Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.

'Shindig'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Toddson - Mar 14, 2019 11:30:52 am PDT #5953 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

We have a local group that takes books, DVDs and CDs as contributions, sells them cheaply and uses the money to fund literacy programs. I donate to them regularly ... and if you have enough books, they'll come and pick them up.


Jesse - Mar 14, 2019 12:44:08 pm PDT #5954 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Someone just asked me if I'm available "next Saturday." I said, "do you mean this Saturday or the 23rd?" She said, next Saturday. So that means the 16th, right??


Sheryl - Mar 14, 2019 12:46:58 pm PDT #5955 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Alas, I have no pie.


Steph L. - Mar 14, 2019 12:53:56 pm PDT #5956 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Someone just asked me if I'm available "next Saturday." I said, "do you mean this Saturday or the 23rd?" She said, next Saturday. So that means the 16th, right??

I hate questions like that. I always just verify the date.


EpicTangent - Mar 14, 2019 1:33:04 pm PDT #5957 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Yeah, all the good ones in Seattle have closed. There's supposed to be one near Olympia that specializes in SF/Fantasy/Horror/Vintage Romance, which means I need to do some research and convince Pete he wants to do a road trip.

I know there was at least one that I hit in West Seattle when I was up there. I can ask my nieces what's still up there. I think it was...California St...that was the big main drag with thrift stores and used book stores and whatnot.

Someone just asked me if I'm available "next Saturday." I said, "do you mean this Saturday or the 23rd?" She said, next Saturday. So that means the 16th, right??

I would read that as the 23rd, but you're definitely right that it's unclear.


Jesse - Mar 14, 2019 1:37:12 pm PDT #5958 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I hate questions like that. I always just verify the date.

I tried! But feel dumb asking again. Now I'm just going to see if she shows up on Saturday or not.


-t - Mar 14, 2019 1:38:27 pm PDT #5959 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

So that means the 16th, right??

I have no idea! Follow up with "day after tomorrow?"


Connie Neil - Mar 14, 2019 2:18:03 pm PDT #5960 of 30019
brillig

The next vs this debate raged on unresolved for thirty years between Hubby and I.


dcp - Mar 14, 2019 2:24:34 pm PDT #5961 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I go with "next Saturday" means the soonest coming Saturday. The Saturday after that is "a week Saturday" or "Saturday week."


billytea - Mar 14, 2019 2:29:45 pm PDT #5962 of 30019
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I go with avoiding saying "next Saturday" like the plague, since I can never be sure what the other person will understand by it.