tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7564730949502252249..comments2024-03-19T01:45:31.939-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday January 19, 2014 John LampkinZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90964949899566624572014-01-20T02:51:21.683-06:002014-01-20T02:51:21.683-06:00Owen, repeat your post but try not to put any spoi...Owen, repeat your post but try not to put any spoilers in it. By the way, I agree with you.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7944779017948437562014-01-19T23:54:54.503-06:002014-01-19T23:54:54.503-06:00Lucina, I will be looking forward to it, especiall...Lucina, I will be looking forward to it, especially after the downer last week.<br /><br />I've always liked Sherlock Holmes, both the books and the early movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. (I never could see how a smart dude like Rathbone's Holmes could ever put up such a bumbler.) I like Elementary OK but I tried the new Sherlock a couple of times and I found the actors unappealing. <br /><br />Have you tried the new Robin Hood on PBS? I like it OK.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62734753080067988022014-01-19T23:32:32.420-06:002014-01-19T23:32:32.420-06:00OTOH:
Downton Abbey was wonderful!OTOH:<br />Downton Abbey was wonderful!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50787494874122969062014-01-19T22:38:10.757-06:002014-01-19T22:38:10.757-06:00I didn't care for the production of Sherlock t...I didn't care for the production of Sherlock tonight. Hodge-podge.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31208286448244512252014-01-19T21:59:01.373-06:002014-01-19T21:59:01.373-06:00YR, I agree with you regarding John Lampkin. His p...YR, I agree with you regarding John Lampkin. His puzzles never disappoint. It was funny to hear your take on the early days of computing. I had a similar experience. <br /><br />So, I guess the super bowl is upon us. Let the hype begin.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73714212913131302172014-01-19T21:46:14.250-06:002014-01-19T21:46:14.250-06:00I finally finished "A Reliable Wife." Th...I finally finished "A Reliable Wife." That's several hours of my life I will never get back. Irish Miss, you said you doubted that I would like it. Very perceptive. I was about 75 percent finished and I put it aside for a while. I came back to it today while having a macchiato at the local coffee shop and finished it. More time wasted (for me). I couldn't find anybody in the book that I cared about. Kind of like I felt years ago after watching "Pulp Fiction."<br /><br />I started my computer life with an Apple 2+. I learned to program in Basic a little bit. I still have it. I wonder if it's worth anything? Then I got a Macintosh. My brother gave me a 28K modem and I became hooked using First Class bulletin boards and the Internet. I would be surfing the Net when somebody in the house would pick up a phone and I would get disconnected. Ah, the good old days...Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19483939411708223452014-01-19T20:54:45.350-06:002014-01-19T20:54:45.350-06:00Wow! This was one of my all time favorites today, ...Wow! This was one of my all time favorites today, terrific theme, great clues, funny puns. I always enjoy a John Lampkin puzzle.<br />John, it was good to hear from you. I was hoping for an explanation of the different clues for IRIDIUM in two different papers. I think the one in the other paper was better. Which was yours?<br />I was one who didn't much care for Friday's NOPE puzzle. It wasn't the theme, it was the clues that turned me off.<br />I started with a word processing typewriter with a disc, which I used for my MA thesis in 1989. We had to present our mentor with retyped altered copies every week. Then I bought an out of date Mac in 1991, mostly for word processing. I also used it for email and Internet (dial up)in the early 90's. I had to invent many work-arounds since it was so creaky.<br />Buying a multitasking Dell in 2000 was eye opening and fun and led to much more frequent internet usage.<br />I learned much about Goggling by checking crossword answers. I am still challenged by graphics.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87500478054987217582014-01-19T18:22:50.161-06:002014-01-19T18:22:50.161-06:00Thanks again everyone for birthday shout-outs.
Lu...Thanks again everyone for birthday shout-outs. <br />Lucina, thinking of it as my birthday weekend makes it seem more important.<br /><br />Whenever I see it's a John Lampkin puzzle, I look forward to puns and a fun solve. Unfortunately, today puzzle beat me. WAGS did not even help. Still loved great cluing and fills, but not smart enough to suss the theme.<br /><br />We purchased our first computer, a Gateway, when our twin reached Junior High School (1994).<br /><br />They put a computer on my desk at work in 1998. My students would tell me how painful it was to watch me trying to navigate online.<br />I became too embarrassed to send for tech help again so the students in the clinic would get me out of a jam. I ask my proctor to find some info online and somehow she got into a porn site and started yelling my name. We exited quickly, but she was sure we were in "big trouble." I'm glad search engines have improved greatly.Blue Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670176636354786453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60206191078635733282014-01-19T18:07:28.843-06:002014-01-19T18:07:28.843-06:00-Just back from playing 18 on a day with a record ...-Just back from playing 18 on a day with a record high of 64! <br />-I just thought of this theme entry: Requesting property lines from a British surveyor? WHATS IT ALL ABUT ALFIE?Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53103610372931737462014-01-19T16:52:03.283-06:002014-01-19T16:52:03.283-06:00Anon@3:19 you seem to have elided the words "...Anon@3:19 you seem to have elided the words "reluctant to" from your opening sentence. You're right, EUR is larger than Aus. or .AU, not Australia. But please use a handle when making comments. You might be less likely to be insulted that way.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73427538018588359682014-01-19T16:03:37.211-06:002014-01-19T16:03:37.211-06:00To: Anonymous @ 3:19 pm
Please learn how to write ...To: Anonymous @ 3:19 pm<br />Please learn how to write a complete sentence. IMHO, YER a WINGNUT !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14539643003144114462014-01-19T15:19:48.811-06:002014-01-19T15:19:48.811-06:00You people are so say anything negative.
Allow me...You people are so say anything negative.<br /><br />Allow me:<br /><br />"It's about 10% larger than Australia : EUR"<br /><br />The clue needs to indicate that the answer is an abbreviation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34375633337063094322014-01-19T15:09:48.907-06:002014-01-19T15:09:48.907-06:00Happy Sunday everybody!
Well, this was one of tho...Happy Sunday everybody!<br /><br />Well, this was one of those get stuck, walk away, nosh a bit, come back, go AHA! kind of puzzles for me. Knew it was going to be fun at seeing the TERN clue right off the bat....<br /><br />WEES about the abundance of great cluing today. FUNDING FATHERS was the Rosetta stone....<br /><br />Favorite answer = QATARIS, of course....<br /><br />TRU Calling was a gimme - enjoy everything Eliza Dushka is in, including True Lies....<br /><br />Been online since the early 90s. The XT was also my first PC, and it was connected to an Epson dot matrix printer. Hands up for joining Bulletin Boards before the Net took precedence. Back in the day, the CRASH CURSE was delivered because of the "blue screen of death...."<br /><br />Been to a couple of nude beaches. Favorite one was on the Cote d'Azur. All those crazy Frawnchmen and women gettin' their MELANIN on....<br /><br />Go Niners...!<br /><br />Finally, a really bad pun. Does a bald nudist call his toupee a bare skin rug....?River Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217414780894792059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64418281848646819892014-01-19T14:41:08.998-06:002014-01-19T14:41:08.998-06:00I really enjoyed the puzzle. John Lampkin has beco...I really enjoyed the puzzle. John Lampkin has become a favorite of mine. The theme was fun; not that different from the NOPE theme of a couple of days ago. For whatever reason, that theme seemed to annoy some people but this one didn't. Mickey Muse made me smile.<br /><br />Sunday Morning continued to be one of the TV high points of the week with features on Roseanne Cash, Doodling, Driverless cars, Sherlock Holmes and Marilyn Hagerty, restaurant critic in North Forks who received notoriety for her viral review of The Olive Garden there. (I thought she was great.) I haven't seen the Moment of Nature yet. <br /><br />Speaking of The Olive Garden...<br /><br />A SPAGHETTI LOVE STORY<br /><br />For several years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman. One night, she confided in him that she was pregnant.<br /><br />Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he said he would pay her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child. Furthermore, if she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18.<br /><br />She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discreet, he told her to simply mail him a post card, and write 'Spaghetti' on the back. He would then arrange for the child support payments to begin.<br /><br />One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife. 'Honey, she said, 'you received a very strange post card today.'<br /><br />'Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later,' he said. The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.<br /> <br />On the card was written: <br />Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. <br />Three with meatballs, two without.<br />Send extra sauce.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11929384788416408132014-01-19T14:27:04.646-06:002014-01-19T14:27:04.646-06:00Hi Y'all! Very clever and fun as is expected o...Hi Y'all! Very clever and fun as is expected of John Lampkin! Bravo! Encore!. Great one, C.C.!<br /><br />This was not a speed run. A challenge in places. I tried Kuwaiti & Saudiis before Qataris showed up. TEMPERA escaped my mind too long.<br /><br />DOWN ON ALL FUR: Long before PETA SHOWED up, someone asked me if I didn't want a mink coat. I told him I really didn't like the idea of dead animals hanging on my back.<br /><br />Going ON LINE wasn't an option available on the farm. I had used it for Associated Press fill stories the last time I worked at a newspaper in late 90's. Then when I did accounting at the car dealership, I used it to transmit my detailed balance sheet each month to GM. I didn't buy a new computer and go ONLINE for personal use until Feb. 2011. PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50319270982064790382014-01-19T13:47:18.648-06:002014-01-19T13:47:18.648-06:00A very enjoyable puzzle, John. And with ample bonu...A very enjoyable puzzle, John. And with ample bonus punnishment. It was harder than a typical Sunday for me, but doable.<br /><br />Almost game time. Go Donkeys!!!Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57769851194552512062014-01-19T11:54:30.970-06:002014-01-19T11:54:30.970-06:00Irish Miss@11:35: Thanks for the prompt reply. And...<b>Irish Miss</b>@11:35: Thanks for the prompt reply. And I hope you'll forgive (or at least understand) my curmudgeonly, left brain, nitpicking but if it's finished wrong it's not really finished, is it. Otherwise one could fill all the squares with random letters and claim to have "finished" the puzzle.<br /><br />Perhaps "Filled It Wrong" is more accurate?Al Cyonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86194993623126844812014-01-19T11:51:42.334-06:002014-01-19T11:51:42.334-06:00I can't recall exactly when I went on line, on...I can't recall exactly when I went on line, only that it was in the late 80s at work. In about 1990 our school started putting the rosters on computer and I began using e-mail. As has been said, life has not been the same since then.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90789637441116375412014-01-19T11:51:33.457-06:002014-01-19T11:51:33.457-06:00Thanks C.C. for the kind words, solid analysis and...Thanks C.C. for the kind words, solid analysis and for including my photographs. I keep wishing I could make a crossword where all the clues are photos, but it's too daunting a task. <br />Thank you all for the upbeat comments! Your pleasure is one of the rewards of creating these.<br />MICKEY MUSE was the seed.<br />I like MERCI BEAU CUP also, Dudley @ 10:34, because it's so unexpected. I briefly considered cluing it in terms of athletic supporters but...John Lampkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906931094710501272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56178719588326316662014-01-19T11:47:07.882-06:002014-01-19T11:47:07.882-06:00Hello, friends. It's good to see you, C.C. and...Hello, friends. It's good to see you, C.C. and learn whatever I missed.<br /><br />I loved this puzzle with its many witty clues, take down expert, STENO; flash mob, PAPARAZZI; batting organ, EYE; piece polisher, EDITOR; make bananas, DERANGE; and, of course, the theme answers. Brilliant, John Lampkin.<br /><br />Naturally, I immediately thought of Misty with NORA (which perped itself). <br /><br />Almost satisfying until I realized that I hadn't finished the top with one empty cell at BARE SKIN since I had ISIS instead of IBIS. Still, it was great fun. And because the PF Chang marathon race is going past our church and morning Masses are cancelled, there was no hurry and this took much longer than the usual 45 mins. for Sunday.<br /><br />What a nice shout out to Blue IRIS on her birthday weekend; maybe now I'll remember!<br /><br />Have a splendiferous Sunday, everyone!<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-6332996548436916242014-01-19T11:38:50.283-06:002014-01-19T11:38:50.283-06:00TESTING
Prior post had some odd glitch.TESTING<br /><br />Prior post had some odd glitch.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72656838234416381922014-01-19T11:36:28.691-06:002014-01-19T11:36:28.691-06:00Been thinking back about the on-line situation. I ...Been thinking back about the on-line situation. I started using a dial-up service as a means to get aviation weather information in 1989, but that may not count as on-line since it didn't require the new Internet to function. I started using email at work in the mid 90's, and just loved it. Life hasn't been the same since!Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44758683132526374882014-01-19T11:35:07.883-06:002014-01-19T11:35:07.883-06:00AC @ 11:13 - FIW=Finished It Wrong.AC @ 11:13 - FIW=Finished It Wrong.Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62001377339783545662014-01-19T11:13:59.101-06:002014-01-19T11:13:59.101-06:00Okay, I'm stumped. FIW?
(And should it be add...Okay, I'm stumped. FIW?<br /><br />(And should it be added to <a href="http://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/comments-section-abbreviations.html" rel="nofollow">the list of abbreviations</a>?)Al Cyonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76347697108869352142014-01-19T11:07:14.575-06:002014-01-19T11:07:14.575-06:00Thank you, John Lampkin for a clever puzzle. Thank...Thank you, John Lampkin for a clever puzzle. Thank you C.C. for another fine review.<br /><br />This puzzle was fun, entertaining, and an excellent Sunday mental challenge! It took me about an hour, a little longer than my usual Sunday puzzle, but worth it. I finally had to Google two clues I didn’t know and the perps just weren’t helping me yet -- 35A Wagner's "__ Rheingold”: DAS, and 16D "__ Calling": 2000s Eliza Dushku TV series: TRU.<br /><br />I’m never sure if it is Mauna LOA or Mauna KEA, so I always need a perp or two to direct me.<br /><br />I knew 44D “Wheel” purchase would be AN_, but needed the perp to finish that one.<br /><br />The misuse of “its” and “it’s” jumps off the page and bothers me, but then I have to remind myself to focus on what is important in life. It’s not!<br /><br />buckeye bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851057586226995953noreply@blogger.com