Timelies all!
Alas, I have no pie.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Sheryl - Mar 14, 2019 12:46:58 pm PDT #5955 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
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
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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.
Dana - Mar 14, 2019 3:00:07 pm PDT #5963 of 30019
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Why would next Saturday be this Saturday? Next Saturday is a week from now.
This is an unsatisfactory area of language.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2019 3:03:23 pm PDT #5964 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Seriously, this is why I get super specific, like "this Saturday, the 16th, 2 days from now." (To which Tim will invariably -- and 100% seriously, bless his heart -- reply, "NEXT Saturday?")