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by drcongo 20 days ago
It's that opening paragraph.

> Coffee in hand, I sit down in the Cave. Any Tuesday during the work week, a sip, and I parse the calendar.

How many Tuesdays are there in his work week?

2 comments

3-5, usually. Tuesday is used as a placeholder for "generic day like any other". Monday & Friday might be special, or they might not. But Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are generic & interchangeable: you're not catching up after a weekend, and there's a work day the next day so there will be time to catch issues. They're Tuesdays in spirit, if not in fact.
Interesting, I've never come across this usage but makes sense.
My work week consists of five Tuesdays. It's the seventh best day of the week.