I go with avoiding saying "next Saturday" like the plague, since I can never be sure what the other person will understand by it.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
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.
Dana - Mar 14, 2019 3:00:07 pm PDT #5963 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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?")
Connie Neil - Mar 14, 2019 3:09:05 pm PDT #5965 of 30019
brillig
I'm having flashback twitches.
NoiseDesign - Mar 14, 2019 3:14:37 pm PDT #5966 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
I give dates. Why leave it up to a possible mistake when specificity is an option?
msbelle - Mar 14, 2019 3:23:27 pm PDT #5967 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am Dana,
Atropa - Mar 14, 2019 3:32:59 pm PDT #5968 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I give dates. Why leave it up to a possible mistake when specificity is an option?
This. Also, because next vs this is something Mr. Loomycakes and I wrangle over.
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.
Yes, please!
Jesse - Mar 14, 2019 3:54:49 pm PDT #5969 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I knew you people would understand!!
Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2019 4:20:34 pm PDT #5970 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Pathetic Bachelor Tales, by Tom Scola
So I went to do my laundry this morning, so that means I had to strip my bed of the only set of sheets I own. Only I discovered that I had ripped a big hole in my fitted sheet overnight, which means that I now had zero sets of sheets to use on my bed. And I began to wonder: maybe if I had washed the sheets more than every month or so, maybe they would have lasted longer? Or maybe if I hadn't tried to bleach the hell out of them in an (unsuccessful) attempt to keep them from yellowing so badly, maybe they would have lasted longer, too?
So anyway, I went online and ordered new expensive-ish sheets (and new pillows, too, what the hell). And since the company I ordered from is also in Brooklyn (you can probably guess what company it is), my new sheets were waiting for me when I came home from work today! Except that I guess I should wash my sheets before using them for the first time, and I don't want to do another load of laundry today. So I guess I'm stuck with my ratty old sheets for a little while longer.
Jesse - Mar 14, 2019 4:33:53 pm PDT #5971 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm going to guess that if you had washed them more they would have crapped out sooner. But maybe get a spare set of sheets and alternate?