tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8794214695574139116..comments2024-03-18T19:07:03.473-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Thursday, October 25th 2018 C.C. BurnikelZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9468178860320977592018-10-26T00:26:52.890-05:002018-10-26T00:26:52.890-05:00AnonT:
Tamales coming up! Sunday! We're prepar...AnonT:<br />Tamales coming up! Sunday! We're preparing the meat tomorrow. The cook pots are cured and ready.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76050791863119245162018-10-25T23:27:32.706-05:002018-10-25T23:27:32.706-05:00@10:23 - I remembered Yan Can Cook, but not Simple...@10:23 - I remembered Yan Can Cook, but not Simple Ming. Pointing me to find a Good Eats is a good idea too. Thanks.<br /><br />@10:54 - funny, I was going to post that but decided against it :-)<br /><br />WC:<br /><a href="http://www.ou.edu">OU!</a><br /><br />gets you <a href="http://www.ou.edu" rel="nofollow">OU!</a>.<br /><br />//HTML to get < was &lt; > is &gt; to get & type &amp; Meta enough? :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15608334710676803532018-10-25T23:21:13.478-05:002018-10-25T23:21:13.478-05:00Great point about statistics. Let's stop gathe...Great point about statistics. Let's stop gathering facts. It is so time consuming.<br /><br />By the way, Twain did not invent the statement. Twain actually used it in a larger context to explain why it is necessary to be careful with statistics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81874816791838624712018-10-25T22:54:26.754-05:002018-10-25T22:54:26.754-05:00
According to Mark Twain, there are lies, damn lie...<br />According to Mark Twain, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.Mark Twainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91953181473742400032018-10-25T22:24:43.962-05:002018-10-25T22:24:43.962-05:00Oops, this is what "Text" was supposed t...Oops, this is what "Text" was supposed to be<br /><br /> "*a href="URL">Text</a*"<br /><br />Delete the leading "* and trailing *" .<br />Share the link to clipboard, replace URL and put a description where it says "text". <br /><br />I do it from smartphone. <br /><br />WC<br /><br /><br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-7461115218407439962018-10-25T22:23:44.971-05:002018-10-25T22:23:44.971-05:00AnonT
Check youtube/Netflix if you have not alrea...AnonT<br /><br />Check youtube/Netflix if you have not already.<br /><br />Simply Ming used to be on Saturday mornings on PBS. He would start you with the Master Recipe and then show you how to vary.<br /><br />I seem to remember Alton Brown from Good Eats doing an episode or two on his to properly choose and cook on a wok. If you haven't used your work yet he may change your decision on which one will work* for you.<br /><br />*at my favorite local Chinese restaurant a cookie** cutter sign that states "all employees must wash hands before returning to work" has the 'r' in 'work' scratched out. Makes me smile every time I see it. The owners must find it funny also as it has been like that for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30285116882661987582018-10-25T22:14:37.177-05:002018-10-25T22:14:37.177-05:00FYI. This is how to link.
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What should I us... FYI. This is how to link. <br /><br /><a href="URL" rel="nofollow">Text</a><br /><br />What should I use for my sample link? Well <br /><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-dodgers-game-3-lineups-and-bullpens/c-299640926" rel="nofollow">Redsox</a><br />Of course. <br /><br />Btw. I see Curt Schilling was snubbed on a first pitch thingy and is unhappy about it. I'm guessing politics was involved. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65655318410031413192018-10-25T21:54:31.198-05:002018-10-25T21:54:31.198-05:00Picard, nice Montreal photos. I drove through ther... Picard, nice Montreal photos. I drove through there once. Did you ever go to Sherbrooke by chance. It's on the way from NH to Montreal. I never knew it existed. <br />And.. If the ACC is "obscure" then you know nothing about Sports. Equal to my knowledge of music and art. <br /><br />I'm not much on Pop Culture but I might have a slight edge there. <br /><br />Perhaps CC had an early CSO to veterans ahead of 11/10,11. I looked back up after the theme clue and was looking for "ONE" too. <br /><br />I was with my son Phil so naturally asked him about MANGA and TBH. I almost tried TANDEAU. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49338536502114061432018-10-25T21:46:40.836-05:002018-10-25T21:46:40.836-05:00YR - I'm w/ you on BlueHen's recipe - soun...YR - I'm w/ you on BlueHen's recipe - sounds delicious...<br /><br />Ok, while we're on the topic of food. DW got back from China and ordered 4 cookbooks and a Wok - she wants that flavor again (and doesn't really cook).<br />I've never done Chinese cuisine. I've read a bit and I think I have the staples (hoisin, rice wine, garlic, ginger, tumiric, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, peppers) but I have no real idea what to mix - the recipes I read are too much; I need simple to start with. <br />Crowd (and Steve!), source me :-)<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31836298271071541662018-10-25T20:24:24.389-05:002018-10-25T20:24:24.389-05:00Avg Joe: Thank you for the article on water. I onl...Avg Joe: Thank you for the article on water. I only read about a third of it, but this writer knows her stuff. I've been out of it for 20 years, but the problems haven't changed much. Water is one thing that if you don't use it you lose it. It evaporates or runs down the hill/channel to somewhere else. Basically, if you don't have water, you can't make food and you sometimes have to decide whether it is more important to grow food in the country or pretty lawns in a city. People seem to forget that. In these water fights, farmers have invested big amounts in trying to grow food for people, borrowed money to buy equipment, relying on their right to water. Bureaucrats & ignorant people do some of the darnedest things to interrupt a smooth operating system that puts food in their stomachs. Food is so plentiful in the USA that people take it for granted and have no idea the effort that goes into providing it. If food production isn't safeguarded, the next generations may not eat as well as we do. I'm done ranting.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61586976332202825802018-10-25T19:21:38.225-05:002018-10-25T19:21:38.225-05:00Bluehen, your crockpot old world stew sounds yummy...Bluehen, your crockpot old world stew sounds yummy. Would you mind sharing the recipe, please?Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-45602004036878524062018-10-25T19:09:04.617-05:002018-10-25T19:09:04.617-05:00Hi All!
Great puzzle C.C.! A stumble/inkBLOT or ...Hi All!<br /><br />Great puzzle C.C.! A stumble/inkBLOT or two, a WAG or three, and I didn't parse the HUP-2-3-FOUR until the very end. It all came out in the wash for a satisfying FIR / I be smart :-).<br /><br />Steve - I didn't need to crib from your grid this time, but, I did run straight to it to check my WAGS (K or C in KOHN?). Thanks for your always witty & food-inspired expo.<br /><br />WO: YeN b/f YIN [untie!]; I started w/ Alloy | ALEast for my golf-club | MLB teams; had _DT (- Daylight Time) until I got a mint [ANDES]<br />ESPs: TEY, AGA KHAN; BANDEAU & TBH came together for another WAG-win<br /><b>Fav</b>: Already having read the by-line, I smiled big at ARGYLE.<br />Sparkle: C, Eh! already called it out.<br /><br />{B, A-} //Good to know you're getting help coming in -- you gotta take care Bro!<br /><br />Picard - I actually use a cloud-service for my sandboxen now (much easier than spinning crap up/down & keeping VMs (Virtual Machines) up-to-date). There are some VM appliances that you can download for fun and profit. If you really are interested, email me off-line and I'll look at what's the latest.<br /><br />Lucina - When's Tamales? I'm hungry :-)<br /><br />HG - LOL; Though the Soyuz had a EARTH REENTRY two weeks ago shortly after launch.<br /><br />Joe, Ave, 1EA - Nice to see you.<br /><br />So, in '88 DW & I had our first date; a date auspicious because it's when <i>all</i> WARs start.... MARCH FOURth. <br />//Ok, not as good as BlueHen's "One with everything," but a true story nonetheless!<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-24381451253551963822018-10-25T19:08:39.871-05:002018-10-25T19:08:39.871-05:00Thanks Spitz. And Bill G....if there was any doubt...Thanks Spitz. And Bill G....if there was any doubt about my sign off above, imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. I like that. Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60186783293425502452018-10-25T18:37:23.694-05:002018-10-25T18:37:23.694-05:00Avg Joe's HOT LINK<a href="https://klcjournal.com/in-dealing-with-the-ogallala-aquifer-western-kansas-is-running-out-of-water-and-time/" rel="nofollow">Avg Joe's HOT LINK</a>Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81058045247874322172018-10-25T18:27:34.730-05:002018-10-25T18:27:34.730-05:00I'm not going to make any attempt to step in i...I'm not going to make any attempt to step in it on this water discussion. But I am going to just leave this article here for consideration. It's lengthy, but well researched and worth reading. And it amply illustrates the water war issues that the western portion of the US will face in coming years. Copy and paste the link into your browser. I've long since forgotten how to make it a hot link. Mind how you go.<br /><br />https://klcjournal.com/in-dealing-with-the-ogallala-aquifer-western-kansas-is-running-out-of-water-and-time/Avg Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02301873113962640644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22612205405777149122018-10-25T17:48:33.211-05:002018-10-25T17:48:33.211-05:00ACLU says its mission is to defend and preserve in...ACLU says its mission is to defend and preserve individual rights, abbreviated rts.<br />Japanese was originally written vertically. Today manga and other Japanese writing is sometimes written vertically and sometimes horizontally.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68742837067641684942018-10-25T17:18:38.146-05:002018-10-25T17:18:38.146-05:00At the moment I'm "curing" my new co...At the moment I'm "curing" my new cook pots which I bought to cook the meat for tamales. I've been using my dutch ovens but they are shallow and the water overflows when it reaches boiling so decided to buy bigger ones.<br /><br />In the meantime, I will comment only this to the current discussion. Rainman, you read about water problems in the Vegetarian Times? I believe I would look in a more objective publication; not that they would skew facts or anything like that.<br /><br />Owen:<br />I, too, shall withhold my sympathy but do hope that you resolve the problems with some of the suggestions given here or your visiting practitioner. <br /><br />Yr:<br />What good news about Alan!<br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22676779748650215972018-10-25T17:12:25.305-05:002018-10-25T17:12:25.305-05:00PK @ 12:53 -- I am completely with you about the a...PK @ 12:53 -- I am completely with you about the abuse of the use of 'statistics.' It is as if we can support the validity our ideas, by waving a magic 'statistic' over them ... and said 'statistic' is unverifiable or with no clear source. <br /><br />One example: a certain veterans' supporter always claims that "22 veterans a day commit suicide." If so, that's 660 vets a month, and almost 8,000 annually. I think such a number would be noticed ... if it were legit.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4938510829796904362018-10-25T15:40:45.669-05:002018-10-25T15:40:45.669-05:00YR et al.: I don't go out of the house without...YR et al.: I don't go out of the house without my cell hanging in a pouch around my neck. But inside the apartment, I just keep it beside me, and don't wear it for something as mundane as going to the bathroom. I do leave it on the bed with the cord purposely hanging over the side, for just something like this. But LW turns her phone off unless she's expecting a call, so didn't answer her phone, and was home by the time I finally gave up trying, alone or with just her help.<br />Thanks for that Amazon look up! The ones I'd seen before were too low to help my tall frame, but some of these looked like they might work for me! LW got two risers to nest somehow, so I shouldn't have to worry about that particular problem for a while.<br />PK et al.: Thank you for sparing the sympathy. Uplifting thoughts are fine! I had a poem on using hardship a couple days ago on <a href="https://jumblehints.blogspot.com/2018/10/oct-23-2018.html?showComment=1540276844211#c3265310409571431649" rel="nofollow">_J, </a>so I used this incident to inspire today's poem over there.<br />The paramedics said they would send an advisor over, and my dr. has tried to set me up with a homecare nurse, but scheduling has been a problem.<br /><br />I had DETOUR > BYPASS, GRUMPY > <a href="https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1350&bih=502&ei=vrksW7qjCIy50PEPrIK2yAE&btnG=Search&q=lolcats&oq=&gs_l=" rel="nofollow">LOLCAT</a>OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60411188147036380282018-10-25T15:10:17.601-05:002018-10-25T15:10:17.601-05:00Good puzzle from C.C. and nice tour through the gr...<br />Good puzzle from C.C. and nice tour through the grid by Steve.<br /><br />Like IM and others I didn't know a few answers like KOAN, LOLCAT, TEY, etc., but with the help of perps they ultimately were filled in. However, I didn't get the theme until I read Steve's write-up. <br /><br />I don't know how many of you watched Jeopardy for the last few days, but I enjoyed Erik Agard's performance. He was pretty quick on the button and knew many of the answers, some of them a little obscure. I imagine his CW construction background helped him answer some of the clues. However, he missed the final jeopardy answer (Bloemfontein) last night, so, I wouldn't be surprised to see it in one of his future puzzles. <br /><br />I hope Paul Coulter gets to appear on Jeopardy.<br /><br />Fall is upon us. Get ready for the coming cold temperatures.<br /><br />oc4beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568497002517859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88383809038074783822018-10-25T14:40:48.563-05:002018-10-25T14:40:48.563-05:00Yellowrocks, forgot to say how wonderful to hear t...Yellowrocks, forgot to say how wonderful to hear that Alan has been doing so well.<br /><br />CanadianEh and Rainman, thank you for reminding us about Erik Agard's performance on "Jeopardy." Since he conceded that crossword constructors don't earn much money, I was really hoping that he'd have one of those long "Jeopardy" runs that would equip him with a really good income for the next few years. But I'm happy that he did as well as he did. Hope he checks in with us sometime so that we can congratulate him. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61135687833028188312018-10-25T14:35:39.904-05:002018-10-25T14:35:39.904-05:00I found this to be just a tad crunchier than most ...I found this to be just a tad crunchier than most Thursdays but managed to FIR in just under 15 minutes. Thanks, C.C. and Steve, for what you do!<br /><br />I saw words in the long entries but not all the ones I was supposed to. 15A: LAYING, 31A: BELONG, 41A: THREE [Hah! Got one!], 61A: FOUR [Well, 2 out of 4..]<br /><br />Liked the sneeze 🤧 at AHH crossing SHOO.<br /><br />Great SO to Argyle from C.C.<br /><br />Owen, that has to be tough to deal with. Hang in there; you’ve got lots of friends thinking about you. <br /><br />Am finally catching up on sleep lost at the hospital; I am down to fewer than ten naps per day. Wait... did someone just say "nap"? OK; great idea! Have a super day, all!WikWakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873144164842777944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56155024047621981582018-10-25T14:22:29.719-05:002018-10-25T14:22:29.719-05:00PK @ 12:53, yeah, the figures (meat industry water...PK @ 12:53, yeah, the figures (meat industry water subsidies) are startling. Mind-Boggling. With meat consumption steadily going down, they may have changed a bit but the Pacific Northwest is unique when compared to the other western non-hydroelectric producing states. My information came from a Cornell economist and associate with reports from GAO, the Rand Corporation, and the Water Resources Council, through the Vegetarian Times publication. The rivers (Snake and Columbia) producing hydroelectricity are the same ones providing water for livestock production, but at points upstream from the power plants. The water remaining to generate electricity is substantially reduced. If you want more details, I'd be glad to help at another venue than here... but to summarize, at one time WA, ID, and OR lost enough billions of kwhs/year to livestock production, enough to light every house in the entire country for 45 days. That may not be true anymore. I don't have the latest figures, but they're out there. Maybe Picard? California, where we live, is much worse, especially during dry years. Nosotros pagamos! (We pay. We all do.) <br /><br />Best to all, particularly best wishes to Owen. I'm sure you can get past all this. Who was it that said, "Hope doth not butter me parsnips." ? Well, hope is often all we have. Hang in there, daddy-o.Rainmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511366260609189046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85104998198676861422018-10-25T14:16:27.724-05:002018-10-25T14:16:27.724-05:00Picard - loved your Montreal photos. Especially N...Picard - loved your Montreal photos. Especially Notre Dame and the Olympic Dome (although that fiasco nearly bankrupted Montreal!), and the colourful areas of Old Montreal. But the icing on the cake was the Canadian flag on the second-last photo!! CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89510140393569584222018-10-25T14:11:15.254-05:002018-10-25T14:11:15.254-05:00Aha, a veddy clever pzl, C.C.!
You caught me off ...Aha, a veddy clever pzl, <b>C.C.</b>!<br /><br />You caught me off guard with a couple of naticks: LOLCAT & ANTES/BANDEAU. Otherwise this was a happy experience. <br />Of course I didn't see the cadence count until enlightened by <b>Steve</b>, but I was suitably impressed by it. I am always appreciative of the mental/verbal acuity involved in creating such an intricate pzl.<br /><br /><b>Owen</b>! ~<br />I feel for you, buddy! What a wretched experience. I have some of the same problem rising from chairs and, while I can manage my floor exercises, I often have to crawl to reach support to rise again. I had a fall last week & can still feel pain from it. My condition is not as tough as yours, but I can see that I am headed in that direction. <br />What is wonderful to note is that your mental dexterity is not hampered in the slightest. It's these damned *#@! bodies that give out on us. <br />OAAFS!<br /><br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.com