tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8557282720232318567..comments2024-03-29T10:19:28.791-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Saturday, February 23, 2019, Jim QuinlanZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46706835653391108432019-02-26T14:00:01.031-06:002019-02-26T14:00:01.031-06:00Again, many thanks to C. C. and to all for your ki...Again, many thanks to <b>C. C. </b>and to all for your kind birthday wishes!<br /><br />I am always impressed by the Corner's care in celebrating one another. What a warm & welcoming place!<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87939876169391153582019-02-26T13:59:23.611-06:002019-02-26T13:59:23.611-06:00Again, many thanks to C. C. and to all for your ki...Again, many thanks to <b>C. C. </b>and to all for your kind birthday wishes!<br /><br />I am always impressed by the Corner's care in celebrating one another. What a warm & welcoming place!<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-27908477458191469292019-02-26T13:55:57.993-06:002019-02-26T13:55:57.993-06:00Again, many thanks to C. C. and to all for your ki...Again, many thanks to <b>C. C.</b> and to all for your kind birthday messages.<br /><br />I am always impressed by the Corner's care in celebrating one another. What a warm & welcoming place!<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4108966679431894682019-02-24T12:24:08.336-06:002019-02-24T12:24:08.336-06:00
Happy Birthday Old Man Keith !<br />Happy Birthday Old Man Keith !TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-55771713686174908252019-02-24T07:07:34.767-06:002019-02-24T07:07:34.767-06:00FLN. In case anybody read my late(early) post...
F... FLN. In case anybody read my late(early) post...<br />From the Urban dictionary<br /><br /> <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=NPC" rel="nofollow"> NPC</a><br /><br />And re. Mueller/Israel<br /> <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-russia-mueller-probe-the-israel-connections-1.6116639" rel="nofollow"> Haaretz.com</a><br /><br />On second thought I'll leave this in the ether<br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88314334898088947912019-02-24T06:49:12.529-06:002019-02-24T06:49:12.529-06:00Wilbur in the ether again. I had the same misdirec...Wilbur in the ether again. I had the same misdirections and misspellings as Jayce.<br />And.. <br />HBD OMK. I thought you said you were old?<br /><br />I tossed and turned all night knowing I had only half of this Xword done. I never do lookups and never give up but I thought I might be a month finishing. <br /><br />In the end only the two misspellings of KAReOKE and AZALiA .<br /><br />The clue and answer: Flexible/ACDC is quite ARCH. <br /><br />If red letters were available to this ink-man I doubt I could resist. Speaking of ink: I had inked CRAVE < ADORE which made me wish I'd break down and buy wite-out<br /><br />WC<br /><br />Are you actually reading this? Ok , I'll diverge...<br /><br />To paraphrase Watson (eg Sherlock Holmes)..."The conversation [in the walking pool with Phillip] ranged from .." NPCs to the odd twist of the Mueller investigation. ie. All the stuff and lingo a TBTimes reader never knows<br /><br /> Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-41642436135305601542019-02-24T00:12:46.690-06:002019-02-24T00:12:46.690-06:00Oops. That should be thank you, Jim Quinlan.
I s...Oops. That should be thank you, Jim Quinlan. <br /><br />I see I was in good company today with all the writeovers and misdirection. However, I looked up only three items.<br /><br />Good job, Owen!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11300940624478062832019-02-23T23:58:00.852-06:002019-02-23T23:58:00.852-06:00Wow! OOH! I almost missed the party!
Happy birthd...Wow! OOH! I almost missed the party!<br /><br />Happy birthday, Keith! I hope you celebrated in grand style! I so enjoy your posts.<br /><br />Today I was gone a good part of the day but not before I finished the entire eastern end of the grid. When I returned and after dinner I was stuck behind a seemingly impenetrable wall right down the middle. LAKE CHAPALA finally occurred to me though it's about 40 years since I was there and it's beautiful! Mexicans spend many Sunday afternoons there with their families. We were visiting in Guadalajara at the time.<br /><br />There is no way I would have known COBRA without LIU nor WNBA. I hate to LIU but no choice. COMMENT SECTION seemed familiar! And that led to other connections though TRAVIS was another unknown and had to LIU.<br /><br />My Strauss created waltzes but didn't work out. Then EURO gave way to AVIS and all the other blank cells were filled.<br /><br />And so it went for me. Thank you, Gary and Mr. Collins.<br /><br />Today some friends from my former school district held a dinner to raise funds for one of the teachers who is suffering from cancer and is undergoing treatments. It was an elaborate set up with a tent, excellent food, raffles and other prizes. Teachers know how to organize!<br /><br />I missed you all and now shall go back to read your comments. I hope all had a beautiful day!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-1444141401012159212019-02-23T23:55:16.141-06:002019-02-23T23:55:16.141-06:00Belated but hearty birthday wishes, Ol'Man Kei...Belated but hearty birthday wishes, Ol'Man Keith. You don't look anywhere near 80 on those great pictures. Hope you had a wonderful day!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89673935962086163642019-02-23T21:29:53.566-06:002019-02-23T21:29:53.566-06:00Well,, this one completely did me in! But I don...Well,, this one completely did me in! But I don't care, because I got to watch that totally awesome 23 minute long carpool karaoke! <br />gosh, I bet that made people's day, not to mention week, month year. Isn't it wonderful that McCartney has such a great sense of humor?<br /><br />BeckyBeckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60790419642430005662019-02-23T21:00:13.227-06:002019-02-23T21:00:13.227-06:00OMK, YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR GREAT ASSET...OMK, YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR GREAT ASSETS!Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5068080641981968542019-02-23T20:58:06.707-06:002019-02-23T20:58:06.707-06:00TTP, I was just thinking then same thing this mor...TTP, I was just thinking then same thing this morning. Where are you hiding, WIK WAK?Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7148251575852556572019-02-23T20:55:38.798-06:002019-02-23T20:55:38.798-06:00OMK: Just came by to check in. I must have missed...OMK: Just came by to check in. I must have missed Cc 's note on your big day! A very happy birthday to one oh our great assts here on the Corner. Your posts are so welcome. Have a joyful celebration. Quiet or not, hooray for you! Enjoy your evening, Keith!Madame Defargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003303114163633197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50319723904187973542019-02-23T20:19:20.881-06:002019-02-23T20:19:20.881-06:00Just a couple things I had different:
Dollar compe...Just a couple things I had different:<br />Dollar competitor: YUAN > EURO > YUAN > AVIS,<br />Rhododendron family bloomer: ACACIA > AZALEA,<br />It'll blow over soon: CHILL > CRAZE,<br />The past, in the past: NOW > ELD,<br />Pilot's digit: THUMB > NINER, (clicking a pen)<br /> Plus a lot of WEES.<br />I thought IMAN was a model, not a designer.<br />OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20334595721114178872019-02-23T18:57:10.577-06:002019-02-23T18:57:10.577-06:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH!
I'm listening to a podc...HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH!<br /><br />I'm listening to a podcast from Joe Rogan and Neil Degrasse Tyson. Fun and interesting.Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88323259063468820922019-02-23T17:32:44.835-06:002019-02-23T17:32:44.835-06:00Hi Y'all! What a slog. Definitely not on Jim&#...Hi Y'all! What a slog. Definitely not on Jim's wave-length. Did a shameful amount of red-letter runs. WEES. I don't want to talk about it.<br /><br />One I got right: PEPPA pig was a red-light challenge answer on Cash Cab recently. The contestants didn't get it either, but it set me up nicely for this.<br /><br />AZALEA is a TREE? I tried bush & shrub which was too long.<br /><br />As for compulsive anagrams: I usually can't even do anagrams when I need to.<br /><br />"It'll blow over soon" wasn't the current weather craze of snows. Lot of rain for two days here + thunder in the night. Now blizzard conditions and highways closed west of here.<br /><br />Happy 80th Birthday, Keith! PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-16544613065418561682019-02-23T17:32:08.311-06:002019-02-23T17:32:08.311-06:00Thank you, thank you C.C., and everybody for the k...Thank you, thank you <b>C.C.</b>, and everybody for the kind birthday wishes. <br />I know that 80 is not uncommon these days, but it's true that nobody in my branch of the Fowler family has ever lived this long. I feel like I'm teetering atop a pile of calendars. <br />Or doctors' bills.<br />Not planning on much in the way of celebration. We'll go out to dinner, but I prefer things quiet. (Shh... Don't tell the waiter!) <br />My wife gave me a lovely model Viking dragon ship for my birthday. Reminds me of when we visited the full scale one at the Viking Museum outside OSLO in '05 or '06.<br /><br />Mr. <b>Quinlan</b>'s pzl was too rich for my blood. I knocked off about half of it before crying for help. <br />I'm still too young for some of these Friday and/or Saturday creations! Give me a couple more decades.<br /><br />Thank you all again--and enjoy your weekends!<br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> We have a three-way today on the front end. <br />There is a rich supply of possible anagrams. The word "<b>VACATION</b>" crops up in several of them. But I am opting for a commentary on today's political scene. (Hey, it's my birthday!) <br />I just won't say to which side the following appellation belongs. You be the judge. Which party, left wing or right, contains more...<br />"<b>RAT FANATICS</b>"?!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63106138061432610002019-02-23T16:42:40.026-06:002019-02-23T16:42:40.026-06:00Happy 80th OMK and many more; happy 80th to you as...Happy 80th OMK and many more; happy 80th to you as well Wendybird and many more.<br /><br />Jim Q thank you for stopping by and saying hello. I blogged his <a href="https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2015/04/friday-april-3-2015-jim-quinlan.html" rel="nofollow"><b>DEBUT</b></a> back in 2015 and another along the way. This is his 5th LAT and he has 2 NYT publications. Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35704336455782201462019-02-23T16:29:57.319-06:002019-02-23T16:29:57.319-06:00ACK / OMG! HBD OMK. 80, eh? Crikey. Cheers, -T
...ACK / OMG! HBD OMK. 80, eh? Crikey. Cheers, -T<br /><br />Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-704898624964783572019-02-23T15:10:17.951-06:002019-02-23T15:10:17.951-06:00Happy birthday, OMK.Happy birthday, OMK.Sandyanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156440590675492735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24257181084470882662019-02-23T14:56:55.436-06:002019-02-23T14:56:55.436-06:00Forgot to wish OMK a Happy 80th Birthday.Forgot to wish OMK a Happy 80th Birthday.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23716637710414823782019-02-23T14:55:49.934-06:002019-02-23T14:55:49.934-06:00Super Saturday. Thanks for the fun, Jim and Huske...Super Saturday. Thanks for the fun, Jim and Husker Gary.<br />Well, this CW was slightly above my pay grade and required red-letter help to complete. But it is Saturday! <br />Hand up for changing Euro to AVIS, Waltz to Valse to LEVIS, ESS before NON, EUR to WWI, Skunk to BLANK, and being misdirected by the cloverleaf. Unknowns included NIETO, CHAPALA, AKELA, IMAN (as clued).<br />I did get OSLO as it is currently playing at one of the Mirvish theatres in Toronto.<br /><br />Snowstorm CLOSURES was timely; some of our local school boards have had four days of school CLOSURES in February due to snow or ice. I see that even Arizona has had snow this week (and I suspect that they are not used to driving in it!). <br /><br />I think of ARCH as pert (more like YR's saucy, impudent), rather than cunning; but dictionary lists it as a possible definition.<br />I smiled to see 4D "foretell=AUGUR" and 20D "Psychic's claim=ESP", as well as 9D SEE TO and 50D HAS TO.<br />ALOP is another of those A words that many of us hate.<br /><br />Situation Room gp.=NSC was easy today because I am reading The President is Missing by Bill Clinton & James Patterson. Quite a good story and hard to put down.<br /><br />Enjoy the day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74876263289106741372019-02-23T14:48:46.870-06:002019-02-23T14:48:46.870-06:00Musings
-The “It’s A Small World” ride ranks up th...Musings<br />-The “It’s A Small World” ride ranks up there with Disco in that they are two things people think they must dislike to be hip. All right, I always rode that boat during my many visits and once is enough but still... :-)<br />-OMK - “What light beyond yonder window breaks? It is a candle. Blow it out and make a wish!”<br />-YR, keep on keepin’ on!<br />-You’re welcome Jim! Thanks for the puzzle and stopping by our little word stand.<br />Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2887721409813930652019-02-23T14:07:24.503-06:002019-02-23T14:07:24.503-06:00
Well, I filled in all the cells, though I had a r...<br />Well, I filled in all the cells, though I had a real tough time in the NE and the lake Chapala area. Was so relieved I got those I neglected to check my work elsewhere and had 3 incorrect cells in the SE.<br /><br />Many markovers as well....EURO/AVIS, SILENTCLUE/VISUALCLUE, STORM/CRAZE, SPA/WWI, BURSTSINTO.../BREAKESINTO...,ARTY/ARCH, GEE/OOH, DIED/OKED, DIOR/DANA, HEYMISTER/SAYMISTER.<br /><br />Incorrect....hasNo/hasTo, atastA/atastE, ArEs/ErOs.<br /><br />Plus it took quite some time to fill. Can’t win them all, I guess.AnonymousPVXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078186298428497941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66069721465589588072019-02-23T13:58:10.496-06:002019-02-23T13:58:10.496-06:00I'm not really keen on SERFS as "servants...I'm not really keen on SERFS as "servants". Serfs were tied to the noble's land, and performed work for him besides their own farming, but there were many more serfs than what I'd call house servants. billocohoesnoreply@blogger.com