tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post771560372412507960..comments2024-03-07T21:45:59.348-07:00Comments on Madness...Crossword and Otherwise: Thursday, November 29 - Elizabeth C. GorskiLinda Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-20983136738312854422007-11-30T19:18:00.000-07:002007-11-30T19:18:00.000-07:00Welcome back, cornbread. I sure have missed your ...Welcome back, cornbread. I sure have missed your comments.<BR/><BR/>Humblored...great word. And you're welcome ; )Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-14191728061825662262007-11-30T18:44:00.000-07:002007-11-30T18:44:00.000-07:00i haven't been here in a while. checked in today b...i haven't been here in a while. checked in today because i noticed some recent hits on my blog came from your blog. thanks for the link, linda. i'm humblored. (neogistically speaking, that means *humbly honored.*)<BR/><BR/>i will recede into the past to do *today's* puzzle and come back to see how i did.<BR/><BR/>luckily for me, my memory is poor enough not to let this brilliant post and lively commentary ruin my puzzling experience 6 weeks in the future.cornbread hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044619147561532271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-40750510167513995202007-11-29T20:47:00.000-07:002007-11-29T20:47:00.000-07:00For Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one uses one's lef...For Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one uses one's left hand, palm up, fingers pointing right. The thumb then is the Keweenaw Peninsula, sticking up into Lake Superior, about as far north as you can go in Michigan. I should know. I went to college there for four years. One year summer came on a Tuesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-5891462116267723412007-11-29T19:36:00.000-07:002007-11-29T19:36:00.000-07:00Quite a geography lesson today. I still need to g...Quite a geography lesson today. I still need to get a map of the western states to see that for myself. The only reason I had SSE was that I knew W wasn't going to work at the end of 17A.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm off to see what Flomax is for...Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-32854652924767731052007-11-29T17:03:00.000-07:002007-11-29T17:03:00.000-07:00Michigan's lower peninsula is mitten shaped all by...<A HREF="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/f/ff/320px-Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan_map.png&imgrefurl=http://www.answers.com/topic/the-thumb&h=403&w=320&sz=82&hl=en&start=13&tbnid=VfGb6-QXkOi75M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmichigan%2Bthe%2Bmitten%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG" REL="nofollow">Michigan's lower peninsula</A> is mitten shaped all by itself without any help from the upper peninsula. <A HREF="http://www.theworldiscoming.com/images/mitten_project.jpg" REL="nofollow">Yet another example.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-76918596366510342962007-11-29T16:58:00.000-07:002007-11-29T16:58:00.000-07:00drrob,The thumb doesn't represent the U.P., it rep...drrob,<BR/><BR/>The thumb doesn't represent the U.P., it represents the SE part of MICH above Port Huron that extends NNE into Lake Huron.<BR/><BR/>There is no representation of the U.P. on the right-handed-palm-up- quasi-map.<BR/><BR/>If you want to stop taking Flomax try the diuretic add-in to Lisinopril. It'll have you Flomaxing way more than you want to.<BR/><BR/>We must be the average age and above of the NYT puzzlers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-32130761330343083002007-11-29T13:07:00.000-07:002007-11-29T13:07:00.000-07:00Liz, Welcome to the creak and groan age! I persona...Liz, Welcome to the creak and groan age! I personally am doing the BP and cholesterol pills PLUS one you'll never need called FLOMAX - because I don't! <BR/>I am still smarting over AMEN CORNERS. I was trying to make the usual church parts fit, but when I finally got to PRAYER I figured out AMEN and then the (puzzle) corners all fell into place. I never heard of an "Amen Corner".<BR/>Because my daughter went to U of M, I knew that people from Michigan describe where they live in the state by holding out their right hands - fingers together and thumb extended. Then they point out where they live with the left index finger. The thumb represents the Upper Peninsula (called the U.P.). In spite of knowing all that I was trying to make some anatomical name for hand or hand part fit. Finally just filled it in. <BR/>I loved TUSH - it's such a New York word! - but again I only got it by filling in. I'm old enough to remember the egg shaped IMAC (see pharmocopia in 1st graph).<BR/><BR/>BTW it's Thomas the Tank Engine not Thomas the Train - a British phrase. Happy Holidays! DrBob -AKA Grandpa Bob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-72716767904819326262007-11-29T09:44:00.000-07:002007-11-29T09:44:00.000-07:00Right you be Sue...Boy do I feel stupid!!! Thanks ...Right you be Sue...Boy do I feel stupid!!! Thanks for straighting me out!!!Have a good day<BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-20814837172093257002007-11-29T08:32:00.000-07:002007-11-29T08:32:00.000-07:00Hey, Bob. I wrote this one in wrong at first, bu...Hey, Bob. I wrote this one in wrong at first, but when things didn't work out I decided to doubt my geography. Check out a map. The California coast does curve around.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876710889006221749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-91300178170708659132007-11-29T07:49:00.000-07:002007-11-29T07:49:00.000-07:00Can anyone explain how Reno to LA is SSE not SSW o...Can anyone explain how Reno to LA is SSE not SSW or is this just a bad clue?<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-72562847790683371372007-11-29T06:16:00.000-07:002007-11-29T06:16:00.000-07:00Forgot...thanks for clearing up AMEN CORNERS. Def...Forgot...thanks for clearing up AMEN CORNERS. Definintely didn't have them in any of the churches I've attended. In retrospect, though, I can picture scenes in movies.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-6770202714888527882007-11-29T06:14:00.000-07:002007-11-29T06:14:00.000-07:00Yeah, there were a couple of odd ones, but I'm usu...Yeah, there were a couple of odd ones, but I'm usually willing to let them slide. I tried to construct a puzzle once, and it was probably one of the most difficult (and nerve-wracking) things I'd done...right there behind raising teenagers ; )<BR/><BR/>Michigan, yes...so that one was truly okay. That was the abbreviation for many years before the two-letter ones came along. And didn't they look odd to us at the time!Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-26423389647742011562007-11-29T05:17:00.000-07:002007-11-29T05:17:00.000-07:00MIMETIC? C'mon!I believe MICH refers to Michigan w...MIMETIC? C'mon!<BR/>I believe MICH refers to Michigan which is shaped like a mitten.<BR/>My favorite part of Hill Street Blues was when Frank's ex-wife would burst into the office and rant for liek 30 seconds and he'd just look up and say, "Hello, Faye" LOL<BR/>Amen Corner refers to the section of the congregation (ususally in Evangelical churches) where the most vocal worshippers sit; calling out "AMEN"coachjdchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046857982693520443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305840857858959680.post-54957738088970757712007-11-29T01:29:00.000-07:002007-11-29T01:29:00.000-07:00I thought the plural of onus was onera, or somethi...I thought the plural of onus was onera, or something, but onuses? Give me a break.<BR/><BR/>And what is "mich" for 49D, Thumb locale, abbr.? Give me another break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com