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Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:30 am
by AmriloJim
GlytchMeister wrote:...ok...
I fail to see the connection between a reporter and someone who is apparently a construction mogul.
Playing off the "Starr". Other notables with that last name include Edwin and Ringo.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:23 am
by jwhouk
And Bart.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:23 pm
by Opus the Poet
None of whom are female.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:00 pm
by AmriloJim
Opus the Poet wrote:None of whom are female.
Precisely.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:55 pm
by jwhouk
Well, there was Kay Starr, the "Hillbilly Singer" who died last year...
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:57 am
by AnotherFairportfan
GlytchMeister wrote:...ok...
I fail to see the connection between a reporter and someone who is apparently a construction mogul.
Name
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:02 am
by AnotherFairportfan
FreeFlier wrote:Dave wrote:Opus the Poet wrote:What? Nobody caught that one? No media savvy at all.
I thought it was so apparent that it didn't really require a comment...

I wouldn't have thought of it, but once someone else did I understood the reference instantly.
Of course, I grew up reading it done by Messick.
--FreeFlier
How long ago?
Ramona Fradon ghosted it for quite a while - hmmm - after Messick retired, Fradon did it 1980 - 95, i see.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:12 pm
by FreeFlier
I know I read it before 1980, and it wasn't new then.
I think I largely quit reading it about 1983-1984 because it was harder to access in college.
--FreeFlier
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:37 am
by AnotherFairportfan
FreeFlier wrote:I know I read it before 1980, and it wasn't new then.
I think I largely quit reading it about 1983-1984 because it was harder to access in college.
--FreeFlier
I remember it when i was in grammar school, sixty years ago.
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:00 am
by Atomic
Opus the Poet wrote:None of whom are female.
Brenda?
Re: Spelled Out 2017-02-22
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:05 am
by Dave
AmriloJim wrote:GlytchMeister wrote:...ok...
I fail to see the connection between a reporter and someone who is apparently a construction mogul.
Playing off the "Starr". Other notables with that last name include Edwin and Ringo.
And Ken.
However, we have no evidence that Nadette's family includes any lawyers. Possibly they were disbeared.