tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8832885604175525128..comments2024-03-29T03:51:31.793-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Gail Grabowski and Bruce VenzkeZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5016350512960300272014-09-17T00:58:12.837-05:002014-09-17T00:58:12.837-05:00BillG:
Don't you think the narration is excell...BillG:<br />Don't you think the narration is excellently done? And since much of the information is new or I've forgotten, it's very interesting to me. It's definitely better than most college classes I ever had.<br /><br />AnonT:<br />Thank you. I can use all the help I can get!Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-5188996311036819542014-09-17T00:08:42.019-05:002014-09-17T00:08:42.019-05:00Oops Lucina - I meant click the link with the whee...Oops Lucina - I meant click the link with the wheel, not just click the wheel.<br /><br />Ken Burns was on Jon Stewart and NPR yesterday discussing his new work. I'm going to have to watch it the next time it comes on.<br /><br />Cheers, -T Anonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-29943441702929038882014-09-16T23:59:43.205-05:002014-09-16T23:59:43.205-05:00Lucina:
Another easy way to open a new (blank - d...Lucina:<br /><br />Another easy way to open a new (blank - depending on browser) window is CTLR-N. Also, if you have a clicking-wheel-mouse, you can just click the wheel to open a new tab. YMMV.<br /><br />I'm a huge fan of War Games 1) its a great movie 2) I wouldn't be doing what I do had I not watched it as an impressionable ute. <br /><br /><a href="http://map.ipviking.com" rel="nofollow"><br />Here's</a> a cool near-real-time PAGE of cyber-attacks around the world. Sometimes it looks like the ending of War Games. No USERID required.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46995668976577097412014-09-16T23:56:31.257-05:002014-09-16T23:56:31.257-05:00Lucina, I'm watching The Roosevelts but like a...Lucina, I'm watching The Roosevelts but like all historical documentaries, it's a bit of a struggle for me. It's long and all taken from old photographs, though the Ken Burns effect helps with the drabness. Still, it's about as good a history lesson on that era as I can imagine. I like it as well as I could like any history lesson, better than most of my college classes.Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-78212859389899459372014-09-16T23:49:38.639-05:002014-09-16T23:49:38.639-05:00CEDave:
Thank you so much! I usually don't hav...CEDave:<br />Thank you so much! I usually don't have trouble with links but the original one Argyle had of Etta and the Sundance Kid was embedded and wouldn't open for me.<br /><br />Otherwise, you or someone else had explained to open "in new window" with right click and so I'm familiar with that but I do appreciate your taking the time to re-explain it. I'm very computer illiterate and sometimes I forget things about it. Your links are normally very easy to open.<br /><br />Is anyone else watching "The Roosevelts" on PBS? I am so enjoying the series. Good job by Ken Burns.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11470641882986088032014-09-16T21:45:23.235-05:002014-09-16T21:45:23.235-05:00Oh well, 14A has made me toss another crosswordese...Oh well, 14A has made me toss another crosswordese theory out the window...<br />(I always thought oneA was classification, & Aone was a steak sauce!)<br /><br />Lucina @ 6:07, if you saw the 46 pictures, then I guess you have no trouble with the links. Argyles Etta Place pic has been replaced with one that is not copy protected so everyone should be able to see it now.<br /><br />I use Chrome as my browser now, it is much more user friendly. But I still use a lot of shortcuts out of habit from Internet explorer. <br />One was that it used to drive me nuts that every time I clicked on a link, & then returned to the Blog, it would bring me to the top of the screen & I would have to scroll through the whole Blog to get back to where I was. So I always right click the mouse over the link & choose "open link in a new window." This way when I closed the window I would be right back in the middle of the Blog.<br /><br />If I find something that needs research for discussion later I always open a new tab to search in. An open tab would always remind me that I found something worthy of linking later while not losing my place in the Blog.<br /><br />The "CTRL" key combined with the "F" key opens a search window in the upper right, if I type in "Lucina" I can see that your name is mentioned 6 times. It is great for finding a word like AONE in the puzzle when you cannot remember its number across or down.<br /><br />If print or pics are too small to read the CTRL key combined with the +/= key makes them bigger. (CTRL and _/- makes them smaller)<br /><br />Copy & paste are essential for linking...<br /><br />& when people (like me) go on about stuff you probably already knew, that little red X upper right is a lifesaver...CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-61013155849319772132014-09-16T20:53:02.810-05:002014-09-16T20:53:02.810-05:00Hi all,
Bon Fete D Otto.
Wow breezy today in so...Hi all,<br /><br />Bon Fete D Otto. <br /><br />Wow breezy today in south Louisiana and the puzzle was one too. !!<br /><br />Well except for 1 lil fill in wrong on Clepto and didn't look back. The 46a should have helped me since Andy Kaufman was my favorite in Taxi. <br /><br />Andy was an excellent comedian by far. Also he was the best Elvis Presley impersonator in his time. Elvis himself said Andy was his favorite. RIP both of you !!! <br /><br />@ PK Freds lounge 07-24-10 white shirt jeans and a big key ring @ 59 - 106 dancing with a plaid shirt cousin she is the accordion players wife. I'm acknowledging the drummer. See me ??<br /><br />Bon nuit from Cajun Country !!Boo LuQuette AKA Boudreaux in Eunice, La.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09947640728272208615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86462193701518112232014-09-16T20:40:44.176-05:002014-09-16T20:40:44.176-05:00ALOHA again:
As promised / warned(?) AC/DC with a...ALOHA again:<br /><br />As promised / warned(?) <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5iTQf5PDyY" rel="nofollow">AC/DC</a> with all their AMPs.<br /><br /><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BmZAxRH3Ibs" rel="nofollow">LATKA</a> on the one thing you (K)NEED in life.<br /><br />Dudley - I'll go look for that video. The pic made it look like "dump bricks in top; street comes out bottom." Thanks.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19546474891894455492014-09-16T20:19:37.155-05:002014-09-16T20:19:37.155-05:00Really hot here with no A/C. It's supposed to ...Really hot here with no A/C. It's supposed to ease off by Thursday.<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=891145830910975&set=vb.123901460968753&type=2&theater" rel="nofollow">Best pals</a>Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20099994363200825992014-09-16T19:50:40.686-05:002014-09-16T19:50:40.686-05:00The real NORAD defense system was SAGE. Here is a...The real NORAD defense system was SAGE. Here is a video that explains SAGE and a great website that explains the NORAD and SAGE defense system.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_cpu.htm#mov" rel="nofollow">NORAD SAGE</a><br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70809587379369873472014-09-16T19:15:21.950-05:002014-09-16T19:15:21.950-05:00-T - I got wondering about that bricklayer too, an...-T - I got wondering about that bricklayer too, and found video on YouTube. Two operators were shown arranging the bricks on the machine at a convenient work height. The machine is a conveyor that gently slides the patterned bricks onto the ground. Not magic, but a real labor saver.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86729019081125081632014-09-16T18:45:57.302-05:002014-09-16T18:45:57.302-05:00Hi All!
HBD D-O! We H-Town bunch (are there othe...Hi All!<br /><br />HBD D-O! We H-Town bunch (are there others here?) should at least do a lunch one day.<br /><br />I don't know why all the meh here today. I had fun with it and like the Cryptic-esque theme. But then I'm a NERD.<br /><br />Big ink blot at 54d. I put in Range thinking of the Range ROVER and almost had MARSH for 53 as a result.<br /><br />Fav AC/DC and LATKA. I'll find links after dinner.<br /><br />HG - You just couldn't wait for me to login and link WOPR (aka Joshua), eh? :-)<br /><br />CED - that brick laying machine - wow / how? Are there really just a bunch of little masons inside? Now to go look at the other 63 links.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-17277571225385380322014-09-16T18:07:07.673-05:002014-09-16T18:07:07.673-05:00CEDave:
I use a PC with internet Explorer. Now I s...CEDave:<br />I use a PC with internet Explorer. Now I see that the picture has been changed though I didn't try the sources link. <br /><br />I did however, just go through the 46 pictures which are all amazing. I have actually seen the lion sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland and the street at the Gibraltar airport. It's a tiny country.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62875717305569312122014-09-16T16:27:41.996-05:002014-09-16T16:27:41.996-05:00To: Lemon and HeartRx:
Thank you for your insigh...<br /><br />To: Lemon and HeartRx:<br /><br />Thank you for your insight. Yes, it is one of my theme entries that is off by one space. <br /><br />There may still be hope. If nothing else, at least it's a good brain exercise. <br /><br />CheersErgo (a.k.a. Husker Chuck)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23120178913425299022014-09-16T16:25:55.185-05:002014-09-16T16:25:55.185-05:00This was a fairly quick solve. Thanks, Gail and B...This was a fairly quick solve. Thanks, Gail and Bruce. Nice expo, Argyle.<br /><br />I liked seeing Bolivia with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That's where they escaped to after robbing the train. Unfortunately, they didn't escape from Bolivia.<br /><br />I learned a Senate gofer as a PAGE before an aide, so that's my first entry.<br /><br />Until I graduated from high school I was known as PATSY. HATED IT. Now I prefer to be known as Pat.<br /><br />I've enjoyed all the links, as usual.<br /><br />Have a nice evening.<br /><br />Pat<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90743439509418951712014-09-16T16:23:52.747-05:002014-09-16T16:23:52.747-05:00Hello everybody. Our DSL has been down since last ...Hello everybody. Our DSL has been down since last Thursday, so LW and I have had no internet for several days. After much arm twisting we finally got AT&T to stop blaming our modem and reluctantly investigate their own equipment, in which they did find a "bad port" which required them to do a small amount of rewiring. As soon as they did that, voila the DSL is working again. They still are clinging to the belief that our modem is going to fail any day now and that we should keep an eye on it, even though it is a brand new one, fresh out of the box, with which, at their insistence, we replaced our "old" modem. Those guys sure have no imagination or authority to venture outside their script. So anyway, I've been catching up, reading the past 6 days of this blog, and now I'm all worn out. It's like too <i>many</i> tomatoes in my salsa or too <i>many</i> eggs in my mooncakes, haha.<br /><br />Happy birthday wishes to all you recent birthday boys'n'girls, and best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-33544418320319307692014-09-16T16:13:01.448-05:002014-09-16T16:13:01.448-05:00Musings
-Perfect day for 36 holes today at the TAI...Musings<br />-Perfect day for 36 holes today at the TAIL END of summer and since I sub on Wed and Fri…<br />-I hope my “work around” works so I can defeat the filter and post from school tomorrow<br />-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsycWRQrc8" rel="nofollow">NORAD’s Supercomputer in <i>War Games</i></a> (1:45)Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72416405581110300002014-09-16T15:31:56.657-05:002014-09-16T15:31:56.657-05:00Late to the party; very busy day.
Happy birthday,...Late to the party; very busy day.<br /><br />Happy birthday, desper-otto. Hope it's a great one.<br /><br />WES about PAGE and SPOT.<br />Needed DH's help on a few spots today, so it's a DNF by myself.<br /> <br />CheersSalliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610882363697486693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9298714178957854352014-09-16T15:26:04.146-05:002014-09-16T15:26:04.146-05:00I tried a different source, same picture.I tried a different source, same picture.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-14641947825236288782014-09-16T14:33:34.617-05:002014-09-16T14:33:34.617-05:00Argyle, I can see all but one of the pictures. ETT...Argyle, I can see all but one of the pictures. ETTA Place at 22-A. The source link for it also gives me a "Referral Denied" error.<br /><br />HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-89661565818274880742014-09-16T14:23:58.332-05:002014-09-16T14:23:58.332-05:00Ergo @ 11:43 again - I was looking for some exampl...Ergo @ 11:43 again - I was looking for some examples of non-symmetrical puzzles that I have liked in the past, and just got lost going from one page to another. <br /><br />I remember one puzzle in particular that had three theme entries, all different lengths. The constructor is quite brilliant, and always comes up with wacky and unusual stuff. But that sort of construction is out of my league, so I just stick to the "normal" symmetry grids.HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-611661902622218672014-09-16T14:15:11.177-05:002014-09-16T14:15:11.177-05:00Happy Tuesday everybody!
Straight forward solve, ...Happy Tuesday everybody!<br /><br />Straight forward solve, didn't like or dislike the GET BACK theme - just another early week puzzle for me....<br /><br />Only one write-over, ESPY for SPOT....<br /><br />100% agreement with ignoring ghost posters, to the point of not even acknowledging their existence. If no one responds, they will (hopefully) take their ball and go play somewhere else....<br /><br />To quote Latka Gravas, "Thank you very much" Argyle for the Taxi clip....<br /><br />Finally, HBD to Desper-Otto...!River Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217414780894792059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9295590050294533002014-09-16T14:06:36.292-05:002014-09-16T14:06:36.292-05:00I've added source links. I hope they work for ...I've added source links. I hope they work for you.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50455886262143636492014-09-16T14:02:58.684-05:002014-09-16T14:02:58.684-05:00Aide b/4 page, but 12D no frills shelter, I had ta...Aide b/4 page, but 12D no frills shelter, I had tarp b/4 tent...(my tent has lots of frills, pockets, flashlight hanger etc..)<br /><br />1D Balsa, interesting wood, but there is not much on the internet about the tree & its cultivation. I did find this video, guess how many legs were broken in this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgucy_b5FKk" rel="nofollow">classroom science experiment?</a><br /><br />Hmm, I have tried to find a Desper-otto cake before, (it aint easy) so I hope you won't mind if I just go with <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_810LhlECBvU/TFg3uAL5BVI/AAAAAAAAAUo/_E3lji__6qA/s1600/DSCN0736.JPG" rel="nofollow">HBD Tom!</a><br /><br /><br />(note) see what comes up when you <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=719&q=desper-otto&oq=desper-otto&gs_l=img.12...3056.12657.0.14331.28.12.8.8.7.0.131.888.11j1.12.0....0...1ac.1.53.img..5.23.893.rYBEU-t82lA" rel="nofollow">Google Image Search Desper-Otto!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/stop-reading-funny-posters-and-get-back-to-work.png" rel="nofollow">Get back #1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.funniestmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/Funniest_Memes_i-should-really-get-back-to-work_9066.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Get back #2</a><br /><br />& if you are really bored at work, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/46-incredible-photos-you-may-not-have-seen-before/#.VBeRpJ7PZcA.facebook" rel="nofollow">here are 46 pictures you may not have seen before...</a>CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-65722409213304801952014-09-16T13:53:51.819-05:002014-09-16T13:53:51.819-05:00Ergo @ 11:43, as Lemon said, there can be 15 x 16 ...Ergo @ 11:43, as Lemon said, there can be 15 x 16 grids (but only if the puzzle is VERY special and appealing to Rich!) But I think you mean that two of your theme entries do not match in length, correct? Sometimes a constructor can "cheat" by making one of them plural, but that is a very inelegant fix. I have had many such theme length problems, and I always end up just putting them on the shelf. HeartRxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786026973246127946noreply@blogger.com