Meaning of ONE OF THESE DAYS - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So yesterday we did the phrase, "One of those days.", as in I just had one of those days,
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which means a busy day.
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But we also have a phrase, "One of these days..."
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In English if I say, "One of these days...", it means at, it just blew away, it means at
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some point in the future.
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So I could say something like, "One of these days I think I'll bake some cookies."
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So that means that at some point in the future if I have the time I will bake some cookies.
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I could say, "One of these days I'll get around to fixing the tire on the car."
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So that means at some point in the future, if I have time, I will fix the tire on the
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car.
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So if we say, "One of these days....", it means at some point in the future, maybe tomorrow,
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maybe the day after, maybe next week!
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One of these days...
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