no, they aren’t. I don’t want to bore anybody who’s not a fan, but basically
the Indianapolis 500 has cars that are open wheeled and much lighter with much faster engines and go much faster.
Nascar is the acronym for National association for stock car racing and their
cars more closely resemble passenger cars. Because they are much heavier
they are relatively slower.
Speed?!? They are barely faster than the Formula 1s at Reno. The T-28s and kit-planes are much faster. And the unlimited can reach twice the speed. And it’s all in 2-D (when they go 3-D at Indy, they’re pretty much done for the day).
😉
Both Indy and NASCAR series do both gofast turn left and road courses. This year the Brickyard 400 will use the 14 turn road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway instead of the 4 turn oval.
Sorry I’m late….again! I decided to do a new poster at the last minute. I had to leave out poor ol’ Ann Sheridog because the minutes were just ticking by too fast. Maybe she’ll make the cut next year!
I didn’t post my answers yesterday partly because I got here late.
We’d already done most of the same words, , and several lists were already up…
and besides, I was frustrated with a couple of the clues.
..
My notes…
I got them all correct, according to the answer key…
I knew it had to be “space invaders” but I thought the clue should show a space in the letters “V-A-D-E-R-S” or maybe a blank space and then “vaders”.
…
__VADERS
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And I was sure the phrase was supposed to be “walking on thin ice” but we didn’t get the thin lettering in our copy.
…
Don’t forget… these are common phrases, idioms, and ways of saying things that are recognizable…
That’s the humorous point of it… not just guessing words that could be illustrated by the pictograms.
It’s all meant to be a joke, as well as a puzzle.
…
Even in these answers… the clue still works fine, but nobody I know says “Upside-down pineapple cake.”
We call it “pineapple upside-down cake”.
and I think we all did.
Likewise, the phrase is “six feet underground”, often, in fact, shortened to “six feet under” when we actually use it.
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Alexi… that’s why it’s “half-baked”, like a half-baked idea, not “partially baked” like a package of dinner rolls…
even though I agree that more than half shows.
Sometimes they need a little license to make it recognizable…
Otherwise they have to cut the H, A F and E exactly through the center bars…. and someone might say there’s still more of the A and L below the line… it would get silly.
I’m not sure if you saw my reply to you yesterday, but if you did, and “the whole process” was (were?) the steps at the link I posted, I’m with MontanaLady’s later answer to your ‘“phooey” on it!’; “Don’t give up!!!”. 😎
Apparently these movies were remakes in both dimensions of a movie called (in the human dimension) “The Crowd Roared.” The humans made another movie of the same name with a different plot entirely just to confuse the issue — I don’t think the bassets did).
The “The Crowd Roared” that we are interested in (if we are) starred James Cagney and Joan Blondell.
I can’t find anything on the basset, and probably original, film the humans named “The Crowd Roared,” not even a poster; but that’s your bailiwick anyway, StelBel.
I would say “Nah, we’re not interested” in the Cagney/Blondell version (1932) of The Crowd Roars since the story line, although certainly the original story, focuses more on hometown local racing, and this week, we’re focused on Indy.
The Indianapolis Speedway (1939) with O’Brien/Sheridan has pretty much the same plot, but takes place in Indianapolis, which is the one we’re interested in this week.
Both movies exist in Basset Filmdom, though. At some point, I may be able to dig up a poster of The Pack Roars.
ah, you’ve not seen ‘The Crowd Roars’ then. The Indianapolis 500 is the
crown jewel of racing even in the 1930s , and in the cheesy film, the Indy 500
is the arena at the end of the movie when a down and out race driver (James
Cagney) wins the big race and insures a happy ending.
Hollywood has made movies of Indy, in the 30’s , 50s, and 60’s.
The 1968 film “Winning’ was the last one made that featured the big race,
starring Paul Newman, who of course wins the big race at the end.
You caught me. I haven’t seen it (like I haven’t seen many of the old movies that the Bassets and humans have done) and I was only going by what I read on-line, where hometown local racing was mentioned, but not Indy. Perhaps I should have read further on. I’ll check later.
Thanks for the clarification, NH! As above, in my reply to Arfside, I nod to your expertise in all things to do with auto racing.
I love Stel’s new poster commemorating the Indy Basset Classic. Pat O’Bassett looks so excited! And Anne Sheridog gets recognition at the top of the poster.
I’ll have you know that:
1) onions are not gunk.
2) red hamburger relish on a hot dog is not gunk (since Bick’s stopped making theirs, I now use Strub’s).
3) mustard is not gunk.
4) cheese is not gunk (especially Kraft processed).
I’m going to sound egotistical to some, but I have always (as I egotistically believe) understood that art is art only in the eye of the beholder (ask me if Jackson Pollock’s spatters are art — go on, ask me) and how the appreciator of that art actually does appreciate it is no one (Peter Noone is the lead singer of “Herman’s Hermits” and no one else is; just a bugbear of mine) else’s business; and preparing food is art.
As evidence of that, I once hosted a Thanksgiving dinner where one of my guests asked me if I had any ketchup (a spelling that was originally used only by Heinz) to add to his turkey and gravy.
That’s what he wanted to fully appreciate the work I’d put into the art of my dinner — that’s what he got.
As he was leaving he said it was a “real good” dinner. All I needed.
I once made ketchup from scratch using the recipe for tomato sauce in the recipe for ketchup (which listed tomato sauce as ingredient).
Both recipes are from ”The Fannie Farmer Cookbook” if my memory doesn’t fail me – different edition than Alexikakos’ copy, though.
Oh; yes – it worked perfectly.
Just stop going on about it. I’m not changing it. The only thing you’ve succeeded in doing is making a mountain out of a molehill. Are you trying to start a problem here?
Wow.
I never intended to suggest you should change anything (that’d be like telling da Vinci to repaint Mona Lisa’s face) and was just amused.
I even paid you a compliment – and you downvoted that.
…
Don’cha love the freedom of a website that lets people interact with one another? GoComics got a stick up…well… Anyway, they lost the true love of the audience.
Yeah, yeah……and, you were right. Poor Ann S. was heartbroken, but when she found the treats, she seemed to have forgotten all about it. Still, I’m glad she was wearing her tags as she was wandering about. You can’t be too careful.
Eddie Murphy makes a better comic actor than stand-up comedian, in my opinion.
Here is “Crazy Frog” with their take on the “Axel Foley” theme from “Beverly Hills Cop.”
This video caused some controversy because the frog is naked.
Are you sure there’s enough chocolate in there? What’s that yellow stuff, mustard?
Hmmm, spicy brown mustard, with a bit of cayenne, horseradish, and some black tea??? Probably a bit over the top, ya think?
I love old timey open cockpit front engine racers. Great for nostalgia, not so much for the drivers. Indy Cars are pretty much super fast go carts with super talented drivers. They weigh only 1700lbs and have 3500lbs of aerodynamic downforce vs NASCAR’s 3400lb weight and 1500lb aero downforce. They are comparable in how much weight is on the tires at speed but the heavier NASCAR racer has a lot more side inertia in the turns.
Asleep yet?
Where was I? Oh yeah. Great poster Ms Stel!
National Grape Popsicle and Cellophane Tape Day
Y’all grab popsicle and tape up something. (((((HuGz!)))))
I don’t know as you could get kids to eat these, but look at the section.
From the “ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS” section of
“COOKING THE PRESCHOOL WAY”
dedicated to the Past, Present and Future Parents and Children
of
Upper Lonsdale Parent Participation Preschool November 1978
(I have no direct knowledge of how this book ended up in my mother’s collection, but I suspect it was a charity purchase.)
YOGHURT POPSICLES (Credited to: Ann—Marie Lawrence)
1 cup plain yoghurt
1 can drained apricots (or peaches, etc.)
Blend in blender until the consistency of a thick milkshake – if too thin, add more yoghurt.
Pour into popsicle trays and freeze.
A good treat for little kids (and big kids!)
Good analysis. Have you ever seen those tires at the end of a race? It’s a wonder that they hold air, and that the cars can stay on the track. Even working on a pit crew would be a rush!
DryandDusty
Guest
3 years ago
Alexi, I saw you posted my avatar. I just love that dog. Thank you! I don’t know if you saw my comments on her over at gocomics, but her name was Britagne (pronounced Brittany). She was the last surviving 9/11 Rescue Dog. Sadly, she passed in June of 2016.
DryandDusty
Guest
3 years ago
LOL I see I am still considered a guest, but now I have to sign in.
You seem to have a tenuous relationship with computers. ☹
So I obviously haven’t made the steps clear enough.
From your comment, you appear to have an account now, so it’s probably a log in problem.
I’ve put an attachment below that I hope I’ve made clear enough this time. If I haven’t, we’ll keep on truckin’ til I have (or you – or the powers that be – tell me to shut up). I’m not trying to insult you, I just don’t know what you do or do not know….and everyone wants you here. 🙂
[human version]
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Aren’t NASCAR and the Indianapolis 500 pretty much the same? In that case, Bubba J can tell you all about it:
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Ooooh, boy……..I’ll let Nighthawks answer that question of NASCAR and Indy racing being the same. I would bet he has very strong opinions on that!!
no, they aren’t. I don’t want to bore anybody who’s not a fan, but basically
the Indianapolis 500 has cars that are open wheeled and much lighter with much faster engines and go much faster.
Nascar is the acronym for National association for stock car racing and their
cars more closely resemble passenger cars. Because they are much heavier
they are relatively slower.
Just to add this: in one way, they are similar. They both race round and round and round…………
Love the road courses. but there’s nothing as exciting as the Indy 500!
Love all the different strategies, and of course, the speed!
Speed?!? They are barely faster than the Formula 1s at Reno. The T-28s and kit-planes are much faster. And the unlimited can reach twice the speed. And it’s all in 2-D (when they go 3-D at Indy, they’re pretty much done for the day).
😉
Both Indy and NASCAR series do both gofast turn left and road courses. This year the Brickyard 400 will use the 14 turn road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway instead of the 4 turn oval.
here’s the start of the race from a driver’s viewpoint
Lovin’ it! At one time I, too, thought I was a pretty good driver. These guys are at a whole different level.
Thanks for supplying the human version, and kudos again, on another well designed poster, StelBel!!
Sorry I’m late….again! I decided to do a new poster at the last minute. I had to leave out poor ol’ Ann Sheridog because the minutes were just ticking by too fast. Maybe she’ll make the cut next year!
Love your poster, Stel. With all the racing I love, I’m surprised that we’ve never seen this movie. We’ll have to look for it.
…I found official answers to yesterday’s puzzle at the end of this link.
I still say # 24 is my answer because there’s a bit more than 1/2 there. I blew # 25 though (as I’ve said before, it helps if you read the clue). 👓
#24 wouldn’t have been recognizable otherwise.
#12 is different.
I didn’t post my answers yesterday partly because I got here late.
We’d already done most of the same words, , and several lists were already up…
and besides, I was frustrated with a couple of the clues.
..
I knew it had to be “space invaders” but I thought the clue should show a space in the letters “V-A-D-E-R-S” or maybe a blank space and then “vaders”.
…
__VADERS
…
And I was sure the phrase was supposed to be “walking on thin ice” but we didn’t get the thin lettering in our copy.
…
Don’t forget… these are common phrases, idioms, and ways of saying things that are recognizable…
That’s the humorous point of it… not just guessing words that could be illustrated by the pictograms.
It’s all meant to be a joke, as well as a puzzle.
…
Even in these answers… the clue still works fine, but nobody I know says “Upside-down pineapple cake.”
We call it “pineapple upside-down cake”.
and I think we all did.
Likewise, the phrase is “six feet underground”, often, in fact, shortened to “six feet under” when we actually use it.
…
Alexi… that’s why it’s “half-baked”, like a half-baked idea, not “partially baked” like a package of dinner rolls…
even though I agree that more than half shows.
Sometimes they need a little license to make it recognizable…
Otherwise they have to cut the H, A F and E exactly through the center bars…. and someone might say there’s still more of the A and L below the line… it would get silly.
I wasn’t happy with #16. It’s not broken, it’s bent!
I’m with you on that one, but I went with “broken promise” because of the acute angle between the M and the I.
From yesterday.
I’m not sure if you saw my reply to you yesterday, but if you did, and “the whole process” was (were?) the steps at the link I posted, I’m with MontanaLady’s later answer to your ‘“phooey” on it!’; “Don’t give up!!!”. 😎
OK, that was to Dry. Now I get it. I thought it was directed to me, since you and I are the only ones here right now! LOL
Apparently these movies were remakes in both dimensions of a movie called (in the human dimension) “The Crowd Roared.” The humans made another movie of the same name with a different plot entirely just to confuse the issue — I don’t think the bassets did).
The “The Crowd Roared” that we are interested in (if we are) starred James Cagney and Joan Blondell.
I can’t find anything on the basset, and probably original, film the humans named “The Crowd Roared,” not even a poster; but that’s your bailiwick anyway, StelBel.
I would say “Nah, we’re not interested” in the Cagney/Blondell version (1932) of The Crowd Roars since the story line, although certainly the original story, focuses more on hometown local racing, and this week, we’re focused on Indy.
The Indianapolis Speedway (1939) with O’Brien/Sheridan has pretty much the same plot, but takes place in Indianapolis, which is the one we’re interested in this week.
Both movies exist in Basset Filmdom, though. At some point, I may be able to dig up a poster of The Pack Roars.
ah, you’ve not seen ‘The Crowd Roars’ then. The Indianapolis 500 is the
crown jewel of racing even in the 1930s , and in the cheesy film, the Indy 500
is the arena at the end of the movie when a down and out race driver (James
Cagney) wins the big race and insures a happy ending.
Hollywood has made movies of Indy, in the 30’s , 50s, and 60’s.
The 1968 film “Winning’ was the last one made that featured the big race,
starring Paul Newman, who of course wins the big race at the end.
You caught me. I haven’t seen it (like I haven’t seen many of the old movies that the Bassets and humans have done) and I was only going by what I read on-line, where hometown local racing was mentioned, but not Indy. Perhaps I should have read further on. I’ll check later.
Thanks for the clarification, NH! As above, in my reply to Arfside, I nod to your expertise in all things to do with auto racing.
How did Cleo get a ride in the Wiener Wagon?
I love Stel’s new poster commemorating the Indy Basset Classic. Pat O’Bassett looks so excited! And Anne Sheridog gets recognition at the top of the poster.
Cover your noses, racers! Let the race begin!
Thanks, Dennis!!
(And, Cleo’s getting big bucks for promoting Oscar Mayer!)
With ketchup, right? None of that other gunk! There ya go, that ought get everybody to post their absolute must haves/hates. 🙂
I’ll have you know that:
1) onions are not gunk.
2) red hamburger relish on a hot dog is not gunk (since Bick’s stopped making theirs, I now use Strub’s).
3) mustard is not gunk.
4) cheese is not gunk (especially Kraft processed).
SO THERE….. 😜
Full marks for Alexi’s recipe! (Including the Strub’s relish)
I might just add that Ketchup on hot dogs IMHO is gunk!
No…. Ketchup BELONGS on hot dogs!
I’m not one of those people who puts it on everything… it only comes out of the fridge for certain things.
…
But I don’t like mustard (or rye bread … a combination admission that gets me in deep trouble in real delis).
So I NEED ketchup… for hot dogs, hamburgers and meat loaf, especially.
I’ve also put it on corned beef sandwiches, all my life, to the voiced dismay of even my own family. Sniffle.
….
Hey.
Don’t give me that look.
I’m going to sound egotistical to some, but I have always (as I egotistically believe) understood that art is art only in the eye of the beholder (ask me if Jackson Pollock’s spatters are art — go on, ask me) and how the appreciator of that art actually does appreciate it is no one (Peter Noone is the lead singer of “Herman’s Hermits” and no one else is; just a bugbear of mine) else’s business; and preparing food is art.
As evidence of that, I once hosted a Thanksgiving dinner where one of my guests asked me if I had any ketchup (a spelling that was originally used only by Heinz) to add to his turkey and gravy.
That’s what he wanted to fully appreciate the work I’d put into the art of my dinner — that’s what he got.
As he was leaving he said it was a “real good” dinner. All I needed.
Canned corned beef or deli corned beef? Ketchup on canned corned beef is okay but deli corned beef deserves spicy mustard and sauerkraut!
Don’t like mustard or sauerkraut… So ketchup on ALL corned beef.
What’s a girl gonna do?
About the only way I eat canned corned beef is in hash…
Which, yeah, is on the ketchup list too.
I’d say “sorry”…. but I’m not.
I once made ketchup from scratch using the recipe for tomato sauce in the recipe for ketchup (which listed tomato sauce as ingredient).
Both recipes are from ”The Fannie Farmer Cookbook” if my memory doesn’t fail me – different edition than Alexikakos’ copy, though.
Oh; yes – it worked perfectly.
no comment!
You tell him. snerks
Around here, you’d be called a blasphemer and burned at the campfire.
Johnnie Poooh?!? 😉
no. That’s Johnnie Pooch, if you look closely. The “c” in that font, like the “g”, is tilted to the left… just an oddity of that particular font.
…
I know (thus the 😉 ), but would not resist.
It’s an “Escape from Nell York” issue.
I honestly thought it WAS Johnny Poooh.
I thought “Um… that‘s a little different….”
OK. Looks like I’ll have to set up some eye exam appointments for a few members here [ahem]!….not mentioning any names, of course.
Or just work on your artwork around distinct letters?
Less red there, girl!!!
I’m satisfied with it.
à chacun son goût, girl!
Only red around distinct letters.
All else is excellent!
Enough.
Just stop going on about it. I’m not changing it. The only thing you’ve succeeded in doing is making a mountain out of a molehill. Are you trying to start a problem here?
Leave this subject alone and move on.
Wow.
I never intended to suggest you should change anything (that’d be like telling da Vinci to repaint Mona Lisa’s face) and was just amused.
I even paid you a compliment – and you downvoted that.
…
Don’cha love the freedom of a website that lets people interact with one another? GoComics got a stick up…well… Anyway, they lost the true love of the audience.
Yes, GC lost that ages ago.
Wow… Stel did a new poster!
Riveting in orange, red and blue… with the title font racing across the page!
Another basset auto racing movie!
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The thrills and agony, once more, of the Indy Basset 500.
Fast cars. A fast female dog or two… Fighting brother dogs…
all the expected elements of a fast-paced racing film.
…
Looking at their short legs and waddling gait…
who would think that basset hounds, over the years, have been so involved in a sport like auto racing!
Maybe it’s because of that, though…
maybe watching the sleek, shiny car bodies and slippery wheels…
or better yet, driving one of those cars… gives them a vicarious thrill that their pudgy forms can’t achieve on their own.
…
Stel…. haven’t I told you that working so fast, one of these days you’re going to lose somebody?
Tsk tsk.
I’m sure Ann Sheridog will be found, though… in fact, she’ll probably have gone straight home on her own.
She has a fine basset nose, after all. And she knows where the treats are kept.
Can’t keep a scent hound away from the treat jar.
Yeah, yeah……and, you were right. Poor Ann S. was heartbroken, but when she found the treats, she seemed to have forgotten all about it. Still, I’m glad she was wearing her tags as she was wandering about. You can’t be too careful.
Tigressy….
You asked me a question yesterday that I meant to answer, but I didn’t get back.
It was about the woman who didn’t want to email me a picture because she thought it would be gone from her computer…
and it’s kind of a good example of tutoring back then…
..
You said:
“Oh my – Why hadn’t you just told her to email you a copy of that picture… and that such a copy is free of charge… no more worries.”
…
That’s a good picture of the difference between then and now.
In 2021, you can, well, not assume, but have a good chance of your student or client having a basic grasp of computers.
..
This woman had just recently been given a used computer… her very first, which I didn’t know…
and I discovered that she didn’t know anything about copying, saving, pasting or emailing a picture… or anything else..
That was MUCH more likely back then than finding someone computer-literate.
..
She hired me to come over for an hour or two, just to show her how to use her brand new digital camera, and the exciting things she could do with it.
That didn’t exactly give me time to explain all those concepts.
…
She did end up hiring me for a few hours of basic tutoring…
but she never did get past imagining that pictures were sitting there whole, inside her computer …
the same way her documents and fonts were stored whole inside her Word program.
The idea of those things being bits of stored code was way beyond her understanding… and in fact is still beyond many casual computer user’s grasp.
…
Most people I met back then thought about it her way, if they’d even ever used a computer at all.
And this was in the days of Windows98 or XP… I don’t remember which…
long past my first computer days of Windows 3.2 and emailing a picture being an impossible dream, if I ever even imagined it.
…
Understood.
And my reply was in jest.
Eddie Murphy makes a better comic actor than stand-up comedian, in my opinion.
Here is “Crazy Frog” with their take on the “Axel Foley” theme from “Beverly Hills Cop.”
This video caused some controversy because the frog is naked.
Anatomically correct frogs. Wow!
Good morning Balladeers, ((((( Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
sorry about that time out of your life ( attempting to join up) that you’ll never get back, but DO keep coming back and saying hi…..
but if you DO join, you’ll be able to post images,gifs and videos of anything your little heart desires.
meanwhile my heart desires this:
Are you sure there’s enough chocolate in there? What’s that yellow stuff, mustard?
Hmmm, spicy brown mustard, with a bit of cayenne, horseradish, and some black tea??? Probably a bit over the top, ya think?
No no… Just some mashed avocado. No big.
Good morning, Race Phanatics and Stel!
I love old timey open cockpit front engine racers. Great for nostalgia, not so much for the drivers. Indy Cars are pretty much super fast go carts with super talented drivers. They weigh only 1700lbs and have 3500lbs of aerodynamic downforce vs NASCAR’s 3400lb weight and 1500lb aero downforce. They are comparable in how much weight is on the tires at speed but the heavier NASCAR racer has a lot more side inertia in the turns.
Asleep yet?
Where was I? Oh yeah. Great poster Ms Stel!
National Grape Popsicle and Cellophane Tape Day
Y’all grab popsicle and tape up something. (((((HuGz!)))))
not cherry popsicle
not orange popsicle
and certainly not lime (barf) popsicle
but GRAPE popsicle day!
apparently, the grape popsicle publicist was more successful in snagging
their own special day
(notice that the P-word is not used in the name–it’s GRAPE!)
I don’t know as you could get kids to eat these, but look at the section.
From the “ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS” section of
“COOKING THE PRESCHOOL WAY”
dedicated to the Past, Present and Future Parents and Children
of
Upper Lonsdale Parent Participation Preschool November 1978
(I have no direct knowledge of how this book ended up in my mother’s collection, but I suspect it was a charity purchase.)
YOGHURT POPSICLES (Credited to: Ann—Marie Lawrence)
1 cup plain yoghurt
1 can drained apricots (or peaches, etc.)
Blend in blender until the consistency of a thick milkshake – if too thin, add more yoghurt.
Pour into popsicle trays and freeze.
A good treat for little kids (and big kids!)
Cool! I knew a couple of friends that (probably) attended the Upper Lonsdale Preschool. They certainly both went to Lonsdale School…
We’ll try to remember that, oh great guru. It’s no longer p**plie eye shadow, it’s GRAPE eye shadow.
But…if you mix the lime in the coconut for your popsicle, does that make it really good?
GASP!
Bite your tongue. Never take away purplie
Good analysis. Have you ever seen those tires at the end of a race? It’s a wonder that they hold air, and that the cars can stay on the track. Even working on a pit crew would be a rush!
Alexi, I saw you posted my avatar. I just love that dog. Thank you! I don’t know if you saw my comments on her over at gocomics, but her name was Britagne (pronounced Brittany). She was the last surviving 9/11 Rescue Dog. Sadly, she passed in June of 2016.
LOL I see I am still considered a guest, but now I have to sign in.
Hi Stel!
Then I think it should say “Honored Guest” or something like that. 🙂
You seem to have a tenuous relationship with computers. ☹
So I obviously haven’t made the steps clear enough.
From your comment, you appear to have an account now, so it’s probably a log in problem.
I’ve put an attachment below that I hope I’ve made clear enough this time. If I haven’t, we’ll keep on truckin’ til I have (or you – or the powers that be – tell me to shut up). I’m not trying to insult you, I just don’t know what you do or do not know….and everyone wants you here. 🙂
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