tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3827981620180873430..comments2024-03-29T01:22:33.864-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Universal soul in Hinduism / SUN 6-27-10 / Ukrainian city in WWI fighting / Alfalfa's sweetie / Miro museum architect Jose Luis / Fiji competitorRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-411559659409227162010-07-13T02:32:56.381-04:002010-07-13T02:32:56.381-04:00I can't decide if chaos1 was really serious. ...I can't decide if chaos1 was really serious. Did he really think that "luger" was a reference to a handgun?Chick in Eastonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-17688201833126002152010-06-28T22:03:36.937-04:002010-06-28T22:03:36.937-04:00Whoa! I tried posting a pic of myself in a most be...Whoa! I tried posting a pic of myself in a most becoming Eskimofro, but my wireless igloo PC fro's on me!CaseAceFosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35104532468100893742010-06-27T21:48:20.567-04:002010-06-27T21:48:20.567-04:00@Since you asked said. . .
WOW. Thank you so much....@Since you asked said. . .<br />WOW. Thank you so much. I've Googled and got way more information than I wanted, but nothing to tell me about the Mineola connection.<br />Of course I knew the plane was called "The Spirit of St. Louis." My parents were at Roosevelt Field to see the departure. My mom was in charge of the crating when it was being shipped to the Smithsonian for display in the '50s.<br />One never hears of the trip from St. Louis to Mineola.<br />I meant no offense.PurpleGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831764248536980544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88041185858481493302010-06-27T20:56:44.771-04:002010-06-27T20:56:44.771-04:00@foodie, great story... err are you the QUEEN OF E...@foodie, great story... err are you the QUEEN OF ENGLAND???<br /><br />@twopones and @purpleguy, it is even hot in Minneapolis.<br /><br />Picked at this puzzle all day in between my war with the slugs, the farmers market & watching the Germans excel. I love no instant reply, long time outs, etc. Bad calls become a part of the game. I sure hope this sport does not become another made for TV moment.<br /><br />And, I was all set for a TITIS, ACHESFOR etc, but @rex's inner 14 year old beat me to the punch... again.<br /><br />Nicer Sunday than mostdkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92183288221856763242010-06-27T20:46:48.632-04:002010-06-27T20:46:48.632-04:00@PurpleGuy
Col. Charles Lindbergh departed from L...@PurpleGuy<br /><br />Col. Charles Lindbergh departed from Lambert Flying Field in 1927 St. Louis for New York [Mineola]to begin his historic non-stop solo flight to Paris, France.<br />http://www.slfp.com/SLFP-SLIP.htm<br /><br />Remember, his plane was "The Spirit of ST Louis"!<br /><br />The Wright Brothers, Igor Sikorsky, Captain Rene Fonac, and the famed duo of Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta, dubbed "twins of derring-do," all spent time in Mineola taking advantage of the rolling grasslands and favorable winds.<br /><br />October 22, 1900 - The Wright Brothers make their first glider flight ... by Eagle Ovington from Nassua Boulevard Aerodrome, New York to Mineola, New York ...<br /><br />Their first *powered* flight was at Kitty Hawk.<br /><br />P>G>Since you askednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-23498298840733746842010-06-27T20:06:39.466-04:002010-06-27T20:06:39.466-04:00@Jae and Andrea, I used to have an old beat-up car...@Jae and Andrea, I used to have an old beat-up car I called Prudence. Prudence had trouble with self-control, though, her breaks would go out on a regular basis in mid traffic and her trunk would pop open right in the middle of LA freeways. Man, this is my day to remember cars and LA. <br /><br />@Ruth, LOL re Neurosurgeons. I worked in a neurosurgery department early in my career, and I recall one of them explaining to me that medicine was the best of all professions, surgery was the best of all medicine and neurosurgery was the best of all surgery, and he needed me in order to become a "research neurosurgeon" so he could tower over the rest. We did in fact do some very interesting research and I went to present it at neurosurgery meeting. I was at a the pre-meeting mixer and met one of the good ole boys who assumed I was someone's girlfriend. I told him I was the first speaker of the meeting, to which he said: "And I'm the Queen of England." I laughed, and really enjoyed the expression on his face the next morning as I was being introduced...foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61433782082847835832010-06-27T19:08:28.182-04:002010-06-27T19:08:28.182-04:00improvised explosive device (IED),like in Iraqimprovised explosive device (IED),like in IraqPIXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-45939730432796225182010-06-27T19:07:33.647-04:002010-06-27T19:07:33.647-04:00@Leslie: sorry!@Leslie: sorry!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81616529718274544642010-06-27T19:07:09.809-04:002010-06-27T19:07:09.809-04:00IED<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" rel="nofollow">IED</a>retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37996346185918206882010-06-27T19:06:27.517-04:002010-06-27T19:06:27.517-04:00Improvised explosive devise. I just googled it for...Improvised explosive devise. I just googled it for you.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-25567627141883395942010-06-27T19:05:22.597-04:002010-06-27T19:05:22.597-04:00@Anonymous, I think it stands for Improvised Explo...@Anonymous, I think it stands for Improvised Explosive Device, right?Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037403649642754044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-90176337607876427722010-06-27T18:49:57.530-04:002010-06-27T18:49:57.530-04:00Help. Someone please explain the answer for 54D, ...Help. Someone please explain the answer for 54D, Roadside bomb: Abbr. What is IED? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-10812541841428942742010-06-27T18:37:11.817-04:002010-06-27T18:37:11.817-04:00It took me a while to get the theme. Before I got,...It took me a while to get the theme. Before I got, I was disappointed with what seemed to me to be a lot of crosswordese and thought that there better be a good theme to make up for this. Only semi-mollified after seeing the theme.<br /><br />erat, situ, acti, olio, yesor, nenes, ster, agog, istle, iceaxe, isee, toga, elan, lien, ora<br /><br />Maybe most puzzles have this much and I'm just not paying attention,michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13203830135925015212010-06-27T17:48:42.168-04:002010-06-27T17:48:42.168-04:00@chaos1 - thanks for the heads up - learn somethin...@chaos1 - thanks for the heads up - learn something new every day - I always thought the clue & answer had to be the same structure (?).JenCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290169184354765840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53064685036663400462010-06-27T17:22:45.952-04:002010-06-27T17:22:45.952-04:00Had Igotta for ages at 50D. Oh well . . . I gotta ...Had Igotta for ages at 50D. Oh well . . . I gotta go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69252074479826140322010-06-27T16:55:54.200-04:002010-06-27T16:55:54.200-04:00ATwoPonies- we've got that heat wave here in P...ATwoPonies- we've got that heat wave here in Phoenix also. Your plan sound reasonable to me. I'm about to unwind with some ice cold martinis (shaken, not stirred!!).<br />"A Votre Santi !" (FR.-To Your Health !).<br /><br />I really liked this puzzle once I realized the theme.<br /><br />I was born in Mineola,NY and lived there for 27yrs. I never heard or knew that the Wright Brothers experimented there. I wonder if it was with bicycles or flight. Roosevelt Field is nearby(where Lindbergh took off). Anyone with info ?<br /><br />Rex, your comments about the monkeys crossing desires with licking had me on the floor. Thanks.<br /><br />My glass is raised to Michael J. Doran for a nice Sunday solve.<br /><br />@iandrea- don't forget Rita, the lovely meter-maid.PurpleGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831764248536980544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-52459608392855911632010-06-27T16:37:47.100-04:002010-06-27T16:37:47.100-04:00I don't get the Sunday paper but I do drop by ...I don't get the Sunday paper but I do drop by occasionally on Sundays for the tweets and to see what everyone is doing.<br />I got so inspired yesterday that today I am alternating between chapters of John Water's book and watching Hairspray and Crybaby on Netflix. It's a million degrees outside here in Vegas and the beer is cold so what could be better on a Sunday afternoon?Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74383763020463364562010-06-27T16:11:16.046-04:002010-06-27T16:11:16.046-04:00@Steve J -- You're right that modern usage li...@Steve J -- You're right that modern usage limits "slander" to oral defamation, but it has not always been so.<br /><br />Bouvier’s Law Dictionary (1856): Slander is “defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which tend to his loss of preferment in marriage or service, or in his inheritance, or which occasion any other particular damage. . . . Written or printed slanders are libels.” <br /><br />Webster’s Dictionary (1913): Slander. Def. 3: “Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken . . .”<br /><br />That's the route I take to cutting a good puzzle some slack.Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-20405520242303469482010-06-27T15:55:04.120-04:002010-06-27T15:55:04.120-04:00Love those tweets....
Got the theme almost immedi...Love those tweets....<br /><br />Got the theme almost immediately but just chopped off the I to make the answer understandable - needed Rex, as usual, to finesse the job for me. BTW, Los Straightjackets, LOL! It says Big Sandy on the cover.<br /><br />What a bad day for FIFA. Join the 21st century please!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-7025535017469767562010-06-27T15:46:06.686-04:002010-06-27T15:46:06.686-04:00@Leslie - Glad that your pup is O.K.
Never made i...@Leslie - Glad that your pup is O.K.<br /><br />Never made it to the party yesterday, cable went down just as the World Cup was about to start and it was down for hours, heads will surely roll down at OCEANIC Time Werner. <br /><br />Really liked both Saturday and Sunday's puzzles. Took me a while to get the theme but the light bulb was switched on at CASINO WORKER and the others came easily. Made the same errors as Bob K. did (man, you spend a lot of time at the beach) but all were easily fixed.<br /><br />capcha - mammu - Shamu's mommy!chefwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999206352243329280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82708264242753898462010-06-27T15:34:35.759-04:002010-06-27T15:34:35.759-04:00@Greene, @CoolPapaD etal, I will chime in about LA...@Greene, @CoolPapaD etal, I will chime in about LANCET (being as I am a surgeon) and say I agree that there is no real surgical implement I've ever used/heard of that went by that name. Know lancets only, as Greene said, as a little pointy thing in a foil packet for use in getting a drop of blood--and they seem to use much more high-tech, spring-loaded pointy things these days. Neurosurgeons still use archaic-sounding trephines for making burrholes, so perhaps the LANCET lives on in their bag of tools. Primitive lot, neurosurgeons.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-48736734625271132592010-06-27T15:30:56.654-04:002010-06-27T15:30:56.654-04:00why wasn't ISLINGLASS a clue, for male Scottis...why wasn't ISLINGLASS a clue, for male Scottish danserAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50238618130414292752010-06-27T14:54:21.476-04:002010-06-27T14:54:21.476-04:00@Steve J--same here. In my mind, LANCET = scalpel....@Steve J--same here. In my mind, LANCET = scalpel.<br /><br />@retired_chemist: Yeah, he's a mutant--110 pounds (of muscle, not fat!). We throw those rubber balls that go with the Chuck-It throwers. Same size as a tennis ball but much more durable. I like Chaos1's idea of a softball and/or a "training dummy," but I throw like a girl, so wouldn't be much of a challenge for the big guy.<br /><br />My word: latingpi. <i>Almost</i> a South American grade point average.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037403649642754044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-53503106801734293232010-06-27T14:03:29.343-04:002010-06-27T14:03:29.343-04:00Re LANCET: I wonder if the "surgical" po...Re LANCET: I wonder if the "surgical" portion of the clue is going for the very literal sense of the word, and not how we typically think of it. Technically speaking, surgery is any medical procedure that is invasive, i.e. breaches the skin or occurs inside the body. <br /><br />Not sure what I think about the clue. Generally I don't like that sort of imprecision, but at the same time I had no trouble getting LANCET once I had a cross or two in place.Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19191346640428036572010-06-27T13:56:02.276-04:002010-06-27T13:56:02.276-04:00@ Leslie - was Mr. Leslie using a regulation tenni...@ Leslie - was Mr. Leslie using a regulation tennis ball? In 15 years of throwing tennis balls for golden retrievers I have never seen one of those get stuck or even remotely close to it. The little ones for puppies, possibly, could. Or is your GR SO large that regulation TB's to him are like the small ones to my 60-75 lb. goldens?<br /><br />captcha - persons. Sometimes the goldens seem like they are just that.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.com