tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8231560068709883730..comments2024-03-28T22:14:27.877-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, Julie BerubeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75477730426368831842019-09-05T00:39:04.796-05:002019-09-05T00:39:04.796-05:00Fun and challenging puzzle (not a speed run) - my ...Fun and challenging puzzle (not a speed run) - my favorite kind. Sprocket (WEES-fun word) and epsom were my first fills - followed by NFL-bzzt, but I got the "F" correct which led me to "Afropop" because of the unusual names, and then AFC filled in (hello, C-Eh). Soccer teams? (never watch or read about them in the sports section) were a challenge but the perps helped. "...flag with double-headed eagle" clue was a gimme for a former USSR republic - which one?<br /><br />Melissa B - I totally! enjoyed your recap, especially the Ladysmith/Paul Simon link - happily smiled happily throughout - it was such a joyous performance. Now, as to "performance" ... the Plushenko skating performance was ... well, unforgettable, and I'll leave it at that! <br /><br />Desper-Otto @ 6:40am [snicker] - your usual dry humor!<br /><br />MB - your granddaughters are the cutest of all cuties - what a sweet photo - thanks for sharing! <br /><br />Happy that the Floridian Cornerites are all safe!<br />TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66966053224827070142019-09-05T00:38:50.080-05:002019-09-05T00:38:50.080-05:00Spammer @ 10:30 pm, dba as "seringupdate"...Spammer @ 10:30 pm, dba as "seringupdate"<br /><br />Can the creature be removed?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43496891887287899522019-09-05T00:37:51.310-05:002019-09-05T00:37:51.310-05:00Lucina, I would have guessed a mosquito is after y...Lucina, I would have guessed a mosquito is after your blood but I'm sure you have ruled that out. (Does it make a high-pitched whine?) Where I grew up (in Virginia), gnats would appear in swarms in the yard. When I was mowing the lawn, I would often pass through a swarm of them and they would get in my eyes and nose. Very annoying but they didn't sting. <br /><br />How about some flying insect aerosol spray?<br /><br />How's the weather out your way? Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77057993635894326062019-09-05T00:27:46.169-05:002019-09-05T00:27:46.169-05:00Anon@11:31
Thank you. I believe it's a gnat an...Anon@11:31<br />Thank you. I believe it's a gnat and has been flying around here for about three weeks. Quite possibly it arrived as a hanger-on with something I purchased. Gnats don't seem to be around outside. I hope you are right that it will soon die. Whatever it is, I assure you it bites or stings. I have many welts to prove it.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87728354519581027192019-09-04T23:31:31.490-05:002019-09-04T23:31:31.490-05:00Lucina, I doubt it is only one gnat. Gnats do not...Lucina, I doubt it is only one gnat. Gnats do not live long. Maybe a few days to a week at most. Odds are you are seeing one of many gnats. And the gnats around do not bite. I guess there must be gnats in Arizona that do bite. <br /><br />My advice though would be to remove whatever has attracted them to the inside of your house and also to find out how they are getting in and plug that opening. They will soon die off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-36034885430603287342019-09-04T22:27:32.658-05:002019-09-04T22:27:32.658-05:00Jayce:
Do you really pronounce Penelope like antel...Jayce:<br />Do you really pronounce Penelope like antelope? I've never heard it that way. I only know it as Pen-e'-lo-pee.<br /><br />I was wrong about the gnat. It must have gone into hiding for a few hours and now it's back tormenting me! Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get rid of this pesky insect?Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4364472679613826822019-09-04T20:40:34.822-05:002019-09-04T20:40:34.822-05:00Yes, Bianca Andreescu is going to the US Open SEMI...Yes, Bianca Andreescu is going to the US Open SEMI-final as I hoped the other day. First Canadian (male or female) to do that since 1984.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41246994409793272892019-09-04T17:45:42.024-05:002019-09-04T17:45:42.024-05:00Jinx, pitiful about showing video of Air Force pre...Jinx, pitiful about showing video of Air Force preparations while reporting about Navy preparations. Also, thanks for the link to Walter Olson's article. Great reading.<br /><br />I like the word SPROCKET, and also like the word SLAKE. Oh, and speaking of SISAL (from yesterday's puzzle) I used to think that MISLED was the past tense of MISLE (rhymes with SISAL, which also rhymes with a new antihistamine product called Xyzal). Misle is another "word" I like. Oh, and Penelope (rhymes with antelope).Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68315461097288271302019-09-04T17:42:28.515-05:002019-09-04T17:42:28.515-05:00Really wanted to post a silly link on
Spacely Spro...Really wanted to post a silly link on<br />Spacely Sprockets Vs Cogswell Cogs,<br />but I couldn't find anything with teeth to it...<br /><br />In other news:<br /><br />Whats the difference between a Cog and a Sprocket?<br /><br />The answer: (not much...)<br /><br />Stay tuned for more under sensational news reports from C.E.D. Media<br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60193119788115601102019-09-04T17:25:52.110-05:002019-09-04T17:25:52.110-05:00OMK - Disregard my use of "offensive". ...OMK - Disregard my use of "offensive". I should have just said: "strategy".<br /><br />Jinx - In Sept of '59 our ship had to get underway at Norfolk ant sortie to a designated hurricane anchorage in Chesapeake Bay, near Tangier Island, as I recall. The storm passed well to the East of us, so I guess the sortie was precautionary.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48649966708459323022019-09-04T15:59:34.883-05:002019-09-04T15:59:34.883-05:00Jayce, our local noon news had an in-depth segment...Jayce, our local noon news had an in-depth segment about the US Navy's preparation for Dorian. Good idea for the coverage, since ours is the world's largest navy base. The talking heads' voices were superimposed over great video - of the US Air Force preparing to move all the local F-22 Raptors to Ohio.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80265345904119824152019-09-04T15:37:12.764-05:002019-09-04T15:37:12.764-05:00Yes, desper-otto, I was thinking of four-in-hand. ...Yes, desper-otto, I was thinking of four-in-hand. <br /><br />Yes, Ol'Man Keith, having video seems to be a requirement on TV news, and, as you said, the more bedazzlement the better. Just a couple of days ago there was a news story about the "dangerous scourge" of guys doing "donuts" with their cars on public streets and the city's attempts to curtail it. Among other things the consensus seemed to be that if we could get rid of the audience for whom they put on these displays that they would stop doing it. At the exact same time they were saying that, they were showing aerial videos of the behavior from "chopper 5" and one of the talking heads (I won't call them news anchors) was exclaiming, "Wow, look at the smoke! And how perfect the circles are. Look at that car spinning out!"Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15405550266403068442019-09-04T15:28:46.365-05:002019-09-04T15:28:46.365-05:00
This Wednesday grid filled in quickly, but not wi...<br />This Wednesday grid filled in quickly, but not without a <br /><br />Markover.....NFL/AFC. <br /><br />Still watching Dorian approach....I’m ~25 miles northwest of Charleston....still aTropical Storm Warning so far. <br /><br />Still wanting Dorian to turn east, the sooner the better.<br /><br />See you tomorrow....with any luck. AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33740223371161785972019-09-04T15:08:28.482-05:002019-09-04T15:08:28.482-05:00In case you run out of disgust with TV news, here&...In case you run out of disgust with TV news, here's<a href="http://walterolson.com/articles/crashtests.html" rel="nofollow"><b> a great article </b></a>about the dramatic test results broadcast on TV before the cable networks were around to distort events.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891694970152198474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64180425790787587322019-09-04T15:05:50.999-05:002019-09-04T15:05:50.999-05:00Hi All!
Congrats Julie on your LAT debut and than...Hi All!<br /><br />Congrats Julie on your LAT debut and thanks for the puzzle - easy as 1,Beta,iii.<br /><br />Wonderful expo (and Grand-pics!) mb. Thanks goes to you TOO.<br /><br />WOs: NFL b/f it slowly morphed into AFC, BARCaLONA [sic]<br />ESPs: CELIA, basically AFC, TIRANA<br /><b>Fav</b>: c/a for TIE. (well,,,, 'Make fast" fooled me for a bit - how do you make someone Hurry up? Not eat?)<br /><br />OK, somebody has to call out the INSTR. clunker. Only saving GRACE is it crossed TACOS!<br /><br />The theme was very necessary at FC BARCELONIA. The C wouldn't a'filled otherwise.<br /><br />Picard - glad to hear your liquid DIET is over and you're no longer 'Some loser(s)'. :-) <br />So sorry to read of your friend.<br /><br />CED - LOL!<br />IM - I too thought of Steve and MANU (and is the only futbol team I know - other than Houston Dynamos).<br />Thanks for the link to ACPT, C, Eh!<br /><br />Now on <b><a href="https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/sprockets/n10975" rel="nofollow">SPROCKETs 'tis time we dance</a></b> [Skip ahead to 4:11]<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-25065600670011582712019-09-04T14:51:20.013-05:002019-09-04T14:51:20.013-05:00I forgot to mention earlier:
Did we have a NoNo to...I forgot to mention earlier:<br />Did we have a NoNo today with 4D Take a beating=LOSE and 39A Some losers=DIETERS?<br />(Although I agree that 39A brought a smile!) <br /><br />Picard - I didn't know about BCS either. See the BCS link in my post @ 10:36am.<br />wiki "The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created five bowl game match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game. The system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff."<br /><br />Thank you for the update on the Conception disaster. How distressing for you to have such a personal connection and memories.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59661661624727183972019-09-04T14:45:57.423-05:002019-09-04T14:45:57.423-05:00Re Petit Four, I looked it up and learned that I w...Re Petit Four, I looked it up and learned that I was mixing up the <b>name</b> of a necktie knot with the <b>image</b> of a totally unrelated necktie. What I was picturing in my mind is this <a href="https://www.historicalemporium.com/store/001220.php" rel="nofollow">Deluxe Western Bow Tie</a>, which is not a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-in-hand_knot" rel="nofollow">four in hand</a>, which in turn is not a kind of tie but simply a kind of knot.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-732725425234826842019-09-04T14:35:24.408-05:002019-09-04T14:35:24.408-05:00Addendum to my post above ~
But if you have video ...<b>Addendum</b> to my post above ~<br />But if you have video that contains even a modicum of visual bedazzlement, you can be a featured item on network TV--even if your newsworthiness is zilch.<br />~ <b>OMK</b> Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46728384265211739882019-09-04T14:30:34.878-05:002019-09-04T14:30:34.878-05:00Spitzboov ~
I understand your reservations regard...<b>Spitzboov</b> ~ <br />I understand your reservations regarding the media--that they can be like kids dazzled by anything new. The worst I think are TV newscasts, where you really can't be on the news unless you have video.<br />But I wonder if we really want them to have an "offensive strategy"? Other than an attempt at that elusive ideal, "objectivity," I would prefer they keep their mitts off of anything like an agenda. <br />Fox "News" identified an implicit liberal bias in the so-called mainstream media, but then went out-and-out for blurring reactionary ideology with its menu of facts. <br />I liked it better when we really tried to keep politics out of the newsroom.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68276577861240223242019-09-04T14:27:09.522-05:002019-09-04T14:27:09.522-05:00Jayce, are you thinking of the four-in-hand?Jayce, are you thinking of the four-in-hand?desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66926806544762881482019-09-04T14:26:25.113-05:002019-09-04T14:26:25.113-05:00Hi everybody.
Like many others, I saw the ABCs i...Hi everybody. <br /><br />Like many others, I saw the ABCs in the circles but wondered if there was more to the theme. I didn't think of them as anagrams since they aren't words but permutations (arrangements) of three things. The symbol for it in math is 3! (factorial) or 3 x 2 x 1. If there are six desks in a row in math class, how many different seating arrangements are there? Six different students could occupy the first desk leaving five different possibilities for the second desk, then four and so on. That would be 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 720 arrangements. That is written as 6! The first time I saw six factorial explained in a math textbook, I wonder what is so exciting about 6? <br /><br />Whenever we headed northward to San Francisco, we tried to make the time to take the very scenic coast route. We too enjoyed the pea soup at Andersen's. I was delighted to discover I could get it in a can in the local supermarket.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86505648015423709322019-09-04T14:15:02.729-05:002019-09-04T14:15:02.729-05:00I agree about the media and about the WSJ.
I also...I agree about the media and about the WSJ.<br /><br />I also agree this was a nifty puzzle.<br /><br />I also agree that SPROCKET is a cool word. I like UTENSIL too.<br /><br />I also got a chuckle out of the clues for OINK and DIETERS. <br /><br />Didn't know any of the sports-related acronyms, teams, or players.<br /><br />I learned that CDC worked puzzlewise where WHO didn't.<br /><br />Plushenko's performance was funny and showy. It obviously elicited much excitement and hilarity from the commentators. The audience seemed to like it, too. I think that was the point. By the way, he also skated extremely well.<br /><br />No association to BONER, I'm thinking.<br /><br />Isn't a PETIT Four also a kind of neckwear?<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50203324963165066702019-09-04T14:01:36.648-05:002019-09-04T14:01:36.648-05:00The ABC theme was a help. Usually I don't cat...The ABC theme was a help. Usually I don't catch onto the themes until they are too late to be of assistance, but this was a happy exception. <br /><br /><i>Ta~ </i><b>DA!</b> A semi-tough, tastefully chewable pzl from Ms. <b>Berube</b>. I found it a bit of a rough go in the NW and SE sectors, but P+P+P won the day.<br /><br />Glad for you, <b>Lemonade</b>! I guess we (the U.S.) have been fairly lucky so far <i>vis a vis</i> Dorian, but not so the Bahamas. What terrible, terrible wreckage that hurricane has wrought over the islands. <br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7063904967150853702019-09-04T13:22:21.463-05:002019-09-04T13:22:21.463-05:00Jinx and Michael. Agree with you about the media....Jinx and Michael. Agree with you about the media. I liken them to young kids playing soccer. There is no offensive strategy; they all just follow the ball around like a swarm of bees. I haven't heard anything about our border problems since Dorian has taken the stage and the sad dive boat story. As a former DCA on my Tin Can, I am wondering about the adequacy of CG inspections.<br /><br />I take the WSJ because it's well written and tells me what else is going on in the world.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19095518579049820062019-09-04T13:15:57.170-05:002019-09-04T13:15:57.170-05:00FIR but I wondered if there was something more to ...FIR but I wondered if there was something more to the theme than anagrams of ABC. Plenty of unknowns. Can someone explain what BCS Ranking stands for or means?<br /><br />At our Sierra Club board meeting yesterday the boat disaster became a bit more personal. The woman who arranged our Channel Islands excursion turns out to be the girlfriend of the captain of our boat. She came to our meeting with more information. Including the name of the crew member who died. Her name is Allie Kurtz.<br /><br />Allie worked in the galley on our boat. She slept in the bunk next to us down below. I am guessing she slept in the same spot on Conception which was closest to the exit stairway. It is still under investigation. But it seems that those sleeping below were overcome by fumes in their sleep and never woke up. Let us hope that is the case and that they did not suffer.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://swt.org/events/channelislands2019/truthboats/Vision-Conception-Truth.png" rel="nofollow">Here you can see the three sister boats together. We were on Truth. Conception is the one that was lost.</a></b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://swt.org/events/channelislands2019/group/DSCN3133A.JPG" rel="nofollow">Here is a group photo of us at the Sea Landing dock.</a></b><br /><br />Allie is the beautiful young woman in black in the middle of the back row. DW and I are in front of her at the rail.<br /><br />I am very grateful that I was able to contact Allie's sister and give her several photos that I had of Allie.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-kurtz-family/" rel="nofollow">A family friend set up this GoFundMe page to help the family with their immediate expenses.</a></b><br /><br />The family lives back East and it has been a financial hardship to come out here to stay.<br /><br />Thanks <b>Jinx</b> for the shout out about Pea Soup Andersen's. I consumed a lot of their pea soup during my current recovery. It was the upper limit of what was OK on my liquid diet.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.com