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Q. Pheevr
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21 Marts 2008 @ 14:04
They may have finished already  

There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light;
She set out one day,
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.

—A. R. Buller, 1923

Today a notice from the property manager came through the mail slot in the door to my apartment. It says, in part:

PARTIAL SHUTDOWN OF DRIVEWAY

From Monday, March 24, 2008 until repairs to basement roof concrete slab area is completed, which is anticipated to take plus or minus 1 month.

I'm guessing that the actual time needed to complete the work will be much closer to the high end of the range indicated in the estimate.

 
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w1ldc47[info]w1ldc47 on 21. Marts, 2008 21:19 (UTC)
I'm also not convinced that shutdown is something that can be applied to driveway in that manner. Unless your driveway is a conveyor belt of some sort or something.
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Vizcacha[info]chillyrodent on 21. Marts, 2008 21:54 (UTC)
Bonus points for finding an appropriate limerick. The world would be a better place if we all used more of them.
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(Anonym) on 21. Marts, 2008 23:36 (UTC)
How much plus or minus one month? Zero months? Twelve months? Seems like a crucial piece of info has been left out. (The probable explanation is just that this was terribly worded, and they really meant 'approximately'. But I like the idea of it taking negative one month.)
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wolfangel78[info]wolfangel78 on 21. Marts, 2008 23:37 (UTC)
Appropriately logged in now.
(Anonym) on 22. Marts, 2008 00:53 (UTC)
But unclear about why I repeated your post's content in my comments.
Merle[info]merle_ on 22. Marts, 2008 01:21 (UTC)
If they can hire contractors who sometimes complete jobs before they start them, please find out who they hired. If possible, of course. I would pay double for such a service.

I do have to wonder if a partial shutdown of the driveway means that they will work on it in sections, or if during certain timespans it will be completely shutdown. There could be a large difference.

"until repairs [...] is complete"? That sounds a lot like my landlord's idea of grammar.
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Prof. Bleen[info]6_bleen_7 on 22. Marts, 2008 03:26 (UTC)
To me it reads like a pair of alternatives rather than a continuous interval of time. I conclude that because the project was not finished one month before it began, it will require one month to complete.
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frogofthelakes[info]frogofthelakes on 22. Marts, 2008 14:50 (UTC)
We used that limerick to practice cursive back in the day. ;)
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Tishie[info]wahooweena on 23. Marts, 2008 21:28 (UTC)
If you'll look outside, I think you'll see that the work has been complete for nearly three weeks.
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