tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7272487664869606199..comments2024-03-29T08:35:40.450-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday April 27, 2010 Pete Muller and Sue KeeferZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62813181216044195462010-04-28T00:57:01.812-05:002010-04-28T00:57:01.812-05:00Carol, I'm so glad that your surgery went well...Carol, I'm so glad that your surgery went well. It was good to see you on the blog this evening.<br /><br />Hatool, I re-read the Stone Soup fable. It is one of my favorites and I've had my first graders make stone soup in the classroom after we had read the story and decided that we had to wash the stone before we put it in the soup pot. Yes, we actually put in one small stone and the children always thought it made the soup better!<br /><br />Buckeye, keep us posted and stay well.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81521143090296605802010-04-28T00:49:10.566-05:002010-04-28T00:49:10.566-05:0053a. LGE ??????? What happened to LRG?????53a. LGE ??????? What happened to LRG?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68189400537522197612010-04-27T23:17:37.243-05:002010-04-27T23:17:37.243-05:00Bill G., Margaritaville is a really good example. ...Bill G., Margaritaville is a really good example. Jimmy Buffett has a great way with catchy songs. Not only do the lyrics (usually) carry you away to a lush Caribbean island, the melodies and accompaniments keep you asking for more. One of my favorite Buffett stories is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IOyoiAJ5gM&feature=related" rel="nofollow">The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful</a>. Funny, great story and a terrific sing-along when lounging around...after the third Boat Drink. Hmmm, is it possible to be a Dead Head Parrot Head?<br /><br />AimeeAya, don't stay away so long.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55951863930428450832010-04-27T22:28:26.988-05:002010-04-27T22:28:26.988-05:00Thigh-high stockings? Very sexy. Old-fashioned sto...Thigh-high stockings? Very sexy. Old-fashioned stockings with a garter belt? Sexy too. Pantyhose? What's their appeal? Convenience?Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12739627943532302632010-04-27T22:23:48.605-05:002010-04-27T22:23:48.605-05:00BillG, you probably missed it last night, but Jero...BillG, you probably missed it last night, but Jerome gave you a great answer to your question to him regarding partials.<br /><br />AimeeAya, great to see you back; hopefully you'll stay with us.<br /><br />Chickie, I read in Fortune magazine many years ago that the Pet Rock 'inventor' <i>netted</i> $20M for that one gimmick. All you need is that one idea. There's a new craze among kids here now, <i>Silly Bands</i>. These are colored rubber bands that have different shapes, like animals, cars, etc., that kids are wearing on their wrists, and which return to their original shape when taken off. Can't keep them in stock, and several stores around me are selling them as well. Stupid idea, but no doubt someone will become a millionaire because of it.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74784491289446250882010-04-27T22:22:08.368-05:002010-04-27T22:22:08.368-05:00Carol, here is love from MN Jeannie. Thought about...Carol, here is love from MN Jeannie. Thought about you all day. No kidding, I am glad to hear your surgery went so well. AARRGGH...wear the thigh-high stockings, and the rest of the gear and let us know how that pans out for you.<br /><br />WH, I am glad you slept well last night.<br /><br />Annette, I hope you do tonight.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901963533031920633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16655553516276408902010-04-27T22:08:02.664-05:002010-04-27T22:08:02.664-05:00I agree, cymbals do not whang. (I notice the the b...I agree, cymbals do not whang. (I notice the the blogger spellchecker doesn't even recognize whang.)<br /><br />Speaking of cymbals, do you remember the Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Man Who Knew Too Much with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day? Cymbals played a very important role in the climax and the tension building up to the climax. Great movie! Put it on your NetFlix cue if you haven't seen it lately. It's definitely worth seeing more than once.<br /><br />CA, Margaritaville is a song with the best of everything; melody, accompaniment, rhythm and lyrics. Do you agree? Other examples?<br /><br />Go Lakers!Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73669900233803901842010-04-27T21:07:17.844-05:002010-04-27T21:07:17.844-05:00JVN: Wow, I never had to have all that prep work d...JVN: Wow, I never had to have all that prep work done. Electrocardiogram? Blood work? All they did was eye measurement and ask me what meds I was taking. Maybe yours was done years back, I am so glad things are so much improved - lasers are wonderful tools.carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40521834768274460722010-04-27T20:31:38.575-05:002010-04-27T20:31:38.575-05:00Great news Carol, I do remember ever moment of eac...Great news Carol, I do remember ever moment of each my three cornea transplant operations, and it is weird to have people mess with your eyes, even when you cannot see well. <br /><br />AimeeAya, yes do come see us now and then. We like to know everyone is doing fine; it does not take a post every day or week to be part of the band, now and then is good like gracie, Jeanne, g8rmomx2, Dr. Dad, Elissa, Vern, KittyB and others. We just want to know stuff like is little Brady Jo is ok, and Robin’s dad and our friends from Hawaii, KeaauRich and IPO. I could go on, but you all know who you are. Even our ex from Chicago, a goodbye would be nice if you decide to leave.Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73664261690643618772010-04-27T20:29:51.604-05:002010-04-27T20:29:51.604-05:00Hi, All,
An entertaining puzzle! I'm old ...Hi, All, <br /><br /> An entertaining puzzle! I'm old enough to remember many of the rhyming expressions, so I moved along nicely, one of the easier ones I've done. Too, my brain seemed to be working better than usual, as I flashed on many of the fills. <br /><br /> (By Wednesday I'm skipping the X-word and doing the saved-from-Monday Sudoku instead; the sports and TV show references are lost on me.) <br /><br /> I'm very surprised to read that many people found this one difficult. <br /><br /> I had no trouble with 1A "Subway alternative". I work across and down together, so my first take <b>ELL</b> didn't fit with 1D. I first read 1D as "Elaborate DOS" as in the old computer operating system, but at the second look, I flashed on COIFS. A glance at 3D instantly gave me BRAINDRAIN, and with that, 1A hadda be CAB. <br /><br /> I agree with Hahtool; a CAB is a very different "ride" than is mass transit; I'd rather have 1A clued differently, such as "Engine Driver's workplace". That would have been easy for me, as I lived near a train track as a boy. I recall that one of the engines started moving with nobody on board! Fortunately, it was stopped without incident. The next day's newspaper reported "Locomotive goes loco without motive". Too long for today's puzzle, but the word play is excellent. <br /><br /> I did not like 35D WHANG. It seems utterly un-cymbal-like. I had put in CHANG, as the perps dictated the -HANG part; but when my X-word dictionary gave me Houdini's name, I was forced to WHANG. I did't like WHANGing. <br /><br />Chickie --<br /><br /> You are right; the creator of the Pet Rock made lots of rocks of the kind that glitter. I saw a very fine Mercedes parked in Los Gatos, with the license plate PET ROCK. <br /><br /> I had no trouble with 54A "Laid vinyl on" = TILED, as I've laid plenty of vinyl tiles. <br /><br />carol -- <br /> <br /> Glad to read that your eye is seeing well. I had my second one done a year after the first, but only because it took that long to get the necessary block of time.<br /><br /> I'd rather have had it done after two to three months. When I <i>did</i> call to make the appointment, the surgery date worked out to four months later, due to electrocardiogram, blood work, eye measurement, pre-op, etc. etc. etc.The JVNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40818757768529363412010-04-27T20:10:50.445-05:002010-04-27T20:10:50.445-05:00Carol,
Very glad about your surgery!
I would have...Carol,<br />Very glad about your surgery!<br /><br />I would have preferred CLANG for WHANG. For that matter, if a WHANG got in the way of cymbals it could be disastrous, couldn't it?kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4788169380968918872010-04-27T19:15:28.015-05:002010-04-27T19:15:28.015-05:00Carol -
Good for you!
Hatool -
Stone soup is one ...Carol -<br />Good for you!<br /><br />Hatool -<br />Stone soup is one of my all-time favorite stories.<br /><br />Buckeye -<br />Always good to hear form you. Glad you're OK.<br /><br />I'm judging a science fair tomorrow. the LW will be with Karen's kids while she is in T-Town for the funeral of her mother's late husband.<br /><br />Pretty unusual kind of a day.<br /><br />A few years ago, Gloria went to the funeral for a sibling of her Ex. I wrote <a href="http://jazzbumpa.blogspot.com/2009/08/wednesday-poetry-blogging_26.html" rel="nofollow">this poem </a> about it.<br /><br />Sometimes life aint easy. But it goes on.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40631548361512316772010-04-27T19:07:36.793-05:002010-04-27T19:07:36.793-05:00Buckeye - hey, if it weren't for my 4:00am bre...Buckeye - hey, if it weren't for my 4:00am breakfast I would have joined you in your choice of entree. I am used to eating several small meals during the day instead of 3 biggies. Going 18 hours without food or drink will NOT work for me.<br /><br />CA: I too was wondering about the cymbal sound...whang has another connotation for me as well. I don't think it goes with cymbals...unless you put the emphasis on that latter syllable. ;)carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5452616745483211042010-04-27T18:59:51.339-05:002010-04-27T18:59:51.339-05:00Jerome, you funny man!Jerome, you funny man!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91040793760526905012010-04-27T18:49:45.877-05:002010-04-27T18:49:45.877-05:00Good Afternoon All, Poor Dot, without internet se...Good Afternoon All, Poor Dot, without internet service for a week. I had a 12 hour lapse today and was getting jittery.<br /><br />I got the puzzle done and liked it a lot. Pretty simple? Yes, but I enjoyed the neato (how's that for old fashioned?)theme phrases.<br /><br />I have heard cymbals CRASH, never WHANG. I have only heard the word WHANG in one context and cymbals ain't it.<br /><br />I was a Grateful Dead fan, although I couldn't (and didn't want to) tag along after them, like so many of the Dead Heads did. They just seemed like the epitome of a laid-back cool band, with nine-fingered Hairy Jerry Garcia singing lead. Do we need a Dead tune today? Sure, how about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HM0RtRv-E" rel="nofollow">Casey Jones</a>? I'm not advocating their mind-expanding philosophy, but it was the 60's and 70's, a different time and different place.<br /><br />Bill G. and seen, not heard, from last night. I can see that the difference in our musical tastes is that you listen to the music first and I listen to the lyrics. Different strokes and totally understandable. Keep rockin'<br /><br />Carol, I'm so glad that you came through the surgery well and enjoyed the psychedelic light show. I had forgotten about that.<br /><br />Buckeye, thank you Dear, for checking in and letting us know how you are doing and what your dining preferences are.Clear Ayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641770718104835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37760890603409224642010-04-27T18:39:21.907-05:002010-04-27T18:39:21.907-05:00Howdy, all. No real problems today.
@Carol: Glad...Howdy, all. No real problems today. <br /><br />@Carol: Glad things went well. Will be following in your footsteps soon. When I had my angiogram Friday a week, I could not eat nor drink after 12 am. My procedure was 2:30 pm the following day. By the time I was allowed to dine, I could have eaten the ass-end out of a hobby-horse. Stay well, Carol - and everyone else.<br /><br />I must be off!Buckeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464996017224227015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31305551376367245612010-04-27T18:35:27.015-05:002010-04-27T18:35:27.015-05:00Carol, wonderful news - thanks for lettting us kno...Carol, wonderful news - thanks for lettting us know. How much time before the other eye?<br /><br />Lois, his operation is 5/7; thanks for asking.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476669744435495547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60191972017542436472010-04-27T17:42:29.069-05:002010-04-27T17:42:29.069-05:00Hi all - Thanks so much for all the well wishes an...Hi all - Thanks so much for all the well wishes and good thoughts, must have worked cause here I am!! Surgery well so well I really was amazed! In at 10:30 surgery at 12:30 and back home at 2:30. No pain and the 'light show' I got to see as they worked on the eye was really something, just like a kaleidoscope - gorgeous colors (maybe it was the drugs - LOL) Anyway, I won't be dreading the procedure on the other eye.<br />JD: the very early breakfast helped a lot! They fed me lunch after I got back to my room...so no problem.carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863837914353193182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35220299249392091582010-04-27T17:15:55.142-05:002010-04-27T17:15:55.142-05:00Chickie: For some reason, your comment about your...Chickie: For some reason, your comment about your daughters giving their father pet rocks reminded me of <a href="http://www.stonesoupsc.com/stone-soup-story.aspx" rel="nofollow">Stone Soup</a>.Hahtoolahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439791473590708547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50785101761163086412010-04-27T16:13:42.847-05:002010-04-27T16:13:42.847-05:00Carol, I've been thinking about you. Let us k...Carol, I've been thinking about you. Let us know how your are getting along. <br /><br />Good to see you AmieeAya. Do check in every once in a while.<br /><br /> I went up to check on our Pet Rock. It is in the den with several other "pet" gifts that our daughters gave to their Dad over the years. Wonder if it is worth anything any more? The fellow that started that craze lived in our area and made a bundle.<br /><br />Rainy and gloomy and cold here today. It is supposed to last through tomorrow and the mountains have another two feet of snow. It is almost May so maybe this is the last of the storms for a while.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57558214492969487132010-04-27T16:08:03.235-05:002010-04-27T16:08:03.235-05:00Hello All--I had the rhyming theme answers but the...Hello All--I had the rhyming theme answers but the short answers were what tripped me up today. I put in Ell for subway alternatiave, and had the wrong Michael Collins in mind, so the NW corner sat with empty squares until the very last. I finally looked up Collins and things fell into place. I wanted some type of party for Elaborate do's. I'm with Jimmy B. in that I thought this was a bit harder than yesterday.<br /><br />Did anyone else have trouble with Tiled for laying vinyl? I always think of vinyl as a sheet of vinyl, not squares like tile. Also, not knowing Weiss, I put in Chang and didn't get the correct answer until coming here. Thanks Argyle for the great writeup. My doh moments came when I read the blog.Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116766478313653724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74172729072786671002010-04-27T16:06:46.960-05:002010-04-27T16:06:46.960-05:00Good Afternoon, Argyle, CC, et al., I'm with t...Good Afternoon, Argyle, CC, et al., I'm with the minority of JimmyB and Dudley today. Must've had a 'synapse' 'bloc' giving 'dead head' a new slant. Could not get a toehold anywhere. Maybe there's too much air in the 'coif(s)' of my 'fair hair' or not enough in my 'dead head'. So, need somebody to blow in my ear to fill it up again. What I thought was a good answer would 'pop in' and it would 'jet' right out of there w/my eraser. It was 'messy' <br />nope, not pretty. 54A caught me by surprise. I'd put down vinyl, but I'd lay anything else-ceramic, slate, marble, porcelin or mosaic. <br /><br />But on the up side, Holy Hotwick! <br />'Brain drain' intersecting <br />'synapse' took me straight to what happens to men and their 'floppy storage media' when they see black 'thigh high' hose -'flesh' 'feels' 'ache' 'whang' <br /> which crossed 'aramis' (one of my fav. men's colognes of yore) and ending w/'no rush' 'dead head''peg leg'. That 'dude' is now 'H D ready' and 'raring' to go. Show time! <br /><br />I keep thinking about Carol and hope her surgery went well today. Anxious to see her here. <br /><br />Tenbeni 11:24: LMAO very funny!<br /><br />Dennis: how's your friend in crisis doing?loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331538822790190512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74098236151521798252010-04-27T15:14:53.649-05:002010-04-27T15:14:53.649-05:00...Jerome: When my SO thinks the taste of a dish ......Jerome: When my SO thinks the taste of a dish is "strange", often it is said, "That has a whang to it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85724586576473225322010-04-27T15:09:39.944-05:002010-04-27T15:09:39.944-05:00One definition of Whang is a sharp, resonant sound...One definition of Whang is a sharp, resonant sound. The clue fits. However, dear Lucina, be careful when you use it in a sentence again.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06174332800591939009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35666834790882184342010-04-27T14:14:00.805-05:002010-04-27T14:14:00.805-05:00JimmyB 9:52 - Me too, had trouble getting on the w...JimmyB 9:52 - Me too, had trouble getting on the wavelength today. Those diagonal walls of black squares limited the perp confirmations.<br /><br />Overall, though, it was nice to have a Thursday-ish effort so early in the week! Amazing that the cat's PJ's and the bee's knees showed up today. I assume it's coincidence, since rumor has it there's a lot of time between construction and publication.<br /><br /><br />Adding to Dennis' Whitehead quotation (sorry, don't know whom to credit): "Dogs have owners. Cats have staff."Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.com