tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7135868540158969073..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, September 23, 2011, Daniel A. FinanZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48101606037437649342011-09-23T22:05:19.816-05:002011-09-23T22:05:19.816-05:00JzB you remain one of the stalwart wits at the cor...JzB you remain one of the stalwart wits at the corner, thank you. <br /><br />If you read Mr. Finan's interview, he explains the use of ugly fill, but more than meh does sound cruel, as the whole concept of actually building a puzzle has to be very hard. <br /><br />If fall fell and nobody was raking leaves would there be sound?<br /><br />Good night all; Karma Khomedian thanks for remembering me.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34276628324419899622011-09-23T21:49:38.940-05:002011-09-23T21:49:38.940-05:00Hear hear!Hear hear!A fellow constructornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67891749997059565732011-09-23T21:48:46.644-05:002011-09-23T21:48:46.644-05:00Or call a clue 'dross'. Very poor.Or call a clue 'dross'. Very poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21446717524372617762011-09-23T21:39:42.141-05:002011-09-23T21:39:42.141-05:00Construct a puzzle good enough for publication and...Construct a puzzle good enough for publication and you`ll probably never "meh" a clue or answer again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34527141953014215422011-09-23T21:03:40.120-05:002011-09-23T21:03:40.120-05:00Thanks all. Have copied the info.
Will try later. ...Thanks all. Have copied the info.<br />Will try later. The little blue light is yellow.<br /><br />eddyeddyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905272532346939000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57208961750359118332011-09-23T20:34:44.438-05:002011-09-23T20:34:44.438-05:00Grumpy, thank you for the trip down Memory LaneGrumpy, thank you for the trip down Memory LaneYellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67724187992825579842011-09-23T20:25:27.188-05:002011-09-23T20:25:27.188-05:00eddy:
I'm so sorry. I didn't realize you ...eddy:<br />I'm so sorry. I didn't realize you use a laptop. Good luck, though.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60351563331870518842011-09-23T20:16:53.172-05:002011-09-23T20:16:53.172-05:00funny as hellfunny as hellJamalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63169749020534133922011-09-23T20:08:26.984-05:002011-09-23T20:08:26.984-05:00Yellowrocks, I found the Lucy Vita meatavegimin or...Yellowrocks, I found the Lucy Vita meatavegimin or whatever clip. Very funny and typical Lucy.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfBRRm7RgI" rel="nofollow">clip</a>Grumpy 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02194375320149174361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4962646418391534932011-09-23T19:51:51.624-05:002011-09-23T19:51:51.624-05:00Just as Grumpy posted, I, too, discovered Fn F11 f...Just as Grumpy posted, I, too, discovered Fn F11 for Eddy. Did it work, Eddy?<br /><br />107° on the first day of Autumn? Too hot for me. In the spring and autumn in the NE we have the windows open day and night for the balmy air. We have our weather extremes, but October and May are my favorites. In a few weeks we will see the lovely foliage such as Lemonade showed for Aspen.<br /><br />"The tasteless jokes were KNOTTY, but not nice?" LOL<br />Clever!!<br /><br />Chan, as a teacher I HATE ELHI. It means elementary through high school. I have never encountered it outside of Xword puzzles.<br /><br />I was disappointed to find no fellow Lucy fans. Her PARTY POOPER episode was so funny to me.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5167096631258009622011-09-23T19:45:11.458-05:002011-09-23T19:45:11.458-05:00Yes. That's what ELHI means and none of us her...Yes. That's what ELHI means and none of us here likes it very much. <br /><br />☀☂☊☆♔♘☯♥✂☏✈✿♩♪♫♬♭♫⚇Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8900468813253333442011-09-23T19:44:33.000-05:002011-09-23T19:44:33.000-05:00Hope is not a plan when it comes to the death pena...Hope is not a plan when it comes to the death penalty.Realistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72057352232122784272011-09-23T19:40:13.292-05:002011-09-23T19:40:13.292-05:00I found the theme to be a lot of fun, and figured ...I found the theme to be a lot of fun, and figured it out fairly quickly. I still don't understand what ELHI means, and was surprised not to see comments on that. Does that mean ELementary school - HIgh school are a catchall for pre college years? If so, that seems like quite a stretch!channoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12676568327321255772011-09-23T19:26:30.438-05:002011-09-23T19:26:30.438-05:00To Yellowrocks::
Thank you to the link to the ALT...To Yellowrocks::<br /><br />Thank you to the link to the ALT codes. That was really a good piece of info for me. I printed it and will keep it for future reference.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44527296013408904572011-09-23T19:23:45.696-05:002011-09-23T19:23:45.696-05:00Good evening, folks. Thank you, Daniel Finan, for...Good evening, folks. Thank you, Daniel Finan, for a great puzzle. Really enjoyed the cleverness. Thank you, Lemonade, for the great write-up.<br /><br />As usual on Friday, it was a slow start. Bounced around for a while. The theme never hit me until way towards the end. I thought integrating the Clue number as a part of the Clue was great. Figuring that out really helped.<br /><br />Liked BEER BELLY. Not sure why I don't have one. Maybe some day if I keep working on it.<br /><br />I hope the Rosenbergs were really guilty. I remember hearing about that in the 1950's, as a youth. About the same time my uncle had a bomb shelter dug in his back yard.<br /><br />My last corner to get was the SE. As it turns out they were all pretty easy, but I had ELE instead of ELL. That slowed up SLY FOX, which slowed up everything else in at corner.<br /><br />Raining in Pennsylvania. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5086312667665296562011-09-23T19:23:11.861-05:002011-09-23T19:23:11.861-05:00Good evening, folks. Thank you, Daniel Finan, for...Good evening, folks. Thank you, Daniel Finan, for a great puzzle. Really enjoyed the cleverness. Thank you, Lemonade, for the great write-up.<br /><br />As usual on Friday, it was a slow start. Bounced around for a while. The theme never hit me until way towards the end. I thought integrating the Clue number as a part of the Clue was great. Figuring that out really helped.<br /><br />Liked BEER BELLY. Not sure why I don't have one. Maybe some day if I keep working on it.<br /><br />I hope the Rosenbergs were really guilty. I remember hearing about that in the 1950's, as a youth. About the same time my uncle had a bomb shelter dug in his back yard.<br /><br />My last corner to get was the SE. As it turns out they were all pretty easy, but I had ELE instead of ELL. That slowed up SLY FOX, which slowed up everything else in at corner.<br /><br />Raining in Pennsylvania. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />AbejoAbejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44504259451290328852011-09-23T19:16:54.560-05:002011-09-23T19:16:54.560-05:00Hi gang -
I thought this was going to be a huge D...Hi gang -<br /><br />I thought this was going to be a huge DNF, but finally got through, over a period of about 10 hours, albeit with some errors. Mis-spelt GONOF, so, missed DENALI. ESSEN for EISEN didn't help. Annual sign of bad behavior is not COOL!<br /><br />There is much in this puzzle to love. But I have mixed feelings about the brilliant and creative theme. <br /><br />An alphabet string does not even deserve a MEH! It is dross.<br /><br />Never heard a party pooper described as a WET NOODLE. <br /><br />Per the Free Dictionary, LOLLOP is indeed British.<br /><br />Very much enjoyed the musical links, Counselor. An almost inviolate rule is <b>you do not EVER cover Led Zep,</b> but the Wilson girls did it in fine style.<br /><br />Tin man - I got your reference, but doing so required a <i>big machine, 8000 cubic miles of klystron relays, enough power for a whole population of creative geniuses . . .</i><br /><br />So, the tasteless jokes were KNOTTY, but not nice?<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB who would rather look at AVRIL than listen to herJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32111528455733186322011-09-23T18:35:25.266-05:002011-09-23T18:35:25.266-05:00Fn+F11 works on my wife's laptop. A little blu...Fn+F11 works on my wife's laptop. A little blue led lights up when it is locked. Just remember to turn it off before trying to type anything else.Grumpy 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02194375320149174361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44030716144935084382011-09-23T18:15:52.525-05:002011-09-23T18:15:52.525-05:00EddyB, since you're using a laptop without a s...EddyB, since you're using a laptop without a separate keypad, it gets a little trickier. If you look closely at the keys, you'll find (usually small, hard-to-read) numbers on the lower corner or the front edge of several keys. 7,8,9 are on the top row 7,8,9 keys, 4,5,6 on the U,I,O keys, 1,2,3 on the J,K,L keys and O on the M key.<br /><br />Some laptops have a bottom off to the side somewhere labeled NUM or NUM LK that locks those keys to type numbers only. Other laptops have a different way. I just spent five minutes studying the keyboard on my wife's Toshiba and still don't know how to turn on NUM LOCK. I have a separate number pad with a NUM LK key on my Sony so it isn't a problem. I have no idea why, but the top row numbers do not work with the alternate codes. You have to activate the numerical keys. There are no standards for placement of the various auxilliary keys on laptops but your documentation should tell you how to turn NUM LOCK on and off if it isn't obvious.<br /><br />I see Jamal replied while I was typing this. Fn plus F8 does not work on my wife's laptop.Grumpy 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02194375320149174361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90252033233033822122011-09-23T17:55:55.919-05:002011-09-23T17:55:55.919-05:00karma is alive and well
cleaning coffee of my mon...karma is alive and well<br /><br />cleaning coffee of my monitor<br /><br />have a great weekendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74867475618114837622011-09-23T17:51:08.659-05:002011-09-23T17:51:08.659-05:00eddyb read this:help
http://answers.yahoo.com/que...eddyb read this:<a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080125083702AA3C8iY" rel="nofollow">help</a><br /><br />http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080125083702AA3C8iY<br /><br />basically you need to press and hold Fn key as you press the F8 key.<br /><br />Good Luck.Jamalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6641163267510407662011-09-23T17:44:25.479-05:002011-09-23T17:44:25.479-05:0022. Swindler, in slang: GANEF. Yiddish or low Germ...22. Swindler, in slang: GANEF. Yiddish or low German for thief, though we usually spell it Goniff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57916471144022402232011-09-23T17:28:57.774-05:002011-09-23T17:28:57.774-05:00Lucina & Yellowrocks. Thanks for responding. &...Lucina & Yellowrocks. Thanks for responding. "&" is above the 7 and no key pad to the right. Which PC are you using?<br /><br />I'm using a Toshiba w Vista. My nickname for it is HAL II. It gets very jealous when I try to watch a CBS show on line and shuts itself<br />off. Can't reboot untill I am forgiven.<br /><br />Tripple digits in the back yard shade.<br /><br />eddyeddyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905272532346939000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16402954015182097412011-09-23T17:28:22.987-05:002011-09-23T17:28:22.987-05:00Wiki link to everything you need to know about Tri...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TriBeCa" rel="nofollow">Wiki link</a> to everything you need to know about TriBeCa (TRIangle BElow CAnal Street in New York City.Grumpy 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02194375320149174361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69106742193190309452011-09-23T17:21:50.937-05:002011-09-23T17:21:50.937-05:00Map NYC<a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/gonyc/1/0/b/1/soho_tribeca.gif" rel="nofollow">Map</a> NYCArgylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.com