tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post5750157698196623573..comments2024-03-29T08:45:20.722-04:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: Relative of raccoon / TUE 4-6-10 / Westernmost of Aleutians / Verbal brickbats / It's directly below V-B-N-M / French filmdomRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81968659700843628792010-04-07T09:35:00.639-04:002010-04-07T09:35:00.639-04:00...and the land Mizrayim is Ägypten and the supere......and the land Mizrayim is <i>Ägypten</i> and the superego <i>das Über-Ich</i>.Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-67896839704983922382010-04-07T07:30:59.952-04:002010-04-07T07:30:59.952-04:00@lit.doc, 9:59 - "Österreich"@lit.doc, 9:59 - "Österreich"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-83908925459631945452010-04-07T02:53:52.922-04:002010-04-07T02:53:52.922-04:00@mac: By "numeric keyboard," Jesser mean...@mac: By "numeric keyboard," Jesser means the numeric keypad to the right on full-size keyboards. If you're working off a laptop, you won't have one (but you can act like you do by toggling the Num Lock button, and using the keys that have numbers written in an alternate color/typeface on them, usually over in with the Ps and Ls and Ms on the keyboard).Steve Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185067739452052656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-19539303961762356872010-04-06T22:45:35.529-04:002010-04-06T22:45:35.529-04:00@Sfingi-
And here I thought I was the only one on...@Sfingi-<br /><br />And here I thought I was the only one on this blog to be so declasse as to be a JFK conspiracy junkie and having been one one since Mark Lane's "Rush to Judgement."edith bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048817959846956992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-69362091683025916842010-04-06T22:24:22.309-04:002010-04-06T22:24:22.309-04:00@lit.doc it was for CLUE I could see the headlines...@lit.doc it was for CLUE I could see the headlines if Butler had won. The Agatha Christie comment related to the championship game of Duke vs Butler as a who done it.<br />Mislead artlvr.your average blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362703669092144957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-76263617308450075412010-04-06T21:59:39.874-04:002010-04-06T21:59:39.874-04:00@ArtLvr 7:46, I think @just your average blank was...@ArtLvr 7:46, I think @just your average blank was making a Clue allusion (@jyab please correct me if I’m wrong).<br /><br />@Elaine and others re diacriticals and the numeric key<i>pad</i>. I’m guessing a bunch of you are working on laptops. A full-sized desktop keyboard has a ten-key-style numeric keypad to the right of the usual QUERTY keypad, and it apparently sends a slightly different bit pattern down the pipe, number for number.<br /><br />I’ve got a chart with PC how-to-do-it directions for nearly all the common diacriticals that I put together for my students some years ago. Email me and I’ll forward it.<br /><br />A question for the several German speakers out there (geez, I’m glad y’all bring that to the conversation): in Spanish and, I believe, in French, it’s customary to omit diacriticals on upper-case letters, which does at times complicate things in the all-cap’s CW world. Is the same true in German?lit.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729199575329286046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-59259402482215014572010-04-06T21:30:35.645-04:002010-04-06T21:30:35.645-04:00Today has the greatest difference between comment...Today has the greatest difference between comments on LA Crossword Confidential and this - 7x. The LA cw was weak, but I can't figure that great a difference. <br /><br />Wanted CliNkER for CINDER, but didn't fit. Who had a coal furnace as a kid?<br />Had one IN before ENDIN, curb before SEMI (place for a cab).<br /><br />@Edith - you beat me. All i can add is Carlos and Santo/Santos Trafficante are totally Sicilian, of Miami and Cuba.<br /><br />@Tinbeni - we old school programmers, at the birth of the computer screens (called CRTs, then) often wrote on the screens, especially when debugging. The screens scarcely moved then, and often burned in images. <br /><br />@Ulrich - there's a demotivational poster of Tupac - spelled backwards, it's caput. It is a rather sad thing he was murdered, and so young.<br /><br />@2Ponies - my husband went the Facebook route when his undergrad college asked him to. Then, he was contacted by relatives in Sicily. That was the good part. And then, he was contacted by non-relatives in the Phillipines with the same last name. They looked professional.<br /><br />@Elaine - I use an icon called a character map, but I'll try this ALT+ thing next time. With the character map, it has to be opened while the forum is and then you drag and drop your character.Sfinginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-65987638858240325572010-04-06T21:14:38.367-04:002010-04-06T21:14:38.367-04:00@TwoPonies,
Congratulations! Ducking disaster is...@TwoPonies, <br /><br />Congratulations! Ducking disaster is definitely cause for celebration.foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052189131129098616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-35139029411314160052010-04-06T20:24:06.102-04:002010-04-06T20:24:06.102-04:00@Jesser: no jokes at all! I'm staring at my ke...@Jesser: no jokes at all! I'm staring at my keyboard and wonder where that numeric thingy is hiding! I'm with 2ponies.....<br /><br />P.S. Had a good flight back!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38255108237119578722010-04-06T19:46:04.076-04:002010-04-06T19:46:04.076-04:00@your average blank -- neat mystery spoiler, "...@your average blank -- neat mystery spoiler, "the Butler on the Court with the Basketball"! I don't recall an Agatha Christie with that twist, but have just reread an old one by Patricia Wentworth in which the Butler Did Do It... and it was a surprise all over again because of the plethora of her very plausible red herrings... Much fun!<br /><br />∑;)ArtLvrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869528391374878601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-77304018641877622182010-04-06T19:43:21.472-04:002010-04-06T19:43:21.472-04:00@retired_chemist -- You are a God! I have been do...@retired_chemist -- You are a God! I have been doing umlauts on my Mac in a more complicated way. And I do a lot of umlauts.Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-33214269817027023482010-04-06T19:41:13.480-04:002010-04-06T19:41:13.480-04:00Thanks to those who clued me in on the origins of ...Thanks to those who clued me in on the origins of flak. I figured it had a military background but would not have guessed it was German.<br />Leave it to the military to take something commonplace and make it sound complex. For example, I bought a sturdy fiberglass box with a locking lid at a flea market. It was ex-Army and was used for shipping computers. No, it can't be a computer shipping box it is a "Data Transfer Device."<br />You folks who know how to put those accent marks in your text have my profound respect. I am such a dinosaur. Speaking of such things I just set up a Facebook account. Why and what in the world am I going to do with that? I have no idea and appologies to any of you who get some strange message from me. It's all a cyber-mystery to me at this point.<br />Actually I am well into my cups because of being relieved after a good visit to the orthopedic surgeon. My pain is not because my prosthetic is infected, I don't have any of the crazy diseases (including the big C) that were whirling around in my brain.<br />Thank you for listening and now back to my patio and Pinot Grigio to remember why I like being alive.Two Ponieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896743444873087885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-81973889180438250062010-04-06T19:35:42.581-04:002010-04-06T19:35:42.581-04:00OMG, I am glad to be back. This blog is SO much fu...OMG, I am glad to be back. This blog is SO much fun, and so edifying...retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-6564715280208500742010-04-06T18:47:13.194-04:002010-04-06T18:47:13.194-04:00@ Ulrich - we are fully in accord on this. I was j...@ Ulrich - we are fully in accord on this. I was just remembering your ano-año post many months ago as one of the most hilarious posts ever on this blog.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-32931861101835532582010-04-06T18:42:35.309-04:002010-04-06T18:42:35.309-04:00@ Mac: I am not getting the joke, so you better ex...@ Mac: I am not getting the joke, so you better explain, and it better be good, because I am way o'er the 3 post limit, and I do not wish for Rex to smite me.<br /><br />@Chefbea: She commutes. Gotta love her for that.jesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303862935098945757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-85633358761141591942010-04-06T18:39:17.644-04:002010-04-06T18:39:17.644-04:00I ♥ HTML--forget keystroke sequences!
@ret.-chem....I ♥ HTML--forget keystroke sequences!<br /><br />@ret.-chem.: Admittedly, writing Sud instead of Süd is not as egregious as writing ano instead of año, but still, I'm glad I now have a clear example to illustrate the point I have been trying to make for a long time...Ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086202853174403008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74819856145922554942010-04-06T18:18:48.680-04:002010-04-06T18:18:48.680-04:00@jesser - you have mac at home??? Didn't know ...@jesser - you have mac at home??? Didn't know you lived in ct.chefbeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195945085405126511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-477976439070502752010-04-06T17:52:01.620-04:002010-04-06T17:52:01.620-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Glitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940000404613329056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71003627362212110602010-04-06T17:10:03.191-04:002010-04-06T17:10:03.191-04:00@Jesser: numeric keyboard??@Jesser: numeric keyboard??machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-58225024070324712822010-04-06T16:49:25.821-04:002010-04-06T16:49:25.821-04:00Was KNUCKLES AND WICH a reject from yesterday?Was KNUCKLES AND WICH a reject from yesterday?Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61250539501479182142010-04-06T16:28:42.021-04:002010-04-06T16:28:42.021-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.jesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303862935098945757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37326782925592966902010-04-06T16:03:43.141-04:002010-04-06T16:03:43.141-04:00@ Retired_Chemist: Thanks, but I'm good. I hav...@ Retired_Chemist: Thanks, but I'm good. I have a Mac at home, but I have to do the PC dance at work. Tragically, this is the only bilingualism that I can claim. I wish I'd been forced as a child to learn Spanish in school, but it was optional, and I was lazy, and now I'm busy, and well... GRUMBLE.jesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303862935098945757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-88526786242736147642010-04-06T15:58:33.139-04:002010-04-06T15:58:33.139-04:00@ Jesser - also please accept my condolences.@ Jesser - also please accept my condolences.retired_chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181126754941899228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82724583409511122422010-04-06T15:45:42.629-04:002010-04-06T15:45:42.629-04:00P.S. You must use your numeric keyboard; it won...P.S. You must use your numeric keyboard; it won't work on the numbers above the QWERTY board (or at least it won't on my laptop).jesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303862935098945757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4733237674947126212010-04-06T15:44:25.177-04:002010-04-06T15:44:25.177-04:00@Elaine: On a PC, Alt+0235 gives you the unlaut ov...@Elaine: On a PC, Alt+0235 gives you the unlaut over the e; Alt+0228 does the a; Alt+0246 does the o; Alt+0239 does the i; and Alt+0252 gives you the u.<br />Alt+0241 gives you the tilde over the small n; and Alt+0209 gives you the capital N.jesserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303862935098945757noreply@blogger.com