tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7522726145570826060..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday August 18, 2013 Amy JohnsonZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91032888713035112722013-08-19T07:21:16.576-05:002013-08-19T07:21:16.576-05:00Yes! Both he and Pete Weber signed a pin we brough...Yes! Both he and Pete Weber signed a pin we brought. Boomer bowled the last game(and beat) Weber, who is actually very friendly in person.<br /><br />Boomer and others amateurs bowled in the same lane, but the pros rotated.<br /><br />You should try it someday. Quite fun.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28175394024569162362013-08-19T07:14:08.420-05:002013-08-19T07:14:08.420-05:00Wow CC! Yes, Walter Ray is the best of the best ...Wow CC! Yes, Walter Ray is the best of the best ! Nice pic. Did you get his autograph ?TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87621249155832484352013-08-19T04:58:13.604-05:002013-08-19T04:58:13.604-05:00TTP,
Look! I just met the best of the best.TTP,<br />Look! I just met the best of the best.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13612429353318096902013-08-19T04:54:09.087-05:002013-08-19T04:54:09.087-05:00The four dynasties are: Zhou, Qin, Han & Tang....The four dynasties are: Zhou, Qin, Han & Tang. The first 2 are easy to remember if you know my Mandarin name.Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89842626434417998502013-08-18T21:52:11.052-05:002013-08-18T21:52:11.052-05:00Good evening, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, for ...Good evening, folks. Thank you, Amy Johnson, for a swell puzzle. Thank you, C.C., for the swell write-up.<br /><br />I did not check in yesterday. Did the puzzle, but it got late.<br /><br />This one went fine. Theme helped a lot. We had a hometown paper once named the Erie Dispatch.<br /><br />PNEU came easily once I had the PN.<br /><br />Liked SICEM.<br /><br />A TERRE was not easy.<br /><br />EGO TRIP was clever.<br /><br />Fermatprime: Lentils and zucchini does not sound too bad to me. Of course a little variety is good too. Give my best to Harvey. Hope he gets better so you will have help. He is a good a Templar. That is what Templars do.<br /><br />Miss Beckley. I had the same experience with the Sunday L A Times while I was in Long Beach last year. I walked about a mile to buy one. Took it back to the hotel. Discovered it was the Reagle. Went to the hotel desk and had them print one drom the Chicago Tribune site. When I got home I wrote a letter to Rich Norris on the high desert. He answered me and explained what you already read from the earlier comments. You can print it from a couple sites.<br /><br />On my way to PA.<br /><br />See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284840548607273602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57763765221883194962013-08-18T21:09:35.736-05:002013-08-18T21:09:35.736-05:00How does that joke go? How do porcupines make love...How does that joke go? How do porcupines make love?? <br /><br />Very carefully!!<br /><br />Well, One of them is not doing it right because the racket outside my window right now from two of them doesn't sound too pleasant. Haven't seen one around here for some years. Hopefully they will go away before something has to be done.Manachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904472091922069440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65370828199372412272013-08-18T20:55:37.215-05:002013-08-18T20:55:37.215-05:00-How’s this link for my DYNASTY knowledge?
-Of cou...-How’s this link for my <a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/not/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Dynasty.jpg" rel="nofollow">DYNASTY</a> knowledge?<br />-Of course you’re right Bill.Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28195773560870264502013-08-18T19:29:26.720-05:002013-08-18T19:29:26.720-05:00I just saw the movie, Lee Daniel's The Butler ...I just saw the movie, Lee Daniel's The Butler and it's excellent! What a heavyweight cast especially for the lead and all the presidents, all performed outstandingly.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54638799087889896602013-08-18T19:28:15.425-05:002013-08-18T19:28:15.425-05:00The fact that the First Emperor's famous terra...The fact that the First Emperor's famous terra-cotta army was discovered in Xi'an leads me to believe that city was the Qin dynasty's capital city. I don't know for sure what others but I'll bet the Han dynasty, which followed the short-lived Qin, had their capital there too.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3550703042678558412013-08-18T19:27:49.017-05:002013-08-18T19:27:49.017-05:00Good afternoon! I'm late to the party today. W...Good afternoon! I'm late to the party today. We went out for brunch this morning for our daughter's birthday. I stuffed myself with a pretty good omelet. <br /><br />Gary, when that horse walked into the bar, I believe he was asked, "Say, why the long face?"<br /><br />I hate to complain about a puzzle so I won't. However, for me, this was a puzzle with lots of fun parts, many easy easy parts and some hard parts (that seemed almost unfair to me, probably because I didn't know 'em). Some of those complaints have already been covered such as jurors being excused rather than recused. In particular, I didn't like ATERRE, STE, PNEU, Rannoch and Tummel. and SNES.<br /><br />By the way, Barbara and I saw Mose Allison in person in a little club in Washington D.C. Later on, we saw Charlie Byrd in that same club.<br /><br />Later...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51857077957266651612013-08-18T19:17:41.263-05:002013-08-18T19:17:41.263-05:00G'Day all - just catching up with the gang as ...G'Day all - just catching up with the gang as I didn't get to do much of the pzl today.<br /><br />MIL started to get chest pains at church and my wife rushed her to the ER. I took the kids home, grabbed my copy of the puzzle and took it up to the ER for us to do. With all the in/out CAT, EKG, etc, we didn't get very far with it. At the end of a few hours, she told the Dr. "No, I am not staying for observation..." Then we had fried chicken fingers at Raisin' Cane (a Louisiana chain that just hit Houston). That should do the heart well...<br /><br />H-Chron has the "real" LA Times. The only thing I don't like is that the answers are on the next page. I'm a cheater and will guess & flip. It's like the math books with the answers in the back... :-)<br /><br />HG - FYI the Dynasty link doesn't work. I get a 404.<br /><br />Have a great eve all!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68483405067444476242013-08-18T19:14:59.687-05:002013-08-18T19:14:59.687-05:00Hello everybody. Pretty good puzzle today. I had t...Hello everybody. Pretty good puzzle today. I had the same difficulty in the LEROY,ELUTE,TEY area as many of you did. More tomorrow.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89788574907165150642013-08-18T16:30:17.378-05:002013-08-18T16:30:17.378-05:00Golf, church (priest DRONED with much ADO, he’s ne...Golf, church (priest DRONED with much ADO, he’s never TERSE or interesting) and landscaping and then finally got ‘er done. BABS, BEER, and ELEA toughest corner.<br /><br />Musings<br />-My DREAM JOURNAL would contain forgetting lines or lyrics<br />-I have no idea why Bezos invested in dead tree journalism<br />-The KC STAR will report a second straight Royal loss<br />-My grandkids have very big vocabs and get “heckled” by papa for using tiresome AWESOME.<br />-Our back NINE is easier since water levels are down<br />-Some pit bulls don’t seem to need to hear SIC ‘EM and some of their owners don’t know SIC ‘EM<br />-A horse walks into A BAR. Bartender asks him…<br />-I once had a LOT of CHIANTI on an empty stomach. Whoa!!<br />-Does he look like a <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OVwrVDkf4YE/TAzm6yaDVFI/AAAAAAAAAqA/pUJ93Q2lDyI/s400/Andrew+Tarot.jpg" rel="nofollow">SEER</a> to you?<br />-Why do I still remember the line, “Why so pale and WAN fond lover?” BTW, if you know the author of that line, you’re a better man than I Charlie Brown.<br />-Sorry, fearless leader, this is the only <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qCcD-%20Qt57H8/UNM5gSjss1I/AAAAAAAAHns/F8BRSF68Syc/s640/dynasty.jpg" rel="nofollow">DYNASTY</a> I know ;-)<br />-Doncha just hate a hard PAT of butter in a restaurant?<br />-Marti, is that a dorsal fin behind you?<br />-I loved the SCI links yesterday. Very addictive. <br />-There’s no such thing as gravity, the Earth sucks!Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3775781644583213292013-08-18T16:22:52.014-05:002013-08-18T16:22:52.014-05:00Miss Beckley, I have to do the Merl Reagle in the ...Miss Beckley, I have to do the Merl Reagle in the LA Times on Sunday, too, I'm afraid.<br /><br />Did you get 78D "Uncontrollable Desire, often for something harmful" by any chance? It was the only word I didn't know and the absurd answer I got, CACOETHES, can't possibly be right, can it?<br /><br />C.C., apologies for discussing another puzzle on your blog. Won't do it again.Mistynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19037001234189895172013-08-18T16:08:35.130-05:002013-08-18T16:08:35.130-05:00I am surprised at the number of people who did not...I am surprised at the number of people who did not know ELUTE. I learned it in college chemistry and so did my husband.<br /><br />From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:<br />Definition of ELUTE:<br />extract; specifically : to remove (adsorbed material) from an adsorbent by means of a solvent Dixie Darlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43298544926467385922013-08-18T15:59:54.161-05:002013-08-18T15:59:54.161-05:00The LA Times syndicates a Sunday puzzle -- the one...The LA Times syndicates a Sunday puzzle -- the one covered here. The LA Times, however, chooses not to print it. It's one of life's mysteries.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61031793866398735012013-08-18T15:39:11.126-05:002013-08-18T15:39:11.126-05:00Which la times do you mean? It's the wrong puz...Which la times do you mean? It's the wrong puzzle every damn week.<br />fodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089962285913845129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58446697188763688992013-08-18T15:36:10.885-05:002013-08-18T15:36:10.885-05:00Map of today's lochs. (left of the red box)<a href="http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk/images/Misc/regional_map.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>Map</b></a> of today's lochs. (left of the red box)Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89643696011152802072013-08-18T15:07:25.878-05:002013-08-18T15:07:25.878-05:00M Beckley @ 1406: This is a frequent question on...M Beckley @ 1406: This is a frequent question on Sundays and has been answered many times. Here is one of the more succinct:<br /><br />Argyle said...<br />On Sundays, we blog the LAT online crossword puzzle. The LAT Sunday paper runs a puzzle by Merl Reagle. We don't know why.<br />June 2, 2013 at 6:41 PMSpitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83412254345657788832013-08-18T14:53:16.474-05:002013-08-18T14:53:16.474-05:00Hi Y'all! Thanks, Amy, fun & challenging p...Hi Y'all! Thanks, Amy, fun & challenging puzzle. Some tough spots in the NE corner and lower W middle. Lots of unknowns: ELUTE, BABS, Rannoch & Tummel, MEDE, SNES, Bel PAESE, NEC that all caused naticks.<br /><br />I wanted LET lie. XIS two days running. I got both days.<br /><br />C.C., great expo. I have a recurring dream that I think I'm finished remodeling my old house and I see a door in the wall I hadn't noticed before. I open the door and here is another whole wing of the house with falling down plaster ceilings, etc., that I'm going to have to work on. The feeling of despair always wakes me. Trauma from all the dirty, sweaty, body-maiming years of work.<br /><br />My AF son walked into a church on a base half-way round the world and found a good childhood friend in the praise band. Our families have been involved with each other for four generations. Grandmas were best friends. We'd lost track of this one.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43367792947470905932013-08-18T14:06:44.621-05:002013-08-18T14:06:44.621-05:00I get the LA Times every Sunday, and the puzzle is...I get the LA Times every Sunday, and the puzzle is mostly always by Merl Reagle. It's certainly not the one you guys are doing. Why is that? This week's is A Mental Pepper Upper. Last week was Experimental Humor. Anyone have a clue why mine is different? I live in Woodland Hills, which is certainly part of LA. I'm flummoxed.<br />Miss Beckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6571104522827729982013-08-18T13:09:40.981-05:002013-08-18T13:09:40.981-05:00Hi, all!
Not the easiest Sunday for me in a while...Hi, all!<br /><br />Not the easiest Sunday for me in a while. Thank goodness the theme came early, and helped fill in some of the longer entries right away. But the crossing of TEY and LEROY almost did me in. Complete WAG to fill in the Y, but it worked. 'Yay me!"<br /><br />I have changed my HAIR GEL to a brand called "Pravana." Nice fresh scent, and still holds my spiky hair in place all day. Hmmm...maybe my long haired cat could use <a href="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1406763.1374602134!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/wigs24n-4-web.jpg" rel="nofollow">some</a>?<br /><br />Have a fun day, everyone!HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76323067987613238732013-08-18T12:41:38.377-05:002013-08-18T12:41:38.377-05:00The clues for 10D, 38D, 69D, and 94D were missing ...The clues for 10D, 38D, 69D, and 94D were missing from the puzzle in the Chicago Tribune. But the one that tripped me up was 125A ELUTE. New word for me.<br /><br />By the way, Doha Doc, Record of the Year actually refers to the song, not the album. I assume that goes back to the days of singles, which came out on 45 records (before my time).Alexscottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82980945697426479762013-08-18T12:32:39.794-05:002013-08-18T12:32:39.794-05:00Hey C.C., how about PLEBEIAN TRIBUNE. Clued as &qu...Hey C.C., how about PLEBEIAN TRIBUNE. Clued as "Newspaper for a Roman official."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9108068193592422692013-08-18T12:13:57.467-05:002013-08-18T12:13:57.467-05:00How can white or black or gray or red hens lay bro...How can white or black or gray or red hens lay brown or white (and sometimes pastel) eggs which hatch yellow chicks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com