tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7171899486583959300..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, July 12th 2018 Frank VirziZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73106514494176410792018-07-13T00:56:38.397-05:002018-07-13T00:56:38.397-05:00PK - I'm w/ Lucina on LOL @strait (un)lace...
...PK - I'm w/ Lucina on LOL @strait (un)lace...<br /><br />Work is never done but I am - for today.<br />On my way out... I found y'all a fun link: <b><a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eypt0" rel="nofollow">An AMC Gremlin on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee w/ Seinfeld & Jon Stewart</a></b>. Don't say I never did nothin' for ya. :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -T Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4159422523881791302018-07-13T00:28:45.780-05:002018-07-13T00:28:45.780-05:00PK:
LOL about your mom being strait laced yet havi...PK:<br />LOL about your mom being strait laced yet having five children. Pardon me for saying so, but I'll bet she learned to undo her laces and likely from your dad. <br /><br />I have to say I did not find this puzzle as difficult as most of you seemed to have; I finished in usual time but could not post until very late. LOEWE, YSAYSE, HROSS, JIMI, YOYO, EMANUEL, BURL IVES, with the exception of YSAYSE and Furtado, are commonly known names (to me) in politics, the arts and cinema. Normally that many names would bother me if I they were unknown and I can understand why some would object to them. The unknown ones I mentioned were sussed with little trouble.<br /><br />AnonT:<br />How very kind of you to sense that deaf man's discomfort and to step up to help him. <br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45358986909792603572018-07-13T00:05:34.060-05:002018-07-13T00:05:34.060-05:00Tony: My mom was so strait laced that even in coll...Tony: My mom was so strait laced that even in college she wouldn't date because she didn't want to worry her mother. When she finally went out with my dad she would take her girl friend along as chaperone. How she had 5 children, I'll never know. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79014685004015491192018-07-12T23:37:42.445-05:002018-07-12T23:37:42.445-05:00Hi All!
What Jinx & EES... I'm sporting ...Hi All!<br /><br />What Jinx & EES... I'm sporting CED's "Chopped Liver" name-tag as I type. Jeesh.<br /><br />Thanks for the effort Frank (or is it Franj? - that's what the paper printed) but it was kind of a fun-sponge [see: names]. The bottom filled fine but much OVER LIGHTLY is unfinished. Didn't help I was smart-by-half and insisted on ROy for OVERLY sH--- [I had sNARL]. DNF. //other than that, I thought the theme was cool and it got me BURL IVES (hi Spitz!)<br /><br />Thanks for the expo Steve. Great fun to refill the empty the sponge [I loved the Title you gave it!; EL AL, ET AL - good show!]<br />Did you also answer Chess for hobby? And 'let them fight it out'? Perhaps that's why I got the same SUPER VILLAIN monicker as you on the quiz.<br /><br />Other misfill - "hERE, LIVE (At the UGLY scene of puzzle carnage...)"<br /><b>Fav</b>: Ma with a bow was great misdirection IMO. //C, Eh!, I missed that sequence of Ma & God... I was bouncing around too much I guess. Nice catch.<br /><br />{B, A}<br /><br />WC - I wouldn't bet tomorrow is harder than today... For what seems like months now, I've not been able to FIR on Thurs. and have to rely on Steve's grid while Lem & I just nod together at Fri's answers.<br /><br />TTP - a much needed LOL @7:33a w/ retching Grimlins.<br />PK - I'm a tech geek and have many gamer friends (add WikWak to that list) <i>and</i> I've never heard of VITA either; I'll assume it was as floppish as the Microsoft Zune and Ford's Edsel.<br /><br />IM - I'm still enjoying my Gibble's but I think you should be more proactive and submit a new order when your current order arrives. They do take their time in PA. :-)<br /><br />Lucina - I leaned ASL in BSA and more advanced stuff w/ my Mom at community college class she took when I was 10. It only came in handy once [now, if I'd had payed attn in Spanish class...] - I was buying crawfish in S. LA and they said 10 more minutes for the next batch.<br /><br />A black guy looked like he was getting seriously frustrated that no one would take his order. Somehow, I sussed he was deaf and hence didn't hear the "hold time." I was able to sign to him and assuage his frustration. He was so happy someone could explain it to him. [I eventually had to take out my Palm Treo 650 and type messages to him - I wasn't that good in ASL :-)] <br /><br />Y SAYE it? I will, 'Cuz that c/a is just SUPER evil.<br /><br />PK - your Mom was upset because, even at her age, a cock was chasing her?<br />//I'll see myself out...<br /><br />Wish I had fun links for YAWL but it's back to work.<br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61121301448230546622018-07-12T23:22:31.643-05:002018-07-12T23:22:31.643-05:00As European I always struggle with brand names (am...As European I always struggle with brand names (amcs), culture (beav??), mayors (emanuel) and civil war (score huh?). But actually these could be guessed. Puzzled as all here with Ysaye (the author googled it, I’m sure).<br />No problem at all with Vita, Car wash or Avanti, I guess I am younger generation than most of other solvers here.<br />Actually not bad result for English as a second language guy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38885851478123866332018-07-12T22:05:59.414-05:002018-07-12T22:05:59.414-05:00Steve - great writeup as always. Re: 65a - Mstisla...Steve - great writeup as always. Re: 65a - Mstislav Rostropovich, Julian Lloyd Webber. And by the way, it's <br />Jacqueline du Pré, a genuine child prodigy who started a brilliant solo career at a very young age and tragically had to stop playing at age 28 and died at 42 of MS. Fascinating Wiki, including 2 more great cellists' names, her teachers: William Pleeth and Paul Tortelier.<br /><br />27d - I have more interest in a violinist than I do in La Tour, but don't recognize this name either.<br /><br />Picard - nice pics of MLK parade and the Italian sing-along. Oh, yeah, the ones of the pole dancers weren't too bad either. Seriously, I did enjoy all the bare flesh, and was impressed with the amount of skill and strength it must take to do that - especially the horizontal positions where they're just hanging on with their legs - wow! Now that's more like what Burning Man is all about in my mind...Mike Sherlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420362294423320273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19450577519220215372018-07-12T21:36:19.216-05:002018-07-12T21:36:19.216-05:00ET AL again! I know ET means "and", but ...ET AL again! I know ET means "and", but who is that guy <b>AL</b>?Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671636316561947612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5823226662480586072018-07-12T21:01:33.907-05:002018-07-12T21:01:33.907-05:00All the talk about Begium and I am surprised not e...All the talk about Begium and I am surprised not even Tinbeni mentioned that Budweiser is owned by a Belgian Company. Frog is not a nice thing to a person of French descent. We went back to the <b>Escargot Bistro</b> with a couple of friends and it was excellent again. Come to town, we will take you.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3757897899696648862018-07-12T20:19:38.820-05:002018-07-12T20:19:38.820-05:00Picard: I had to laugh at your peacock story &...Picard: I had to laugh at your peacock story & Jinx's BTW. My neighbor's peacocks also got to roaming. They often were seen standing in the middle of a nearby road which had little travel except during harvest when it was a main thoroughfare for big grain trucks on their way to the elevators half a mile away. I'll spare you the gory details of that wheat harvest time. One pair was taken to the rest home which was built on a square with a patio garden area in the middle. The peafowl were to be contained in the center. But they didn't clip their wings. The cock liked to fly up and sit on the edge of the building and splatter a window below. Not much appreciated. Old people with rooms overlooking the patio complained of the noise even though most of them were somewhat deaf. I never heard what finally happened to them, but they disappeared. My mother was a resident at the time. She claimed she couldn't go out to the patio anymore because the cock chased her. Oh, the drama!PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58613894108216645182018-07-12T19:23:48.852-05:002018-07-12T19:23:48.852-05:00Picard, at first blush I was fairly sure I strongl...Picard, at first blush I was fairly sure I strongly objected to the pole pictures. Just to be sure, I reviewed them again and thought they were OK. Purely as a tiebreaker I reviewed them yet again. Yup, not a single thing to complain about in those pictures. Nothing at all.<br /><br />BTW, they couldn't haven't gotten twelve peacocks from the original three. One or two of the adopted peafowl must have been hens.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52574817255411733272018-07-12T19:22:07.114-05:002018-07-12T19:22:07.114-05:00Lucina, I never thought to say I am familiar with ...Lucina, I never thought to say I am familiar with ASL. I have a severe hearing loss and attended school with totally deaf people. We had a signer tell us of the lecture and I picked up a lot of ASL. <br /><br />The most fun is that “thank you” is the usual sign for a kiss. Fingers to lips. But “you are welcome “ is the same sign. I send you a kiss and you send a kiss back to me. <br /><br />Somehow that pleased me very much!SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18570456913012546552018-07-12T19:00:42.129-05:002018-07-12T19:00:42.129-05:00d-o
Thank you for the CSO but I shall have to decl...d-o<br />Thank you for the CSO but I shall have to decline. I taught ESL(English as a second language) and would love to know ASL(American sign language) but have never had the pleasure of learning it.<br /><br /><br />What an exhausting day this has been and now it's time to start dinner! Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76065718135044823992018-07-12T18:09:59.813-05:002018-07-12T18:09:59.813-05:00CrossEyedDave: Are you referring to my POLE photos...<b>CrossEyedDave:</b> Are you referring to my POLE photos? So far you are the only one who seems to have noticed! These are exactly the situations that mystify me. Glad you enjoyed them!<br /><br /><b>PK:</b> Thanks for the further stories and interest in the peacocks!<br /><br />As it turns out I was asking at a very lucky moment. The one person who knows about the peacocks at our SEWAGE treatment plant was just about to retire after 31 years! Below was the forwarded full story. (They are off by at least two years since my photos were from 1995. But I trust that the overall story is correct.)<br /><br />“…it was around 1997 that we picked up a trio of peacocks from animal rescue that was thought would add to the lush landscaping we had here…within a couple years those three turned into twelve peacocks and the noise they made began irritate everyone working, it started to sound like a jungle here…But the straw that broke the camel’s back was that the peacocks started crossing over into the airport terminal and would go inside the buildings and baggage handling facility, that the airport would call us to come chase them back. This became a daily ritual, so we rounded them up one day and gave them to a nearby ranch who let them loose on their property in Winchester Canyon.”Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26335769276376947522018-07-12T17:35:53.379-05:002018-07-12T17:35:53.379-05:00C-eh @ 2:22 -- It's called a 'do-rag'...C-eh @ 2:22 -- It's called a 'do-rag' 'cause it's for the hair-DO.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16606821137491432752018-07-12T17:13:23.756-05:002018-07-12T17:13:23.756-05:00Okay, Owen, how ever did you learn about the early...Okay, Owen, how ever did you learn about the early Lý dynasty? If you want obscure, I think the emperor Hậu Lý Nam Đế will do.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60848710715671248712018-07-12T16:07:54.140-05:002018-07-12T16:07:54.140-05:00Ta- DA!
A tough but do-able pzl from Mr. Virzi - t...<i>Ta- </i><b>DA!</b><br />A tough but do-able pzl from Mr. <b>Virzi</b> - the kind of pzl that seems insurmountable until P&P&P pay off with the win. I did not like the conjunction of proper names, but I did enjoy much of the cluing. <br /><br />"Ma with a bow" almost did me in. Funny, because I am very familiar with YOYO Ma's work and have met him on one occasion. <b>Steve</b> asked for another cellist's name, and then invalidated the two that leap to mind. <br />But, LOL, I could name my former sister-in-law - if I wanted!<br /><br />Yes, ET AL as a 2nd Israeli line was funny! Now, can anybody think of another Aussie airline than QANTAS? <br />(How about QUANTAS, the line for AutoCorrecters?)<br /><br />~ <b>OMK<br /><br /><br />____________<br />Diagonal Report:</b> Two today - the mainline (NW to SE) and the mirror (NE to SW).<br />The main line offers the following anagram tale:<br /><i>Lu was an attractive but somewhat empty-headed young dancer. Pete, the manager of her favorite club, asked her repeatedly to contain some of the more graphic aspects of her moves on the dance floor. But Lu was not one to practice restraint. In fact she, and a group of unofficial female followers, had been working on a series of new gyrations and explicit gestures that they intended to present in the semi-nude on Saturday night, a group bacchanalia that would be their “signature” choreography.<br />When Pete got word of this, he went directly to Lu and tried to talk her out of her plan. It was all in vain, for Lu was nothing if not a determined exhibitionist. <br />When Saturday midnight rolled around she signaled to her cohort and they all stripped their excess clothing and went into their joyous routine! <br /><br />What was the fallout? Well, it turned out to be such a hit with the rest of Pete’s clientele that he signed Lu to a contract and paid for a huge sign to be placed on the roof of his club, advertising,</i><br /><br />“LU (the) BIMBO’S REVELRY!”<br /><br /><br />.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62806250809151591052018-07-12T15:42:24.697-05:002018-07-12T15:42:24.697-05:00Picard!
Holy Camoly!
Now you know what to post i...Picard!<br /><br />Holy Camoly!<br /><br />Now you know what to post if you want people to rave about your pics!<br /><br />But what is the story behind all this!<br />(Do tell...)<br />(I'm sure it's not chopped liver...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88153786960389203192018-07-12T15:40:37.887-05:002018-07-12T15:40:37.887-05:00I can't say I liked this puzzle. As Jazzbumpa ...I can't say I liked this puzzle. As Jazzbumpa said, "Good theme, but beyond that, I did not enjoy this at all." As Jinx said, "A great puzzle for People Magazine." As kazie said, this puzzle was simply an "obscure trivia contest." Or as AnonymousPVX called it, a "Trivial Pursuit" puzzle.<br />Interesting that in this font stem looks like stern.<br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10438995281430232692018-07-12T15:33:53.420-05:002018-07-12T15:33:53.420-05:00Du-RagDu-RagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65008025324768269412018-07-12T15:32:45.627-05:002018-07-12T15:32:45.627-05:00The "Bro's" I know wear a "Do-R...The "Bro's" I know wear a "Do-Rag!" Not a do-rag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28508998273222593032018-07-12T14:39:26.007-05:002018-07-12T14:39:26.007-05:00UGH!
For the first time in quite a while, DNF. Yo...UGH!<br /><br />For the first time in quite a while, DNF. You may not have noticed, but there were TOO MANY NAMES! [end of rant]<br /><br />Seriously—76 clues today, and 13 of them (at least; I might have missed some) were names. If I’ve done my maths correctly, that’s over 17%. Nearly one out of every five. Not fun for me and apparently I’m not alone. <br /><br />Being a gamer for a very long time, I was surprised that there was a console (<a href="http://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/psvita/" rel="nofollow">VITA</a>) that I had never heard of. Live and learn. <br /><br />Steve, your writeup was excellent, as usual. The "my maths" was a SO to you. <br /><br />Maybe tomorrow…WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63034501853832202932018-07-12T14:33:10.111-05:002018-07-12T14:33:10.111-05:00PS I did like the write-up and both of those l'...PS I did like the write-up and both of those l'icks<br /><br />I can't believe Fri will be tougher than today<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61146235587530861202018-07-12T14:26:40.089-05:002018-07-12T14:26:40.089-05:00Re. Mohicans. We had COOPER recently and I ended u... Re. Mohicans. We had COOPER recently and I ended up read JF's bio. Mark Twain didn't like the Leatherstocking Tales. <br />STONY took awhile. Thought of STAID. Not to speak of NO/ONE/MAN. Finally worked it out. <br />I quickly penned POEMS. Forgot to change the P. I'm still taking FIR. <br />When I was in Jr high, we trooped across town to see Aunt Jemima on stage. Loved it. PC wasn't even in it's germination stage. <br />Misty I'm sorry about the conjunctivitis issue. Blame it on Belgium? Rio is*. <br /><br />This was a xword for someone with a lot of time on his hands. I slogged and slogged, cursed the double proper names. I'm reading an old book by an Englishman recreating St Paul's journeys circa 1930s. <br /><br />WC<br />* Brazil got knocked out by Belgium. Thought Brazil was the best team I saw. Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31913512740379495812018-07-12T14:22:01.167-05:002018-07-12T14:22:01.167-05:00Testing Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Frank and St...Testing Thursday. Thanks for the fun, Frank and Steve.<br />I got the theme early which helped with the fill, but I see on arriving here that I FIW. My reporter said "HERE LIVE" and since I did not know LOEWE, Loehe looked just as good (and no worse than YSAYE which fortunately filled in with perps).<br /><br />Hand up for Arlo before JIMI and Toted before BORNE. My gremlins were Imps before AMCS. I did know NELLY and ELENA (I am getting those Supreme Court justices memorized!).<br />I always want to spell it Dew-rag; aren't they meant to absorb the sweat (dew). LOL!<br /><br />I smiled at the consecutive clues "God with a bow" and Ma with a bow".<br />Also smiled at Steve's comment "Very nice - not the "rimes" but the "rhymes". Robert Frost."<br /><br />FLN (in case some did not see my late post)- Many thanks for the birthday wishes and kind comments. I am blessed to share this blog with you all and add a little Canadian flavoUr.<br /><br />Enjoy the rest of the day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61993419432277726452018-07-12T13:57:56.040-05:002018-07-12T13:57:56.040-05:00Not to speak of my Haiku FLN at J-ville
WC
* Th...Not to speak of my Haiku FLN at J-ville<br /><br /><br />WC<br /><br />* That's Owen's new Jumble blog . Wonderfully crafted .The blog not the HaikuWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.com