tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8685529717441196981..comments2024-03-28T10:05:43.276-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, November 19th 2015 Ed SessaZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89834995789780966902015-11-20T00:05:44.386-06:002015-11-20T00:05:44.386-06:00Ave Joe - I just finished the comics. We've a...Ave Joe - I just finished the comics. We've all read Dick's work; he's a SOD. C, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53835564518790293072015-11-19T22:03:21.069-06:002015-11-19T22:03:21.069-06:00TTP - I can honestly say I don't throw an A in...TTP - I can honestly say I don't throw an A in DIESEL, thought the I/E L/E makes me pause for letter order. Litre feels right too, though I don't know why (too many UK authors growing up?).<br /><br />CED - Sleep tight.<br /><br />Ed - MIL said she had fun w/ the pzl too. ETUI didn't fool her. CED - she had SAVeY too! We are not alone.<br /><br />Did anyone find it cute that S AND L and S-N-L was in the puzzle? [say both fast & they sound the same - just me?]<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58108227053527491322015-11-19T21:39:16.446-06:002015-11-19T21:39:16.446-06:00Anonymous T, I would be remiss in not thanking you...Anonymous T, I would be remiss in not thanking you for<br />the KAOS link, & the very next sidebar link that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te_zQxcRVvM" rel="nofollow">should help me sleep well tonite...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86127221435931547292015-11-19T21:37:22.209-06:002015-11-19T21:37:22.209-06:00Owen, you're welcome. I thought it was prett...Owen, you're welcome. I thought it was pretty interesting. And then the tie-in of a couple of the Rescuers and another Oberlin resident to John Brown, and the raid at Harpers Ferry...<br /><br />Anonymous T, I spelled diesel as diesal again. Don't know why I always want to put an a in there. OTOH, I know exactly why I always want to spell liter as litre :>)TTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978803962510303498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69938541251210455282015-11-19T20:35:37.527-06:002015-11-19T20:35:37.527-06:00Hi All!
RATs! I was about to REVEL at a 100% Thu...Hi All!<br /><br />RATs! I was about to REVEL at a 100% Thurs until Steve got to 67a... I put LANe for 58d and never looked back. Doh! COLD comfort that wasn't even a WAG...<br /><br />Thanks Steve for the writeup and theme gimmick (I was just happy all the squares were filled so never looked). Thanks Ed for a challenging (for me) but almost doable puzzle. Nicely .exe'd.<br /><br />W/os - RoLEOUT, AFFLUENce (talk about a twisted PRETc?L), REPULSIve, aROO. ESPs: 19, 23, 68, 69a and 2, 25 & 33d.<br /><br />2nd Fav: DOUBLESPEAK. Like NC, every time I think of that word I think News Speak from Orwell.<br /><br />Fav: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3KF5NfzmIvU" rel="nofollow">KAOS.</a> I love Get Smart - FIL (RIP) would quote it oft.<br /><br />If you're up at 3:30a on a Sat, tune into the <a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com" rel="nofollow">crazy people show</a> to hear IZ. They play his Over the Rainbow ever week. My cue to get ready for bed.<br /><br />TTP - I showed you mine; what's your bad letter?<br /><br />Ave Joe - I haven't heard that one re: SHOE. Thanks. I didn't click Dilbert yet 'cuz it's my penultimate comic before finishing the paper (Swine is final). <br /><br />Steve - Yeah, I'm TECH SAVVY in the sense that I can route your packets, inject your packets, haXor ur 'puterz, but what's wrong with WORD? Arggg!!! I feel your pain...<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46497386629031454612015-11-19T20:18:41.786-06:002015-11-19T20:18:41.786-06:00There's a Stillwater in Minnesota too, which b...There's a Stillwater in Minnesota too, which barred my success.<br /><br />Now I know why my German-heritage relatives sometimes said something was "all."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26599538182347277082015-11-19T16:06:09.997-06:002015-11-19T16:06:09.997-06:00All<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thats_all_folks.svg" rel="nofollow">All</a>Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13599671164835920592015-11-19T16:04:48.829-06:002015-11-19T16:04:48.829-06:00I have favorite TV shows of course; some for dayti...I have favorite TV shows of course; some for daytime watching (if I'm not doing something else) and some for night. For night they would include to nobody's surprise NCIS, The Good Wife, Foyle's War, Downton Abbey, reruns of Boston Legal and a few others including the occasional movie. Shows I tend to watch in the daytime (if I'm not on a bike ride, getting coffee with Hermione/Emma Watson, tutoring, visiting with Jordan or doing a crossword) include Jeopardy, Ellen, Cash Cab/Dirty Jobs reruns, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, a couple of the poker shows and Jay Leno's Garage on cable (CNBC). It's really well done and a lot of fun. <br /><br />I'm off to get a pastrami sandwich to bring home and split with Barbara.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86496026388247538972015-11-19T15:58:22.882-06:002015-11-19T15:58:22.882-06:00Wow, TTP, thanks for the tip. I'd never heard ...Wow, TTP, thanks for the tip. I'd never heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin%E2%80%93Wellington_Rescue" rel="nofollow">the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue</a> before, and amazed that I haven't! Not only a fascinating story, but the prisoner trade even gave me a laugh!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32096640306852053862015-11-19T15:33:29.883-06:002015-11-19T15:33:29.883-06:00My favorite contraception joke was told by my neig...My favorite contraception joke was told by my neighbor in the presence of my parents when I was a young teen. They obviously didn't get it or they would have been shocked that I heard it. <br />What senator has the surest method of birth control? Kefauver. <br />(Hint: keep off)<br />Estes Kefauver investigated organized crime in the 50's and also unsuccessfully ran for president and vice president. I have been very interested in news and politics from a young age. I suppose I should have discussed politics with my son when he was young. Now we are polar opposites politically.<br />Kazie, you reminded me that when I was a kid we said, "The milk is all," meaning that the milk was all gone or all used up. We were PA Germans.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91264918424075391422015-11-19T15:16:40.955-06:002015-11-19T15:16:40.955-06:00DNF, I gave up!
If I had just one jumble of incomp...DNF, I gave up!<br />If I had just one jumble of incomprehensible letters I might have kept going,<br />but I had two! <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/entertainment-ventriloquism-ventriloquist-voice_throwing-insomnia-somniloquy-jsh120802_low.jpg" rel="nofollow">I did get the theme</a> though, & it helped solve some areas.<br /><br />dAfoe/tfAl<br />50A, I thought King was"Roi," & never went back to question "soptet..."<br />Not having "broken the spell" yet, 21D Capitol Insider kept me busy.<br />Before "Pol" I had SENator, REPresentative, & DELegate. (A quadruple inkblot!)<br /><br />AnyWho, not only did Baja trip me up, I could not make sense of S and L because<br />3D One"s" with fab ab"s" made me ink in an "S" knowing it was plural.<br />Plus SASDL did not hold my interest at all.... (Jemes? who the heck are Jemes???)<br /><br />What finally put me out was I forgot how to spell "savvy."<br />I thought the second V was a vowel. Never thought to try a consonant.<br />Party hearty = reeel???<br /><br />Oh well,<br /><br />CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-167495607670884682015-11-19T14:54:33.538-06:002015-11-19T14:54:33.538-06:00I thought the clue,'Its not hard for long'...<br /><br />I thought the clue,'Its not hard for long' - was for the answer PETER.Yup, another Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84286506842477413762015-11-19T14:00:27.491-06:002015-11-19T14:00:27.491-06:00I did find that TYNE Daly was in one Burn Notice e...I did find that TYNE Daly was in one Burn Notice episode in 2010, She played Tina in the episode: "A Dark Road"<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyne_Daly#Television_2" rel="nofollow">WIKI_DALY</a><br /><br />VSVirginiaSycamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935919890548107772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58950797244043402362015-11-19T13:59:29.685-06:002015-11-19T13:59:29.685-06:00VS, my reason for posting the cartoon was because ...VS, my reason for posting the cartoon was because it featured the Star character, Dick. I think everyone is familiar with his work.<br /><br />Glad you liked the joke. There's also a new male contraceptive being developed. Said to be cheap, effective and groundbreaking. They call it Noacitol.Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57185145370785524682015-11-19T13:56:50.450-06:002015-11-19T13:56:50.450-06:00Hi Y'all! Tricky, Ed, but fun!
Great one, Ste...Hi Y'all! Tricky, Ed, but fun!<br /><br />Great one, Steve! Have a nice trip. Having a lazy defective body, I can never quite understand the desire to compete in something so taxing.<br /><br />Never got the theme until Steve explained. Of course, I wonder why I couldn't see it.<br /><br />Last to fill was the "O" in the RULE OUT/OEO cross which I gave up on and did a red-letter run. I sat and tried to figure out what OEO stood for. Went on to bed and was asleep when I dreamed it and my voice said aloud, "Office of Economic Opportunity." Then I my SLEEP was DISORDERed. <br /><br />TTP & AVGJOE: Too funny!<br /><br />AKIRA: never heard of him but I typed in the name like I had. ESP?<br /><br />No "deal" before PROB perped up. I dislike the NO PROBlem answer.<br /><br />Hand up for "logo" before ICON. No idea how Twitter works.<br /><br />Cuppa: "Party hearty" is simply American slang & has little resemblance to proper English usage.<br /><br />We had two S & L's fail in our town. Had money in both but didn't lose any. Somewhere I have a tape of a hair-raising story the manager of one told me "off the record" forgetting I had a tape recorder running. I was interviewing him for an article on another subject. We had great rapport, but I was very shocked at what he told me, both because I was a reporter and because of the nature of his info. He had been the whistle blower on a crazy & corrupt owner who then committed suicide rather than face prison. I didn't print the story because it was too unbelievable and he had children. I believed every word though. He had been scared out of his wits.<br /><br /><br />PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7303665339825960062015-11-19T13:53:32.641-06:002015-11-19T13:53:32.641-06:00Had Defoe and no idea of the cookware brand to hel...Had Defoe and no idea of the cookware brand to help me on the perp.Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90139912879212606782015-11-19T13:35:06.279-06:002015-11-19T13:35:06.279-06:00The central horizontal fill conjured up this image...The central horizontal fill conjured up <a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kxl3iFufhqg/maxresdefault.jpg" rel="nofollow">this image</a>.Batnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-77503381555107644312015-11-19T13:30:21.546-06:002015-11-19T13:30:21.546-06:00FWIW,
I was also confused about who/whom? Jerome@...FWIW, <br />I was also confused about who/whom? Jerome@8:21 was calling childish.<br />Was it Barry @ 5:34 am saying Jerome will come along later to explain why the DSL clue was ok?<br />or <br />inanehiker @ 8:10 am correcting Lemonade @ 6:54 am that Sharon Gless was the Cagney and Lacey star that was a regular on Burn Notice, not Tyne Daly?<br /><br />I interpreted the meaning of the Dilbert cartoon that some people on the internet interpret ANYTHING as racism. In the cartoon Dilbert is saying that Elbonians have invented a new computer mouse. The character runs in and says "Wait until I tell the World that you compared Elbonians to mice! You racists!" He then introduces himself as Dick, from the Internet. <br /><br />I just assumed that it spoke to current events, not any of our mature and educated posters. (tongue in cheek. Loved Avg Joe contraceptive joke.)<br /><br />VSVirginiaSycamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935919890548107772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66654091418657904822015-11-19T13:14:36.384-06:002015-11-19T13:14:36.384-06:00Cool puzzle. It was easy to fill ETUI as it is sti...Cool puzzle. It was easy to fill ETUI as it is still fresh in my mind from Owen's ETUI PTUI verse yesterday. Wanted FELAFEL before figuring out PRETZEL. I did a double take at seeing ROO and EROO. Sorta chuckled at SANDL and SNL, too. Hand up for LOGO before ICON, and agreement with the opinions re DSL and ISP, a debate we've had before if I recall. I've heard of SPIDERY handwriting. For some reason, even though I had --LA at 18D, I couldn't get it; I was too fixated on FLA until I finally remembered the town in Florida is Clearwater.<br />Speaking of ISPs and all that, our ISP is AT&T, who also supplies our landline phone and DSL connection. The landline has been out since yesterday so we have neither telephone nor internet. We are expecting a service person to come out today; hope he/she can fix it. The weather has been wetly rainy and quite windy lately, and the damn wires are apparently so fragile they can't hold up under such "harsh" conditions. It happens every year. BTW, I am currently using a cellular "dongle" to connect to the internet, and am glad to be here with you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71862435169955559362015-11-19T13:02:06.786-06:002015-11-19T13:02:06.786-06:00Like others here, I had more success in the south ...Like others here, I had more success in the south and moved up from there. I got the theme and it helped a little.<br />Our old favourites ETUI and ELSA (not Ilsa) started me off and PRADA followed. (I too loved Meryl Streep in that movie or any movie for that matter.)<br /><br />Hand up for Revulsion before REPULSION, Lane before LANG.<br />I was not familiar with OEO or BAHA, and SANDL and REVEL did not make sense until I got here. Thanks Steve. We don't have S and L here.<br />My athlete was a Pro before a TRI<br /><br />Have a great day.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37420525727302213162015-11-19T12:28:44.362-06:002015-11-19T12:28:44.362-06:00A few hiccups along the way but finally made it ea...A few hiccups along the way but finally made it earlier today. Then I came in here and started working on my newsletter and as a result, only now am looking at the blog. <br /><br />I wanted to note a double entente with ALLE in the final position of the grid. As well as being used in the ways Steve so clearly pointed out, ALLE is also used to mean "empty", "all gone". So when we got to it in the grid, the puzzle was ALLE! Either a happy accident, or very clever!kaziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761801803016465459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32488966580143223762015-11-19T12:12:02.733-06:002015-11-19T12:12:02.733-06:00Fun today. This one seemed to have more possibili...Fun today. This one seemed to have more possibilities than most for correct wrong answers--ANNEX for AFFIX, TEAL for T-FAL, etc.<br />Glad I was able to get them straight in the end--and happy to learn the word AFFLUENZA.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14036938592848149692015-11-19T11:57:32.547-06:002015-11-19T11:57:32.547-06:00Heinhold - the river TYNE, and TYNESIDE, is the st...Heinhold - the river TYNE, and TYNESIDE, is the stuff of folklore. Here is one of its most famous songs. You can listen to it on YOUTUBE:<br /><br />FOG ON THE TYNE<br /><br />Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar<br />Suckin', sickly sausage rolls<br />Slippin' down slowly, slippin' down sideways<br />Think I'll sign off the dole<br /><br />‘Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine<br /><br />Could a copper catch a crooked coffin maker<br />Could a copper comprehend<br />That a crooked coffin maker is just an undertaker<br />Who undertakes to be a friend?<br /><br />And the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine<br />The fog on the Tyne is all mine<br /><br />etc.Nice Cuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670171231144871327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33472410292750432512015-11-19T11:49:38.699-06:002015-11-19T11:49:38.699-06:00TYNE Daly's given name is Ellen Tyne Daly. She...TYNE Daly's given name is Ellen Tyne Daly. She has Irish, Scottish, and English ancestry. There is a river/region in England named Tyne. Maybe its an old "family name".Heinholdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-52920056405946580992015-11-19T11:41:38.471-06:002015-11-19T11:41:38.471-06:00Hi Everyone:
I had a few w/os: falafel/pretzel, l...Hi Everyone:<br /><br />I had a few w/os: falafel/pretzel, lifts/lipos, pro/tri, and repulsive/repulsion. But perps saved the day, as usual, and all was well. I loved Tyne Daly in Judging Amy and I really enjoy her brother, Tim, in Madam Secretary. I've always wondered about the unusual name, Tyne. <br /><br />Thanks, Ed Sessa, for keeping us awake and on our toes, and thanks, Steve, for the hale and hearty expo. Enjoy your trip.<br /><br />Spitz, I don't know if you get Channel 13 out of Albany, but they did a nice segment last night on the Saratoga commemorative quarter, involving young children and their thoughts on the historical background. <br /><br />Have a great day.<br />Irish Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527047622731333304noreply@blogger.com