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[james_davis_nicoll]

If I lived about 20 minutes walk away and I said I would start out "after five" what time would you expect me to arrive? 5:20? Sometime between 5 and 6? No way to tell because of the lack of information?

Comments

[redbird]

Probably in the 5:30-6:00 range, but variables that might make it later include how often you've made that trip, and how many distractions there are along the way. Note that some distractions are more likely to lure you if you're familiar with the trip--people, of whatever species, to talk to, for example--and others less so.