Comments on: Monday, 3/8/10 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/ The best crosswords in newspapers and online Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Alex http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4942 Alex Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:56:30 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4942 Swap out WICHITA for NIAGARA, BUFFY for LARRY and COLORADO for SARATOGA and you've got a <a href="http://www.xwordinfo.com/ShowPuzzle.aspx?date=12/17/2007" rel="nofollow">puzzle we've already seen</a>. I like the fact that the seasons were in order in today's puzzle, at least. Swap out WICHITA for NIAGARA, BUFFY for LARRY and COLORADO for SARATOGA and you’ve got a puzzle we’ve already seen. I like the fact that the seasons were in order in today’s puzzle, at least.

]]> By: Nina http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4932 Nina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:01 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4932 My husband loves his new Droid too, but battery life is pretty limited. We like the GPS feature for driving--we just used it in a rental car on vacation. But it did send us on a very wrong turn in Miami. And we should have had a car charger with us as the battery was running low. My husband loves his new Droid too, but battery life is pretty limited. We like the GPS feature for driving–we just used it in a rental car on vacation. But it did send us on a very wrong turn in Miami. And we should have had a car charger with us as the battery was running low.

]]> By: Amy Reynaldo http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4927 Amy Reynaldo Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:16:56 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4927 My Droid phone is so cool, I can text, e-mail, tweet, and play Sporcle quizzes with my QWERTY keyboard. And when I am too lazy to capitalize the first letter in a sentence of a text message, the Droid capitalizes it for me so I don't look lazy. I appreciate its attention to detail. I even used my phone to deposit some checks yesterday. I'm not inclined to get any crossword apps for the phone, though. (Unless any speed-solvers can recommend an app that doesn't impede speed solving, that is.) My Droid phone is so cool, I can text, e-mail, tweet, and play Sporcle quizzes with my QWERTY keyboard. And when I am too lazy to capitalize the first letter in a sentence of a text message, the Droid capitalizes it for me so I don’t look lazy. I appreciate its attention to detail. I even used my phone to deposit some checks yesterday. I’m not inclined to get any crossword apps for the phone, though. (Unless any speed-solvers can recommend an app that doesn’t impede speed solving, that is.)

]]> By: joon http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4926 joon Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:54 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4926 davidH, the crosssynergy puzzles are blogged by janie, not amy. i happen to know that amy has a fancy-schmancy new droid phone with a qwerty keyboard. davidH, the crosssynergy puzzles are blogged by janie, not amy. i happen to know that amy has a fancy-schmancy new droid phone with a qwerty keyboard.

]]> By: ArtLvr http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4924 ArtLvr Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4924 p.s. -- Weird... I just saw an interview on TV with the inventor of the cell phone!!! We should expect he'll be in a crossword one day too -- Martin Cooper! p.s. — Weird… I just saw an interview on TV with the inventor of the cell phone!!! We should expect he’ll be in a crossword one day too — Martin Cooper!

]]> By: ArtLvr http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4923 ArtLvr Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:01:13 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4923 In the CS, I wasn't sure of the first vowel in ST_MPY, I had to run through the possibilities -- cell phone BELL? cell phone BULL? cell phone BALL? Aha... your BILL! Pretty funny. Liked Nancy K's LAT very much -- It wasn't immediately obvious what the theme was! In the CS, I wasn’t sure of the first vowel in ST_MPY, I had to run through the possibilities — cell phone BELL? cell phone BULL? cell phone BALL? Aha… your BILL! Pretty funny.

Liked Nancy K’s LAT very much — It wasn’t immediately obvious what the theme was!

]]> By: davidH http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/07/monday-3810/#comment-4922 davidH Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=3994#comment-4922 Amy, I'm with you on the cell phone - no QWERTY keyboard for me and it's almost always off - but I do text my kids because I know they read them, and are not always in a position to take a call. A row of teenagers in front of us at the movies were texting throughout the show - very annoying. Anyway - sow wooer? Really? I actually spent a week helping a friend on his hog farm when I was younger - it happened to be a week during breeding, and there was very little wooing going on. No canoes, no ukuleles - Amy, I’m with you on the cell phone – no QWERTY keyboard for me and it’s almost always off – but I do text my kids because I know they read them, and are not always in a position to take a call. A row of teenagers in front of us at the movies were texting throughout the show – very annoying.

Anyway – sow wooer? Really? I actually spent a week helping a friend on his hog farm when I was younger – it happened to be a week during breeding, and there was very little wooing going on. No canoes, no ukuleles -

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