LA Times Crossword Answers 9 Jul 2018, Monday

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Constructed by: Gail Grabowski & Bruce Venzke
Edited by: Rich Norris

Today’s Reveal Answer: From Time to Time

Themed answers both start and end with words that often follow TIME:

  • 48A. On occasion … and how 20-, 25- and 43-Across go? : FROM TIME TO TIME
  • 20A. Self-inking device for check endorsements : SIGNATURE STAMP (time signature & time stamp)
  • 25A. Coins-for-bills device : CHANGE MACHINE (time change & time machine)
  • 43A. Interval before late fees apply : PAYMENT PERIOD (time payment & time period)

Bill’s time: 5m 25s

Bill’s errors: 0

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Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Across

1. Driver with a meter : CABBY

We call cabs “taxis”, a word derived from “taximeter cabs” that were introduced in London in 1907. A taximeter was an automated meter designed to record distance travelled and fare to be charged. The term “taximeter” evolved from “taxameter”, with “taxa” being Latin for “tax, charge”.

10. Fraternal letters seen under antlers : BPOE

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) was founded in 1868, and is a social club that has about a million members today. It started out as a group of men getting together in a “club” in order to get around the legal opening hours of taverns in New York City. The club took on a new role as it started to look out for poor families of members who passed away. The club now accepts African Americans as members (since the seventies) and women (since the nineties), but atheists still aren’t welcome.

14. City near Orlando : OCALA

The city of Ocala, Florida was founded near a historic village with the same name. In the local Timucua language “Ocala” means “Big Hammock”. Back in the 1890s, Ocala was famous for its oranges, with over one third of that fruit shipped from Florida coming from the city. Also, thoroughbred horse farming in Florida started in Ocala, back in 1943. Some folks today call Ocala the “Horse Capital of the World”, but I bet that’s disputed by others …

15. Mani mate : PEDI

Manicure & pedicure (mani-pedi)

17. Former TWA rival : PAN AM

Pan American World Airways (usually just “Pan Am”) started out as a mail and passenger service between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba in 1927. From very early in the company’s life it was the de facto representative air carrier of the United States. For many years Pan Am’s fleet was built around the Boeing 314 Clipper, a long-range flying boat that was one of the largest aircraft around at the time. Pan Am adopted the Clipper as part of its image, even using “clipper” as the call sign for its flights.

18. Hulk’s emotion : RAGE

The comic book hero named “the Hulk” first made an appearance in 1962. The Hulk is the alter ego of reserved and withdraw physicist Bruce Banner. Banner mutates into the Hulk when he gets angry.

19. Sommer of Hollywood : ELKE

Elke Sommer is a German-born actress who was at the height of her success on the silver screen in the sixties. Sommer won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for her role opposite Paul Newman in 1964’s “The Prize”. She also sings and has released several albums. Now Sommer focuses on painting, producing artwork that is strongly influenced by the work of Marc Chagall.

20. Self-inking device for check endorsements : SIGNATURE STAMP (time signature & time stamp)

The most common time signature used for Western popular music is 4/4. I guess that’s why said time signature is known as “common time”.

33. Poet Ogden : NASH

Ogden Nash was a poet from Rye, New York who is remembered for his light and quirky verse. Nash had over 500 such works published between 1931 and 1972.

34. Put coins in, as a parking meter : FED

An early patent for a parking meter, dated 1928, was for a device that required the driver of the parked car to connect the battery of his or her car to the meter in order for it to operate!

38. “Are You the One?” network : MTV

“Are You the One?” is an MTV reality show that stars the season with ten men and ten women hoping to find their perfect love match. Nope …

39. In __: as originally placed : SITU

“In situ” is a Latin phrase meaning “in the place”, and we use the term to mean “in the original position”.

43. Interval before late fees apply : PAYMENT PERIOD (time payment & time period)

Back in the day, a loan was sometimes referred to as a time payment plan. A time payment was a loan payment.

46. Western treaty gp. : OAS

The Organization of American States (OAS) has its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Not all of the independent states in the Americas are members. Cuba was barred from participation in the organization after a vote in 196. Honduras had her membership suspended after the country’s 2009 coup.

55. Airline known for tight security : EL AL

El Al Israel Airlines is the flag carrier of Israel. El Al is known for its high levels of security, both on the ground and in the air. Reportedly, the airline’s passenger aircraft have been operating with anti-missile technology for several years.

56. Saint Laurent of fashion : YVES

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) was a French fashion designer, actually born in Algeria. Saint Laurent started off working as an assistant to Christian Dior at the age of 17. Dior died just four years later, and as a very young man Saint-Laurent was named head of the House of Dior. However, in 1950 Saint Laurent was conscripted into the French Army and ended up in a military hospital after suffering a mental breakdown from the hazing inflicted on him by his fellow soldiers. His treatment included electroshock therapy and administration of sedatives and psychoactive drugs. He was released from hospital, managed to pull his life back together and started his own fashion house. A remarkable story …

57. Kidney-related : RENAL

Something described as “renal” is related to the kidneys. “Ren” is the Latin word for “kidney”.

58. Sonic Dash game publisher : SEGA

Sonic Dash is a game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series published by Sega. It was released in 2013, and I’ve been playing it ever since. Yeah, right …

59. “__ we forget” : LEST

“Lest we forget” is an oft-quoted phrase, one that comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling called “Recessional”. Kipling wrote the piece on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 and used it to express sadness at the waning of the British Empire. The phrase “lest we forget” is used in this context, a warning that the empire will decline. Ever since WWI we’ve been using the words on memorials as a plea not forget the sacrifices made by others in the past.

60. Ernie Banks’ nickname : MR CUB

First baseman Ernie Banks was known as “Mr. Cub”, and played his entire 19-year professional career with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs retired Banks’ uniform number 14 in 1982, making him the first Cubs player to be so honored. Banks was known for his catchphrase, “It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame … Let’s play two!”, a reference to his love of the game, always wanting to play a doubleheader.

62. Biblical twin : ESAU

Esau was the twin brother of Jacob, the founder of the Israelites. When their mother Rebekah gave birth to the twins “the first emerged red and hairy all over (Esau), with his heel grasped by the hand of the second to come out (Jacob)”. As Esau was the first born, he was entitled to inherit his father’s wealth (it was his “birthright”). Instead, Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for the price of a “mess of pottage” (a meal of lentils).

63. Etsy transaction, e.g. : E-SALE

Etsy.com is an e-commerce website where you can buy and sell the kind of items that you might find at a craft fair.

Down

1. Body cam-wearing law enforcers : COPS

“To cop” was northern British dialect for “to seize, catch”, and is still a slang term meaning “to get hold of, steal”. This verb evolved in the noun “copper”, describing a policeman, someone who catches criminals. “Copper” is often shortened to “cop”.

2. Berry promoted as a superfood : ACAI

Açaí (pronounced “ass-aye-ee”) is a palm tree native to Central and South America. The fruit has become very popular in recent years and its juice is a very fashionable addition to juice mixes and smoothies.

4. Scalds briefly in water, as tomatoes : BLANCHES

In cooking, to blanch a food substance is to plunge it into boiling water for a short time and then plunge it into iced water to stop the cooking process. The literal meaning of “blanch” is “whiten” (from French), but the procedure does not necessarily result in a color change. The desired outcome is usually a softening or a reduction in a strong taste.

5. Steinway competitors : YAMAHAS

The Japanese company Yamaha started out way back in 1888 as a manufacturer of pianos and reed organs. Even though the company has diversified since then, Yamaha’s logo still reflects it musical roots. Said logo is made up of three intersecting tuning forks, and can even be seen on Yamaha motorcycles.

Steinway & Sons is supplier of handmade pianos based in New York City and in Hamburg, Germany. The company was founded in Manhattan in 1853 by German immigrant Henry E. Steinway. One element of Steinway’s business model is to offer a “piano bank” service. Performing artists can “borrow” a particular piano from the bank for a particular concert or tour. About 400 pianos are in the bank, and are located over the world. The value of the bank’s collection of pianos is estimated at over $25 million.

9. Midday snoozes : SIESTAS

We use the word “siesta” to describe a short nap in the early afternoon, and imported the word into English from Spanish. In turn, the Spanish word is derived from the Latin “hora sexta” meaning “the sixth hour”. The idea is that the nap is taken at the sixth hour after dawn.

12. Like a GI doing dishes : ON KP

The initialism “KP” is US military slang that stands for either “kitchen police” or “kitchen patrol”.

21. Sunroof coloring : TINT

A sunroof is a panel in the roof of a car that can be pulled back to let in light and air. A moonroof is similar, but in a moonroof there is an option to slide back a fabric-covered panel to expose a glass panel that allows in light, but not air.

22. Dash gauge : TACH

The tachometer takes its name from the Greek word “tachos” meaning “speed”. A tachometer in a car measures engine revolutions per minute (rpm).

29. “Little” Dickens girl : NELL

“The Old Curiosity Shop” by Charles Dickens tells the story of 14-year-old “Little Nell” Trent and her grandfather who live in the Old Curiosity Shop in London. If you visit London, there actually is an “Old Curiosity Shop”, in Westminster. It is an establishment selling odds and ends, old curiosities, and is believed to have been the inspiration for the shop in the Dickens story. The building has been around since the 1500s, but the name “The Old Curiosity Shop” was added after the book was published.

31. Pipe tobacco packer : TAMP

“To tamp” means “to pack down tightly by tapping”. “Tamp” was originally used to specifically describe the action of packing down sand or dirt around an explosive prior to detonation.

32. Grammy winner Coolidge : RITA

Rita Coolidge is a singer from Lafayette, Tennessee. Coolidge’s second marriage was to fellow singer Kris Kristofferson. Apparently, Coolidge and Kristofferson met on a flight from LA to Memphis. Kristofferson was meant to stay on the plane, and continue on to Knoxville. Instead, he alighted with Ms. Coolidge in Memphis, and they married three years later. Seven years after that, they got divorced.

36. Public defender, for one: Abbr. : ATT

Attorney (att.)

39. Line on Levi’s : SEAM

Levi Strauss was the founder of the first company in the world to manufacture blue jeans. Levi Strauss & Co. opened in 1853 in San Francisco. Strauss and his business partner were awarded a patent in 1873 for the use of copper rivets to strengthen points of strain on working pants.

41. Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT

A writ is an order issued by some formal body (these days, usually a court) with the order being in “written” form. Warrants and subpoenas are examples of writs.

The Latin term “habeas corpus” translates literally as “you are to have the body”, and is a legal action (i.e. a writ) that is used to release a prisoner from unlawful detention.

45. 1974 hit with a Spanish title meaning “You are” : ERES TU

We have a big event across Europe every year called the Eurovision Song Contest. Each nation enters one song in competition with each other, and then voters across the whole continent decide on the winner. That’s how ABBA got their big break when they won in 1974 with “Waterloo”. In 1973, Spain’s entry was “Eres tú” (the Spanish for “You Are”) sung by the band Mocedades. “Eres tú” came second in the competition, but should have won in my humble opinion.

48. Cause of a dog’s excessive scratching : FLEA

Fleas are flightless insects, but they sure can jump. Their very specialized hind legs allow them to jump up to 50 times the length of their bodies.

50. Currier’s colleague : IVES

Currier and Ives was a printmaking concern in New York City run by Nathaniel Currier and his partner James Merritt Ives from 1834 to 1907. The firm specialized in making affordable, hand-colored black and white lithographs.

51. Walled land formation : MESA

“What’s the difference between a butte and a mesa?” Both are hills with flat tops, but a mesa has a top that is wider than it is tall. A butte is a much narrower formation, and taller than it is wide.

52. Machu Picchu dweller : INCA

Machu Picchu is known as “The Lost City of the Incas”, and it can be visited on a mountain ridge in Peru, 50 miles northwest of the city of Cuzco in the southeast of the country. The name Machu Picchu means “old peak”. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu originates about 50 miles from Cusco on the Urubamba River in Peru. It can take travelers about 5 days to trek the full length of the trail, passing through many Incan ruins before reaching the Sun Gate on Machu Picchu mountain. The trail was becoming greatly overused, forcing the Peruvian government to limit the number of people on the trail each day to 500. Book early …

54. Hamburg’s river : ELBE

The River Elbe rises in the Czech Republic and travels over a thousand kilometers before emptying into the North Sea near the port of Hamburg in Germany.

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany (after Berlin), and the third largest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp).

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Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1. Driver with a meter : CABBY
6. Ships, to captains : SHES
10. Fraternal letters seen under antlers : BPOE
14. City near Orlando : OCALA
15. Mani mate : PEDI
16. Classify in order of importance : RANK
17. Former TWA rival : PAN AM
18. Hulk’s emotion : RAGE
19. Sommer of Hollywood : ELKE
20. Self-inking device for check endorsements : SIGNATURE STAMP (time signature & time stamp)
23. Stubble spot : CHIN
24. Ankle pic : TAT
25. Coins-for-bills device : CHANGE MACHINE (time change & time machine)
31. Most loyal : TRUEST
33. Poet Ogden : NASH
34. Put coins in, as a parking meter : FED
35. Goes public with : AIRS
36. Say further : ADD
37. Not timid : BOLD
38. “Are You the One?” network : MTV
39. In __: as originally placed : SITU
41. Entirely : WHOLLY
43. Interval before late fees apply : PAYMENT PERIOD (time payment & time period)
46. Western treaty gp. : OAS
47. What some eyeglasses lack : RIMS
48. On occasion … and how 20-, 25- and 43-Across go? : FROM TIME TO TIME
55. Airline known for tight security : EL AL
56. Saint Laurent of fashion : YVES
57. Kidney-related : RENAL
58. Sonic Dash game publisher : SEGA
59. “__ we forget” : LEST
60. Ernie Banks’ nickname : MR CUB
61. Tens and twenties : CASH
62. Biblical twin : ESAU
63. Etsy transaction, e.g. : E-SALE

Down

1. Body cam-wearing law enforcers : COPS
2. Berry promoted as a superfood : ACAI
3. Explosion sound : BANG
4. Scalds briefly in water, as tomatoes : BLANCHES
5. Steinway competitors : YAMAHAS
6. Got out of jail : SPRUNG
7. Catch wind of : HEAR
8. Slight advantage : EDGE
9. Midday snoozes : SIESTAS
10. A mint may freshen it : BREATH
11. Front of the hand : PALM
12. Like a GI doing dishes : ON KP
13. Barely manage, with “out” : EKE
21. Sunroof coloring : TINT
22. Dash gauge : TACH
25. Like winding roads : CURVY
26. Turn out to be : END UP
27. Steamed up : MAD
28. “Too rich for my blood” : I FOLD!
29. “Little” Dickens girl : NELL
30. Drain phenomenon : EDDY
31. Pipe tobacco packer : TAMP
32. Grammy winner Coolidge : RITA
36. Public defender, for one: Abbr. : ATT
37. Ardent fans : BOOSTERS
39. Line on Levi’s : SEAM
40. Fashionable : IN STYLE
41. Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
42. Boyfriend’s ultimatum : HIM OR ME!
44. Dough in a wallet : MOOLAH
45. 1974 hit with a Spanish title meaning “You are” : ERES TU
48. Cause of a dog’s excessive scratching : FLEA
49. Tattered cloths : RAGS
50. Currier’s colleague : IVES
51. Walled land formation : MESA
52. Machu Picchu dweller : INCA
53. Treat roughly : MAUL
54. Hamburg’s river : ELBE
55. PC “Oops!” key : ESC

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14 thoughts on “LA Times Crossword Answers 9 Jul 2018, Monday”

  1. Not too bad. Didn’t get the theme. Didn’t know MR CUB (sports) or the Dash game, but it all fell in.

    So glad the heat wave is over. Rarely get 90s in Upstate NY. Neither car’s air worked well at those numbers.

  2. LAT: 7:12, no errors. Newsday: 5:23, no errors. WSJ: 7:32, no errors, and their answer for Friday’s meta was the same as mine, so I can quit worrying about a possible evil twist (still wondering what other people’s first guess might have been, though).

    The BEQ and New Yorker will have to wait until later, as my daughter and two grandkids are arriving sometime this morning for a visit … 😄.

    @Glenn (about yesterday’s discussion) … The procedure I used to use on my iMac to download a PDF of an LAT puzzle from the WP web site stopped working reliably on June 17 and a similar problem developed on the Newsday site on July 1. On both sites, the puzzle looks all right, but the PDF is usually a two-pager, with just a few clues on the second page. If I reduce the image size to 90% of normal before creating the PDF, it’s a one-pager, but with a smaller grid and a lot of wasted space. I can usually just do a screen grab to get a PNG file and print that, but the file is a lot bigger. And, of course, the problem gets worse for 21×21 grids. The folks at the New Yorker seem to use the same underlying software (as evidenced by the blue titles) but they apparently care enough about their puzzles to do whatever manual tweaking is necessary to fix problems that arise. Meanwhile, the WSJ crosswords are models of perfection and the indie self-publishers like Tim Croce and Matt Jones seem to do just fine. (I have to wonder if the WP/LAT and Newsday problems are just another sign of the drastically falling standards I see in the production of my local paper.)

    1. Okay, so I managed to do the BEQ (29:30, with one error – an “S” where I should have had a “Z”) and the New Yorker (29:26, no errors – pretty difficult, with one outright guess). And no sign of arrivals yet …

      1. I thought of “East of Eden”, but discarded it pretty quickly. I think my confidence in “Paradise Lost” would have remained at 100% if I hadn’t seen Al Sisti’s odd comment a couple of hours after I sent in my answer. Oh, well … once again … all’s well that ends well … 😜.

  3. LAT: 6:49, no errors. WSJ: 6:46, no errors. Seemed pretty out of sorts on both of those while I was doing them. BEQ: 38 minutes, 1 error on a bad guess on some rather confusing things (UNRESTED/TARTY). One of the many grids I do that felt quicker than the time indicated. Ended up 2/3 on the metas – the one I didn’t figure out had theme entries that all used one half of the alphabet for each word and you had to find another theme entry.

    @Dave
    It seems the problems you have are endemic to Imac software or your settings aren’t quite right on that software. I know I don’t have to go to that much trouble to print anything. Usually if I can’t use ACL, I download the PDF, the software scales it to a single full page and prints it with (usually) no wasted space. To wit, I’ve never had any problems with the LAT/WP or Newsday sites (outside of the ad-garbage Newsday has put on theirs which makes it not load well). As for the New Yorker, I’m sure they manually do it, while the others automate things. If the automation process breaks down, I’m sure there’s problems, but like I say, I haven’t noticed any at all.

    That said, if “indie self-publishers” are your standard (include CHE in that), ACL would be the answer if you’re looking at offline software. But as I’m aware, there’s huge license fees to be paid if an outfit like the New Yorker or Newsday uses it. Plus, they want limited availability and primarily online stuff for their puzzles, which is why Newsday and some other places don’t offer PUZ. To wit, most of the online applets I see are pretty terrible compared to what you see at Newsday/WP. The ones BEQ and Jones use are pretty terrible even compared to the others.

    I will say while I like how the WSJ lays out their 15x15s online, I can’t say I like their 21×21 PDFs at all. Also, I would criticize them much more for how it appears in the newspaper – as a literal postage stamp.

    @Dave, @Dale
    That said, I measured all the paper grids I got over the weekend and compared them to the online. Newsday, LAT, and New Yorker’s online prints are 11.5cm square. The LAT paper version was 12.2cm square. Most online grids are all around that 11.5cm measure. The NYT oddly enough doesn’t publish with perfect squares. The 15×15 is 9.2×9.6cm and the 21×21 is 12.2×13.7cm. Fonts are all around 2-3mm tall on both the online prints and newspaper. I would say as I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the font choice is probably more important for legibility than anything else, but these publishers have their own preferences. Like I say, I do like ACL simply because you can tweak the fonts and come up with something readable if what comes out of the box doesn’t work well.

    1. @Glenn … I rather doubt that my iMac is/was the source of the problems I’ve been having. As I said, things were working quite well until a few days ago and the problems developed at different times on different sites, with no changes on my end. Also, when I have had things go wrong in the past (like the red-title/clue-overprint problems), they have eventually been fixed without any changes on my end. But … perhaps I’ll go to the library and do some experiments on machines there.

      I would also observe that I have known Across Lite to produce PDFs with errors, but that could actually be a function of the version I was running and the platform I was running it on.

      And I agree with you about the WSJ 21x21s.

  4. One of the benefits and consequences of reading Bill’s blog on a continous and daily basis, is that you start to settle down in your thinking, to Bill’s point of view ….. After reading about Bill’s opinions of mnemonics, acronyms and backronyms …. I am now convinced that every unusual name is a mnemonic, acronym or backronym ….. !!!

    Observe ,,,,, I was reading about the cave rescue of the 12 schoolboy football (soccer ) team members and their instructor, who got stranded in this cave in northern Thailand. …. and the numerous rescue efforts by divers of various nationalities and the Thai Royal Navy SEALS who have been assisting in the rescue effort. So far, eight of the schoolboys have been rescued, alive ….

    So, the Thailand Royal Thai Navy SEALS posted on their Facebook page (!) , this cryptic message ….” 2 days, 8 Boars”
    I was convinced that BOARS was an acronym or backronym, and my best guesses were
    BOARS …. Brought Out Alive Rescued ( Saves / Saved ).
    OR
    BOARS ….. Boys in Open AIR – Rescued – Saved

    Actually, truth is stranger than fiction … and far more mundane …. the school football team, in the cave(s), from Mae Sai, 540 miles, NNE of Bangkok, in Thailand … and 3 miles from the border to Myanmar ( Burma) …. the football team is named the ‘Wild Boars’…..

    Now, off to do the puzzle ….

  5. I am so glad they are rescuing those boys.

    Typical comparatively slow time, no errors. Didn’t know every single word,
    but the unknowns fit when the letters around them were done. We found it
    difficult for a Monday, but doable and we enjoyed solving it. I also solved the
    JUMBLE and got within 2 points of the author on WORD SCRIMMAGE. A
    good day for these two old puzzleers.

  6. 9:24. Just sensed the theme until I came here and actually paid close attention to it. This is one of those Mondays I’m glad I don’t turn into the Hulk when irritated or feeling RAGE. First day back after being gone for 2 weeks. I’m anxious for Tuesday to get here…

    Best –

  7. Thank god, its Monday …. as above ….by Jbat. I had a good time with this puzzle and enjoyed it very much.
    I forgot to complete this post and got involved in other things….

    Mr. Daigle, I am helping a friend undergoing proton therapy and I go with him, and while waiting for him, I am assisting in a real complicated jigsaw puzzle – 1500 pieces…. in one hour or so, I manage to get two or three links – many, many other patients are also trying to assist in solving this puzzle …. and some will have finished their total sessions and have left without ever seeing the ending of the final completed puzzle.
    We all, learn a couple of adages, from this excersize ….

    1. Nobody can do all of it alone – but everyone pitching together and giving it his or her best, can achieve wonders. the puzzle will get done, in another 3 months or so ….
    2. Every little bit helps – to yourself and the rest of the world out there…
    3. We should count our success one puzzle piece at a time.
    4. Even a senseless excersize like assembling together a rigged together jigsaw puzzle, can give meaning, to life, by itself.

    Maybe I’m pontificating too much.
    Have a nice night, all.

    Regarding Steinway: I am reminded of a story by the ‘famous’ pianist ( and comedian – ) Victor Borge ….
    ” I always play my piano very dramatically, and always ask that the camera focuses on the name of the manufacturer of this piano.
    This makes the Steinway people, very,very happy !
    ….. because I’m playing a Baldwin ….. ”

    Have a nice night, all.

  8. Hiya folks!! 🌻
    No errors on a nice Monday puzzle. I would have spelled it CABBIE, but I’m not the boss of the world. 😐

    DAVE from Saturday– wow, that sounds terrifying. I had a similar but more mundane experience when I was 15. I was on a Disneyland ride with my brother. Anyone remember the Monsanto ride? These trams took you inside a human cell (as I remember.) The space was completely dark and super narrow. At one point our little tram got stuck — and I panicked!! Probably only stuck for 10 seconds at the most but it felt like hours. It didnt occur to me that if we really were trapped someone would get us out. I still remember the feeling when the tram finally jerked forward and trundled on out. I have been slightly claustrophobic ever since. You know how some buildings have rickety old elevators, or even freight elevators? I avoid those. 😮

    I hope all the boys and their coach make it out! I have so much admiration for those divers. I don’t understand some aspects of the story, tho. The weakest kids are being evacuated last, on the theory that the rescuers should first save the boys who were most likely to survive. And, the authorities wouldn’t tell the parents which boys had been rescued and which were still trapped!! They didn’t inform the parents as to where their kids were!! I know they had reasons, but I don’t get it. I think now some parents have been told.

    Not how I’d handle it, but again, I ain’t the boss of the world…😮

    Be well ~~⚽️

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