tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post985009072361844740..comments2024-03-28T02:28:44.292-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Monday, July 31, 2017 ~ Lila CherryZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21228083352956582902017-08-01T04:17:14.080-05:002017-08-01T04:17:14.080-05:00Speaking of bete noires, our old friend the LLAMA,...Speaking of bete noires, our old friend the LLAMA, cousin to ??? showed up again<br /><br /><br /><br />Also, the drops for cataract surgery can be expensive. You may want to check out alternative meds. <br /><br />WCWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-49836426498869113102017-07-31T23:42:39.340-05:002017-07-31T23:42:39.340-05:00TXMS, many years later I did a story on a guy who ...TXMS, many years later I did a story on a guy who raised unusual animals. I was walking around the farm yard and in certain places I could smell a really bad smell. Not like anything I'd encountered before. We went around the barn and there was this old shaggy billy goat penned down wind as far from the house as possible and still be on the guy's property, he told me. Smelled just like that barbequed meat tasted. The guy told me he had offered by phone to take the goat sight unseen from a farm estate. Someone had delivered the animal and dumped it in his corral, leaving before he could get home. All the other animals avoided it. He was too kind hearted to "off it" and he didn't know what to do with it. I never learned how he resolved that problem. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-66389902760706025222017-07-31T21:51:28.348-05:002017-07-31T21:51:28.348-05:00What a day! I was hanging on for BATing order but ...What a day! I was hanging on for BATing order but like Rich's gimmick<br />Husker Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980336006827988210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-74954722134645761342017-07-31T21:42:36.910-05:002017-07-31T21:42:36.910-05:00PK@9:25 - Aha, cabrito! Delicacy down here in som...PK@9:25 - Aha, cabrito! Delicacy down here in some parts of Texas. Thanks for the memory - only had it once in Brownsville - strange-tasting to this beef eater but ok. There are some restaurants in Houston that serve it: from the Houston Press - “El Hidalguense baby goat is incredibly tasty and tender. Old goat is not.” Maybe the BBQ shack served an "old goat." TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-91128641755632583262017-07-31T21:27:27.639-05:002017-07-31T21:27:27.639-05:00Correction to my D-O comment: Of course, kids the...Correction to my D-O comment: Of course, kids these days have no need for that kind of creativity because parents nowadays will make sure their children have only the best... "even if they can't afford it and not in their budget - now they have credit cards to rely on."TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-47431837546517566982017-07-31T21:25:32.836-05:002017-07-31T21:25:32.836-05:00When I lived down on the Texas Gulf Coast, the dad...When I lived down on the Texas Gulf Coast, the dad in the family I spent time with would bring home authentic cook-shack barbeque that was the best I ever ate. One Saturday he apportioned it out to everybody's plate and we all dug in. It had a strong horrible taste. He leapt up and dumped all our plates back in the kettle he took to get barbeque and went running out the door.<br />Some time later he came back with another mess of meat which was the expected scrumptious treat we'd always had before. After we had eaten, "Dad" told us the first we had was Billy Goat and wasn't supposed to be sold by the chef's son to customers. We always wondered who was supposed to get that. It wasn't edible.<br /><br />Tawnya, thanks for "Blue".PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570575955563406341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-85072396532232262012017-07-31T21:19:15.682-05:002017-07-31T21:19:15.682-05:00Fun puzzle; with an S(afes) and e(clat), cw staple...Fun puzzle; with an S(afes) and e(clat), cw staple, in place, I remembered Andre Segovia - loved his music. Eban Abba another gimme that I learned working the cws - never heard of him otherwise - before my time of keeping up with world news. Loved your links, Argyle - keep 'em coming. <br /><br />C,Eh - thanks for explaining the innovative milk "containers" in Canada, but I did cringe until I read at the very end that the plastic bags are recycled for a good cause. Here in Houston, we're not allowed to recycle plastic bags, but plastic containers and cartons are OK. War between the Austin Legislature vs individual cities' ban on plastic bags. The bags are not only unsightly along freeways but also endanger our marine life in the Gulf, all the way to West Texas and cattle. <br /><br />D-O - loved your bat story. How darn ingenious! Of course, kids these days have no need for that kind of creativity because parents nowadays will make sure their children have only the best.<br /><br />Anon-T - Ate at Luling's years ago, and it was good. But Gatlin's on Ella Blvd. (in my neck o' woods) is Houston's latest go-to. But it's not as good as Louie Mueller's in Taylor. If you're ever Austin-bound on 290, gotta detour there, but in the morning. Left Houston @ 8AM, got there @ 10:30, and a line was already forming down the block before it opened. We stood in line behind some Japanese tourists. BEST damn BBQ beef ribs/brisket I ever had, hands-down! Have to get there early, because when it's gone, it's gone for the day. Son Wayne was going to open one down here in Houston. Emailed him asking when?! He replied that he's working on it. But something must have cratered. I'm very sad. Nuf said about BBQ beef ribs. <br /><br />OC4 - I'm sure you're going to ace it, as my sister did and others on the blog have reported. Let us know how you're doing as soon as you are able.TX Msnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68775354963849027752017-07-31T20:20:10.220-05:002017-07-31T20:20:10.220-05:00Uum, you do know that Jessica Lange (former partne...Uum, you do know that Jessica Lange (former partner of Sam Shepard) has an "e" at the end of her last name, unlike our blogger here, Jessica Lang. Condolences expressed here are heart-felt, I'm sure, but maybe misdirected. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-82403464131131206972017-07-31T20:09:17.226-05:002017-07-31T20:09:17.226-05:00Can you drink milk straight from the bag like you ...Can you drink milk straight from the bag like you can with a carton or jug? Mind you, I'm not saying I would do such a thing.Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472446316589207365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-62620260689990342132017-07-31T20:02:38.045-05:002017-07-31T20:02:38.045-05:00Good evening
Finally getting a chance to read th...Good evening <br /><br />Finally getting a chance to read the blog. I finished the puzzle this morning in the waiting room while D#2 was getting her wisdom teeth removed (all 4 impacted) She's staying with us to recoup; Mom's TLC is the best ;) <br />She said she looks like <a href="http://en.paperblog.com/toothache-everyhing-you-need-to-know-560080/" rel="nofollow">Alfalfa</a> from "The Little Rascals" while using the open ended "sock" with ice bags and Velcro at the top to secure it to her jaws which are quite swollen and bruised :( She's been a trooper though. <br /><br />Enjoyed this "Really Rich" offering- fun Monday with the BROKENBAT theme and Argyle as our tour guide. <br /><br />Hand up for Ear/COB and Oatmeal/ OATBRAN. I tried Rat/RAP.<br /><br />Perps- SEGOVIA, EBAN and ENOKI<br /><br />Lots of great comments- what a nice way to end the day! DD is sleeping for now; I'll be doing the same before too long as we got an early start to this long day.<br /><br />See you tomorrow! BunnyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182490495259726751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-60758851789282031612017-07-31T19:04:43.734-05:002017-07-31T19:04:43.734-05:00Hi All!
Thanks "Really Rich" for quite ...Hi All!<br /><br />Thanks "Really Rich" for quite the crunchy (for me) Monday. I FIW w/ LuANN.<br /><br />Thanks Argyle for the expo - esp SEGOVIA's music. No clue and ESP.<br /><br />WOs: PAd b/f PAW<br />ESPs: LuANN, LuCH, SEGOVIA, LORNA, ENOKI, EBAN.<br /><b>Fav</b>: c/a for TERSE<br /><br />{A+,B,A+}<br /><br />oc4 - Everything will be fine & we'll "see" you later this week.<br /><br />Madame Defarge & YR @8:12 - Hear! Hear!<br /><br />C, Eh! Interesting bit about milk bags.<br /><br />Jinx & Magilla - I never(ed) order BBQ RIBs because it's too messy at lunch. Then I did. Oh my, those beef ribs were good and I licked the bones clean. TxMs & DO - if you've not been to <a href="http://www.lulingcitymarket.com" rel="nofollow">Luling's, it's worth the trip</a> IMHO.<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58814322114060167602017-07-31T17:31:58.094-05:002017-07-31T17:31:58.094-05:00Oops. Sam Shepard's passing.Oops. Sam Shepard's passing.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-72780291695194303732017-07-31T17:31:23.740-05:002017-07-31T17:31:23.740-05:00I'm so sorry to hear of Sam Shepard's. Wha...I'm so sorry to hear of Sam Shepard's. What a wonderful actor and writer we've lost. Condolences to Jessica Lange and their children. Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-68276686281473351042017-07-31T17:12:44.743-05:002017-07-31T17:12:44.743-05:00Tin, you should have been down south of the skyway...Tin, you should have been down south of the skyway. Quite a windy soaking and 75 had the usual spinouts.<br /><br />Skyway was closed by 1045 so I had a long were drive from Bradenton to TPA<br /><br />WC<br /><br />I'll be back, I'm still driving I just dashed into McDonald's to catch the latest Owen opus. <br /><br />WC<br /><br />PS. I liked #2 as well as #3. #1 was very stylish but I like your nutty stuffWilbur Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905123297841127198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-50306897698376748272017-07-31T15:46:38.262-05:002017-07-31T15:46:38.262-05:00Ta- DA!!
A tricky grid design, making it impossibl...<i>Ta-</i> <b>DA!!</b><br />A tricky grid design, making it impossible to solve along my favorite path, the straight diagonal from NW to SE. Instead, I had to track from OATBRAN to LEE ANN to GNOME to EBAN to JEANS to JUST ABOUT to ABHOR, WARSAW, LAB TEST and at last down to TERSE. <br />Whew!<br />Instead of a backwards slash - "\" - it tracks like a long, loopy, and <i>backwards</i> capital "N." <br />But eventually it all came to a happy conclusion. I thank Ms. Cherry or Mr. Norris for his/her imaginative & playful scheme and Argyle for his follow-up. <br /><br />OCHO? We have adopted that short, choppy word for our home address. We live at number 8 on our <i>cul de sac</i>, so call our Mediterranean style home, "Villa Ocho." <br />It has a certain ring.Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-940048409961015762017-07-31T15:39:55.642-05:002017-07-31T15:39:55.642-05:00Thanks for letting me know, Desper-otto! I had no ...Thanks for letting me know, Desper-otto! I had no idea!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-90156602731437442842017-07-31T15:27:53.768-05:002017-07-31T15:27:53.768-05:00WYRS. Magilla, I suggest you avoid Texas as long ...WYRS. Magilla, I suggest you avoid Texas as long as you have your "beef ain't BBQ" bias. (I too prefer pork BBQ, especially when prepped by pulling. But when I lived in the D/FW area I learned to appreciate the beef variety as well.)<br /><br />OC4, I'm looking forward to your contribution on Wednesday. The worst for me was the anticipation (one eye down, one to go).<br /><br />Although I didn't get to the puzzle until I got the motorhome put away this afternoon, I had OATmeal before BRAN (hi Spitz and A-PVX). Too late for breakfast, so I had an ear of corn before I had corn on the COB (hi IM and OC4).<br /><br />Thaks Rich and Santa for a challenging and fun Monday.Jinx in Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066853291104407732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-22063989834901531522017-07-31T15:11:20.258-05:002017-07-31T15:11:20.258-05:00Michael - I may be misunderstanding your "ope...Michael - I may be misunderstanding your "opening a 1.3 liter bag into a pitcher" but we do not pour the milk out of the bag into a pitcher. We have special plastic pitchers (some enterprising ceramic artists sell fancy ones at craft shows!) that hold the 1.3 litre bag with milk inside it. Then we just snip the one top corner of the bag and pour. Keeps the other unopened two bags of milk fresher also. We do have 1 litre cartons too. But 4 litre bag is more economical and expiry date is usually at least 2 weeks.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76858844446821364352017-07-31T15:02:09.563-05:002017-07-31T15:02:09.563-05:00Ooops -- the editor snipped a crucial part of my c...Ooops -- the editor snipped a crucial part of my comment above. "I cannot think of a [pitcher=milk] connection...."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64042807012764713442017-07-31T14:59:08.651-05:002017-07-31T14:59:08.651-05:00Dear CanadianEh!
Another factor that might be at ...Dear CanadianEh!<br /><br />Another factor that might be at issue in bagged milk, is that, by and large, I cannot think of any time a pitcher is used for pouring milk. Orange juice, yes, occasionally, but milk is almost always poured from the bottle or carton. So the idea of opening a 1.3 liter bag into a pitcher just doesn't occur.<br /><br />Now, this observation may be because my kids have grown (and drink beer now), or because this is --yet another! -- peculiarity of California life, or because we gringos are loco, or ...., but I just cannot think of a connection in the past 30 or 40 years of my life. <br /><br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13270740184766230842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-661905415981344002017-07-31T14:25:28.701-05:002017-07-31T14:25:28.701-05:00Completed this CW in my newspaper in the shade on ...Completed this CW in my newspaper in the shade on the PATIO. Thanks for the fun Rich and Argyle.<br />I had the circles and saw the TAB/BAT letters which corrected Ear to COB in a hurry.<br />I had Nabob in my mind from the other day but quickly changed it to CELEB.<br />And like Jayce, GUISE corrected Flyer to FLIER.<br /><br />SEROVIA was unknown to me (enjoyed the link!) and I had to do a long alphabet run to reach the V for LAV.<br />Canadians do not buy QTS of milk. We buy a 4 litre bag containing 3 smaller bags. I think I linked previously but here is a different one.<br /><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.ca/shows/great-canadian-cookbook/blog/why-do-canadians-drink-bagged-milk/" rel="nofollow">CanadianBaggedMilk</a><br /><br />Best wishes for your cataract surgery and recovery oc4beach. You will be busy with the eyedrops!<br /><br />Enjoy the day. We are warm (27C or 81F) and sunny here.CanadianEh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05688358229402732332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-10377159625602787452017-07-31T14:14:50.127-05:002017-07-31T14:14:50.127-05:00Thank you all for your encouraging words. I'm ...<br />Thank you all for your encouraging words. I'm actually looking forward to the improvement in vision, especially my night vision.<br /><br />My only concern is that everything goes well. My sister had her eyes done last year and ended up with corneal erosions on one eye and had to go through extra surgeries and procedures to fix the problem. It was very painful for her. Everyone else that I know of had a very positive outcome.<br /><br />I'll "See" you all soon.oc4beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568497002517859531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-35936866064473526802017-07-31T13:40:22.991-05:002017-07-31T13:40:22.991-05:00Misty, "Lila Cherry" is a mixed-up "...Misty, "Lila Cherry" is a mixed-up "Really Rich." See <a href="https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2009/09/rich-norris-alias-names.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Rich Norris Alias Names</b></a> in the <i>Olio</i> section of the main blog page. There are a bunch of 'em.desper-ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242581085713882677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-67987972214481588412017-07-31T13:33:43.459-05:002017-07-31T13:33:43.459-05:00I looked at the puzzle and thought "Lila Cher...I looked at the puzzle and thought "Lila Cherry, interesting name for a constructor." Turns out it is--would love to hear how you came up with it, Rich! Anyway, perfect Monday puzzle, not a total speed run, but all very clear and doable, with fun circles and mixed up BATs. As owner of a TORTOISE (just fed her her daily lettuce, she likes the red leaves best) I enjoyed seeing her in the puzzle. Always enjoy seeing POPEYE in a puzzle, and, occasionally, Ms. Olive OYL. Great fun this morning, many thanks Rich, and Argyle.<br /><br />Helpful explanation of the different agendas of dictionaries, Madame D.<br /><br />I liked your first limerick too, Owen.<br /><br />Yes, Jessica, I too was sorry to read about the loss of Sam Shepard this morning.<br /><br />Good luck on the cataract surgery, Oc4beach. I hear it's not too troublesome. <br /><br />Have a great week, everybody!Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570695193695039956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88697146913920604772017-07-31T12:59:37.174-05:002017-07-31T12:59:37.174-05:00A pleasant way to spend a little time this fine Mo...A pleasant way to spend a little time this fine Monday morning. Waited for the reveal to find out if it was a mixed up BAT or a muddled TAB. BAT it was. It took GUISE to reveal that the right answer was FLIER, not FLYER. <br /><br />oc4beach, may your cataract surgery go well.<br /><br />OwenKL, I liked your first poem very much. And nice usage of "stalking" in your third poem.<br /><br />Andres SEGOVIA had a great abundance of talent.<br /><br />Good wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.com