tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post895277837389860930..comments2024-03-28T05:46:36.771-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Sunday, Jim Holland, March 5, 2017Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-75309433801702228212017-03-11T11:33:57.834-06:002017-03-11T11:33:57.834-06:00This Chris Coughlan of San Francisco did apply for...This Chris Coughlan of San Francisco did apply for the trade mark, "Own a Piece of the Rock", but the application was abandoned and never granted. I wonder if Prudential bought him out.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21506517103598717112017-03-11T11:16:59.372-06:002017-03-11T11:16:59.372-06:00That was a really odd exchange, Argyle. I only rem...That was a really odd exchange, Argyle. I only remember "Own a piece of the rock" in the ads. As you showed, there is a trademark for it.<br /><br />Not sure why these others don't trust your evidence. Nor, why they are so hostile about it. As you say, if they have facts to offer they should show them.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-59557120161900522522017-03-09T22:27:28.523-06:002017-03-09T22:27:28.523-06:00I linked my proof; where is yours?I linked my proof; where is yours?Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-83521140790213759852017-03-09T22:09:40.221-06:002017-03-09T22:09:40.221-06:00"Own a piece of the rock" trademark is o..."Own a piece of the rock" trademark is owned by Chris Coughlan of San Francisco. Get your facts straight Argyle. You should know know what you're talking about before you open your misinformed mouth. Aaron Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18487813136615735952017-03-09T22:02:51.989-06:002017-03-09T22:02:51.989-06:00Bullshit. I've scoured all available info and ...Bullshit. I've scoured all available info and even called corporate and you're uncategorically wrongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-86733457596817047232017-03-08T18:06:51.699-06:002017-03-08T18:06:51.699-06:00Learning moment for me that Triple Crown is a base...Learning moment for me that Triple Crown is a baseball term as well as a horse racing term. Hand up for being stuck thinking MANTLE must be wrong. But I was wrong! FIR!<br /><br />Fun theme and puzzle!<br /><br />I had NOAM Chomsky as a professor back in the day. Brilliant and very down to Earth man.<br /><br />In my math studies we went through ALAN Turing's proof of the halting problem. Beyond brilliant. Wish I could have met him.Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401317669146538447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-34162748470583829102017-03-07T21:14:27.692-06:002017-03-07T21:14:27.692-06:00"Own a piece of the rock" and "Get ..."Own a piece of the rock" and "Get a piece of the rock" are both trade marks of Prudential. <a href="http://www.trademarkia.com/own-a-piece-of-the-rock-72421992.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Own</b></a> <a href="https://trademarks.justia.com/859/01/get-a-piece-of-the-85901437.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Get</b></a>Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80001257440140249282017-03-07T20:17:48.923-06:002017-03-07T20:17:48.923-06:00Hey Jim Holland. The Prudential slogan is "ge...Hey Jim Holland. The Prudential slogan is "get a piece of the rock". Not "own a piece of the rock. You suck. Aaron Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-79202010365023822852017-03-06T20:16:25.488-06:002017-03-06T20:16:25.488-06:00😊😊Wilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-31316501355517216892017-03-06T08:59:08.456-06:002017-03-06T08:59:08.456-06:00Good Monday morning, folks. Thank you, Jim Hollan...Good Monday morning, folks. Thank you, Jim Holland, for a fine puzzle. Thank you, Husker Gary, for a fine review.<br /><br />Worked on this on and off all day Sunday. Finished about midnight and went to bed. Liked the puzzle. the theme was pretty complicated and I am sure tough to construct. Took me almost to the end of the puzzle to figure out I had to add IN.<br /><br />Lots of words I needed Perps for, so i will not even try to list them.<br /><br />LODE STONE I wagged and got it right.<br /><br />Tries TRIES for 5A. Fixed that to STABS after a while.<br /><br />Tried TEST at 6D. Fixed that to TECH. A couple inkblots.<br /><br />Did not know POLONAISE. My wife tipped me off there.<br /><br />Well, I have to leave in 15 minutes rot Count the Offering at church. See you tomorrow.<br /><br />Abejo<br /><br />( )<br /><br /><br /><br />Abejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318111258011554517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-39103798762415860042017-03-06T03:06:54.348-06:002017-03-06T03:06:54.348-06:00Tony said..."DW just left for 2 weeks. I'...Tony said..."DW just left for 2 weeks. I'll be convalescing whilst she's gone"<br /><br />Facebook post I just read from Justin Raper: <br />I have done nothing productive today, and am so greatful to my wife for her understanding that I am sick with a bad cold. After all, Erika has gone through pregnancy and child birth, which is the closest a woman can come to understanding what a man goes through when he has a cold.OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-53139195420949899102017-03-06T00:43:18.528-06:002017-03-06T00:43:18.528-06:00WC, just for you:
Sam Clemens rode a steamboat, o...WC, just for you:<br /><br />Sam Clemens rode a steamboat, on his way to fame.<br />For travelogues and novels, he must take the blame!<br />On river or on sea<br />His humor oft twas twee --<br />Had he ridden locomotives more, he'd be a TOO-TOO TWAIN!OwenKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709695380239557575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60406405159327651322017-03-05T23:46:18.458-06:002017-03-05T23:46:18.458-06:00Sunday Lurk Say...
HG - Brilliant writeup for an ...Sunday Lurk Say...<br /><br />HG - Brilliant writeup for an amazingly clever puzzle that I now wish I done did. Just having Jim drop NOAM & ALAN warms this computer scientist's heart. 'Course <i>core</i> is that magnetic-intersect block of memory in the middle :-)<br /><br />{B-}. Move over OKL - I'm joining you... DW just left for Italy for 2 weeks w/ her students. I'll be convalescing whilst she's gone :-( Get well friend.<br /><br />No one linked for D-O!?! Here you go... <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0Y39eMvpI" rel="nofollow"> I bet you <i>expected</i> it this time</a> :-)<br /><br />Re: TOMAS Torqumada, let's face it, <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZegQYgygdw" rel="nofollow">you can't Ta'qa madda' anything</a>. [8m Brooks]<br /><br />Play tomorrow. Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50448818584956054602017-03-05T23:19:19.116-06:002017-03-05T23:19:19.116-06:00You're welcome.You're welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-69828127492279179122017-03-05T22:30:57.640-06:002017-03-05T22:30:57.640-06:00Thanks for the tip on the FX production, The Feud,...Thanks for the tip on the FX production, The Feud, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. They had Bette character down pat. Joan not so much. She was missing the arrogance and the swagger. Mommy Dearest had a better Joan.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-32170839198192028612017-03-05T22:26:19.322-06:002017-03-05T22:26:19.322-06:00Finally sat down with this entry after a busy Sund...Finally sat down with this entry after a busy Sunday. Fairly easy, but, maybe because " clever" is foreign to my logical psychic abilities, I thought the theme was rather silly. Now you all can retort, " Aw, you're no fun!!"Bobbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-11391950118421264352017-03-05T20:10:09.660-06:002017-03-05T20:10:09.660-06:00Hi everybody. Thanks Jim and Gary.
If you could h...Hi everybody. Thanks Jim and Gary.<br /><br />If you could have been a fly on the table of the local espresso emporium this afternoon, you would have observed three people; a high school girl doing math problems in between checks of her iPhone, a guy reading a text about public education in America and me, chortling over wonderfully-silly stuff in my latest download of a Dave Barry book. Very excellent!Bill G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04142837879175561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81814424870100695892017-03-05T19:26:25.369-06:002017-03-05T19:26:25.369-06:00please let Jim Holland do the puzzle every week. T...please let Jim Holland do the puzzle every week. This is more like Burstyn and tunic that we did for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84182348312689116652017-03-05T19:16:36.909-06:002017-03-05T19:16:36.909-06:00PPPs. I too greatly enjoy Gary's write-ups.
...PPPs. I too greatly enjoy Gary's write-ups. <br /><br />The golfers are coming to innisbrook in Palm Harbor NW of Tampa. No Speith but his buddy Justin Thomas, #1 on the FedEx standings. It's bunched between the late Arnold Palmer tourney, Bay Hill and the big one just concluded in Mexico. <br /><br />I've got to run the tape when I get home to see if my fav guy, Speith, won. <br /><br />WC in the usual timeWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-40664651755692710402017-03-05T17:05:36.014-06:002017-03-05T17:05:36.014-06:00AW, I had AH. I should have run through the alphab...AW, I had AH. I should have run through the alphabet but I probably would have run out of gas way before W.<br /><br />Sal Maglie was nicknamed"The Barber" for the close shaves he would give batters.<br />Speaking of... This August will be the 50th anniversary of the Tony Conigliaro beaning. <br /><br />The denoument of a long beanball feud between the Angels and Redsox. <br /><br />Horse racing triple crown was in folks' head because of Man O War yesterday. <br /><br />After a tough week this was fairly smooth if one sussed the theme. Like Misty and others I tend to move diagonally so I arrived at CLUTCH and pieced things together after writing over OUCH with THUD. <br /><br />ANISE was used as Tea the other day so that list can be updated. <br /><br />Mantle was my favorite ballplayer if we don't count gods*<br /><br />* See Updike: Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu(10/1960). NewYorker<br /><br />WC<br /><br />Ps. Too bad we didn't have 5 letters for Mark. We could have has TOO TOO TWAIN reading down<br /><br />Pps. Owen, if that last groaner didn't snap you out of the doldrums seek FloydWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-80249150572281154702017-03-05T16:44:44.683-06:002017-03-05T16:44:44.683-06:00Oh and at a risk of overstaying my welcome today &...Oh and at a risk of overstaying my welcome today "core" as pertains to computer memory is a long outdated storage method for data. "Core" meaning "at the center of" as most of us took the clue is and will for ever be the "Central Processing Unit". DQMK !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657212130232818015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10275521096539945222017-03-05T16:36:02.557-06:002017-03-05T16:36:02.557-06:00Oh and another nit that one us already of caught.....Oh and another nit that one us already of caught...I had TCM for Turner Classic Movies...I COULDNT BE TMC (The Movie Channel) because using the answer in the clue...I finally decided that it must be Turner Movie Classics and I remember my wife's favorite channel wrong. Otherwise I couldn't fill in the Mick. Could have been the greatest of all time except for the knees and the parties. Hated him as a Tiger fan but man could he play. Saw his last homerun in person...MCClain fastball right down the middle tipped by Freehan September 1968...ah I wax nostalgic today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657212130232818015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-56162818372035033402017-03-05T16:28:48.363-06:002017-03-05T16:28:48.363-06:00Made my life difficult as the "Core" of ...Made my life difficult as the "Core" of any hardware computing device is the CPU not the operating system. But the verts eventually prevailed. No Tada exactly but close. Too many as my Dad would say " I wouldn't know (him, her, it) if it bit me in the A**!"<br />Today that was Asta, Pohl, Barrie, Polonaise, Milne, WINTOUR ( how the heck does she rate British royalty ??) and as a Math, Science, sports guy all I got for my trouble was Sal and the Mick ! Oh well I wonder if I ask for Spaghetti Polonaise this week my wife will fall for it?<br /><br />What is the opposite of a prodigy in Music ? I could sight read the Treble clef, play the right hand on any keyboard, sort of play a clarinet all before I was 9... I am 66 and haven't advanced a bit...I can sort of cord with the left but regressed on the clarinet. I am so amazed at even a bit of musical talent and cant understand why anyone can't do algebra and logarithms in their head...neither ability helps in crossowrds. Have a great Sunday all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657212130232818015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9729604962105932412017-03-05T16:09:31.022-06:002017-03-05T16:09:31.022-06:00I stopped and restarted a few times today. Usually...I stopped and restarted a few times today. Usually that allows me to add some fill, but not today. I finally gave up and Googled for BARRIE, even though we had him a day or two ago. That was enough to clue me in to the rest of the fill and finish without error.<br /><br />Like DO, I had cam for NEG. Also bet for NAG. sped for TORE, clef for REST, and high-alai for high-TECH (I know, I know). I had a baker's dozen that were mysteries to me.<br /><br />Thanks to Jim for a very fun grid which was just a little beyond my vocabulary level. And Gary, I second all the praise you got from others today.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67356316101758822592017-03-05T15:39:23.597-06:002017-03-05T15:39:23.597-06:00THE SLAP FACE combined with the title clued me int...THE SLAP FACE combined with the title clued me into this puzzle's theme. Thanks for the fun Jim and Husker Gary (I also enjoyed your additional IN phrases!).<br /><br />Hand up for thinking of horses with Triple Crown and not knowing cadenza.<br />My sentimental sounds moved from AhS to AWS to give me TOWHEE (not a total unknown).<br />My first name in fashion was Coco until changing Each to APOP made me rethink and move to OLEG.<br /><br />I smiled at INGEST because we had Egest recently. Plus, I really wanted "sound of a flop" to be Whump like Feb 21 but it wouldn't fit and I found THUD.<br /><br />I hesitated to fill in TMC because I was sure that Channel could not be in both the clue and the answer. I see that Argyle agrees with me.<br /><br />Have a great day.<br />Feel better soon OwenKL.<br />CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.com