tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post684281872494808839..comments2024-03-19T05:52:33.293-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday June 29, 2010 Bruce VenzkeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43044434371016619052010-06-29T23:37:33.034-05:002010-06-29T23:37:33.034-05:00Carol, so glad that your second eye is all fixed a...Carol, so glad that your second eye is all fixed and you are feeling fine.<br /><br />Melissa Bee, Thanks for the Eddie Lizard link. Very funny.<br /><br />Our two slide rules are on display with the other "antiques" in our den. My husband used one almost daily, until the calculator took over. <br /><br />JD, Yup! Monarchs and Tomato worms. It was a happy day at school when they would emerge.<br />Lucina, we always had a great "setting free" ceremony.<br /><br />Garlic Girl, those are two big beautiful dogs,and one beautiful little red car.<br /><br />Good night everyone.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62015272927873645892010-06-29T23:12:23.146-05:002010-06-29T23:12:23.146-05:00OOPS, sorry, I forgot one thing.
Rose PrinXX - Th...OOPS, sorry, I forgot one thing.<br /><br />Rose PrinXX - The NYT I did on Cruciverb/CrosSynergy has today's date on it, and a title of "Letters to the Auditor". I haven't used Cruciverb before today. If that's the genuine NYT puzzle, then I'm surprised, because I thought it couldn't be gotten for free.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70670661852421801652010-06-29T23:06:00.618-05:002010-06-29T23:06:00.618-05:00I remember the giant yellow slide rule! It hung in...I remember the giant yellow slide rule! It hung in Mr. Mankowsky's classroom (High School). The school bought a calculator - it was the size of a hefty typewriter and was very complicated-looking, complete with a Hollerith card reader, ooooh! The yellow slide rule was taken down soon after.<br /><br />Garlic - I was right! Woo-hoo! And yes, the dogs and the MG are an excellent match.<br /><br />CA - Aha! I didn't know you were Postal. That explains it. Nothing wrong with your memory, apparently.<br /><br />Eddie Izzard is simply unmatched. One very funny guy, and he does it without picking on people.<br /><br />Cricket poo?<br /><br />What does anybody do with all those crickets? Can I box up the little rat b@5t@rds that keep me awake all night with their chirping and send them to Kentucky?<br /><br />Rose PrinXX - Now that you're blue again, does that mean you're keeping your Shakespearian screen name?<br /><br />And last but not least, Paolo - I love a good cappuccino myself, and anytime after 10:00 is fine with me. The trouble is that finding a good one is pretty hard in the US. Italy is still the gold standard as far as I'm concerned. I fear that Dunkin' Donuts and others are teaching unaware Americans that lousy, weak drinks are the norm.<br /><br />OK, that's it. Good Night Puzzlers.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3850449970000188162010-06-29T22:53:09.475-05:002010-06-29T22:53:09.475-05:00Carol,
I'm very glad to hear of your successfu...Carol,<br />I'm very glad to hear of your successful eye surgery too.<br /><br />My take on the "sorta -ish" clue/answer was that they wanted a suffix that had the same meaning as using the word 'sorta'. So if you said it was 'sorta late' it would mean the same as if you said it was 'late-ish'. I didn't think the two needed to go together in one word.<br /><br />Good night to all.kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49732065928851637092010-06-29T22:40:13.614-05:002010-06-29T22:40:13.614-05:00Carol, glad your eye procedure went well!
Barry G...Carol, glad your eye procedure went well!<br /><br />Barry G-HB, you aren't old until you "act old," . Beautiful Black Beast, BTW.<br /><br />Hahtoola and Kazie, nice to see you back!<br /><br />Night all!MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409431043640770889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23053569064507073542010-06-29T21:04:53.647-05:002010-06-29T21:04:53.647-05:00Happy Birthday, Barry G!
2D Thanks Argyle - I al...Happy Birthday, Barry G!<br /><br />2D Thanks Argyle - I always wondered where the term for politicians "stumping" came from. It always sounded so offensive to me. Now it makes sense.<br /><br />Dennis, that sounds like a great way to watch the fireworks, then go in and create a few belated anniversary fireworks of your own.<br /><br />Carol, I'm glad to hear your procedure went so well.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347232302896024104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15248528872888502202010-06-29T20:36:45.794-05:002010-06-29T20:36:45.794-05:00Happy birthday Barry G!
We've been through Gi...Happy birthday Barry G!<br /><br />We've been through Gilroy many times on our way up the coast to San Francisco. It's one of the few places you can tell by the odor. Does it ever get so you don't notice it anymore? <br /><br />I had a big yellow slide rule in my classroom and a classroom set of inexpensive slide rules. Until teaching to the Standards took over, I enjoyed teaching the students how to use a slide rule. I carried one every day at Cornell. <br /><br />My daughter ordered caterpillars with food and a net cage for grandson Jordan. He really enjoyed watching them grow and turn into butterfies. I highly recommend that as a great present for any of your grandkids.<br /><br />I knew about the 'ears' on Saturn. Galileo is one of my science heroes.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83280890027208006632010-06-29T20:25:56.227-05:002010-06-29T20:25:56.227-05:00Paolo, I've seen master Italian chef Mario Bat...Paolo, I've seen master Italian chef Mario Batali get a bee in his toque (he doesn't really wear one, but it would be funny) about cheese on fish. I think you are right, grandma-in-law wise. It is more about tradition that anything else. I probably wouldn't ask for the cheese grater at a posh Italian restaurant, but at the neighborhood Olive Garden...why not?<br /><br />GarlicGal, are your dogs Bernese Mountain Dogs? They are beauties! So is the MG.<br /><br />ARBAON, good luck with staying blue.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10763360790130571282010-06-29T20:02:20.734-05:002010-06-29T20:02:20.734-05:00Happy birthday BarryG!Happy birthday BarryG!Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24302224248670850142010-06-29T19:46:49.674-05:002010-06-29T19:46:49.674-05:00It`s nobody`s beeswax...but I`m BLUE! Don`t know h...It`s nobody`s beeswax...but I`m BLUE! Don`t know how long it will stay...<br />My head is abuzz from all the (routine) Dr.s. My honey took me to Chili`s for the spinach/artichoke dip...funny, I like neither of them alone but together with pepper jack cheese...SWEET! We bumbled around shopping a while until a swarm of teenyboppers over ran the place. Then we made a bee-line home...tired but full as a bee in a garden of Rose(s.)<br /><br />Dudley: My NYT puzzle was #0525. If I understand it correctly...that`s the day it originally appeared in that great, all-knowing, all-wise, never wrong, completely unbiased, centrist NYT paper. We peons don`t always get it on time.<br />(When I regurgitate, it`s NOT honey!) Notice your number and it should tell you what day it first appeared. If I`m wrong, CC or Dennis, please put a bee in my bonnet.ARBAONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07413014887891312514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67317270405982689352010-06-29T19:29:20.063-05:002010-06-29T19:29:20.063-05:00This link is for anybody who was shocked about Den...This link is for anybody who was shocked about Dennis's interesting fact about <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2422/can-twins-be-born-a-month-or-two-apart" rel="nofollow">delayed interval birthing</a>.I had never heard of that much of a delay.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39515219650824604742010-06-29T19:15:31.995-05:002010-06-29T19:15:31.995-05:00Woo Hoo Garlic Girl..you bee blue. Are those your ...Woo Hoo Garlic Girl..you bee blue. Are those your Saint Bernards? Do they fit in that snazzy little car?<br /><br />Melissa & Argyle, I thought the clue sorta was asking for a suffix. That would be sortaish, but obviously not a word, but I did not crawl far enough out of the box to really understand the clue.<br />Melissa- funny guy!<br /><br />Cricket poop...who knew?<br /><br />Lucina, we were lucky enough to have milkweed growing in our area, so we gathered the caterpillars and the milkweed, and watched each one transform into a transparent crysallis.Amazing..Kids named each one starting with A....Chickie probably did that too.<br /><br />Carol..good news. So glad it went well.You still have your quick wit intact.JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789723171543457661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35823210142223310112010-06-29T19:03:52.733-05:002010-06-29T19:03:52.733-05:00xtulmkr:
You mean you didn't get the "...xtulmkr: <br /><br />You mean you didn't get the "rolling of the eyes" treatment and that look of "are you sure you're our Dad?" ("Mom, we're adopted, right?)<br /><br />By any chance, are you from that era where every math classroom had a giant yellow slide rule that hung in the center of the room?<br /><br />Janet: <br /><br />I agree it's a silly "rule" if indeed it really is a rule. (Well, it was DEFINITELY a rule with my grandmother-in-law who would always chide me whenever she caught me using grated cheese on fish. The scolding was always accompanied by a face that is best described as that worn by someone who simultaneously stepped in dogpoop and bit on a lemon. But, consider the source, in that she drank red wine with fish, claiming that THAT rule was dreamed up by the French! She also claimed that one never drank <i>cappuccino</i> after 10 AM. Another random rule, I suppose.<br /><br />Personally, I distinguish between fish and seafood. To me, cheese does not especially go well with "true" fish such as sole or flounder. But with "seafood" such as clams or anchovies? Pile it on! After all, one could claim that cheese may interfere with the more delicate flavor of "fish" (like lemon doesn't?), but with seafood? You gotta be kidding!Paolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215949631153490846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42907441897990680792010-06-29T18:50:59.885-05:002010-06-29T18:50:59.885-05:00Melissa BEE, I see what you(and Ruth) mean and you...Melissa BEE, I see what you(and Ruth) mean and you're probably right. What didn't help is that, when I googled, people are using 'sorta-ish' as a word out there.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10656406765935905572010-06-29T18:32:40.760-05:002010-06-29T18:32:40.760-05:00Paolo@6:09 AM:
After demonstrating my slide rule t...Paolo@6:09 AM:<br />After demonstrating my slide rule to my son his response was, "I don't get it. Why didn't you just use a calculator?"xtulmkrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316225637856636755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13641714855223728392010-06-29T18:17:09.825-05:002010-06-29T18:17:09.825-05:00This was a harder Tuesday than usual for me. Favor...This was a harder Tuesday than usual for me. Favorites: ovule, tilde and Erte'. Disliked laces into/has-at. Being a musician i wanted to spell logarhythm. I'm also not sure that an octet is really a large chamber group. It would be more a mid-size chamber group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24254264009710497212010-06-29T17:42:30.396-05:002010-06-29T17:42:30.396-05:00Hi all -
I have returned from 'under the knif...Hi all -<br /><br />I have returned from 'under the knife'...all went well. I am typing this with one eye open but I feel just great! Modern medicine is truly amazing!<br />Thank you all for your good thoughts.<br /><br />Kazie, Bill, Hahtool: so good to see all of you here again.<br /><br />Ah yes, the puzzle: I did the deed before I left for the hospital. I didn't have as much trouble with it as I initially thought from sort of skimming through it. Didn't know ELYSE or AGLIO ED OLIO or a few others I'd name here but Joe tossed the finished puzzle in the recycle bin.<br /><br />Happy 44th Barry G!! You made me chuckle when you said you thought you were 'old'....tell us that in 20 years and maybe we'll listen. Meanwhile, enjoy your youth!<br /><br />Hive been laughing at how clever everyone was beeing.carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89685222494732112012010-06-29T17:06:23.600-05:002010-06-29T17:06:23.600-05:00Good to see you too Melissa BEE. Love Eddie Izzard...Good to see you too Melissa BEE. Love Eddie Izzard. Thanks for the link. LOL My favorite of his is his take on world history...the need for flags...as the executive transvestite. very clever. <br /><br />Crockett: thank you. Now if only I could 'beehave'.<br /><br />Daffy Dill (DCannon), Hahtool: I too am glad to see you back.<br /><br />Garlicgal: you look good in blue.<br /> <br />Crazyhorse: love your name. hope you stick around.loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36549315923376318012010-06-29T16:48:20.788-05:002010-06-29T16:48:20.788-05:00Dudley, I worked for the Postal Service for 28 yea...Dudley, I worked for the Postal Service for 28 years, so I know a little bit about a lot of things. Although I never saw baby alligators being mailed, I did see chicks, bees, worms, ladybugs and crickets. I was pretty sure of the facts, but I double checked the Domestic Mail Manual (the "everything postal" book) that is available online. Things could have changed a lot in the eight years since I retired, but in this case it was still the same.<br /><br />Lucina, I didn't know about the butterfly cocoons, but they're non-poisonous insects, so it makes sense.<br /><br />Learning something new everyday. I always thought of crickets as reptile or fish food. Thanks Windhover for <a href="http://www.cleanairgardening.com/organic-cricket-fertilizer.html" rel="nofollow">Cricket Poo</a>.<br /><br />Welcome to the Blue, crazyhorse and GarlicGal. Welcome back to daffy dill, the previous DCannon.<br /><br />Melissa bee, love Eddie Izzard!Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3569959242005413462010-06-29T16:45:14.756-05:002010-06-29T16:45:14.756-05:00What a cute picture of your dogs, Garlic Girl. We...What a cute picture of your dogs, Garlic Girl. Welcome to the Blog Party.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89124383892057525692010-06-29T16:34:02.924-05:002010-06-29T16:34:02.924-05:00Lace- Assail, Attack, Beat, Thrash.
"Laces in...Lace- Assail, Attack, Beat, Thrash.<br />"Laces into" simply means what it says. No story behind it.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77143639405786178512010-06-29T16:33:57.281-05:002010-06-29T16:33:57.281-05:00Lace- Assail, Attack, Beat, Thrash.
"Laces in...Lace- Assail, Attack, Beat, Thrash.<br />"Laces into" simply means what it says. No story behind it.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81692857071529818822010-06-29T16:33:47.818-05:002010-06-29T16:33:47.818-05:00good afternoon c.c., argyle and all,
about a minu...good afternoon c.c., argyle and all,<br /><br />about a minute longer to finish today's than yesterday's. thanks to c.c.'s tutoring over the last couple of years, i caught on to the 'vowel progression' theme right away, which helped fill in a few blanks.<br /><br />great job as always, argyle.<br /><br />i'm guessing that what ruth s. meant is that 'ish' is a suffix <i>meaning</i> 'sorta,' not that 'sorta-ish' is a word.<br /><br />nice to see you, bill and lois, and welcome garlicgal.<br /><br />we had 'to be' on saturday, 'to err' today, and now a swarm of bee puns. made me think of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo" rel="nofollow">thist</a>.melissa beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617567775900623609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31841004016597937572010-06-29T16:24:39.259-05:002010-06-29T16:24:39.259-05:00What a feeling of accomplishment!What a feeling of accomplishment!GarlicGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11311111741227061537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16501044398077227342010-06-29T16:19:45.213-05:002010-06-29T16:19:45.213-05:00Yes, you are Garlic Gal. Congratulations!Yes, you are Garlic Gal. Congratulations!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.com