tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7400649766757288515..comments2024-03-28T09:31:18.199-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday February 7th 2019 Paul CoulterZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6627666350946337372019-02-08T03:53:15.291-06:002019-02-08T03:53:15.291-06:00Thanks, Misty, I'm grateful for your concern. ...Thanks, <b>Misty</b>, I'm grateful for your concern. I am managing all right. It's mainly a matter of wondering whether my latest prognosis needs to be as expensive as this. We rarely hear of anyone getting second or third opinions on dental care, and it's just not in our standard response to dental practice.<br />It also points up how far we have come with medical/dental insurance. Decades ago, insurance covered almost everything, but now prices have risen to the point where our co-pays more than equal the portion we used to pay w/o insurance.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-763894785520787002019-02-08T00:30:39.181-06:002019-02-08T00:30:39.181-06:00Lemonade:
I just now had time to go back and read ...Lemonade:<br />I just now had time to go back and read your link on SROS and found it interesting. When I have visited NY and wanted to see a show, my friend who lives there goes to the cancellation line and in every case, enough tickets have been cancelled so that we can attend at half price. I never knew about the SROS and I'm not sure that now I could stand through an entire show.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41756035652584588062019-02-07T22:34:45.803-06:002019-02-07T22:34:45.803-06:00I got your 180 CED; Aristocats. -TI got your 180 CED; <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txx9D-8ubdg&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">Aristocats</a></b>. -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61901918293723599232019-02-07T22:25:58.881-06:002019-02-07T22:25:58.881-06:00@#$&* IPad sucks@#$&* IPad sucksCrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87218012000970506602019-02-07T22:24:55.899-06:002019-02-07T22:24:55.899-06:00Hmm, I am not sure “mature” is in my wheelhouse......Hmm, I am not sure “mature” is in my wheelhouse...<br /><br />This is the only <a href="https://youtu.be/txx9D-8ubdg%E2%80%9C" rel="nofollow">kitten on the keys</a> I know...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60265737361507325982019-02-07T20:20:14.474-06:002019-02-07T20:20:14.474-06:00I had some misdirections that made the theme hard ...I had some misdirections that made the theme hard to grok. <br />MAUVE<TAUPE; OVERLY<EVERSO. Plus I'm terrible at themes like this. <br /><br />But I did FIR. WAG at CAT-ANTLION. <br /><br />I was at the VA. I got an APAP for apnea. <br /><br />WC Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72865130137002815162019-02-07T19:23:18.173-06:002019-02-07T19:23:18.173-06:00I worked this one as it rained all day. Nice to h...I worked this one as it rained all day. Nice to have a pleasant diversion. Thank you, Paul C. I liked this puzzle. Thank you, Steve. for your wonderful expo.<br />Of course, I didn't get the theme. I was at a total loss on this one.<br />FLN: JzB, thanks for letting me know that the eye symptoms can go on for months. Very few flashes today and a new floater that matches the picture of my retina from Tuesday. I don't know what my BP was up to and am glad of it.<br />60* and rain today, 21* tonight and flurries. Mother Nature and Ole' Man Winter are really messing with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26320171955712593192019-02-07T18:47:56.710-06:002019-02-07T18:47:56.710-06:00My head's almost clear say...
Benadryl to slee...My head's almost clear say...<br />Benadryl to sleep makes everything a bit fuzzy when you come to.<br /><br />DW is doing well and just called at 2:30a her time. Thank you all for putting up with my mania.<br /><br />FLAC is a good format. Thanks for the technical D-O. I think you're right on high-Hz, though, I hear Laurel .<br /><br />HG - I said 'boobies.' I will atone and audit your class*... BTW, Rogue IPA (in your "Hold my beer and watch this" link) is stellar. BTBTW, For anyone wanting a decent NEAR BEER, Clausthaler 2x Dry-hopped (from Germany) is palatable.<br /><br />Paul - I noticed the double-GLOVE pattern too and thought of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGXQKqXVVxU" rel="nofollow">Spinal Tap.</a></b> [it's a parody folks]. <br /><br />Jinx @8:14a & 6:12p - LOL; I guess you're next in line to be Gov'ner of VA, er, East KY.<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*Anyone else have the gym-teacher teach sex-ed? Oh, no... not the Trojan & banana... <br />and, that, was at a Catholic H.S.!Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65468231697279623662019-02-07T18:46:09.408-06:002019-02-07T18:46:09.408-06:00Ol'Man Keith, just saw your comments yesterday...Ol'Man Keith, just saw your comments yesterday about your dental problems. So sorry to hear about them--sounds very demanding and troublesome--hope you're coping okay. I have the opposite history or yours. My Dad didn't want to have to pay for having a wisdom tooth removed in my teens and told the dentist to go for the cheaper option of removing a tooth. Not long after that the tooth next to the empty spot had to come out, and I soon learned from a different dentist that before long my top teeth would start dropping into that bottom spot and I would lose them too. So there I was at 20, in danger of losing all the teeth on the right side of my face. After I got my first teaching job I found a good dentist and he put a bridge on the bottom. It cost something like $2000--a total fortune for me, but I still have that bridge today working perfectly--fifty or more years later! And my dental visit yesterday was excellent and they congratulated me on the good care I was giving my teeth. So, my heart goes out to you and take good care of yourself and your dental issues. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40473027484531167542019-02-07T18:12:58.531-06:002019-02-07T18:12:58.531-06:00Hey Alice,
West Virginia is so ashamed by the goi...Hey Alice,<br /><br />West Virginia is so ashamed by the goings-on in my home state they have proposed changing its name to East Kentucky.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353929046045386479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45709238497995267102019-02-07T17:22:50.315-06:002019-02-07T17:22:50.315-06:00Steve
Really enjoyed your write up today .
Had a...Steve <br />Really enjoyed your write up today . <br />Had a busy day and got started a half hour late so had no time to comment earlier. <br />The puzzle and blog comments were the only fun things that happened for me today. <br />My DW on the other hand was in her glory having an oil painting day with our only grand daughter. <br />Grand daughter’s hubby, a geologist/ scientist was out on the field for a couple of days and she had a break from studies as well . DW and her are talented in art and love the togetherness of painting at our home.Because of the drifting and blowing snow I picked her up and when the day was done I got stuck in the snowdrift on our yard . I changed to the all wheel drive Santa Fe and took her home . Came back home and learned again how to rock and wiggle your way out of a snow drift. Trick is not to let the tires spin as that creates ice under your tire and you are toast. Got her out without shoveling . Friend of mine had a heart attack two weeks ago while shoveling snow. <br />I love Summer!! <br /><br />Tinbenni <br />A glass or two of Calfornia Red Silk to melow out the day. <br />Cheers<br />Oashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159331870007986544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43217768209124882582019-02-07T16:59:39.183-06:002019-02-07T16:59:39.183-06:00TTP & Anon-T: (For the rest of the corner cro...TTP & Anon-T: (For the rest of the corner crowd, this is gonna get technical, so feel free to tune out.) The files on my music server are in FLAC format -- "Free Lossless Audio Codec." I'm not smart enough to convert them -- the "ripping" software does it automagically. It's like a ZIP process for audio files -- takes less storage space on the hard-drive, but expands to exactly what it was originally when you play it back. I've got a few albums purchased as both MP3 and FLAC, and the FLAC codec sounds much, much better. I also bought a couple of HD albums -- they require a humongous amount of storage space -- 90MB per song vs 20MB for the average song in FLAC. An HD album wouldn't fit on a conventional CD. Frankly, my elderly ears can't hear any improvement over CD quality, so I quit wasting my money on 'em. (I'm not convinced that younger ears could hear any improvement, either.)desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50331116858776680612019-02-07T16:49:43.821-06:002019-02-07T16:49:43.821-06:00Loved this puzzle. No time to post. Our garage doo...Loved this puzzle. No time to post. Our garage door just fell off and we’re talking with a number of outfits that fix/replace garage doors.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2252410224995293672019-02-07T16:48:52.970-06:002019-02-07T16:48:52.970-06:00Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Paul! Great expo, Stev...Hi Y'all! Great puzzle, Paul! Great expo, Steve!<br /><br />Got the theme on first pass with GOAT GLOVES, altho I had to stop and mull that over a bit. My first mental image was a GOAT wearing GLOVES on its hooves.<br /><br />My music teacher mom used to play "Kitten ON THE KEYS" by memory for fun. Her two little girls always had to break into dance with the lively tune. We tried to dance like kittens with our paws in front of us.<br /><br />Ankle TAT: I saw a girl I knew with a TAT of Disney dwarfs sashaying around her ankle. Until that moment, I never realized how thick her ankles were -- seven dwarf size.<br /><br />Didn't we have a clue with ERITREA's capital recently. Must have because I knew it.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21454405579604541842019-02-07T16:48:33.254-06:002019-02-07T16:48:33.254-06:00HG: Making sex boring schoolwork. That's even ...HG: Making sex boring schoolwork. That's even better than abstention classes!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52300943650904193692019-02-07T16:03:00.688-06:002019-02-07T16:03:00.688-06:00Hi everybody.
Gary, I have been a science teacher...Hi everybody.<br /><br />Gary, I have been a science teacher also early on. I liked it and was pretty good at it too but if I just had one or two science classes in addition to the regular math classes, preparing for a science lab was a lot of extra work. I enjoyed teaching "Family Life" (sex-ed) too. The kids would be embarrassed for the first day or so. Then they got comfortable with the vocabulary and asking questions and things ran smoothly from then on.<br /><br />Five tool baseball players? From back in the old days, Mantle and Mays come to mind. <br /><br />I used to love shad roe but I haven't had it in a long while. You have to make an effort to find it locally.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48964058190733231232019-02-07T16:01:27.136-06:002019-02-07T16:01:27.136-06:00It's Thursday with a Monday level puzzle. With...It's Thursday with a Monday level puzzle. With all due respect to the constructor (who graciously stopped by, Thanks Paul), I find these types of puzzles corny and hokey. After the GOAT GLOVES instead of KID gloves, there was no mystery to solve. And the clues were very easy with only ARI, EVAN, and SHE solved by perps. How did MR. Handler 'handle' the...well I won't get into that. Never saw the show or movie.<br /><br />Jinx & TTP & others- changing LOO to LAV was my only bump today.<br />Bluehen- I agree with you on the ROE. We always gave them to the cats.<br />Anon T- Russia in the winter? Not my cup of tea ( which I don't drink anyway). Now we have some Russian 'collusion'; expect a subpoena soon.<br />HG-semen? In my 7th grade English, there was a student with a last name of SEAman. Oh, and my wife taught sex-ed as part of her Biology class, but it was 10th graders not 7th.<br /><br /><br /><br />Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64296469527670972252019-02-07T15:53:41.772-06:002019-02-07T15:53:41.772-06:00I'm still having trouble posting. No idea why...I'm still having trouble posting. No idea why<br /> Loved this puzzle. I got the clever theme with GOAT GLOVES. Thanks Paul.<br /><br />Steve, thanks for the expo.<br /><br />Owen you have been great all week!SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33912155289528525332019-02-07T15:51:45.073-06:002019-02-07T15:51:45.073-06:00HG, the times surely are changing. I am surprised....HG, the times surely are changing. I am surprised. When I was teaching simple machines, the mere mention of screw and nuts caused winks and furtive nudging. I didn't react at all, so they soon stopped. I guess that works with trolls, too.<br /><br />I had my washer serviced early this morning. It died 3 1/2 weeks ago. I had it repaired, and after one load it died again, this time with sopping wet sheets in it. I had to wait until a team of two could come out and take it apart. They spent an hour checking, cleaning and refurbishing the whole works. It seems okay now. I am sure that if I had no contract, they would have just said the machine was beyond repair. Oh, for the days when appliances lasted 25 years or more.<br />Pat and IM, glad to hear your eye problems are not as concerning as they once were.<br />Lucina, good news that your friend is doing better.<br />My DIL makes excellent paella.I have not made it. It is very costly.<br />I received an air fryer as a Christmas present. Have any of you tried one? Any tips would be appreciated.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3798903791589667702019-02-07T15:49:32.400-06:002019-02-07T15:49:32.400-06:00OwenKL:
I loved your poems today!OwenKL:<br />I loved your poems today!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89085509582270811402019-02-07T15:49:11.289-06:002019-02-07T15:49:11.289-06:00Lemonade:
When I first posted I had not yet read a...Lemonade:<br />When I first posted I had not yet read all the comments and now having read yours and everyone else's comments, I understand.<br /><br />This was such a fun puzzle especially after realizing that the mature animals replaced the young ones. Good job, Paul Coulter!<br /><br />EROSE has been used in puzzles for years and long before C.C. became a constructor.<br /><br />It's such a treat to have a Brit comment and give us is perspective on so many aspects of the puzzle.<br /><br />AnonT:<br />It's good to know the Mrs. arrived safely.<br /><br />HG:<br />You are so right, IMHO, that students should learn the correct terminology for all body parts. I applaud school curricula that do so. Quite often parents vote down teaching sex education thus depriving their children of important lessons.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63576064112563393622019-02-07T15:03:51.890-06:002019-02-07T15:03:51.890-06:00Has anyone heard from Fermatprime recently? I mis...Has anyone heard from Fermatprime recently? I miss her cryptic comments. Math Professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-12771731136627762322019-02-07T13:42:49.884-06:002019-02-07T13:42:49.884-06:00Toodle-pip?
Had to look that one up. Listed by Goo...Toodle-pip?<br />Had to look that one up. Listed by Google as "Wonderfully British."<br /><br /><b>Alice</b> @ 1:24 ~<br />Yep. In fact I had to wear a pale base, as the Rev. Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll) was a melancholic indoors chap. <br />The hardest thing I had to learn was how to handle his famous stutter. When you're doing an hour show, a stutter really complicates things. I made sure to hit the "Ds," to show how his nickname as the "Dodo" arose from his name.<br />"How d'you do? My name is Charles Lutwidge Do-do-Dodgson!" <br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72508350410379898922019-02-07T13:34:22.862-06:002019-02-07T13:34:22.862-06:00I was wondering if my postings would be misunderst...I was wondering if my postings would be misunderstood and they were. I am very much in favor of the kids getting his information in an academic setting at this age. I was merely contrasting what this method in to what we were and were not taught at 12. I usually sub in math and science and don't get into any Family Consumer Science classes.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24628166626291827502019-02-07T13:29:30.036-06:002019-02-07T13:29:30.036-06:00HG: do you think kids should learn this from the ...HG: do you think kids should learn this from the street? If so, they are apt to get a lot of mis-information. Parents are too often embarrassed to discuss with their children. Better to have a well-informed 3rd party teach sex Ed and reach the kids with accurate info. Street Crednoreply@blogger.com