tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post8847518840773960875..comments2024-03-28T08:00:35.182-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, May 8, 2020 Stu AglerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59763980088236367222020-05-09T11:02:52.331-05:002020-05-09T11:02:52.331-05:00We agreed that SOPH needed “abbrev.” to make it ag...We agreed that SOPH needed “abbrev.” to make it agree with “juniors” etc.Wendybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680784385470001268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83766166782483018292020-05-08T22:04:30.556-05:002020-05-08T22:04:30.556-05:00Spitz: thanks for explaining hexANE so I could und...Spitz: thanks for explaining hexANE so I could understand it. <br /><br />TTP: your grandma saw an opportunity and cashed in. Good for her. I remember the days of almost frantic road building in the 50's & 60's. Boys graduating from our high school either went to do their obligatory military service or got jobs on road construction as a rite of passage. The military-joining boys mostly needed GI Bill money if they wanted to go to college later.<br /><br />Soph-O-more? Huh! I'm not sure I've even been spelling that word with an "O" in the middle so sure don't say it with one. It just don't look right to me. Duh!PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-3950703460211076362020-05-08T20:58:31.292-05:002020-05-08T20:58:31.292-05:00Favourite Friday. Thanks for the fun, Stu (congrat...Favourite Friday. Thanks for the fun, Stu (congrats on your debut) and TTP.<br />I'm late to the party tonight. I finished with two Google helps (for EPSTEIN & ELBA) and saw the changed letter magazines. (LOL re Kneaders Digest, Anon@9:55am)<br />But then I arrived here to discover that I FIWed. My Afterthoughts at 59A were Ands instead of ADDS; I could not figure out what :50 meant and no light dawned with my Ted To.<br /><br />The SE corner was the last to fall. Was 56D and Easter egg with another magazine! We usually get Idris not his last name, (and yes I thought of Lucina immediately!). <br /><br />Yes IM, I noted PRADO after Prada yesterday, but I missed the animal theme.<br />I thought we were getting a numbers theme with ZERO, ONES AND TWO SEAM.<br />I will take a CSO with GREY, and another one with 61A. <br /><br />KEAN filled with perps thankfully; I'm glad that it was not just this Canadian who had never heard of it. <br />This Canadian says SOPHomore with 3 syllables; is it a Canadian thing?<br /><br />Thanks for the laughs, Ray. I don't always comment, but I always LOL at your puns.<br />YR - I love the new avatar (but sorry you cannot enjoy it IRL for a while).<br />FLN, AnonT- that does look like my mesclun row (but I think every seed company has slightly different mixes of the greens in their mesclun mix). I am jealous that you are so far ahead of me with your garden. We had snow today and nothing will go in the ground for several weeks yet. Even my early Mother's Day hanging basket had to come inside to avoid the frost. O Canada!<br /><br />Wishing you all a good evening.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-26454192642102115802020-05-08T19:19:55.785-05:002020-05-08T19:19:55.785-05:00DO, yes I did hear Alex pronounce sophomore in thr...DO, yes I did hear Alex pronounce sophomore in three syllables. I think sometimes when we Cornerites say we have not heard or encountered something, it is actually there, lying deep in our subconscious mind.<br /><br />Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11539551858791096992020-05-08T19:07:04.695-05:002020-05-08T19:07:04.695-05:00This is the KEAN U I enjoyed
="https://past...This is the KEAN U I enjoyed <br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">="https://paste.pics/8X3NE"</a><br />Ray - O - Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864005198472595370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58166938558346165302020-05-08T18:44:48.909-05:002020-05-08T18:44:48.909-05:00Okay all you Trekkies! You’ve officially wrecked ...Okay all you Trekkies! You’ve officially wrecked my life now! In looking up the later episodes y’all recommended, (which I found and ordered,) I came cross a free amazon Prime download of the first season, which I liked. Been watching all day!! LOL Ole Trekkies never die...<br /><br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85415986683203407812020-05-08T18:11:44.645-05:002020-05-08T18:11:44.645-05:00I meant GUAR (gum). Not AGAR.I meant GUAR (gum). Not AGAR.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57776174707428389192020-05-08T18:00:26.395-05:002020-05-08T18:00:26.395-05:00Hadda look up KEAN and ARIL to complete this puzzl...Hadda look up KEAN and ARIL to complete this puzzle today. Had POETIC and then DRIVER before LIQUOR license. Never heard of Coke ZERO. Didn't realize RELOcation was an HR concern. I did think of pectin or AGAR before AUTO emerged. Didn't particularly care for Blue Ribbons and PABSTs being plural. At least I knew RHESUS, MAORI, ROTOR, and several others. <br /><br />Excellent write-up, TTP. Wander and reminisce all you want, sir.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-28772270725605907182020-05-08T17:53:42.581-05:002020-05-08T17:53:42.581-05:00TTP & OManiN- those old computer systems made ...TTP & OManiN- those old computer systems made great boat anchors. My 80 column card cabinet is built from HEAVY steet. Those cases of card were very heavy.<br /><br />Memory & disc storage was very expensive way back when. Fortran programmers were great. They had to devise programs that both used the least amount of memory and disk space.<br /><br />I didn't have a back-up drive so once a week I went to a Mobil oil office to use their system with TWO drive. My desktop, bought for about $600, has a Terabyte of storage. Do I need it? Nope, I back up everything on two clouds- Google Drive and Microsoft One Drive.Big Easynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46706598783950135552020-05-08T17:47:55.592-05:002020-05-08T17:47:55.592-05:00WILBUR ~Isn't it odd how in America a universi...<b>WILBUR</b> ~Isn't it odd how in America a university needs to be big in Basketball or Football to have a major reputation. <br />Hence, KEAN U., as you say, is not known by the public--even inside N.J.<br /><br />My university, UC Irvine, is listed as #1 on several lists, among the "Top-10" on many more, and we boast two Nobelists even though we are only 60 years old. We also happen to be rated high in Baseball, and we're always among the very top teams, often #1, in--you guessed it!--Water Polo!<br />But these don't count. The nearest we come to a Real Team, a Football Team, is serving as the practice field for the LA Rams.<br />~ <b>OMK</b>Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81330890261276451052020-05-08T16:07:21.555-05:002020-05-08T16:07:21.555-05:00FIR and felt it was very easy. My wife and I arriv...FIR and felt it was very easy. My wife and I arrived in the north from Florida yesterday, so today was filled with chores. Very fun theme which helped a lot in the solve. Hungry Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465905817770134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74404098672754877932020-05-08T16:02:47.432-05:002020-05-08T16:02:47.432-05:00Wow. I lived in NJ for six months, 9/67-3/68 and ... Wow. I lived in NJ for six months, 9/67-3/68 and I've never heard of KEAN. One good reason: No serious Sports team. I had a disastrous FIW but if I knew this I might have FIR<br /><br />My other big one was not recognizing ELBA thinking EARTH would be part of the farm. <br /><br />Re Guadalcanal-the Japanese filed a formal complaint to Switzerland: "The US Marines are emptying insane asylums and prisons (add teeth to the weapons used)"<br /><br />In conjunction with Ike's roads the Oil/Auto Cartel bought out as much of existing public transportation as would sell (a lot privately owned). <br /><br />My wife's a LMS* so I'm familiar with ROLFing. It's "kneading"*10.<br /><br />I forgot to check late 5/7 posts. Re. VE Day vs 4/29/45. The latter marks the death of Hitler who bequeathed leadership to Admiral Doenitz. The seven day delay to armistice was to allow as many refugees as possible to escape to the West. It got me to find my Speer book** and reading the applicable pages <br /><br />WC<br /><br />** Lic. Massage Therapist- don't call them "masseuses"<br />***Inside the Third Reich. The head Nazis thought they would be running things. Talk about no clue. <br />Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38535531699100243902020-05-08T15:47:10.630-05:002020-05-08T15:47:10.630-05:00I thought of the slang word, zoo, a wild chaotic p...I thought of the slang word, zoo, a wild chaotic place. The classroom of an inept, disorganized teacher can quickly become a zoo.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-70597307045389201262020-05-08T15:41:45.402-05:002020-05-08T15:41:45.402-05:00Hi All!
The puzzle was just beyond my solving abi...Hi All!<br /><br />The puzzle was just beyond my solving ability but a couple of lucky WAGs led to FIR. <br />NW [MA<b>O</b>RI, umpS or REFS?, AL<b>LEN</b>, ROLF?; there <i>is</i> a Golf DIGEST so...] <br />and SE [ITER, NHRA, ELBA? - do I have EPST[EI|IE]N right?] <br />corners were complete fills of faith. <br /><br />Congrats on the LAT Stu.<br /><br />TTP - Holy Digressions Batman! That's ONE heck of an informative AND entertaining expo; I really enjoyed the personal (and baseball!) asides.<br />//LOL 'paid by the word' IM. \\wait TTP, that was pared down? :-)<br /><br />Hardest themer to suss: [see ROLF above]<br />Runner up: PUNNERS WORLD... I had P---ERS WORLD across and A?TO, HS[Channel or Network], OE[N|R]...<br />//Only while reading the expo (and TTP assuring me it was NOT jelly related - I was going w/ <b>A</b>spic but was a square shy) did it dawn on me: Traffic JAM. Oy!<br /><br />HG beat me to Roman Numerals.<br /><br />WOs: INUeT, PRADa, wine=OE (N or R? - tried N twice), 44a was going to be ----ER-WORds for a bit.<br />ESPs: SI SI... <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyBUMntP6DI" rel="nofollow">I had a plethora.</a></b><br /><b>Fav</b>: EPSTEIN, Vinny Barbarino, BoomBoom Washington and Horshack... One of my favorite shows in my ute.<br />//Does anyone remember Mr. Kotter, er Gabe Kaplan, doing a pretty good Mark Twain? I thought I did but my Google Fu is weak on this one<br /><br />Wendybird - Me too! //Wait, to what do we agree?<br /><br />OMK - Considering 44a, that's really funny.<br /><br />Everyone's talking about crazy hair (I'm beyond Ringo and onto <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_(Muppet)" rel="nofollow">Animal</a></b>) but I'm really starting to miss the gym [I just said that?!?]. I looked online to get some dumbbells [15-40lb] for curbside pickup and was told 'not available.' Thinking stores may not force 'associates' to schlep 200lbs to a customer's car, I thought "maybe they're just for in-store shopping." So, I called. Nope, they are out. Stores w/in 20mi AINT got dumbbells. <br />Long and short of it - anyone got some dumbbells [>=15lb] they want to get rid of?<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-2413843615239862052020-05-08T14:52:38.640-05:002020-05-08T14:52:38.640-05:00Fun today - fairly easy for a Friday pzl.
I neede...Fun today - fairly easy for a Friday pzl.<br /><br />I needed my wife's help for EPSTEIN. "Kotter" is not a show I paid much attention to. My first guess was something like SPINETTI, which wouldn't fit. <br />(I wonder where that came from?)<br /><br /><b>Misty</b> ~ I wondered too about ZOO as a place for "wild" animals. But then I've been watching some of the recent Zoo shows on the nature channel, and most seem dedicated to protecting the various species in environments as close as possible to their natural "wild" homes. <br />In most cases, they return rescued animals and birds to their original habitats once they are restored to health. They only "keep" ones that either become too dependent on humans to survive on their own or are so endangered they need help in regenerating.<br />Bravo to them! <br />~ <b>OMK<br />____________<br />DR:</b> A single diagonal today, on the mirror side.<br />The anagram? As an old marathoner I can attest that this is the part of the anatomy that becomes most numb around the 26th mile marker. <br />No, not the taped-over nipples, but the…<br />“<b>RUNNER’S BUTT</b>”!Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-43960745059445494662020-05-08T14:27:45.478-05:002020-05-08T14:27:45.478-05:00Hola!
Yes! I do know who Idris ELBA is! What a hu...Hola!<br /><br />Yes! I do know who Idris ELBA is! What a hunk of a man! Thank you, TTP, for remembering that I am a fan. I first saw him in the series, Luther, on PBS.<br /><br />And I pronounce SOPHomore with three syllables which, I believe, comes from many years of teaching ESL and proper pronunciation to foreign students. I also say li-bra-ry and Feb-ru-ary.<br /><br />Puzzles with fill-in-the-blank are not my favorite but this was fast and not too frustrating. Of course, I had no idea who Ray ALLEN is but perps helped. And I enjoyed the puns.<br /><br />In Sweden we saw the original studio where the ROLF method was developed. And I spent many hours touring the PRADO Museum admiring the works of art there. Those were different trips, of course, some years apart.<br /><br />Today is the birthday of my friend, Mark; he was born on the actual VE Day 75 years ago. Last night we threw caution to the winds and celebrated his and my daughter's birthdays. Hers will be on the 11th, Monday. It was wonderful to have the whole family here enjoying a meal together. My grandchildren are growing fast and of course, surpass me in height.<br /><br />Thank you, TTP, for your detailed explanations of everything! And thanks to Stu Agler for the fun puns.<br /><br />I hope all are enjoying a peaceful day; for some reason I slept an unusually long time and it was almost ten when I awoke.<br /><br />Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-19115860729034801812020-05-08T14:26:46.430-05:002020-05-08T14:26:46.430-05:00PK @0933 INRE: HexANE. Hexane is a straight chain...PK @0933 INRE: HexANE. Hexane is a straight chain hydrocarbon compound with 6 carbon atoms (in a row; no branching) in the molecule. Heptane has 7; octane has 8. It is a distillation fraction from crude oil and is a significant constituent of gasoline. It has other industrial uses as a solvent.<br /><br /><br /><br />Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72455193518019939242020-05-08T13:52:35.167-05:002020-05-08T13:52:35.167-05:00Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Stu Agler, for ...Good afternoon, folks. Thank you, Stu Agler, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, TTP, for a fine review.<br /><br />Great puzzle. Caught the theme with IV GUIDE. Most of the rest came easily. But, not all.<br /><br />Tried FIRSTS before PABSTS worked better. I should have thought of that earlier.<br /><br />Liked TEN TO. Good clue.<br /><br />Not sure who ELBA is. Got him with perps.<br /><br />NHRA came easily. Kind of overshadowed by NASCAR now.<br /><br />INUIT for Greenland. Did not know that.<br /><br />I wagged SISI and lucked out.<br /><br />That Cubs / Indians game a few years ago was the best ball game I have ever seen.<br /><br />Done here for the day. See you tomorrow. Might get snow in the AM.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88408115424201352452020-05-08T13:51:51.311-05:002020-05-08T13:51:51.311-05:00Hi All. From the bottom feeder xword solvers assn...Hi All. From the bottom feeder xword solvers assn, todays puzzle seemed unsolvable, but after getting some fill here and there it filled in. FIW as the SW corner did me in. I had ea_th which I wagged a "r" to make earth thinking farm and earth made sense. Didn't realize that the only letters changed was the first one. Tried to think of a mag with earth in the last name. Didn't know Kean and thus hen's health just wasn't going to happen. Thanks, Stu for the challenge.<br /><br />I was a crypto maniac in the USAF and worked on the card punch, mag tape equip that really didn't work all that well. The CPU that controlled this system was huge. lol The teletype guys would sit for 8 to 10 hrs a day preparing messages. Made you believe in Star Trek. Thanks TTP for the info.<br /><br />Stay warm, northern solvers!SansBeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929605017948252740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58827440295503565772020-05-08T13:24:03.123-05:002020-05-08T13:24:03.123-05:00Us right coasters got a break on this one. I kind...Us right coasters got a break on this one. I kind of dead the friday ones, they hurt my head. <br />The levity of this one picked up my spirits.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-57306957120684531662020-05-08T13:18:35.139-05:002020-05-08T13:18:35.139-05:00Stu, you had me at Rotor. I was in the AF from 66...Stu, you had me at Rotor. I was in the AF from 66 - 70. I did just about the same thing as you, in my supply squadron in NJ. Did all that stuff, and more. Sorted, collated, keypunched, wired the board plus doing the physical count stuff. This iso-stuff drags a person down, but, hope to see more of you. I enjoyed the puzzle, once I got the driftAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814934047269759629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-48854569269132099832020-05-08T13:09:33.815-05:002020-05-08T13:09:33.815-05:00For anon 9:44 AM
READ ALL ABOUT IT
I never hear...For anon 9:44 AM<br /><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/this-woman-flew-soviet-combat-missions-in-wwii-she-is-the-last-one-left/2020/05/07/0f6a9896-84aa-11ea-81a3-9690c9881111_story.html" rel="nofollow"><b>READ ALL ABOUT IT </b></a><br /><br />I never heard of Kean eitherLemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-885828078889466212020-05-08T12:55:53.751-05:002020-05-08T12:55:53.751-05:00Also, I think 5-Down should have been clued as &qu...Also, I think 5-Down should have been clued as "Team with the longest World Series winning drought" or something along those lines. The Indians appeared in the World Series recently, and I think "World Series drought" could be interpreted as "longest amount of time since appearing in a World Series." But maybe I'm being hypersensitive, especially since I haven't seen any other comments to this effect.Wheels42https://www.blogger.com/profile/18027038274853165463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-15418031908620669842020-05-08T12:50:31.566-05:002020-05-08T12:50:31.566-05:00Great puzzle today! Snappy, tight theme and the ri...Great puzzle today! Snappy, tight theme and the right amount of crunch. Plus, for some added flair, it's a pangram! Well done, Stu.<br /><br />My only quibble is using "rolf"--I wish a less obscure term to use. Maybe because it was the first themed entry of the puzzle, but it really stymied my momentum. But overall, great job.Wheels42https://www.blogger.com/profile/18027038274853165463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67525429018463950732020-05-08T12:48:38.653-05:002020-05-08T12:48:38.653-05:00According to the Farmer's Almanac, the Pascha...According to the Farmer's Almanac, the Paschal/Easter moon was last month.<br />"This year, the March equinox occurs on Thursday, March 19. The first full Moon to occur after that date is April’s full Pink Moon, on Tuesday, April 7. This makes April’s full Moon the Paschal Full Moon as well. Therefore, Easter will be observed on the first Sunday after April 7: Sunday, April 12!" The full moon last night was beautiful. The Farmer's Almanc says,:The next full moon will occur on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 6:45AM ET, and is known as the Full Flower Moon. Another name variations are the Full Corn Planting Moon and the Full Milk Moon."Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.com