"Nigh enough for pitwork"
Geordie saying
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From "Kent J. Miller" <Bushwacker4 at prodigy.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 19 September 2001 22:19
Subject: now "government work"
> It depends on how you use the term... If you say "It's close enough
for
> government work" you mean that the tolerances are not exactly as
spec'ed but
> it'll work. If you say "I have some government work to do" then you
mean a
> project for yourself - not your employer, on your employer's time
and with
> their materials!
>
> Another good old expression (apologies Frank!) is "carpenter's
dimensions"
> which means within an inch or two! A friend of mine owns a machine
shop
> where we have done many a government job for our spridgets. He deals
with
> dimensions that are stricter than 1/2 of 1 1000th of an inch. So, if
he says
> carpenter's dimensions he usually means it's off by more than the
width of a
> human hair!
>
> Kent
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