tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8586223486635734603..comments2024-03-28T18:45:22.098-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Bruce HaightZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28128921469312369042020-04-30T00:48:36.466-05:002020-04-30T00:48:36.466-05:00Didn't refresh before posting...
C, Eh! LOL ...Didn't refresh before posting...<br /><br />C, Eh! LOL LLamero. <br />Jayce's "as rare as you like it" was the last thing I read before drafting / submitting. One day... One day.... I'll learn. Refresh!<br />ibid everyone responding to Vermontah.<br /><br />This might seem political so... skip a bit?<br />I just spent >1 hour trying to de-misinform my dear mother who gets all her news from [insert WTF??!?? here] over the internet. The virus, as she learned yesterday, is now gone because it's getting hotter. Also, you can endoscope uv-light into people's lungs.<br /><br />Oh, and Pope Frank and Bill Gates are in cahoots about something w/ the W.H.O.<br /><br />I love my Mom but...<br /><br />G'Nite -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82728310367257330672020-04-29T22:49:17.634-05:002020-04-29T22:49:17.634-05:00Yes, it's Spanish.Yes, it's Spanish.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35840015872771622982020-04-29T22:01:18.367-05:002020-04-29T22:01:18.367-05:00CED - of course we Canadians are on top! 😃
If thi...CED - of course we Canadians are on top! 😃<br />If this blog was Canadian based, those abbreviations would have to be in both English and French. But your hilarious link is in Spanish I think ( Lucina can confirm?) not French.<br /><br />AnonT -Did you see my post about LLamero? Llamaer is even funnier.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32575713998859337032020-04-29T21:12:39.998-05:002020-04-29T21:12:39.998-05:00Hi All!
Thanks Bruce for the puzzle - sparkly! I...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks Bruce for the puzzle - sparkly! I guess being pedantic (re: THE Omen) <i>is</i> an editor's job :-)<br />And thank you JzB for the fine expo.<br /><br />WO: TRUEs up.<br />ESPs: GUMM, IRAE, LLANERO, KANG, ADUE, LANA, spelling of MCMAHON<br /><b>Fav</b>: clue for PROPOSE [hi Swamp!]. Took forever for the penny to drop and it was totally worth it. MdF - my last to fall too.<br /><br />Sparkle - '80s vibe w/ PAC MAN & SMURFS, Cream of WHEAT crossing OAT[e]S, BEER SNOB. Clue for ARF - evil misdirection; I liked it.<br /><br />Found the MOVIES after the reveal filled. OHO, theme wasn't just AT, GO, OR, and RS(?)<br /><br />Seriously, no one else wanted LLAMAER even for even a second?<br /><br />Vermontah - FI[R|W] is <b>F</b>inished <b>I</b>t [<b>R</b>ight|<b>W</b>rong]<br /><br />Ray-O: Good choice on the shredder. Ribbon shreds are too easy to put back together (assuming your time is worth the info) comparatively.<br /><br />@YR - your post made me think how maternal grandfather went to the same three restaurants after grandma died (he almost never ate out before). It's where people knew him and he needed that. Glad to be your eFriend here.<br /><br />Lucina - remember McMahon w/ the Publisher's Clearing House over-sized checks?<br /><br />5d - I kept wanting GALE for Judy Garland 'cuz I know I learnt it at The Corner (and crosswords). OHO, that's her character Dorothy's surname.<br /><br />Julia Child makes a very <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHX0pv8_JOE" rel="nofollow">rare burger</a></b> [6m. Letterman]<br /><br />Hope everyone is holding up OK. I keep finding work takes more and more and more time each day. I finished little after 1 this morning b/f realizing I'd not gotten back to The Corner.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66162647057706606622020-04-29T21:00:16.019-05:002020-04-29T21:00:16.019-05:00When I drove a shuttle I had a group that were goi...When I drove a shuttle I had a group that were going to an LGBT function. They discussed Q and seemed to define it as Queer but not with the meaning it would have had 50 years ago. Anyway...<br /><br />I looked it up <a href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/06/health/lgbtq-explainer/" rel="nofollow"> Here</a>Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66049272020468764922020-04-29T20:57:40.854-05:002020-04-29T20:57:40.854-05:00Vermontah,
Ack! Canadian Eh beat me to it...
(Cana...Vermontah,<br />Ack! Canadian Eh beat me to it...<br />(Canadians are always on top of US statesiders...)<br /><br /><a href="https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/comments-section-abbreviations.html" rel="nofollow">it's under Olios/ (see Abbr)</a><br />(everything is a puzzle here...)<br /><br />Note that the Olio/Abbr is soon going to be replaced:<br /><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/f6/0d/78f60d9bc35b51d1c3b6c0d9525b88d1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Updated version...</a><br /><br />DON'T Panic!<br /><a href="https://justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/acronyms-758x397.jpg" rel="nofollow">& just be glad the abbr's are not in French...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14859358565650461172020-04-29T20:47:23.285-05:002020-04-29T20:47:23.285-05:00Wednesday workout. Thanks for the fun, Bruce and ...Wednesday workout. Thanks for the fun, Bruce and JzB.<br />I'm late to the party (60 posts already!). This CW required P&P and had several inkblots.<br /><br />I was debating between large or small eggs, but small gave me Meh for 7D "I hate it" and I ran with that. But BRA was apparent and required a rethink. JUMBO finally appeared.<br /><br />Then I had MOVIE SpoILER for 61A (Kong seemed as good as KANG) and that slowed down the solve and the theme. I was looking at HEAT or EAT, SCARS or CARS, THOR or OR; the movies dawned as TRAILERS not spoilers.<br /><br />The SE was the last to fall; I needed Google help with Gargamel to get SMURFS . . . and then the unknown NAS (although I think he has appeared here before) and ATF (this Canadian had trouble again with the American bureau!).<br />LLANERO was a lucky WAG. I wondered if it should be Llamero (does that Venezuelan herd Llamas!<br /><br />I smiled at BOA crassing BAA BAA (and so close to BRA), and RIB crossing TRIB.<br /><br />People have had trouble here finding OPEN SLOTS for grocery orders that aren't two weeks into the future.<br /><br />Vermontah - FIR means Filled in Right (vs. FIW - Filled in Wrong). For more info, on main blog page at right under Olio, see Comments Section Abbreviations.<br /><br />Wishing you all a good evening.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-42822089852077385642020-04-29T20:31:09.049-05:002020-04-29T20:31:09.049-05:00LGBT discussion in Wikipedia, including the ever-l...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT" rel="nofollow">LGBT</a> discussion in Wikipedia, including the ever-longer varations and the alternatives. Personally, I prefer <i>LGBT+</i> from the variations. (Just my personal preference; don't mean to offend anyone.)Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671636316561947612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81828785995735331372020-04-29T20:29:17.531-05:002020-04-29T20:29:17.531-05:00I once gave chuckles to to the group I was with an...I once gave chuckles to to the group I was with and the server when I ordered my burger “as rare as you can make it legally. “ It came medium Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26365222189292305402020-04-29T20:07:58.545-05:002020-04-29T20:07:58.545-05:00page i Errata
i Erratumpage i Errata<br /><br />i ErratumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87811808918556833462020-04-29T20:06:10.246-05:002020-04-29T20:06:10.246-05:00Hi solvers!
"perps" = perpendiculars! I...Hi solvers!<br /><br />"perps" = perpendiculars! I figured that out all by myself!<br /><br />But "FIR?" Help please!<br /><br />Ah, Wednesday, the last puzzle of the week when I feel kind of smart. By Saturday I'm a drooling, illiterate mess. Did ok on this one, totally missed RANPAST and SUNTEA. Kept trying to fit Sangria in there for sun tea, don't know why. You can mix Sangria on your patio, I guess. <br /><br />Lots of words in Catalan start with a double L. The pronunciation is kind of funny, though, not like Spanish which sounds like a y or a j, depending on the region. In Catalan it sounds like llth. <br /><br />I never knew Judy Garland's real name was Gumm. Learn something new every puzzle, I guess. <br /><br />I went to 99 once and ordered a burger, "how would you like that done," they asked me. I said "rare please," and the server said "we only cook burgers medium or well done because of health concerns." So why ask me? <br /><br />Oh, try Cream of Wheat with a splooge of real Vermont maple syrup on top. Yummm!<br /><br />DRVermontahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09298285206149761523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22173684304981846382020-04-29T19:58:17.756-05:002020-04-29T19:58:17.756-05:00Swampcat,
Your not thinking of the near future......Swampcat,<br /><br />Your not thinking of the near future...<br /><br />Where the ink that you paid for comes out of the<br />pen, & every so often pops out an Ad by your inks Sponsor<br />onto your repurposed dead tree...<br /><br />one such Ad might read:<br />Did you pay your monthly Oxygen Installment?<br /><br />(I was going to say water, but they already make you pay for that...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21353644153828542412020-04-29T19:22:52.528-05:002020-04-29T19:22:52.528-05:00Jayce, I seldom run out of ink by solving one dead...Jayce, I seldom run out of ink by solving one dead trees!SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-51084475881224951372020-04-29T18:47:38.123-05:002020-04-29T18:47:38.123-05:00Hoo boy. FIR but it was a challenge. Somehow I jus...Hoo boy. FIR but it was a challenge. Somehow I just didn’t enjoy this one, but Bruce is one of my favorite constructors and I look forward to his next one. JazzB, I <i>always</i> enjoy your writeups and there was no exception today. <br /><br />Favorite today: YELP/ARF. <br /><br />Been a long busy day; I think I’m headed up for a nap to get rested up for bedtime later. <br /><br />Bye.WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-54390796487280639182020-04-29T18:29:49.116-05:002020-04-29T18:29:49.116-05:00In the first trimester of my long ago pregnancy I ...In the first trimester of my long ago pregnancy I could eat only CREAM OF WHEAT the entire three months. Any other food would gag me. At the end of three months, like a miracle, all went back to normal and I could eat everything but spicy food.<br /><br />Picard:<br />My daughter was 19 when her daughter was born. She dropped out of college then a few years later went back to school and graduated with a Master's degree.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83677442466763238252020-04-29T17:46:23.790-05:002020-04-29T17:46:23.790-05:00By the way, on a technical note:
On Sunday I obse...By the way, on a technical note:<br /><br />On Sunday I observed that while I was working the puzzle on the LA Times games website my Edge browser kept consuming more and more memory and CPU power, bogging everything down. Today I did the puzzle at the Washington Post website and observe that little such resource hogging has happened. Both sites are powered by the "PuzzleMe" engine, so the difference likely lies elsewhere. I suggest the webmasters carefully vet the ads to make sure they are not larded up with excess code such as scripts which take CPU processing power. Also, since each ad is replaced by another ad, it's possible the ads that are replaced fail to release back the memory they have used, so each new ad sucks up more memory. It has been a common mistake to "malloc" memory space and then forget to release it when you're done.<br /><br />This also happens when I do the puzzle on my iPad, so I don't think it is a problem with Edge or with Windows.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38245035855368419202020-04-29T17:34:50.625-05:002020-04-29T17:34:50.625-05:00I felt this puzzle was okay. FIR without help. Did...I felt this puzzle was okay. FIR without help. Didn't get the movie names.<br /><br />The term LGBTQ seems "off" to me. Doesn't Q include the others? Like saying Cotton, Wool, Polyester, Silk, Fabric.<br /><br />Now I'm going to work C.C. and Susan's puzzle.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70587568183990460222020-04-29T17:00:03.113-05:002020-04-29T17:00:03.113-05:00Hi everybody.
Coincidence? I made Cream of Wheat ...Hi everybody.<br /><br />Coincidence? I made Cream of Wheat for breakfast this morning. I started out with a couple of pats of butter melting on top. After I've consumed those yummy parts, I mix in a bit of brown sugar and add a bit of half and half. I like breakfast. Tomorrow? Maybe a couple of eggs, a small amount of pork sausage and a half a toasted English muffin. <br /><br />Bill Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495413609545426668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5070764368670701992020-04-29T16:22:09.584-05:002020-04-29T16:22:09.584-05:00Oh, & I did the USA Today puzzle,
but I have 3...Oh, & I did the USA Today puzzle,<br />but I have 3 blank spaces that are vexing me,<br />(that I intend to go back to...)<br /><br />Rats! No diploma for me,<br />(maybe I can get a GED later?)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46501512434818954672020-04-29T16:18:29.330-05:002020-04-29T16:18:29.330-05:00SPitzBoov,
Thank you for the Ed McMahon Service re...SPitzBoov,<br />Thank you for the Ed McMahon Service record.<br />(I had no idea!)<br /><br />OMK Said:<br />I think I get all of my advanced education via Crosswords.<br />~ OMK<br /><br />Hmm,<br />I agree, we do learn a lot here...<br />So, in future, in addition to cakes (on Birthdays)<br />I will be giving out Diplomas to<br /><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51x0bSeFrZL._AC_.jpg" rel="nofollow">anyone who FIR's!</a><br /><br />I will get enrobed for the occasion...<br />(but you don't have to tell anyone it is a bathrobe...)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-87721710542797778172020-04-29T16:13:38.093-05:002020-04-29T16:13:38.093-05:00I have been cogitating all day about instances whe...I have been cogitating all day about instances where implant and embed are nearly synonymous.<br />The fertilized egg is implanted or embedded in the uterus.<br />Colorful stones can be implanted or embedded in the concrete of a walkway.<br />This pandemic has implanted or embedded a sense of fatalism in some people's psyche.<br />.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67466180916382158142020-04-29T15:50:06.422-05:002020-04-29T15:50:06.422-05:00Just did the USA Today puzzle. CC and Susan, grea...Just did the USA Today puzzle. CC and Susan, great job! Lots of fun, and quite clever, although I had never heard of the final theme answer. Very gettable through perps, which is the key to avoiding frustration and to a good puzzle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30172225875011784102020-04-29T15:03:45.450-05:002020-04-29T15:03:45.450-05:00Puzzling Thoughts:
My ERRATA consisted of LEERED/...Puzzling Thoughts:<br /><br />My ERRATA consisted of LEERED/PEERED; ARMY/ARMS. RAN PAST never filled in, because _ROLOYE just didn’t register!<br /><br />Thanks Irish Miss for the CSO. I guess I’m not only a Stooge, but also a car parts store owner!<br /><br />Wasn’t MR BIG a character on Sex and the City?<br /><br />CREAM OF WHEAT triggers a gag response in me; as do sweet potatoes. Just thinking of them makes me want to retch (TMI!)<br /><br />Whenever THOR fights<br />In street scenes, it always seems<br />That he BATTLES CARS. <br /><br />16x15 grid today ... FWIW, I’m in the process of creating a couple of xword puzzles ... Chairman Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830681893074853511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30102125084063696382020-04-29T15:03:14.305-05:002020-04-29T15:03:14.305-05:00A good pzl from Mr. Haight!
It was a slow go... bu...A good pzl from Mr. <b>Haight</b>!<br />It was a slow go... but it went. <i>Ta ~</i><b>DA!</b><br /><br />Hadn't realized "Top Banana" had any other but a theatrical meaning. <br />Live and....<br /><br />I think I get all of my advanced education via Crosswords.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-63293976262919450532020-04-29T14:53:38.615-05:002020-04-29T14:53:38.615-05:00EIRE - anagram of Erie; can't get away from it...EIRE - anagram of Erie; can't get away from it.<br /><br />Ed MCMAHON <i>The American television personality and decades-long sidekick to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show” served as a flight instructor in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II but did not fly on combat missions. While working as a television host in Philadelphia, he was recalled by the Marines to serve in Korea in February 1953. McMahon piloted unarmed Cessna O-1E Bird Dogs on 85 artillery-spotting missions over enemy lines until the cease-fire later that year. McMahon, who sometimes flew five missions on the same day, earned six air medals.</i><br />He remained active in the Reserves for a total service of 25 years and retired with the rank of Colonel.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.com