I go with avoiding saying "next Saturday" like the plague, since I can never be sure what the other person will understand by it.
This.
Tom, I have never washed new sheets before I used them.
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
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.
Laura - Mar 14, 2019 5:06:58 pm PDT #5972 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Gudanov - Mar 14, 2019 5:10:57 pm PDT #5973 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
I sorta fixed our washer. All that was really wrong with it was that the button that turned it on had broken. Not the electronics but the plastic . After removing the circuit boards and cleaning out the broken plastic it works again. You have to poke a pencil or something through a hole to press the button on the circuit board, but it does turn on. With the missing button, the broken knob, and the half-broken door handle it feels like it has sort of gone form being a West Germany (yes, it's that old) made washer to more like a Russian washer.
DavidS - Mar 14, 2019 5:12:02 pm PDT #5974 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Why would next Saturday be this Saturday? Next Saturday is a week from now.
Because this coming Saturday is literally the NEXT Saturday to occur.
Dana - Mar 14, 2019 5:27:53 pm PDT #5975 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It has to be next to something! There have to be two! It's a sequence.
-t - Mar 14, 2019 6:09:05 pm PDT #5976 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've had washing machines just like that, Gud!
I tend to throw in a "this coming Saturday" into the mix, meaning (in this case) day after tomorrow (which at some point is where anyone having this discussion with me is going to e forced to land, and probably both of us will say "Day after tomorrow? Huh, I guess it is" (or, you know, "No, the Saturday after that" if that is what they meant)). I am on the side of relentless questioning and confirmation to be sure is what I'm saying, I think.
And confirming with "the 16th" would probably lead to actually looking at a paper calendar or at least my phone. Actually, that's probably inevitable whatever route we take to get there. There might be pointing required.
-t - Mar 14, 2019 6:13:12 pm PDT #5977 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, I am a firm believer in having a spare set of sheets and swapping them out so it is at least theoretically possible to change the bed without doing laundry, but I can see the appeal of just having the one and not having anything to store.
msbelle - Mar 14, 2019 6:17:22 pm PDT #5978 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
but cotton sheets and t-shirt sheets and flannel sheets and modal sheets. old sheets and new sheets (feel totally different) and plain sheets and decorated sheets. I might have a sheet problem.
-t - Mar 14, 2019 6:42:01 pm PDT #5979 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I definitely have a sheet problem. But I get the appeal of the minimalist approach.
Steph L. - Mar 14, 2019 6:44:03 pm PDT #5980 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, we have at least 4 sets of sheets in regular rotation (though one is due to be retired because of a Mystery Hole neither one of us can figure out the cause of). Every Friday, I change the sheets. My whole weekend is thrown off if I don't start with clean sheets on Friday night.
Katerina Bee - Mar 14, 2019 7:08:21 pm PDT #5981 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
Clean sheets are the best. Smooth and cool and fresh. An excellent reason to get into bed early and read.