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I’ve done the NYT Crossword off-and-on for a few years. I rarely visit the Comments section, but when I do, it always offers the same lesson about human nature. Most people here appear to be regulars. We have all been faced with exactly the same stimulus. Yet the reactions range from delight to rage, humility to boastfulness, appreciation to venom, focusing on the big picture to nit-picking. If we react the exact same puzzle in such different ways, no wonder our politics, where we opt into wildly different stimuli, are so disjointed. FWIW, I enjoyed this puzzle and appreciate the effort of the creators and editors.
@A Scared Doctor and Medical Researcher USDA’s FoodKeeper app is no longer updating food recall information. I’m calling the DC office of the Chair of the House Ag Committee this morning to ask for immediate action on this and bird flu. It’s insane and people will get hurt.
I used to teach ESL. Apologizing to my students for the whacky inconsistencies of English spelling, pronunciation, and idiomatic expressions was a regular feature of any lesson from me. How could “one” and “won” be pronounced the same way, or “bow” two different ways? Why at a drive-through are we told to “pull to the window”? Pull what to the window? So yes, I am down with this puzzle, two thumbs up.
@Andrzej My Aunt Dorothy was a cake decorator (icer) for Lyons Tea House in London during WW II. She made and decorated the cake for my parents’ wedding. She had to save up rationed eggs and butter to do so. Until 3-D printers take over all such jobs, I imagine we will still have icers. Bruce
@John Carson same here. Didn’t help that I filled, “Oh, I insist”, that although I have enjoyed The Simpsons I’ve only watched a handful of episodes, that there was not one Daisy in my family, or that as a PhD nutritionist I was hung up on a quest for an actual macronutrient-based answer. The rest of the puzzle was a piece of cake (sugar and oils included).
Well done, Joel! My better half is a Durham alumna with St. Cuthbert’s College. The former palatinate suited her and not simply because it was hundreds of miles away from her parents! She became a lifelong lover of history. She handled Medieval census records on vellum for an economic history project. Durham Cathedral’s builders weren’t taking any chances with the roof, those supporting pillars with an aspect ratio of 1:1 give the nave a unique feel. Enjoy your time there.
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