tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post7660789292825328648..comments2024-03-28T14:31:25.599-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 ~ Jake HalperinZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21875416822285273432018-02-28T01:30:45.990-06:002018-02-28T01:30:45.990-06:00Well, unlike Casey I didn't strike out . I jus...Well, unlike Casey I didn't strike out . I just finished Sundays crunch-ish xword. Now I can read Sunday's blog. <br /><br />Anon-T, here is the official come-on<br /><br />Here is the agent Facebook messenger link. m.me/agent.larrysloane.780. He's online now, just click on the link, add him on messenger and message him for your claim. He's the one who helped me get my winnings. He's a very good and honest man because he helped me a lot.<br /><br />The tone, diction and overall approach gave it away . Thank God I have a savvy kid at home to wise me up. Now to get him out of the home 😂😂😂. Nah, I love having him with me .<br /><br />WC<br /><br />I just noticed that the information didn't include the crucial point that you pay up front. Also, Phil found information on the scam on the internet .Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26988222231879853942018-02-28T00:00:12.871-06:002018-02-28T00:00:12.871-06:00WC - I''ve not seen that FB scam yet. If ...WC - I''ve not seen that FB scam yet. If you have a screen-shot or URLs linked-to would you forward them to me? I want to check this out (I only FakeBook).<br /><br />With all the talk of llamas & ALPACS and BINARY fun, I went looking for WinAmp's intro but found <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JntDcqOxMsM" rel="nofollow"> this off-beat song...</a></b> [2:30ish PG-13 and just plain odd]<br /><br />For a blast-from-the-past*... Who remembers <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HaF-nRS_CWM" rel="nofollow">WinAmp's intro? </a></b>[:06]<br /><br />I pronounce coffee 'cough-hee', 'Joe', 'tar', or 'caffeine - the hot kind'. (even if it's cold as finish my 9p cuppa) <br /><br />Nite, -T<br />*also the name of a Ringo solo-albumAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42014028462903398012018-02-28T00:00:02.493-06:002018-02-28T00:00:02.493-06:00Bill G:
What you say about telephoning the neighbo...Bill G:<br />What you say about telephoning the neighbor while the dogs are barking makes sense and I've thought about it. Here's the problem, though; my neighbor got her condo as a result of the divorce from her husband. Many years ago after having 5 children, they moved away and bought a bigger home and rented this one out. Anyway, on the HOA directory his name is still on and a phone number though I'm not sure if it's her number or his. <br /><br />Now that I'm thinking about it, our manager would likely know so I'll have to ask her. Discussing this helped me to think it through, so thank you for that.<br /><br />YR:<br />I pronounce those words the same as you do. Coffee is caw-fee for me.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10140395401552314842018-02-27T23:54:30.668-06:002018-02-27T23:54:30.668-06:00Well, unlike Bluehen I did try TYRANT at first. I ...Well, unlike Bluehen I did try TYRANT at first. I realized it didn't fit but neglected to change R to the N in company<br /><br />TIRGOT was the result as I didn't know DREA. But, I'd have FIWed anyway as I had TUBS instead of PUBS. <br /><br />Mondays and Tuesdays are not for beginners anymore . I just found Sunday but the outlook isn't brilliant.<br /><br />As YR said, CHARY is not arcane just a little highbrow. I went brain-dead on the Religious URL. I even tried PROtestant. It finally clicked.<br /><br />Owen, I love your C's . Argyle was in fine form .<br /><br />So, nobody else in here has seen the FB-Messenger scam,eh? Apparently, FB has a flaw in its messenger app.<br /><br />YR if you get a Messenger request ignore it unless you can confirm it. Of course, perhaps the day has come for us to stay away from these social media apps altogether. <br /><br />G'nite<br /><br />WC<br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54999599530803113082018-02-27T23:16:39.372-06:002018-02-27T23:16:39.372-06:00IM: I grew up in New York City and it was always c...IM: I grew up in New York City and it was always corefee or cawfee.<br /><br />MarkMark Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076917280398040010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47076857432775844862018-02-27T23:00:51.047-06:002018-02-27T23:00:51.047-06:00Argyle and AnonT: Thank you for explaining! The so...Argyle and AnonT: Thank you for explaining! The song Under Pressure is an amazing work of art.<br /><br />I just looked it up and I see indeed it was a studio creation. The concert video is very convincing! Thanks for the learning moment!Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50691629071704277402018-02-27T22:13:59.047-06:002018-02-27T22:13:59.047-06:00Picard - what Argyle said. Mercury and Bowie neve...Picard - what Argyle said. Mercury and Bowie never performed Under Preasure together. The video is a very well done (IMHO) mash-up called the Rah Mix that made it look like they were on stage together. I love it because you get Mercury's falsetto off-set w/ Bowie's tenor.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71008542891456178752018-02-27T22:08:30.785-06:002018-02-27T22:08:30.785-06:00The concert never happened. It was a mash-up, like...The concert never happened. It was a mash-up, like Natalie and Nat.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69785848171001529282018-02-27T22:05:46.791-06:002018-02-27T22:05:46.791-06:00Lucina, I've had that same experience with nei...Lucina, I've had that same experience with neighbors over many years at this home. (We bought it in 1969. It seemed like a lot of money at the time...) The neighbors would be away from home during the day and apparently weren't aware of their dog's constant barking. I mentioned it to them with varying degrees of success and once got the police involved. Then there was a different neighbor whose dog was barking at 1:30 am. I called him. He answered the phone, wide awake and when I asked him to let his dog inside, he said OK. No apology. Clueless...Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38872439606014551542018-02-27T21:54:36.543-06:002018-02-27T21:54:36.543-06:00AnonT: Yesterday you wrote:
Oh, and want to see so...AnonT: Yesterday you wrote:<br />Oh, and want to see something totally awesome that never happened? Mercury and Bowie Under Pressure together. //what's funny is the "I was at that concert" comments under the video.<br />=======<br />Sorry, I am not seeing the thing you are referencing.<br /><br />What is the thing that never happened?Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-44473855992655755092018-02-27T20:03:50.508-06:002018-02-27T20:03:50.508-06:00Hi All!
WEES - Not your father's Tuesday puzz...Hi All!<br /><br />WEES - Not your father's Tuesday puzzle. I nailed it with a few missteps but it took the theme to crack the midwest. Once I guessed Company and back fill'd K--P; the WAG MISHIT seemed right enough for the FIR. Thanks Jake for a beaut.<br /><br />Argyle - you were on fire today! And, then, just IDLY drop Queen? Nice. Thanks.<br />//from your caption... is an ALPACA a <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKBnAV1bpRE" rel="nofollow"> SEXY llama?</a></b> [stop after 1m; PG-13 and stupid*]<br /><br />WOs: IN E @67a b/f LENIN STOMe didn't parse; NAIR b/f NEET; and brain-fart gave me .edu b/f .org<br />ESPs: names sans ETHAN; TIN GOD(?) [is that <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O7_kMbh0ElY" rel="nofollow"> Tin Man </a></b> after receiving a heart?] [America]. //Hey, Tin! You missed the IPA @the BAR/PUB<br /><br /><b>Fav</b>: None. But I SMILE'd w/ GLEE @ BINARY, DATA, ORG, FONT FAMILY, MHO, EJECT (as clue'd), and, of course, UNIX. <br />'BEST PRACTICE'? - yech! BOSSman's ENNUI with nothin' better to say...; Right TTP? :-)<br /><br />2+2=4 wasn't BASE 5 (or greater) anything but I get that the + is a binary operator (whereas NAND is a binary operation :-). I could go on all day folks...)<br /><br />{B+, A+, C+}<br />D-O: You were on a roll too. LOL mini-theme & AL P-somebody...<br />CED - as was the divorce-lawyers' LOL shingle!<br />BlueHen - it was me wanting food porn/recipes - I'll email you at some point. Funny OX Nards.<br /><br />HG - What Jinx said... I use KeePass to store all my passwords. It encrypts in memory and one long master-password unlocks the rest of the keys. We just did a pen-test (hire hackers to hack us); the attacker found a spreadsheet on one of our admin's boxes - I gave that admin the BUSINESS END of my Clue-Bat.<br /><br />OMK - it all tastes like chicken because <b><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v1EcrD5IyxM" rel="nofollow"> The Matrix doesn't know how Alpaca tastes.</a></b> [:53]. #WeAbsolveYou <br /><br />Picard - I'm running out of space re: FLN. Taunt me a second time. What part didn't you get?<br /><br />C, Eh! @3:45 - don'tcha mean you say 'em all aboot the same way? :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -T<br />*Youngest does the silly 'hand-llama' thing that he does at the beginning of the video -- why I even know this exists :-(Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-441489385247203602018-02-27T18:46:15.310-06:002018-02-27T18:46:15.310-06:00OMG!
Thanks, CanadianEh, for the OHM/MHO follow-up...OMG!<br />Thanks, <b>CanadianEh</b>, for the OHM/MHO follow-up.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4983736038319896682018-02-27T18:22:08.249-06:002018-02-27T18:22:08.249-06:00Dusty thanks you again, Lucina, Irish Miss, and Ca...Dusty thanks you again, Lucina, Irish Miss, and CanadianEh. And Mark S, what a worrisome moment and so glad Dominique turned out to be okay, thank to your help and care.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43635254787272239062018-02-27T17:49:30.788-06:002018-02-27T17:49:30.788-06:00Wilbur Charles@2:42
Thank you for the news that LI...Wilbur Charles@2:42<br />Thank you for the news that LIPOUT is a valid term, but alas, not in today's puzzle.<br /><br />Misty:<br />I'm happy that Dusty is better. <br /><br />My sentiments always go for the puppies. But sadly today I finally had to report my neighbor's dogs to the police for their constant barking. The owners are away from home most of the time so I never see them to speak about the dogs.<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1158252950747596842018-02-27T16:45:54.155-06:002018-02-27T16:45:54.155-06:00IM, I pronounce it CAW-fee also!
IM, I pronounce it CAW-fee also!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14999774626551704082018-02-27T15:51:26.163-06:002018-02-27T15:51:26.163-06:00I found the MHO-OHM discussion on January 17/18 - ...I found the MHO-OHM discussion on January 17/18 - Picard@11:28CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56129065448073126462018-02-27T15:45:07.317-06:002018-02-27T15:45:07.317-06:00Tough Tuesday. Thanks for the fun Jake and Argyle...Tough Tuesday. Thanks for the fun Jake and Argyle.<br /><br />55 Comments already, so WEES by now. Mid north was the last to fill.<br />Begat before BEGOT; Strip before STEAL.<br /><br />I'm more familiar with wary than CHARY (and I pronounce them all, including Mary, merry, chairy, the same way).<br />INKS can be colour or black. Couldn't clue have been just "printer refills"?<br /><br />Smiled at NEAT and STY.<br /><br />OMK, we had MHO discussion here a little while ago (perhaps Dave2 can find it and link?)<br />I remembered and did not immediately reject the word.<br /><br />Oas@8:11 - LOL re FLN.<br />Misty - glad to hear that Dusty is feeling better.<br /><br />Enjoy the rest of the day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85434175734661858722018-02-27T15:35:03.184-06:002018-02-27T15:35:03.184-06:00Bluehen, there's a Cuban restaurant near here ...Bluehen, there's a Cuban restaurant near here that we enjoy. Our favorite entrée is roast pork with rice, black beans and plantains. <br /><br />LACW Addict: Ithaca eh? Do you go to Cornell or are you associated with Cornell in some way? I went there and met Barbara there. How's the snow depth? Walking up libe slope at 7:30 in the morning with snowy and icy paths was a struggle. Up three steps and slide back two. Otherwise, it sure could be a pretty place.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31404875116741196982018-02-27T15:31:05.915-06:002018-02-27T15:31:05.915-06:00JS, as per my 9:17 post,chary is very in the langu...JS, as per my 9:17 post,chary is very in the language these days, right up to the minute in current newspapers.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60000073398654189482018-02-27T15:16:41.976-06:002018-02-27T15:16:41.976-06:00CHARY??? Really? Gimme a break. CHARY??? Really? Gimme a break. Moodnuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190743619527376477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14458019341330412342018-02-27T15:10:53.724-06:002018-02-27T15:10:53.724-06:00This was a very out-of-the-ordinary solve today. ...This was a very out-of-the-ordinary solve today. I gotter dun using only the across clues and fills, but it took almost Thursday time to do so. None of the across clues were out of my wheelhouse, but some of those words were not readily recognizable to me. I'd sit and think and try to dredge up the right word, and think some more ("I KNOW I've have this word"), and just as I am giving up in order to move on, it comes to me. A catharsis caused by lessening of stress? I know I've said it before, but I love being tested. This puzzle was a great one. Thank you, Jake. I look forward to the next one. Argyle, there's not much more I can say. Your explication, the title you created, your illustrations are all spot-on. Great job!<br /><br />Looking back on the grid after completion, I soon saw that it's a good thing that I didn't need the down clues. IMHO opinion they were much more difficult that the others. The upper Midwest was especially crunchy. CHARY, really? At first I thought this was a brand new word to me, but the more I ruminate on it as the day goes by, the more I think I have probably bumped into it before but it didn't even lodge in my reading-recognition vocabulary. ESPOO, really? Sounds like some cesspool is missing a few letters. TINGOD, really? I'm sure TIN thinks he is, but I'm sure I would have entered "tyrant" and messed myself up for a long time. Oh well, as Splynter would say "Onward to tomorrow".<br /><br />Cuban sandwiches tonight with Cuban black bean soup. The pork for the sandwiches is leftovers from Sunday's roast. FLN: I would rather serve leftovers than Oxnard.<br /><br />Cya!Bluehenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215040742633388939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90684218007000672332018-02-27T15:06:21.391-06:002018-02-27T15:06:21.391-06:00Didn't AL PACA star in Scent of a Woman or was...Didn't AL PACA star in <i>Scent of a Woman</i> or was it <i>Dog Day Afternoon</i>?desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3166230758979737352018-02-27T14:49:05.609-06:002018-02-27T14:49:05.609-06:00Yes, Keith, everything tastes like chicken.Yes, Keith, everything tastes like chicken.Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5705502856053282362018-02-27T14:42:54.956-06:002018-02-27T14:42:54.956-06:00Lucina, LIP OUT is indeed a golf term for a missed...Lucina, LIP OUT is indeed a golf term for a missed putt<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79620698154314343522018-02-27T14:17:07.689-06:002018-02-27T14:17:07.689-06:00The inclusion of ALPACA reminds me that when my wi...The inclusion of ALPACA reminds me that when my wife and I visited Peru, I was the one who ate of the beast. My wife does not let me forget it, and I am slightly ashamed - and often feel bound to confess as another step toward absolution.<br />In my defense it was on a skewer, served kebob-fashion at a BBQ party. This is not to say I was unaware what the meat was, but only that the slices were mingled and merely 20% of the skewer's contents. <br />It was afterward that I came to know other ALPACAs as the cutest darn critters I ever saw. (Aside from my three dogs, naturally.)<br /><br />Those imploring eyes and those thick lashes! <br />It is as if Disney took the sweetest llama he could find and then made it over, using all his artistic tricks (plus a full makeup box). I swear now I will never eat ALPACA again.<br /><br />__________<br />PS. Tastes like chicken.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.com