pre-teen / teen years (though I can toss Quiet Riot (8th grade)). But, once you learn about music and the history of what built's on what - it's hard not to love 'good.' The Blues Brothers introduced me to Cab Calloway, BIL to Johnny Cash, and of course, BUGS(Y) Bunny to all great Classical selections. I heard The Entertainer in the movie The Sting but it was Bill G who told me (and shared a link!) it was Scott Joplin.<br /><br />While I'm partial to rock & roll (not the Elvis definition; more WKRP-ish), I like music that hits hard/fast and moves you emotionally; unique tunes you know will still be good after 50+ years. I mean, who doesn't love Mozart? (I think I threw Tawnya for a loop when I mentioned TMBG and Motzart in my list of top5) And, Sgt. Pepper is 50 years old this year.<br /><br />Speaking of good tunes... Glad that <i>was</i> the right song Lucina. I'd never heard it and looked for a live version. The reference to Blazing Saddles in the intro sold me :-) After I posted, I read some of the comments under the link and was worried it wasn't the original TRIO.<br />And one more good tune that won't die - when TTP linked Lake Shore Drive last week I discovered it was recently revised in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. We teach our Children Well.<br /><br />YR - There's a reason I didn't bring up pickled eggs (nor pig's feet) in polite company. <br />[Spoiler - stop reading if OKL's #3 set you back]<br />I recall pickled eggs in gallon jars at the end of the bar at the corner tavern at the end of Gramp's block. I was 7 or 8-ish. I remember seeing them and wondering "How drunk do you have to be to eat that?" and "How odoriferous* is that beer-fart?" Hey, you asked :-)<br /><br />-T<br />*ok, at 7yro I probably said 'stinky'Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15136402190617487572017-07-05T22:30:09.168-05:002017-07-05T22:30:09.168-05:00AnonT:
Thank you! There is something haunting abou...AnonT:<br />Thank you! There is something haunting about that song.<br /><br />I actually prefer classical music but the oldies of the 60s & 70s are particularly endearing and in my repertoire of 600 numbers some classical is mixed in as well. One of my preferences is Bach's Brandenburg Concertos but I also love the music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Grieg and so many others.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19246746455362720002017-07-05T21:35:02.038-05:002017-07-05T21:35:02.038-05:00My brother sent me an email today, telling about t...My brother sent me an email today, telling about the fun time and great celebration of life they'd had for his wife's brother-in-law D. They ate in D's favorite restaurant and celebrated D's 70th birthday by going to a baseball game. Then bro said he was sure going to miss the guy. Whoa! What? I had to email bro back and ask if he meant D. had died. Not much of a hint in what he'd said. He had died. No funeral? Celebration? Whee!PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50257934996385423032017-07-05T21:28:17.643-05:002017-07-05T21:28:17.643-05:00I thought Irish Miss might like this under the wea...I thought Irish Miss might like this <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a7/b4/a6/a7b4a6436ed878d7ff2f49f572778837.jpg" rel="nofollow">under the weather </a> pic.CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48896460421512510582017-07-05T21:25:28.191-05:002017-07-05T21:25:28.191-05:00Hi Yawl! If anyone could make a living constructin...Hi Yawl! If anyone could make a living constructing crosswords, C.C. and Agnes surely could. Another gem.<br /><br />I got the types of weather, but no circles and I didn't stop to ponder the possibilities. I was still too upset by the fireworks. However, that part of the theme was prophetic, since I slept until 3 p.m. and was ILL the rest of the afternoon.<br /><br />Not many hangups on the puzzle. Pretty much sailed on through. Even caught YOWL okay. I'd been listening to the neighborhood dogs do that all week with the fireworks. <br /><br />"They Call the Wind Maria" was a favorite as was The KIngston Trio. However, I had to sort through the side bars on AnonT's link. Think Robert Goulet's rendition is the most poignant. Thanks Tony.<br /><br />Love pickled BEETS. Don't eat them because I can't get the jars open.\<br /><br />My grandson's baseball team played in a tournament in Houston this past weekend. They didn't play as well as expected, my son said. Blamed it on the WEATHER. Kids weren't used to the heat and humidity of the Texas Gulf Coast.<br /><br />YR: I agree that we relate to the music of our youth all through life. I heard a song that made me think of a favorite old HS boyfriend the other day. Was thinking of him when I got an email from my HS BFF that he had died. EERY! Hadn't seen him since 1992 briefly.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11810761985632841112017-07-05T21:24:04.436-05:002017-07-05T21:24:04.436-05:00Jinx- " where Charlie Daniels and the Marshal...Jinx- " where Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band were opening acts for Wet Willie."<br /><br />Listen to Charlies Daniels' "The Souths Gonna Do it Again" where he sings " Old brother Willie is getting Soaking Wet" Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47585463636502317452017-07-05T20:08:33.490-05:002017-07-05T20:08:33.490-05:00All our lives do we continue to relate strongly to...All our lives do we continue to relate strongly to the music we heard growing up? My dad always played the classics as did my music teacher ex. I still love the classics. Johnny Mathis was my idol in my teens and twenties. I still relate strongly to him. I liked groups like the Kingston Trio then and now. I still love many of the Hit Parade songs. Remember? Stuck in the past? Maybe. I do like some of the new music, but there is that pull of nostalgia.<br /><br />But in most things, as I age I am more and more open to new ideas and have become more and more accepting.<br />Anon T, I appreciated your irony. How sure we are in our youth and how less sure we become.<br /><br />I am surprised no one relates to hard boiled eggs immersed in a mixture of pickled beets and onions with their pickling matrix. The eggs turn a lovely pink and are very flavorful. Even those who do not like beets, do like the eggs.<br /><br />This has become a pleasant evening. We turned off the AC and opened the windows. I am currently enjoying a Merlot.I agree that a cold beer on a HHH day is a real pleasure. The wine does not raise my A1C, but puts on weight.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5455011899496915622017-07-05T17:55:51.817-05:002017-07-05T17:55:51.817-05:00CED - Case in point... I forgot to refresh and mis...CED - Case in point... I forgot to refresh and missed Lucina's post.<br />Lucina - Here you go, Kingston TRIO's <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c8e9F8PV-m4" rel="nofollow">They Call The Wind Maria</a>.<br />-TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27757885119561663702017-07-05T17:43:58.582-05:002017-07-05T17:43:58.582-05:00Bill Graham - You are right about the sailboats. ...Bill Graham - You are right about the sailboats. Both yawls and ketches have a larger main mast forward and another mast aft, called a mizzen mast. The difference is that a ketch's mizzen is forward of the rudder post, and on a yawl it is aft. That allows the sail to be a lot bigger on a ketch than on a yawl. If some some insane reason you want to remember this, just remember "yawl is small". If you don't yet have enough useless sailing info, you can remember that the left side of a vessel (when facing forward) is PORT - Left has four letters, as does port. Since you probably already knew that, how about remembering the red-green coastal channel marking system by the phrase "red-right-returning", meaning "leave the reds to starboard and the greens to port" when coming home from the sea.<br /><br />WC - Yeah, fastback mustangs. Mine was a 289 automatic; my guess is that McQueen's was a 390 four speed stick.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84326751729890828032017-07-05T17:43:22.201-05:002017-07-05T17:43:22.201-05:00Hi All!
I couldn't have PRAY'd for a puzz...Hi All!<br /><br />I couldn't have PRAY'd for a puzzle more fun but then it was NASTY to me. I had a heck of a time filling the NW and had to lookup NENE. Thanks IM & C.C. for another great theme - Y'all be ILLin'<br /><br />Thanks HG for the expo; rebus was a nice touch. <br /><br />WOs: AcTS b/f ARTS @63d; HEaD b/f HERD of moo-moos; and, what caused northern consternation, hOWL b/f YOWL<br />ESPs: RUHR, AMOI, SETEE(?), OCTA, ELY, HANK SNOW, RUSSE, NEYO, and NENE (Google)<br />Sparkle - SO TO SPEAK, TOP BANANA (or who who PRAY to (see clue for 1a)).<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: c/a for ODDS <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cHaJLDP5hZo" rel="nofollow">Odds get even is part of the refrain in You Bet Your Life</a> [RUSH] and my earworm today.<br /><br />{A, B, A}<br /><br />YR - Re: maturity, Monet, and Whites: To be clear that was a pretentious guy we knew in college that said that. We laughed at him then too :-)<br />I like wines paired with food or WEATHER - @(now) 93F and 60% humidity a Pinot Grigio (with ICE!) sounds good about now [but I'll just probably have a beer later].<br /><br />CED - Ahh-V8! LOL [still, even on the shoulders can hurt]. BTW, draft your post in Notes then cut-and-paste to blog. I do (after losing many a post; I learn slowly) and it works well. The downside; you forget to refresh! b/f post and miss a Cornerite or two.<br /><br />IM - I looked it up: the Tri-City Valley Cats <i>are</i> an Astros' farm team with the designation (SS) [not A, AA, or AAA]. I had to go look that up too, stands for Shortened Season and is gear'd towards college MLB recruits so they can finish their senior year and then get signed and play. Speaking of, sneaky way to get Baseball in there C.C. :-)<br /><br />Hey, what happened to our new puzzle pal DickSwart?<br /><br />Bill G. Try again, we're all waiting for a pic of Bella!<br /><br />BEETs - love 'em pickled and chilled. Grandma used to pickle her own and WOW! No one else in the house likes 'em so it's a look-forward-to (like Anchovy pizza!) when they're out.<br /><br />Bigfoot a MYTH? Naw: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMm1YTd8lHM" rel="nofollow">Mitch's theory</a>.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43493265109131614182017-07-05T17:42:49.644-05:002017-07-05T17:42:49.644-05:00Jayce:
I also love They Call the Wind Mariah! A fr...Jayce:<br />I also love They Call the Wind Mariah! A friend downloaded 600 songs for me on a flashdrive which I can use in my car and it has many of those oldies on it. So far it's up to 328 so many more to listen and enjoy.<br /><br />d-o<br />I also laughed out loud at purfuit of haffiness!<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77931372277663015212017-07-05T17:00:17.642-05:002017-07-05T17:00:17.642-05:00I don't know too much about sailing yachts. I ...I don't know too much about sailing yachts. I think yawls and ketches are both two-masted varieties, the difference being whether the secondary mast is in front or aft of the steering mechanism (wheel). <br /><br />I used to grow beets and would enjoy them OK. The main reason I grew them was for the greens which we would cook like spinach or collards or ??? I would often go to the garden and pick off a mess of greens to cook for dinner, leaving the red beets in the soil to generate some more greens.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39111244764219629962017-07-05T16:21:27.007-05:002017-07-05T16:21:27.007-05:00Whew, a workout for me today. Thanks for the fun ...Whew, a workout for me today. Thanks for the fun IM and C.C., and HG.<br />I actually had a FIW because I left HOWL even though PRAH made no sense!<br />Hiss changed to PSST to start opening up the NW.<br /><br />I wagged the N in the SUNRA YANNI cross and nearly couldn't figure out ANAG.<br />The circled ILLs were clear but I missed the 2nd weather theme. I actually was looking for the word weather. D'uh!<br />Very clever puzzle.<br />We had a song clue that related to the theme with 70A "So sick" R&B singer.<br /><br />Sofa was too short and Chesterfield was too long so SETTEE became my couch kin.<br /><br />Beautiful day here again.<br />Enjoy your evening.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58348018572053450492017-07-05T15:28:10.822-05:002017-07-05T15:28:10.822-05:00%#%}#<~<~%}< iPad!
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...%#%}#<~<~%}< iPad!<br />Be back after a nap!<br /><br />Lost my links again!<br /><br />Rats!CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71092802692392316352017-07-05T14:34:03.357-05:002017-07-05T14:34:03.357-05:00A very impressive construction by the wonderfully ...A very impressive construction by the wonderfully creative Agnes and C.C. After solving UNDER THE WEATHER I saw how it worked. Neat-o!<br /><br />Had trouble at the bottom, not knowing NEYO, wanting SNAG instead of ANAG, and unsure about UTAHAN. Re ANAG, I thought of Slate, the magazine, and the act of stealing, hence the SNAG; even after ANAG emerged, I didn't get it. Thanks for explaining, Gary. <br /><br />I loved your "purfuit of happineff" comment last night, desper-otto. I laughed out loud when I read it. Forgot to comment on it at the time.<br /><br />I kinda like that word YAWL. I kinda dislike BEETS, except pickled. Back in the day, I very much liked The Kingston Trio; one song they did that I liked was <i>They Call the Wind Mariah</i>.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15438820932994317742017-07-05T13:49:32.530-05:002017-07-05T13:49:32.530-05:00Oh, Where Have All the Flowers Gone. Those are won...Oh, Where Have All the Flowers Gone. Those are wonderful oldies!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13957274926897209202017-07-05T13:47:58.046-05:002017-07-05T13:47:58.046-05:00I also love BEETS, pickled or not and sweet wine. ...I also love BEETS, pickled or not and sweet wine. I can't abide the bitter taste of any other wine. Whiskey's fine. <br /><br />As for the Kingston TRIO, I like Reuben James, Tom Dooley and one other I'll have to look at again.<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87039437360768259782017-07-05T13:41:25.325-05:002017-07-05T13:41:25.325-05:00Woohoo! Woohoo! An Irish Miss and C.C. Wednesday p...Woohoo! Woohoo! An Irish Miss and C.C. Wednesday puzzle! Great way to the start the middle of the week! I pretty much sailed through this one except for a little stalling in the northwest corner, where I put MEIN (German for "mine"), forgetting that Metz is now French. But I soon caught that and the rest was pure fun. I love circles and was delighted to see all the ILLs, but, like Jinx, I didn't get the brilliant under the weather construction until Gary's write-up. What terrific puzzles you two do--thank you so much! And Gary, your pictures today were a delight. Thanks for the trip down memory lane with BURNS and ALLEN, and the KINGSTON TRIO!<br /><br />Have a great day, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51426044568689188542017-07-05T12:44:53.109-05:002017-07-05T12:44:53.109-05:00Bill Graham: When you click on a picture in FB, th...Bill Graham: When you click on a picture in FB, the screen will darken, and the picture will show on its own, with comments to the right of it. I think they call this a theater screen view. This is the one you can click on to link! You can still link only if you have privacy set to "public". If you don't know what I mean by that, don't worry about it, since public is the default privacy setting.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83977891058588360182017-07-05T12:18:31.394-05:002017-07-05T12:18:31.394-05:00Oh! my, what a fun, clever theme. Thanks IM &...Oh! my, what a fun, clever theme. Thanks IM & CC.<br />I too, love beets IM (hated them as a child) but I agree with you on the wine. Give me a "Perfect Manhattan" every time. <br />Had a great time at my daughter and son-in-law's yesterday. Danced around the kitchen to Abba music. I sent out cards that had the Statue of Liberty on and played "My Country Tis of Thee' or was it "God Save The Queen".<br />Hope everyone had a great time.Trubritnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7258841170968805552017-07-05T11:58:57.033-05:002017-07-05T11:58:57.033-05:00I loves me some pickled beets! Charlotte Russe a c...I loves me some pickled beets! Charlotte Russe a clothing chain? I only know of the dessert, which my mother made often. Wine? Ugh. I never could get past the spoiled grapes taste. <br /><br />We had wonderful weather (for a change) for our fireworks last night, with the bonus of being able to see those from at least 6 other towns in our area of the suburbs. <br /><br />I really liked the puzzle, and of course I always like HG's writeups. <br /><br />Have a great day, all!WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74062043181187066282017-07-05T11:55:31.798-05:002017-07-05T11:55:31.798-05:00Thanks. I enjoyed that. I thought the Anagram clue...Thanks. I enjoyed that. I thought the Anagram clue was especially tricky, maybe because it was an abbreviation.<br /><br />I really like some of Hank Snow's music, especially "Hello Love." Try it. You'll like it.<br /><br />It used to be that we'd get a half gallon of milk. After four or five days, the plastic carton would develop a rancid smell. Ugh! Now the milk is Ultra-pasteurized and it lasts well over a week without that smell. <br /><br />CED, I read what you said about posting a photo from Facebook but I don't know how to get to that place. "You just need to be on just the pic when you copy it, not the Facebook page. I.E. Go to the Facebook feed, click on the pic, when the pic only is showing, copy address."<br /><br />I can't make that work. How do I do that?Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33781437028525343982017-07-05T11:45:22.129-05:002017-07-05T11:45:22.129-05:00Thanks, I.M. and C.C. What a two-some! Keep up t...Thanks, I.M. and C.C. What a two-some! Keep up the great work.<br /><br />Thanks, HG, for a great write-up. Loved the baled teddy! Someone got really creative, and a lot of work to get those bales up that high!C6D6 Pegnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84396804426470863912017-07-05T11:35:49.594-05:002017-07-05T11:35:49.594-05:00I didn't notice that CC and IM were the constr...I didn't notice that CC and IM were the constructors. Nor, the types of weather. Xword was FAIR, however. <br />Jinx, Splynter would say you haven't had a "Slip" in a year.<br /><br />My fav is "Stewball was a Racehorse". And of course the line where "The train came rumbling through" in MTA. As a young TAD I often heard that sound. <br /><br />YR,they went and changed the map of Africa from when we learned it. <br /><br />ANAG again and I didn't get it but UTAHAN was solid. <br /><br />And btw, McQueen's car was a 'Stang. McQueen apparently created an early legend for himself at camp lejeune. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />Oops. Thanks for the excellent l'icks Owen. You've been red-hot lately. 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